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11 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2131 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: See Index Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall furnish at each institution and facility of the Department that has as residents persons committed to the Department a scanner and copier to be placed in a room that is used to receive, sort, distribute, or inspect the mail of persons committed to the Department. Provides that the Department shall require each institution and facility of the Department that has as residents persons committed to the Department to have one or more canine drug detection teams for use in identifying illicit drugs in the incoming mail of persons committed to the Department. Provides that the chief administrative officer of an institution or facility of the Department may file a grievance following the overruling of a security determination or transfer decision by the Director of Corrections or a designee of the Director who is vested with authority to overrule decisions of the chief administrative officer. Establishes procedures for addressing those grievances. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall compile a report on a quarterly basis detailing all security determinations and transfer decisions made at the each institution or facility of the Department that were overruled by the Director of Corrections or a person or persons designated by the Director. Provides that the report shall include the title of the individual who overruled the decision of the institution or facility. Provides that all grievances and outcomes must be included in the quarterly report. Provides that the report shall be submitted to the General Assembly within 30 days following the end of each quarter. Provides that the first report shall be due within 30 days following the first full quarter after the effective date of the amendatory Act. LRB104 06945 RLC 16982 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2131 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: See Index See Index Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall furnish at each institution and facility of the Department that has as residents persons committed to the Department a scanner and copier to be placed in a room that is used to receive, sort, distribute, or inspect the mail of persons committed to the Department. Provides that the Department shall require each institution and facility of the Department that has as residents persons committed to the Department to have one or more canine drug detection teams for use in identifying illicit drugs in the incoming mail of persons committed to the Department. Provides that the chief administrative officer of an institution or facility of the Department may file a grievance following the overruling of a security determination or transfer decision by the Director of Corrections or a designee of the Director who is vested with authority to overrule decisions of the chief administrative officer. Establishes procedures for addressing those grievances. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall compile a report on a quarterly basis detailing all security determinations and transfer decisions made at the each institution or facility of the Department that were overruled by the Director of Corrections or a person or persons designated by the Director. Provides that the report shall include the title of the individual who overruled the decision of the institution or facility. Provides that all grievances and outcomes must be included in the quarterly report. Provides that the report shall be submitted to the General Assembly within 30 days following the end of each quarter. Provides that the first report shall be due within 30 days following the first full quarter after the effective date of the amendatory Act. LRB104 06945 RLC 16982 b LRB104 06945 RLC 16982 b A BILL FOR
22 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2131 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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1111 1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.
1212 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
1313 3 represented in the General Assembly:
1414 4 Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
1515 5 changing Section 3-2-2 as follows:
1616 6 (730 ILCS 5/3-2-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-2)
1717 7 Sec. 3-2-2. Powers and duties of the Department.
1818 8 (1) In addition to the powers, duties, and
1919 9 responsibilities which are otherwise provided by law, the
2020 10 Department shall have the following powers:
2121 11 (a) To accept persons committed to it by the courts of
2222 12 this State for care, custody, treatment, and
2323 13 rehabilitation, and to accept federal prisoners and
2424 14 noncitizens over whom the Office of the Federal Detention
2525 15 Trustee is authorized to exercise the federal detention
2626 16 function for limited purposes and periods of time.
2727 17 (b) To develop and maintain reception and evaluation
2828 18 units for purposes of analyzing the custody and
2929 19 rehabilitation needs of persons committed to it and to
3030 20 assign such persons to institutions and programs under its
3131 21 control or transfer them to other appropriate agencies. In
3232 22 consultation with the Department of Alcoholism and
3333 23 Substance Abuse (now the Department of Human Services),
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6868 1 the Department of Corrections shall develop a master plan
6969 2 for the screening and evaluation of persons committed to
7070 3 its custody who have alcohol or drug abuse problems, and
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7272 5 persons; the Department shall report to the General
7373 6 Assembly on such plan not later than April 1, 1987. The
7474 7 maintenance and implementation of such plan shall be
7575 8 contingent upon the availability of funds.
