Illinois 2023 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3779 Engrossed / Bill

Filed 03/22/2023

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1  AN ACT concerning criminal law.
2  Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3  represented in the General Assembly:
4  Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5  changing Section 3-13-4 as follows:
6  (730 ILCS 5/3-13-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-13-4)
7  Sec. 3-13-4. Rules and Sanctions.)
8  (a) The Department shall establish rules governing release
9  status and shall provide written copies of such rules to both
10  the committed person on work or day release and to the employer
11  or other person responsible for the individual. Such employer
12  or other responsible person shall agree to abide by such
13  rules, notify the Department of any violation thereof by the
14  individual on release status, and notify the Department of the
15  discharge of the person from work or other programs.
16  (b) If a committed person violates any rule, the
17  Department may impose sanctions appropriate to the violation.
18  The Department shall provide sanctions for unauthorized
19  absences which shall include prosecution for escape under
20  Section 3-6-4.
21  (c) An order certified by the Director, Assistant
22  Director, or the Supervisor of the Apprehension Unit, or a
23  person duly designated by him or her, with the seal of the

 

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1  Department of Corrections attached and directed to all
2  sheriffs, coroners, police officers, or to any particular
3  persons named in the order shall be sufficient warrant for the
4  officer or person named therein to arrest and deliver the
5  violator to the proper correctional official. Such order shall
6  be executed the same as criminal processes.
7  In the event that a work-releasee is arrested for another
8  crime, the sheriff or police officer shall hold the releasee
9  in custody until he notifies the nearest Office of Field
10  Services or any of the above-named persons designated in this
11  Section to certify the particular process or warrant.
12  (d) Not less than 15 days prior to any person being placed
13  in a work release facility, the Department of Corrections
14  shall provide to the State's Attorney and Sheriff of the
15  county in which the work release center is located, relevant
16  identifying information concerning the person to be placed in
17  the work release facility. Such information shall include, but
18  not be limited to, such identifying information as name, age,
19  physical description, photograph, the offense, and the
20  sentence for which the person is serving time in the
21  Department of Corrections, and like information. The
22  Department of Corrections shall, in addition, give written
23  notice not less than 15 days prior to the placement to the
24  State's Attorney of the county from which the offender was
25  originally sentenced. The notification requirements of this
26  subsection (d) do not apply to those individuals required to

 

 

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1  be housed outside the penitentiary system pursuant to
2  subsection (a) of Section 5-8-6.
3  (e) For those individuals required to be housed outside
4  the penitentiary system as outlined in subsection (a) of
5  Section 5-8-6, the Department as soon as reasonably
6  practicable shall provide the State's Attorney and Sheriff of
7  the county in which the work release center is located,
8  relevant identifying information concerning the person to be
9  placed in the work release facility. Such information shall
10  include, but is not limited to, such identifying information
11  as name, age, physical description, photograph, the offense,
12  and the sentence for which the person is serving time in the
13  custody of the Department of Corrections, and similar
14  information. The Department of Corrections shall, in addition,
15  give written notice as soon as reasonably practicable to the
16  State's Attorney of the county from which the individual was
17  originally sentenced.
18  (Source: P.A. 97-1083, eff. 8-24-12.)

 

 

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