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 1        AN ACT to  amend  the  Unified  Code  of  Corrections  by
 2    changing Sections 5-8-1, 5-8A-3, and 5-8A-5.

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

 5        Section 5.  The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
 6    changing Sections 5-8-1, 5-8A-3, and 5-8A-5 as follows:

 7        (730 ILCS 5/5-8-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-1)
 8        Sec. 5-8-1. Sentence of Imprisonment for Felony.
 9        (a)  Except as otherwise provided in the statute defining
10    the offense, a sentence of imprisonment for a felony shall be
11    a determinate sentence set by the court under  this  Section,
12    according to the following limitations:
13             (1)  for first degree murder,
14                  (a)  a term shall be not less than 20 years and
15             not more than 60 years, or
16                  (b)  if  the  court  finds  that the murder was
17             accompanied  by  exceptionally  brutal  or   heinous
18             behavior  indicative of wanton cruelty or, except as
19             set forth in subsection (a)(1)(c) of  this  Section,
20             that  any  of  the  aggravating  factors  listed  in
21             subsection  (b)  of Section 9-1 of the Criminal Code
22             of 1961 are present,  the  court  may  sentence  the
23             defendant to a term of natural life imprisonment, or
24                  (c)  the  court shall sentence the defendant to
25             a term of natural life imprisonment when  the  death
26             penalty is not imposed if the defendant,
27                       (i)  has   previously  been  convicted  of
28                  first degree murder under any state or  federal
29                  law, or
30                       (ii)  is  a person who, at the time of the
31                  commission of the murder, had attained the  age
 
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 1                  of  17 or more and is found guilty of murdering
 2                  an  individual  under  12  years  of  age;  or,
 3                  irrespective of the defendant's age at the time
 4                  of the commission  of  the  offense,  is  found
 5                  guilty of murdering more than one victim, or
 6                       (iii)  is  found  guilty  of  murdering  a
 7                  peace officer or fireman when the peace officer
 8                  or   fireman   was  killed  in  the  course  of
 9                  performing his official duties, or  to  prevent
10                  the  peace  officer  or fireman from performing
11                  his official duties, or in retaliation for  the
12                  peace   officer   or   fireman  performing  his
13                  official duties,  and  the  defendant  knew  or
14                  should  have known that the murdered individual
15                  was a peace officer or fireman, or
16                       (iv)  is  found  guilty  of  murdering  an
17                  employee of an institution or facility  of  the
18                  Department of Corrections, or any similar local
19                  correctional  agency,  when  the  employee  was
20                  killed in the course of performing his official
21                  duties,   or   to  prevent  the  employee  from
22                  performing   his   official   duties,   or   in
23                  retaliation for  the  employee  performing  his
24                  official duties, or
25                       (v)  is   found  guilty  of  murdering  an
26                  emergency  medical  technician   -   ambulance,
27                  emergency  medical  technician  - intermediate,
28                  emergency  medical  technician   -   paramedic,
29                  ambulance driver or other medical assistance or
30                  first   aid   person   while   employed   by  a
31                  municipality or other  governmental  unit  when
32                  the   person   was  killed  in  the  course  of
33                  performing official duties or  to  prevent  the
34                  person  from  performing  official duties or in
 