7676 9 (b-1) To create and implement, on January 1, 2002, a
7777 10 pilot program to establish the effectiveness of
7878 11 pupillometer technology (the measurement of the pupil's
7979 12 reaction to light) as an alternative to a urine test for
8080 13 purposes of screening and evaluating persons committed to
8181 14 its custody who have alcohol or drug problems. The pilot
8282 15 program shall require the pupillometer technology to be
8383 16 used in at least one Department of Corrections facility.
8484 17 The Director may expand the pilot program to include an
8585 18 additional facility or facilities as he or she deems
8686 19 appropriate. A minimum of 4,000 tests shall be included in
8787 20 the pilot program. The Department must report to the
8888 21 General Assembly on the effectiveness of the program by
8989 22 January 1, 2003.
9090 23 (b-5) To develop, in consultation with the Illinois
9191 24 State Police, a program for tracking and evaluating each
9292 25 inmate from commitment through release for recording his
9393 26 or her gang affiliations, activities, or ranks.
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104104 1 (c) To maintain and administer all State correctional
105105 2 institutions and facilities under its control and to
106106 3 establish new ones as needed. Pursuant to its power to
107107 4 establish new institutions and facilities, the Department
108108 5 may, with the written approval of the Governor, authorize
109109 6 the Department of Central Management Services to enter
110110 7 into an agreement of the type described in subsection (d)
111111 8 of Section 405-300 of the Department of Central Management
112112 9 Services Law. The Department shall designate those
113113 10 institutions which shall constitute the State Penitentiary
114114 11 System. The Department of Juvenile Justice shall maintain
115115 12 and administer all State youth centers pursuant to
116116 13 subsection (d) of Section 3-2.5-20.
117117 14 Pursuant to its power to establish new institutions
118118 15 and facilities, the Department may authorize the
119119 16 Department of Central Management Services to accept bids
120120 17 from counties and municipalities for the construction,
121121 18 remodeling, or conversion of a structure to be leased to
122122 19 the Department of Corrections for the purposes of its
123123 20 serving as a correctional institution or facility. Such
124124 21 construction, remodeling, or conversion may be financed
125125 22 with revenue bonds issued pursuant to the Industrial
126126 23 Building Revenue Bond Act by the municipality or county.
127127 24 The lease specified in a bid shall be for a term of not
128128 25 less than the time needed to retire any revenue bonds used
129129 26 to finance the project, but not to exceed 40 years. The
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140140 1 lease may grant to the State the option to purchase the
141141 2 structure outright.
142142 3 Upon receipt of the bids, the Department may certify
143143 4 one or more of the bids and shall submit any such bids to
144144 5 the General Assembly for approval. Upon approval of a bid
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146146 7 Assembly, pursuant to joint resolution, the Department of
147147 8 Central Management Services may enter into an agreement
148148 9 with the county or municipality pursuant to such bid.
149149 10 (c-5) To build and maintain regional juvenile
150150 11 detention centers and to charge a per diem to the counties
151151 12 as established by the Department to defray the costs of
152152 13 housing each minor in a center. In this subsection (c-5),
153153 14 "juvenile detention center" means a facility to house
154154 15 minors during pendency of trial who have been transferred
155155 16 from proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 to
156156 17 prosecutions under the criminal laws of this State in
157157 18 accordance with Section 5-805 of the Juvenile Court Act of
158158 19 1987, whether the transfer was by operation of law or
159159 20 permissive under that Section. The Department shall
160160 21 designate the counties to be served by each regional
161161 22 juvenile detention center.
162162 23 (d) To develop and maintain programs of control,
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176176 1 for inmates at Illinois adult correctional centers.
177177 2 (d-10) To provide educational and visitation
178178 3 opportunities to committed persons within its institutions
179179 4 through temporary access to content-controlled tablets
180180 5 that may be provided as a privilege to committed persons
181181 6 to induce or reward compliance.
182182 7 (e) To establish a system of supervision and guidance
183183 8 of committed persons in the community.
