Full Text of HB5913 96th General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning corrections.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 3-2.5-15 as follows: | 6 |
| (730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-15)
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| Sec. 3-2.5-15. Department of Juvenile Justice; assumption | 8 |
| of duties of the Juvenile Division. | 9 |
| (a) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall assume the | 10 |
| rights, powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Juvenile | 11 |
| Division of the Department of Corrections. Personnel, books, | 12 |
| records, property, and unencumbered appropriations pertaining | 13 |
| to the Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections shall | 14 |
| be transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice on the | 15 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General | 16 |
| Assembly. Any rights of employees or the State under the | 17 |
| Personnel Code or any other contract or plan shall be | 18 |
| unaffected by this transfer. | 19 |
| (b) Department of Juvenile Justice personnel who are hired | 20 |
| by the Department on or after the effective date of this | 21 |
| amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and who participate | 22 |
| or assist in the rehabilitative and vocational training of | 23 |
| delinquent youths, supervise the daily activities involving |
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| direct and continuing responsibility for the youth's security, | 2 |
| welfare and development, or participate in the personal | 3 |
| rehabilitation of delinquent youth by training, supervising, | 4 |
| and assisting lower level personnel who perform these duties | 5 |
| must be over the age of 21 and have a bachelor's or advanced | 6 |
| degree from an accredited college or university with a | 7 |
| specialization in criminal justice, education, psychology, | 8 |
| social work, or a closely related social science. This | 9 |
| requirement shall not apply to security, clerical, food | 10 |
| service, and maintenance staff that do not have direct and | 11 |
| regular contact with youth. The degree requirements specified | 12 |
| in this subsection (b) are not required of persons who provide | 13 |
| vocational training and who have adequate knowledge in the | 14 |
| skill for which they are providing the vocational training. | 15 |
| (c) Subsection (b) of this Section does not apply to | 16 |
| personnel transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice on | 17 |
| the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General | 18 |
| Assembly. | 19 |
| (d) The Department shall be under the direction of the | 20 |
| Director of Juvenile Justice as provided in this Code. | 21 |
| (e) The Director shall organize divisions within the | 22 |
| Department and shall assign functions, powers, duties, and | 23 |
| personnel as required by law. The Director may create other | 24 |
| divisions and may assign other functions, powers, duties, and | 25 |
| personnel as may be necessary or desirable to carry out the | 26 |
| functions and responsibilities vested by law in the Department. |
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| The Director may shall , with the approval of the Office of the | 2 |
| Governor, assign to and share functions, powers, duties, and | 3 |
| personnel with the Department of Corrections or other State | 4 |
| agencies such that administrative services and administrative | 5 |
| facilities are provided by the Department of Corrections or a | 6 |
| shared administrative service center. Where possible, shared | 7 |
| services which impact youth should be done with child-serving | 8 |
| agencies. These administrative services may include, but are | 9 |
| not limited to, all of the following functions: budgeting, | 10 |
| accounting related functions, auditing, human resources, | 11 |
| legal, procurement, training, data collection and analysis, | 12 |
| information technology, internal investigations, intelligence, | 13 |
| legislative services, emergency response capability, statewide | 14 |
| transportation services, and general office support. | 15 |
| (f) The Department of Juvenile Justice may enter into | 16 |
| intergovernmental cooperation agreements under which minors | 17 |
| adjudicated delinquent and committed to the Department of | 18 |
| Juvenile Justice may participate in county juvenile impact | 19 |
| incarceration programs established under Section 3-6039 of the | 20 |
| Counties Code.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-696, eff. 6-1-06 .)
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