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 1                  retaliation for performing official duties  and
 2                  the  defendant  knew  or should have known that
 3                  the  murdered  individual  was   an   emergency
 4                  medical   technician   -  ambulance,  emergency
 5                  medical technician  -  intermediate,  emergency
 6                  medical   technician   -  paramedic,  ambulance
 7                  driver, or other medical assistant or first aid
 8                  personnel, or
 9                       (vi)  is a person who, at the time of  the
10                  commission  of the murder, had not attained the
11                  age of 17, and is found guilty of  murdering  a
12                  person  under 12 years of age and the murder is
13                  committed  during  the  course  of   aggravated
14                  criminal   sexual   assault,   criminal  sexual
15                  assault, or aggravated kidnaping, or
16                       (vii)  is found  guilty  of  first  degree
17                  murder  and  the murder was committed by reason
18                  of  any  person's  activity  as   a   community
19                  policing  volunteer  or  to  prevent any person
20                  from  engaging  in  activity  as  a   community
21                  policing  volunteer.    For the purpose of this
22                  Section, "community policing volunteer" has the
23                  meaning ascribed to it in Section 2-3.5 of  the
24                  Criminal Code of 1961.
25                  For  purposes of clause (v), "emergency medical
26             technician   -   ambulance",   "emergency    medical
27             technician   -   intermediate",  "emergency  medical
28             technician - paramedic", have the meanings  ascribed
29             to  them  in  the  Emergency  Medical Services (EMS)
30             Systems Act.
31             (1.5)  for second degree murder, a term shall be not
32        less than 4 years and not more than 20 years;
33             (2)  for a person adjudged a habitual criminal under
34        Article 33B of the Criminal Code of 1961, as amended, the
 
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 1        sentence shall be a term of natural life imprisonment;
 2             (2.5)  for   a   person    convicted    under    the
 3        circumstances  described  in  paragraph (3) of subsection
 4        (b) of Section 12-13, paragraph (2) of subsection (d)  of
 5        Section  12-14,  paragraph  (1.2)  of  subsection  (b) of
 6        Section 12-14.1, or paragraph (2) of  subsection  (b)  of
 7        Section  12-14.1  of  the  Criminal  Code  of  1961,  the
 8        sentence shall be a term of natural life imprisonment;
 9             (3)  except  as  otherwise  provided  in the statute
10        defining the offense, for a Class X felony, the  sentence
11        shall  be  not  less  than  6  years and not more than 30
12        years;
13             (4)  for a Class 1 felony, other than second  degree
14        murder,  the  sentence shall be not less than 4 years and
15        not more than 15 years;
16             (5)  for a Class 2 felony, the sentence shall be not
17        less than 3 years and not more than 7 years;
18             (6)  for a Class 3 felony, the sentence shall be not
19        less than 2 years and not more than 5 years;
20             (7)  for a Class 4 felony, the sentence shall be not
21        less than 1 year and not more than 3 years.
22        (b)  The sentencing judge in each felony conviction shall
23    set forth his reasons for imposing the particular sentence he
24    enters in the case, as provided  in  Section  5-4-1  of  this
25    Code.    Those   reasons   may   include  any  mitigating  or
26    aggravating factors specified in this Code, or  the  lack  of
27    any  such circumstances, as well as any other such factors as
28    the judge shall set forth on the record that  are  consistent
29    with  the  purposes  and  principles of sentencing set out in
30    this Code.
31        (c)  A motion to reduce a sentence may be  made,  or  the
32    court  may  reduce  a sentence without motion, within 30 days
33    after the sentence is imposed.  A  defendant's  challenge  to
34    the  correctness  of  a  sentence  or  to  any  aspect of the
 
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 1    sentencing hearing shall be made by a  written  motion  filed
 2    within   30   days  following  the  imposition  of  sentence.
 3    However, the court may not increase a  sentence  once  it  is
 4    imposed.
 5        If  a  motion filed pursuant to this subsection is timely
 6    filed within 30 days  after  the  sentence  is  imposed,  the
 7    proponent  of  the  motion  shall  exercise  due diligence in
 8    seeking a determination on the motion  and  the  court  shall
 9    thereafter decide such motion within a reasonable time.
10        If  a  motion filed pursuant to this subsection is timely
11    filed within 30 days after the sentence is imposed, then  for
12    purposes  of perfecting an appeal, a final judgment shall not
13    be considered to have been entered until the motion to reduce
14    a sentence has been decided by order  entered  by  the  trial
15    court.
16        A  motion  filed pursuant to this subsection shall not be
17    considered to have been timely filed unless it is filed  with
18    the  circuit court clerk within 30 days after the sentence is
19    imposed together with a notice of  motion,  which  notice  of
20    motion shall set the motion on the court's calendar on a date
21    certain within a reasonable time after the date of filing.
22        (d)  Except  where  a  term  of  natural life is imposed,
23    every sentence shall include as though written therein a term
24    in addition to the term of imprisonment. For those  sentenced
25    under  the law in effect prior to February 1, 1978, such term
26    shall be identified as a parole term.  For those sentenced on
27    or after February 1, 1978, such term shall be identified as a
28    mandatory  supervised  release  term.   Subject  to   earlier
29    termination  under  Section  3-3-8,  the  parole or mandatory
30    supervised release term shall be as follows:
31             (1)  for first degree murder or a Class X felony,  3
32        years;
33             (2)  for  a  Class  1  felony or a Class 2 felony, 2
34        years;
 