184184 9 (f) To establish in cooperation with the Department of
185185 10 Transportation to supply a sufficient number of prisoners
186186 11 for use by the Department of Transportation to clean up
187187 12 the trash and garbage along State, county, township, or
188188 13 municipal highways as designated by the Department of
189189 14 Transportation. The Department of Corrections, at the
190190 15 request of the Department of Transportation, shall furnish
191191 16 such prisoners at least annually for a period to be agreed
192192 17 upon between the Director of Corrections and the Secretary
193193 18 of Transportation. The prisoners used on this program
194194 19 shall be selected by the Director of Corrections on
195195 20 whatever basis he deems proper in consideration of their
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197197 22 such program - where they will be outside of the prison
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212212 1 criminal sexual abuse or a subsequent conviction for
213213 2 criminal sexual abuse, or forcible detention, or arson, or
214214 3 a prisoner adjudged a Habitual Criminal shall not be
215215 4 eligible for selection to participate in such program. The
216216 5 prisoners shall remain as prisoners in the custody of the
217217 6 Department of Corrections and such Department shall
218218 7 furnish whatever security is necessary. The Department of
219219 8 Transportation shall furnish trucks and equipment for the
220220 9 highway cleanup program and personnel to supervise and
221221 10 direct the program. Neither the Department of Corrections
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224224 13 (g) To maintain records of persons committed to it and
225225 14 to establish programs of research, statistics, and
226226 15 planning.
227227 16 (h) To investigate the grievances of any person
228228 17 committed to the Department and to inquire into any
229229 18 alleged misconduct by employees or committed persons; and
230230 19 for these purposes it may issue subpoenas and compel the
231231 20 attendance of witnesses and the production of writings and
232232 21 papers, and may examine under oath any witnesses who may
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248248 1 procedures would provide evidence that such violations
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250250 3 If any person fails to obey a subpoena issued under
251251 4 this subsection, the Director may apply to any circuit
252252 5 court to secure compliance with the subpoena. The failure
253253 6 to comply with the order of the court issued in response
254254 7 thereto shall be punishable as contempt of court.
255255 8 (i) To appoint and remove the chief administrative
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257257 10 development of personnel of the Department. Personnel
258258 11 assigned by the Department to be responsible for the
259259 12 custody and control of committed persons or to investigate
260260 13 the alleged misconduct of committed persons or employees
261261 14 or alleged violations of a parolee's or releasee's
262262 15 conditions of parole shall be conservators of the peace
263263 16 for those purposes, and shall have the full power of peace
264264 17 officers outside of the facilities of the Department in
265265 18 the protection, arrest, retaking, and reconfining of
266266 19 committed persons or where the exercise of such power is
267267 20 necessary to the investigation of such misconduct or
268268 21 violations. This subsection shall not apply to persons
269269 22 committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice under the
270270 23 Juvenile Court Act of 1987 on aftercare release.
271271 24 (j) To cooperate with other departments and agencies
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285285 2 (k) To administer all moneys and properties of the
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287287 4 (l) To report annually to the Governor on the
288288 5 committed persons, institutions, and programs of the
289289 6 Department.
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291291 8 (m) To make all rules and regulations and exercise all
292292 9 powers and duties vested by law in the Department.
293293 10 (n) To establish rules and regulations for
294294 11 administering a system of sentence credits, established in
295295 12 accordance with Section 3-6-3, subject to review by the
296296 13 Prisoner Review Board.
297297 14 (o) To administer the distribution of funds from the
298298 15 State Treasury to reimburse counties where State penal
299299 16 institutions are located for the payment of assistant
300300 17 state's attorneys' salaries under Section 4-2001 of the
301301 18 Counties Code.
302302 19 (p) To exchange information with the Department of
303303 20 Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family
304304 21 Services for the purpose of verifying living arrangements
305305 22 and for other purposes directly connected with the
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308308 25 (q) To establish a diversion program.
