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Synopsis As Introduced Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the organization of the Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice.
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that certain violations of the statutes concerning criminal trespass to a residence, criminal damage to property, criminal damage to government supported property, criminal defacement of property, disorderly conduct, and obstructing justice shall be punished as Class A misdemeanors if committed by persons under the age of 18 years and as Class 4 felonies if committed by persons 18 years of age or older. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Juvenile Justice rather than the Prisoner Review Board shall decide the date of release on aftercare for youth committed to the Department under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, except those committed for first degree murder, and shall set conditions of aftercare release for all youth committed to the Department under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that the Department of Juvenile Justice shall be responsible for all persons under 18 (rather than under 17) years of age when sentenced to imprisonment and committed to the Department under the Code or the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that persons under 18 (rather than under 17) years of age committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice under the Code shall be sight and sound separate from adult offenders committed to the Department of Corrections. Amends various other Acts to make conforming changes.
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended by Senate Amendment No. 1. Deletes the amendatory changes to the Criminal Code of 2012. In the amendatory changes to the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, provides that in no event shall a guilty minor be committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice for an offense which is a Class 4 felony of criminal trespass to a residence, criminal damage to property, criminal damage to government supported property, criminal defacement of property, disorderly conduct, or obstructing justice. Makes additional changes concerning the terms of aftercare release.
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