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Public Act 91-0899

SB1332 Enrolled                                LRB9110671RCpk

    AN ACT in relation to criminal law.

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

    Section  2.   The  Code  of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
amended by adding Section 115-10.5 as follows:

    (725 ILCS 5/115-10.5 new)
    Sec. 115-10.5.  Hearsay  exception  regarding  safe  zone
testimony.
    (a)  In  any  prosecution  for  any  offense charged as a
violation  of  Section  407  of   the   Illinois   Controlled
Substances  Act or Section 5-130 of the Juvenile Court Act of
1987 the following evidence shall be admitted as an exception
to the hearsay rule any testimony by any qualified individual
regarding the status of any property as:
         (1) a truck stop or safety rest area, or
         (2)  a  school  or  conveyance  owned,   leased   or
    contracted  by a  school to transport students to or from
    school, or
         (3)  residential  property  owned,   operated,   and
    managed by a public housing agency, or
         (4) a public park, or
         (5)   the   real  property  comprising  any  church,
    synagogue, or other building, structure,  or  place  used
    primarily for religious worship, or
         (6)   the   real  property  comprising  any  of  the
    following places, buildings, or structures used primarily
    for housing or providing space for activities for  senior
    citizens:  nursing homes, assisted-living centers, senior
    citizen housing complexes,  or  senior  centers  oriented
    toward daytime activities.
    (b) As used in this Section, "qualified individual" means
any  person  who  (i)  lived or worked within the territorial
jurisdiction where the offense took place  when  the  offense
took  place;  and (ii) is familiar with various public places
within the territorial jurisdiction where  the  offense  took
place when the offense took place.
    (c)   For   the  purposes  of  this  Section,  "qualified
individual" includes any peace officer, or any member of  any
duly  organized  State,  county,  or  municipal  peace  unit,
assigned  to  the  territorial jurisdiction where the offense
took place when the offense took place.
    (d) This Section applies to all prosecutions  pending  at
the  time  this  amendatory  Act of the 91st General Assembly
takes effect and to all prosecutions commencing on  or  after
its effective date.

    Section 5.  The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
changing Section 5-4-1 as follows:

    (730 ILCS 5/5-4-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-4-1)
    Sec. 5-4-1.  Sentencing Hearing.
    (a)  Except  when  the  death  penalty  is  sought  under
hearing procedures otherwise specified, after a determination
of  guilt,  a  hearing  shall be held to impose the sentence.
However, prior to the imposition of sentence on an individual
being sentenced for an offense based  upon  a  charge  for  a
violation of Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or a
similar  provision  of a local ordinance, the individual must
undergo a professional evaluation to determine if an  alcohol
or  other  drug abuse problem exists and the extent of such a
problem.  Programs  conducting  these  evaluations  shall  be
licensed  by  the  Department of Human Services.  However, if
the individual is not a resident of Illinois, the court  may,
in its discretion, accept an evaluation from a program in the
state  of  such  individual's residence. The court may in its
sentencing order approve an eligible defendant for  placement
in  a  Department of Corrections impact incarceration program
as provided in Section 5-8-1.1.  At  the  hearing  the  court
shall:
         (1)  consider  the  evidence,  if any, received upon
    the trial;
         (2)  consider any presentence reports;
         (3)  consider the financial impact of  incarceration
    based  on  the  financial impact statement filed with the
    clerk of the court by the Department of Corrections;
         (4)  consider evidence and  information  offered  by
    the parties in aggravation and mitigation;
         (5)  hear arguments as to sentencing alternatives;
         (6)  afford  the defendant the opportunity to make a
    statement in his own behalf;
         (7)  afford the victim  of  a  violent  crime  or  a
    violation of Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
    or  a  similar  provision  of  a  local  ordinance,  or a
    qualified individual affected by a violation  of  Section
    405,  405.1,  405.2,  or  407  of the Illinois Controlled
    Substances  Act,   committed   by   the   defendant   the
    opportunity  to make a statement concerning the impact on
    the victim  and  to  offer  evidence  in  aggravation  or
    mitigation;  provided  that  the  statement  and evidence
    offered  in  aggravation  or  mitigation  must  first  be
    prepared in  writing  in  conjunction  with  the  State's
    Attorney  before  it  may  be  presented  orally  at  the
    hearing.  Any  sworn  testimony  offered by the victim is
    subject to the defendant's right  to  cross-examine.  All
    statements  and evidence offered under this paragraph (7)
    shall become part of the record of the  court.   For  the
    purpose  of  this  paragraph  (7), "qualified individual"
    means any person who  (i)  lived  or  worked  within  the
    territorial  jurisdiction  where  the  offense took place
    when the offense took place; and (ii)  is  familiar  with
    various public places within the territorial jurisdiction
    where the offense took place when the offense took place.
    For  the  purposes  of  this  paragraph  (7),  "qualified
    individual"  includes any peace officer, or any member of
    any duly organized State, county, or municipal peace unit
    assigned  to  the  territorial  jurisdiction  where   the
    offense took place when the offense took place; and
         (8)  in   cases  of  reckless  homicide  afford  the
    victim's spouse, guardians, parents  or  other  immediate
    family members an opportunity to make oral statements.
    (b)  All  sentences  shall  be imposed by the judge based
upon his independent assessment  of  the  elements  specified
above  and  any  agreement  as  to  sentence  reached  by the
parties.  The judge who presided at the trial  or  the  judge
who  accepted  the  plea  of guilty shall impose the sentence
unless he is no longer sitting as  a  judge  in  that  court.
Where  the judge does not impose sentence at the same time on
all defendants  who  are  convicted  as  a  result  of  being
involved  in  the  same offense, the defendant or the State's
Attorney may advise the sentencing court of  the  disposition
of any other defendants who have been sentenced.
    (c)  In imposing a sentence for a violent crime or for an
offense  of  operating  or  being  in  physical  control of a
vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, any other  drug
or any combination thereof, or a similar provision of a local
ordinance,  when such offense resulted in the personal injury
to someone other than the defendant, the  trial  judge  shall
specify  on  the record the particular evidence, information,
factors in mitigation and aggravation or other  reasons  that
led to his sentencing determination. The full verbatim record
of  the  sentencing  hearing shall be filed with the clerk of
the court and shall be a public record.
    (c-1)  In  imposing  a  sentence  for  the   offense   of
aggravated   kidnapping  for  ransom,  home  invasion,  armed
robbery, aggravated vehicular hijacking, aggravated discharge
of a firearm, or armed violence with a category I  weapon  or
category  II  weapon, the trial judge shall make a finding as
to whether the conduct leading to conviction for the  offense
resulted  in  great  bodily harm to a victim, and shall enter
that finding and the basis for that finding in the record.
    (c-2)  If the defendant is  sentenced  to  prison,  other
than  when  a  sentence  of  natural  life  imprisonment or a
sentence of death is imposed, at the  time  the  sentence  is
imposed the judge shall state on the record in open court the
approximate  period  of  time  the  defendant  will  serve in
custody according to the then  current  statutory  rules  and
regulations  for  early  release  found  in Section 3-6-3 and
other related provisions of this  Code.   This  statement  is
intended  solely to inform the public, has no legal effect on
the defendant's actual release, and may not be relied  on  by
the defendant on appeal.
    The  judge's statement, to be given after pronouncing the
sentence, other than when the sentence is imposed for one  of
the offenses enumerated in paragraph (a)(3) of Section 3-6-3,
shall include the following:
    "The purpose of this statement is to inform the public of
the  actual  period of time this defendant is likely to spend
in prison as a result of this sentence.  The actual period of
prison time served is determined by the statutes of  Illinois
as  applied  to  this  sentence by the Illinois Department of
Corrections and the Illinois Prisoner Review Board.  In  this
case,  assuming the defendant receives all of his or her good
conduct credit, the period of estimated actual custody is ...
years and ... months, less up to  180  days  additional  good