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321321 2 violators and committed persons who have violated the
322322 3 rules governing their conduct while in work release. This
323323 4 program shall not apply to those persons who have
324324 5 committed a new offense while serving on parole or
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327327 8 Elements of the program shall include, but shall not
328328 9 be limited to, the following:
329329 10 (1) The staff of a diversion facility shall
330330 11 provide supervision in accordance with required
331331 12 objectives set by the facility.
332332 13 (2) Participants shall be required to maintain
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334334 15 (3) Each participant shall pay for room and board
335335 16 at the facility on a sliding-scale basis according to
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337337 18 (4) Each participant shall:
338338 19 (A) provide restitution to victims in
339339 20 accordance with any court order;
340340 21 (B) provide financial support to his
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356356 1 (6) Participants shall take part in such
357357 2 counseling, educational, and other programs as the
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359359 4 (7) Participants shall submit to drug and alcohol
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361361 6 (8) The Department shall promulgate rules
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363363 8 (r) To enter into intergovernmental cooperation
364364 9 agreements under which persons in the custody of the
365365 10 Department may participate in a county impact
366366 11 incarceration program established under Section 3-6038 or
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369369 14 (r-10) To systematically and routinely identify with
370370 15 respect to each streetgang active within the correctional
371371 16 system: (1) each active gang; (2) every existing
372372 17 inter-gang affiliation or alliance; and (3) the current
373373 18 leaders in each gang. The Department shall promptly
374374 19 segregate leaders from inmates who belong to their gangs
375375 20 and allied gangs. "Segregate" means no physical contact
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377377 22 available at the correctional facility, prohibition of
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395395 4 (iii) are actively and personally engaged in
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397397 6 commission of criminal acts by others, which are
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401401 10 "Streetgang", "gang", and "streetgang related" have the
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404404 13 (s) To operate a super-maximum security institution,
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406406 15 disruptive or dangerous and provide for the safety and
407407 16 security of the staff and the other inmates.
408408 17 (t) To monitor any unprivileged conversation or any
409409 18 unprivileged communication, whether in person or by mail,
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411411 20 commitment to the Department, was a member of an organized
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414414 23 monitoring, except as constitutionally required. The
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431431 4 conversation" or "unprivileged communication" means a
432432 5 conversation or communication that is not protected by any
433433 6 privilege recognized by law or by decision, rule, or order
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435435 8 (u) To establish a Women's and Children's Pre-release
436436 9 Community Supervision Program for the purpose of providing
437437 10 housing and services to eligible female inmates, as
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440440 13 (u-5) To issue an order, whenever a person committed
441441 14 to the Department absconds or absents himself or herself,
442442 15 without authority to do so, from any facility or program
443443 16 to which he or she is assigned. The order shall be
444444 17 certified by the Director, the Supervisor of the
445445 18 Apprehension Unit, or any person duly designated by the
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447447 20 order shall be directed to all sheriffs, coroners, and
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449449 22 order. Any order issued pursuant to this subdivision
450450 23 (1)(u-5) shall be sufficient warrant for the officer or
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465465 2 receive suggestions, complaints, or other requests to the
466466 3 Department from visitors to Department institutions or
467467 4 facilities and from other members of the public.
468468 5 (v) To do all other acts necessary to carry out the
469469 6 provisions of this Chapter.
470470 7 (2) The Department of Corrections shall by January 1,
471471 8 1998, consider building and operating a correctional facility
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475475 12 (3) When the Department lets bids for contracts for
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479479 16 the bid may only be let to a health care provider that has
480480 17 obtained an irrevocable letter of credit or performance bond
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482482 19 higher rating by a bond rating organization.
483483 20 (4) When the Department lets bids for contracts for food
484484 21 or commissary services to be provided to Department
485485 22 facilities, the bid may only be let to a food or commissary
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500500 1 (5) On and after the date 6 months after August 16, 2013
501501 2 (the effective date of Public Act 98-488), as provided in the
502502 3 Executive Order 1 (2012) Implementation Act, all of the
503503 4 powers, duties, rights, and responsibilities related to State
504504 5 healthcare purchasing under this Code that were transferred
505505 6 from the Department of Corrections to the Department of
506506 7 Healthcare and Family Services by Executive Order 3 (2005) are
507507 8 transferred back to the Department of Corrections; however,
508508 9 powers, duties, rights, and responsibilities related to State
509509 10 healthcare purchasing under this Code that were exercised by
510510 11 the Department of Corrections before the effective date of
511511 12 Executive Order 3 (2005) but that pertain to individuals
512512 13 resident in facilities operated by the Department of Juvenile
513513 14 Justice are transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice.
