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91_HB4267

 
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Unified  Code  of Corrections by
 2    changing Section 3-3-13.

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

 5        Section 5.  The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
 6    changing Section 3-3-13 as follows:

 7        (730 ILCS 5/3-3-13) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-13)
 8        Sec. 3-3-13.  Procedure for Executive Clemency.
 9        (a)  Petitions  seeking  pardon, commutation, or reprieve
10    shall be  addressed  to  the  Governor  and  filed  with  the
11    Prisoner  Review Board.  The petition shall be in writing and
12    signed by the person under conviction or by a person  on  his
13    behalf.  It  shall  contain  a brief history of the case, the
14    reasons for seeking executive clemency,  and  other  relevant
15    information the Board may require.
16        (a-5)  After  a petition has been denied by the Governor,
17    the Board may not accept  a  repeat  petition  for  executive
18    clemency for the same person until 3 full years have one full
19    year has elapsed from the date of the denial, except when the
20    repeat  petition  for  executive  clemency  is on behalf of a
21    person sentenced to death.  If a person  on  whose  behalf  a
22    petition  for  executive  clemency  has  been  filed has been
23    sentenced to death, the Board may accept  a  repeat  petition
24    for  executive clemency for the same person at any time.  The
25    Chairman  of  the  Board  may  waive  the   3-year   one-year
26    requirement,  if  applicable,  if  the  petitioner  offers in
27    writing  new  information  that  was   unavailable   to   the
28    petitioner  at  the  time of the filing of the prior petition
29    and which the Chairman determines  to  be  significant.   The
30    Chairman  also  may waive the 3-year one-year waiting period,
31    if applicable, if the petitioner can show that  a  change  in
 
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 1    circumstances  of a compelling humanitarian nature has arisen
 2    since the denial of the prior petition.
 3        (b)  Notice of the proposed application shall be given by
 4    the Board to the committing court and the state's attorney of
 5    the county where the conviction was had.
 6        (c)  The Board shall, if requested and upon  due  notice,
 7    give  a  hearing to each application, allowing representation
 8    by counsel, if desired, after which it  shall  confidentially
 9    advise   the   Governor   by   a   written   report   of  its
10    recommendations which shall be determined by  majority  vote.
11    The  Board shall meet to consider such petitions no less than
12    4 times each year.
13        Application for executive clemency under this Section may
14    not be commenced on behalf of a person who has been sentenced
15    to death without the written consent of the defendant, unless
16    the defendant, because of a mental or physical condition,  is
17    incapable of asserting his or her own claim.
18        (d)  The  Governor  shall  decide  each  application  and
19    communicate  his decision to the Board which shall notify the
20    petitioner.
21        In the event a petitioner who has  been  convicted  of  a
22    Class  X  felony is granted a release, after the Governor has
23    communicated such decision to the Board, the Board shall give
24    written notice to the Sheriff of the county  from  which  the
25    offender  was  sentenced  if  such sheriff has requested that
26    such notice be given on a continuing basis.  In  cases  where
27    arrest  of the offender or the commission of the offense took
28    place in any municipality with  a  population  of  more  than
29    10,000  persons,  the Board shall also give written notice to
30    the proper law enforcement agency for said municipality which
31    has requested notice on a continuing basis.
32        (e)  Nothing in this Section shall be construed to  limit
33    the  power  of the Governor under the constitution to grant a
34    reprieve, commutation of sentence, or pardon.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 89-112, eff. 7-7-95; 89-684, eff. 6-1-97.)

 2        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 3    becoming law.

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