conduct  credit  for  meritorious service.  If the defendant,
because of his or her own misconduct  or  failure  to  comply
with  the  institutional  regulations, does not receive those
credits, the actual time served in  prison  will  be  longer.
The  defendant  may  also  receive an additional one-half day
good  conduct  credit  for  each  day  of  participation   in
vocational,   industry,   substance  abuse,  and  educational
programs as provided for by Illinois statute."
    When the sentence is imposed  for  one  of  the  offenses
enumerated  in  paragraph (a)(3) of Section 3-6-3, other than
when  the  sentence  is  imposed  for  one  of  the  offenses
enumerated in paragraph (a)(2) of Section 3-6-3 committed  on
or  after  June 19, 1998, and other than when the sentence is
imposed for reckless homicide as defined in subsection (e) of
Section 9-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 if the  offense  was
committed on or after January 1, 1999, the judge's statement,
to be given after pronouncing the sentence, shall include the
following:
    "The purpose of this statement is to inform the public of
the  actual  period of time this defendant is likely to spend
in prison as a result of this sentence.  The actual period of
prison time served is determined by the statutes of  Illinois
as  applied  to  this  sentence by the Illinois Department of
Corrections and the Illinois Prisoner Review Board.  In  this
case,  assuming the defendant receives all of his or her good
conduct credit, the period of estimated actual custody is ...
years and ... months, less up  to  90  days  additional  good
conduct  credit  for  meritorious service.  If the defendant,
because of his or her own misconduct  or  failure  to  comply
with  the  institutional  regulations, does not receive those
credits, the actual time served in  prison  will  be  longer.
The  defendant  may  also  receive an additional one-half day
good  conduct  credit  for  each  day  of  participation   in
vocational,   industry,   substance  abuse,  and  educational
programs as provided for by Illinois statute."
    When the sentence is imposed  for  one  of  the  offenses
enumerated  in  paragraph (a)(2) of Section 3-6-3, other than
first degree murder, and the  offense  was  committed  on  or
after  June  19,  1998,  and when the sentence is imposed for
reckless homicide as defined in subsection (e) of Section 9-3
of the Criminal Code of 1961 if the offense was committed  on
or  after January 1, 1999, the judge's statement, to be given
after pronouncing the sentence, shall include the following:
    "The purpose of this statement is to inform the public of
the actual period of time this defendant is likely  to  spend
in prison as a result of this sentence.  The actual period of
prison  time served is determined by the statutes of Illinois
as applied to this sentence by  the  Illinois  Department  of
Corrections  and the Illinois Prisoner Review Board.  In this
case, the defendant is entitled to no more than 4 1/2 days of
good conduct credit for each month of his or her sentence  of
imprisonment.   Therefore, this defendant will serve at least
85% of his or her sentence.  Assuming the defendant  receives
4  1/2 days credit for each month of his or her sentence, the
period of estimated actual  custody  is  ...  years  and  ...
months.   If  the  defendant,  because  of  his  or  her  own
misconduct  or  failure  to  comply  with  the  institutional
regulations receives lesser credit, the actual time served in
prison will be longer."
    When  a  sentence  of  imprisonment  is imposed for first
degree murder and the offense was committed on or after  June
19,   1998,   the   judge's  statement,  to  be  given  after
pronouncing the sentence, shall include the following:
    "The purpose of this statement is to inform the public of
the actual period of time this defendant is likely  to  spend
in prison as a result of this sentence.  The actual period of
prison  time served is determined by the statutes of Illinois
as applied to this sentence by  the  Illinois  Department  of
Corrections  and the Illinois Prisoner Review Board.  In this
case, the defendant is not entitled to good  conduct  credit.
Therefore,  this  defendant  will  serve  100%  of his or her
sentence."
    (d)  When the defendant is committed to the Department of
Corrections, the State's Attorney shall and counsel  for  the
defendant may file a statement with the clerk of the court to
be  transmitted  to  the department, agency or institution to
which the defendant is committed to furnish such  department,
agency or institution with the facts and circumstances of the
offense  for which the person was committed together with all
other factual information accessible to them in regard to the
person prior  to  his  commitment  relative  to  his  habits,
associates,  disposition  and  reputation and any other facts
and circumstances which may aid such  department,  agency  or
institution  during  its  custody  of such person.  The clerk
shall within 10 days  after  receiving  any  such  statements
transmit a copy to such department, agency or institution and
a copy to the other party, provided, however, that this shall
not  be  cause  for  delay  in  conveying  the  person to the
department, agency  or  institution  to  which  he  has  been
committed.
    (e)  The  clerk  of  the  court  shall  transmit  to  the
department,  agency  or  institution,  if  any,  to which the
defendant is committed, the following:
         (1)  the sentence imposed;
         (2)  any statement by the court  of  the  basis  for
    imposing the sentence;
         (3)  any presentence reports;
         (4)  the number of days, if any, which the defendant
    has  been  in  custody  and  for  which he is entitled to
    credit against the sentence, which information  shall  be
    provided to the clerk by the sheriff;
         (4.1)  any  finding of great bodily harm made by the
    court with respect to an offense enumerated in subsection
    (c-1);
         (5)  all statements filed under  subsection  (d)  of
    this Section;
         (6)  any   medical   or  mental  health  records  or
    summaries of the defendant;
         (7)  the  municipality  where  the  arrest  of   the
    offender  or  the commission of the offense has occurred,
    where such municipality has a  population  of  more  than
    25,000 persons;
         (8)  all  statements made and evidence offered under
    paragraph (7) of subsection (a) of this Section; and
         (9)  all additional matters which the court  directs
    the clerk to transmit.
(Source:  P.A.  90-592,  eff.  6-19-98; 90-593, eff. 6-19-98;
90-740, eff. 1-1-99; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

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