514514 15 (6) The Department of Corrections shall provide lactation
515515 16 or nursing mothers rooms for personnel of the Department. The
516516 17 rooms shall be provided in each facility of the Department
517517 18 that employs nursing mothers. Each individual lactation room
518518 19 must:
519519 20 (i) contain doors that lock;
520520 21 (ii) have an "Occupied" sign for each door;
521521 22 (iii) contain electrical outlets for plugging in
522522 23 breast pumps;
523523 24 (iv) have sufficient lighting and ventilation;
524524 25 (v) contain comfortable chairs;
525525 26 (vi) contain a countertop or table for all necessary
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536536 1 supplies for lactation;
537537 2 (vii) contain a wastebasket and chemical cleaners to
538538 3 wash one's hands and to clean the surfaces of the
539539 4 countertop or table;
540540 5 (viii) have a functional sink;
541541 6 (ix) have a minimum of one refrigerator for storage of
542542 7 the breast milk; and
543543 8 (x) receive routine daily maintenance.
544544 9 (7) The Department of Corrections shall furnish at each
545545 10 institution and facility of the Department that has as
546546 11 residents persons committed to the Department a scanner and
547547 12 copier to be placed in a room that is used to receive, sort,
548548 13 distribute, or inspect the mail of persons committed to the
549549 14 Department. The Department shall require each institution and
550550 15 facility of the Department that has as residents persons
551551 16 committed to the Department to have one or more canine drug
552552 17 detection teams for use in identifying illicit drugs in the
553553 18 incoming mail of persons committed to the Department.
554554 19 (8)(A) The chief administrative officer of an institution
555555 20 or facility of the Department may file a grievance following
556556 21 the overruling of a security determination or transfer
557557 22 decision by the Director of Corrections or a designee of the
558558 23 Director who is vested with authority to overrule decisions of
559559 24 the chief administrative officer. The grievance must be
560560 25 submitted within 30 days of the decision being overruled. The
561561 26 grievance must be reviewed by a panel of individuals composed
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572572 1 of correctional officers of the institution or facility
573573 2 appointed by the chief administrative officer of the
574574 3 institution or facility and correctional officers appointed by
575575 4 the Director of Corrections. The panel must provide a decision
576576 5 within 30 days of the receipt of the grievance.
577577 6 (B) Absent any legitimate security risk to correctional
578578 7 officers and correctional employees and committed persons of
579579 8 the institution or facility, the decision of the chief
580580 9 administrative officer shall be upheld and shall not be
581581 10 overruled by the Director of Corrections or a designee.
582582 11 Legitimate security risks must be clearly documented and
583583 12 included in the Department's report to justify the overruling
584584 13 of the chief administrative officer's decision.
585585 14 (C) The Department of Corrections shall compile a report
586586 15 on a quarterly basis detailing all security determinations and
587587 16 transfer decisions made at the each institution or facility of
588588 17 the Department that were overruled by the Director of
589589 18 Corrections or a person or persons designated by the Director.
590590 19 The report shall include the title of the individual who
591591 20 overruled the decision of the institution or facility. All
592592 21 grievances and outcomes must be included in the quarterly
593593 22 report.
594594 23 (D) The report shall be submitted to the General Assembly
595595 24 within 30 days following the end of each quarter. The first
596596 25 report shall be due within 30 days following the first full
597597 26 quarter after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
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608608 1 104th General Assembly.
609609 2 (Source: P.A. 102-350, eff. 8-13-21; 102-535, eff. 1-1-22;
610610 3 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-1030, eff.
611611 4 5-27-22; 103-834, eff. 1-1-25.)
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