HB5867 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB093 18682 RLC 44409 b

93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5867

Introduced 2/6/2004, by Michael J. Madigan

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 4026/5

Amends the Sex Offender Management Board Act. Makes a technical change in the legislative declaration Section.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning sex offender management.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Sex Offender Management Board Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:

(20 ILCS 4026/5)

Sec. 5. Legislative declaration. The General Assembly hereby declares that the comprehensive evaluation, identification, counseling, and continued monitoring of sex offenders who are subject to the supervision of the criminal or juvenile justice systems or mental health systems is necessary in order to work toward the elimination of recidivism by such offenders. Therefore, the General Assembly hereby creates a program which standardizes the evaluation, identification, counseling, and continued monitoring of sex offenders at each stage of the criminal or juvenile justice systems or mental health systems so that those offenders will curtail recidivistic behavior and the protection of victims and potential victims will be enhanced. The General Assembly recognizes that some sex offenders cannot or will not respond to counseling and that, in creating the program described in this Act, the General Assembly does not intend to imply that all sex offenders can be successful in counseling.

(Source: P.A. 90-133, eff. 7-22-97; 90-793, eff. 8-14-98.)