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 1             (3)  for a Class 3 felony or a  Class  4  felony,  1
 2        year; .
 3             (4)  if  the  victim is under 18 years of age, for a
 4        second or subsequent offense of criminal  sexual  assault
 5        or  aggravated criminal sexual assault, 5 years, at least
 6        the first 2 years of which the defendant shall  serve  in
 7        an  electronic home detention program under Article 8A of
 8        Chapter V of this Code;
 9             (5)  if the victim is under 18 years of age,  for  a
10        second  or  subsequent  offense  of  aggravated  criminal
11        sexual abuse or felony criminal sexual abuse, 4 years, at
12        least  the  first  2  years  of which the defendant shall
13        serve in  an  electronic  home  detention  program  under
14        Article 8A of Chapter V of this Code.
15        (e)  A   defendant  who  has  a  previous  and  unexpired
16    sentence of imprisonment imposed by another state or  by  any
17    district  court  of the United States and who, after sentence
18    for a crime in Illinois, must return to serve  the  unexpired
19    prior  sentence  may  have his sentence by the Illinois court
20    ordered to be concurrent with the prior sentence in the other
21    state. The court may  order  that  any  time  served  on  the
22    unexpired  portion  of the sentence in the other state, prior
23    to his return to Illinois, shall be credited on his  Illinois
24    sentence.  The  other state shall be furnished with a copy of
25    the order imposing sentence which shall  provide  that,  when
26    the offender is released from confinement of the other state,
27    whether by parole or by termination of sentence, the offender
28    shall  be transferred by the Sheriff of the committing county
29    to the Illinois Department of Corrections.  The  court  shall
30    cause  the  Department  of Corrections to be notified of such
31    sentence at the time of commitment and to  be  provided  with
32    copies of all records regarding the sentence.
33        (f)  A   defendant  who  has  a  previous  and  unexpired
34    sentence of imprisonment imposed by an Illinois circuit court
 
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 1    for a crime in this State and who is  subsequently  sentenced
 2    to a term of imprisonment by another state or by any district
 3    court  of  the  United  States  and  who has served a term of
 4    imprisonment imposed by the other state or district court  of
 5    the  United  States,  and must  return to serve the unexpired
 6    prior sentence imposed by  the  Illinois  Circuit  Court  may
 7    apply  to  the  court  which  imposed  sentence  to  have his
 8    sentence reduced.
 9        The circuit court may order that any time served  on  the
10    sentence  imposed by the other state or district court of the
11    United States be credited  on  his  Illinois  sentence.  Such
12    application   for    reduction   of  a  sentence  under  this
13    subsection (f)  shall  be  made  within  30  days  after  the
14    defendant  has  completed  the  sentence imposed by the other
15    state or district court of the United States.
16    (Source: P.A. 89-203, eff. 7-21-95;  89-428,  eff.  12-13-95;
17    89-462,  eff.  5-29-96;  90-396,  eff.  1-1-98;  90-651, eff.
18    1-1-99.)

