Public Act 096-0371
 		





HB0710 Enrolled
LRB096 03437 RLC 13461 b






    AN ACT concerning State government.

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


 

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605-525 rep.)


    Section 5. The Department of State Police Law of the
Civil 
Administrative Code of Illinois is amended  by repealing Section 
2605-525.
 
    Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended  by 
changing Section 3-11-1 as follows:
 



    (730 ILCS 5/3-11-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-11-1)


    Sec. 3-11-1. Furloughs. 

    (a) The Department may extend the limits of the
place of 
confinement
of a committed person under prescribed conditions, 
so that he may leave
such place on a furlough. Whether or not 
such person is to be
accompanied on furlough shall be 
determined by the chief administrative
officer. The Department 
may make an appropriate charge for the necessary
expenses of 
accompanying a person on furlough. Such furloughs may be

granted for a period of time not to exceed 14 days, for any of 
the
following purposes:


        (1) to visit a spouse, child (including a stepchild or 
    adopted
child), parent (including a stepparent or foster 
    parent), grandparent
(including stepgrandparent) or 
    brother or sister who is seriously ill or
to attend the 
    funeral of any such person; or


        (2) to obtain medical, psychiatric or psychological 
    services when
adequate services are not otherwise 
    available; or


        (3) to make contacts for employment; or


        (4) to secure a residence upon release on parole or 
    discharge; or


        (5) to visit such person's family; or


        (6) to appear before various educational panels, study 
    groups,
educational units, and other groups whose purpose 
    is obtaining an
understanding of the results, causes and 
    prevention of crime and
criminality, including appearances 
    on television and radio programs.

    (b) (Blank) Furloughs may be granted for any period of time 
under Section 2605-525
of the Department of State Police Law

(20 ILCS 2605/2605-525).

    (c) In any case where the person furloughed is not to be 
accompanied on
furlough, the Department of Corrections shall 
give prior notice of the intended
furlough to the State's 
Attorney of the county from which the offender was
sentenced 
originally, the State's Attorney of the county where the 
furlough
is to occur, and to the Sheriff of the county where 
the furlough is to occur.
Said prior notice is to be in writing 
except in situations where the reason
for the furlough is of 
such an emergency nature that previous written notice
would not 
be possible.  In such cases, oral notice of the furlough shall 
occur.

(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)



 

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