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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB0076 Introduced 1/9/2025, by Rep. Jackie Haas SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that if the county jail located in the county where the committed person was residing immediately before his or her conviction for the offense for which he or she is serving sentence in the Department of Corrections has a reentry program for committed persons, the Department of Corrections shall reimburse the county for any expenses incurred in the transfer of the committed person to the sheriff of the county where the reentry program is located, including the housing of the committed person transferred to the reentry program. |
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| | HB0076 | | LRB104 03290 RLC 13312 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 3-8-4.5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (730 ILCS 5/3-8-4.5) |
| 7 | | Sec. 3-8-4.5. Department of Corrections; committed |
| 8 | | persons; transfer to sheriff. If the county jail located in |
| 9 | | the county where the committed person was residing immediately |
| 10 | | before his or her conviction for the offense for which he or |
| 11 | | she is serving sentence in the Department of Corrections has a |
| 12 | | reentry program for committed persons, the Department may |
| 13 | | transfer the committed person to the sheriff of the county |
| 14 | | where the reentry program is located for up to 12 months before |
| 15 | | the committed person's release date for participation in the |
| 16 | | reentry program. No transfer shall be made without the written |
| 17 | | approval of the sheriff of that county. The Department of |
| 18 | | Corrections shall reimburse the county for any expenses |
| 19 | | incurred in the transfer of the committed person to the |
| 20 | | sheriff of the county where the reentry program is located, |
| 21 | | including the housing of the committed person transferred to |
| 22 | | the reentry program. |
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 103-203, eff. 1-1-24.) |