19        (730 ILCS 5/5-8A-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8A-3)
20        Sec. 5-8A-3. Application.
21        (a)  Except as  provided  in  subsection  (d),  a  person
22    charged  with  or convicted of an excluded offense may not be
23    placed in an electronic home detention  program,  except  for
24    bond  pending trial or appeal or while on parole or mandatory
25    supervised release.
26        (b)  A person serving a sentence for a  conviction  of  a
27    Class 1 felony, other than an excluded offense, may be placed
28    in  an  electronic home detention program for a period not to
29    exceed the last 90 days of incarceration.
30        (c)  A person serving a sentence for a  conviction  of  a
31    Class X felony, other than an excluded offense, may be placed
32    in  an  electronic home detention program for a period not to
33    exceed the last 90 days of incarceration, provided  that  the
 
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 1    person  was  sentenced on or after the effective date of this
 2    amendatory Act of 1993 and provided that the  court  has  not
 3    prohibited  the  program  for  the  person  in the sentencing
 4    order.
 5        (d)  A person serving a sentence  for  conviction  of  an
 6    offense other than for predatory criminal sexual assault of a
 7    child,  aggravated  criminal  sexual assault, criminal sexual
 8    assault, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, or felony criminal
 9    sexual abuse, may be placed in an electronic  home  detention
10    program  for  a  period  not  to exceed the last 12 months of
11    incarceration, provided that (i) the person is  55  years  of
12    age  or  older;  (ii)  the  person  is  serving a determinate
13    sentence; (iii) the person has served at  least  25%  of  the
14    sentenced  prison  term;  and (iv) placement in an electronic
15    home detention program is approved  by  the  Prisoner  Review
16    Board.
17        (e)  A  person  serving  a  sentence  for conviction of a
18    Class 2, 3 or 4 felony  offense  which  is  not  an  excluded
19    offense may be placed in an electronic home detention program
20    pursuant to Department administrative directives.
21        (f)  Applications   for  electronic  home  detention  may
22    include the following:
23             (1)  pretrial or pre-adjudicatory detention;
24             (2)  probation;
25             (3)  conditional discharge;
26             (4)  periodic imprisonment;
27             (5)  parole or mandatory supervised release;
28             (6)  work release;
29             (7)  furlough or
30             (8)  post-trial incarceration.
31        (g)  A person convicted of an offense described in clause
32    (4) or (5) of subsection (d) of Section 5-8-1  of  this  Code
33    shall  be  placed in an electronic home detention program for
34    at  least  the  first  2  years  of  the  person's  mandatory
 
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 1    supervised release term.
 2    (Source: P.A. 88-311; 89-428,  eff.  12-13-95;  89-462,  eff.
 3    5-29-96.)

 4        (730 ILCS 5/5-8A-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8A-5)
 5        Sec.   5-8A-5.    Consent  of  the  participant.   Before
 6    entering  an  order  for  commitment  for   electronic   home
 7    detention,   the   supervising  authority  shall  inform  the
 8    participant and other persons residing in  the  home  of  the
 9    nature  and  extent  of  the  approved  electronic monitoring
10    devices by doing the following:
11        (A)  Securing the written consent of the  participant  in
12    the  program  to comply with the rules and regulations of the
13    program as stipulated  in  subsections  (A)  through  (I)  of
14    Section 5-8A-4.
15        (B)  Where  possible,  securing  the  written  consent of
16    other persons  residing  in  the  home  of  the  participant,
17    including   the   person  in  whose  name  the  telephone  is
18    registered, at the  time  of  the  order  or  commitment  for
19    electronic  home  detention  is  entered  and acknowledge the
20    nature and extent of approved electronic monitoring devices.
21        (C)  Insure  that  the  approved  electronic  devices  be
22    minimally intrusive upon the privacy of the  participant  and
23    other  persons  residing  in  the  home  while  remaining  in
24    compliance  with  subsections  (B)  through  (D)  of  Section
25    5-8A-4.
26        (D)  This  Section  does  not apply to persons subject to
27    Electronic Home Monitoring as a term or condition  of  parole
28    or  mandatory  supervised  release  under  subsection  (d) of
29    Section 5-8-1 of this Code.
30    (Source: P.A. 90-399, eff. 1-1-98.)

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