Public Act 096-1022
 
HB5913 EnrolledLRB096 18821 RLC 34207 b


  
    AN ACT concerning corrections.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended  by 
changing Section 3-2.5-15 as follows:
 
    (730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-15)

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


(Source: P.A. 94-696, eff. 6-1-06.)