HB4277 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB094 15956 RLC 51184 b

94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4277

Introduced 12/19/05, by Rep. Chapin Rose

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

730 ILCS 166/45 new

Amends the Drug Court Treatment Act. Creates the Statewide Drug Court Planning Commission consisting of judges, prosecutors, criminal defense attorneys, drug treatment professionals, drug court professionals, legislators, and representatives from counties that have drug courts. Provides that the Commission shall create a plan to implement a statewide system of drug courts and to plan for the creation of multi-county drug courts for smaller counties. Provides that the Commission shall submit its plan to the Governor and General Assembly no later than February 1, 2007. Provides that within 30 days after submitting its plan to the Governor and General Assembly, the Commission shall be dissolved. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

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

Section 5. The Drug Court Treatment Act is amended by adding Section 45 as follows:

(730 ILCS 166/45 new)

Sec. 45. Statewide Drug Court Planning Commission.

(a) There is created the Statewide Drug Court Planning Commission (hereinafter referred to as the Commission) consisting of the following members:

(1) three State's Attorneys or Assistant State's Attorneys appointed by the Illinois State's Attorneys Association;

(2) one Circuit Judge appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court;

(3) one Appellate Court Judge appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court;

(4) one Illinois Supreme Court Judge appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court;

(5) three criminal defense attorneys appointed by the Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers;

(6) a representative of a drug treatment program appointed by the Secretary of Human Services;

(7) a representative of the Illinois Association of Drug Court Professionals appointed by that association;

(8) a representative of the Illinois Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Association appointed by that association;

(9) a representative of Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities (TASC) appointed by that organization;

(10) a representative from each county that has an existing drug court appointed by the chief judge of the judicial circuit that includes the county;

(11) the Director of the Division of Probation Services of the Illinois Supreme Court or his or her designee;

(12) a member of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

(13) a member of the House of Representatives appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives;

(14) a member of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate; and

(15) a member of the Senate appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate.

(b) The members of the Commission shall appoint one of its members to serve as chairperson. A majority of the members appointed to the Commission shall constitute a quorum to do business. The Commission shall meet within 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and at such other times at the call of the chairperson. The members of the Commission shall serve without compensation for their services on the Commission but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary expenses from funds appropriated for that purpose.

(c) The Commission shall create a plan to implement a statewide system of drug courts and to plan for the creation of multi-county drug courts for smaller counties. The Commission shall submit its plan to the Governor and General Assembly no later than February 1, 2007. Within 30 days after submitting its plan to the Governor and General Assembly, the Commission shall be dissolved.

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