HB2848 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB095 06137 RLC 26230 b

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB2848

Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Tom Cross

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

730 ILCS 5/3-14-3

from Ch. 38, par. 1003-14-3

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning parole services.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

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

Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by changing Section 3-14-3 as follows:

(730 ILCS 5/3-14-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-14-3)

Sec. 3-14-3. Parole Services. To assist parolees or releasees, the the Department shall provide employment counseling and job placement services, and may in addition to other services provide the following:

(1) assistance in residential placement;

(2) family and individual counseling and treatment placement;

(3) financial counseling;

(4) vocational and educational counseling and placement; and

(5) referral services to any other State or local agencies. The Department may purchase necessary services for a parolee or releasee if they are otherwise unavailable and the parolee or releasee is unable to pay for them. It may assess all or part of the costs of such services to a parolee or releasee in accordance with his ability to pay for them.

(Source: P.A. 84-669.)