Bill Text: IL HB3712 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the establishment and appointment of the Prisoner Review Board.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3712 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB3712-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB3712 Introduced , by Rep. Edward J. Acevedo SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
730 ILCS 5/3-3-1 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-1
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the establishment and appointment of the Prisoner Review Board.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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 3-3-1 as follows:
(730 ILCS 5/3-3-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-1)
Sec. 3-3-1. Establishment and Appointment of Prisoner
Review Board.
(a) There shall be a Prisoner Review Board independent of
the the Department of Corrections which shall be:
(1) the paroling authority for persons sentenced under
the law in effect prior to the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1977;
(1.5) the authority for hearing and deciding the time
of aftercare release for persons adjudicated delinquent
under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987;
(2) the board of review for cases involving the
revocation of sentence credits or a suspension or reduction
in the rate of accumulating the credit;
(3) the board of review and recommendation for the
exercise of executive clemency by the Governor;
(4) the authority for establishing release dates for
certain prisoners sentenced under the law in existence

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prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1977,
in accordance with Section 3-3-2.1 of this Code;
(5) the authority for setting conditions for parole,
mandatory supervised release under Section 5-8-1(a) of
this Code, and aftercare release, and determining whether a
violation of those conditions warrant revocation of
parole, aftercare release, or mandatory supervised release
or the imposition of other sanctions.
(b) The Board shall consist of 15 persons appointed by the
Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. One
member of the Board shall be designated by the Governor to be
Chairman and shall serve as Chairman at the pleasure of the
Governor. The members of the Board shall have had at least 5
years of actual experience in the fields of penology,
corrections work, law enforcement, sociology, law, education,
social work, medicine, psychology, other behavioral sciences,
or a combination thereof. At least 6 members so appointed must
have had at least 3 years experience in the field of juvenile
matters. No more than 8 Board members may be members of the
same political party.
Each member of the Board shall serve on a full-time basis
and shall not hold any other salaried public office, whether
elective or appointive, nor any other office or position of
profit, nor engage in any other business, employment, or
vocation. The Chairman of the Board shall receive $35,000 a
year, or an amount set by the Compensation Review Board,

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whichever is greater, and each other member $30,000, or an
amount set by the Compensation Review Board, whichever is
greater.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
the term of each member of the Board who was appointed by the
Governor and is in office on June 30, 2003 shall terminate at
the close of business on that date or when all of the successor
members to be appointed pursuant to this amendatory Act of the
93rd General Assembly have been appointed by the Governor,
whichever occurs later. As soon as possible, the Governor shall
appoint persons to fill the vacancies created by this
amendatory Act.
Of the initial members appointed under this amendatory Act
of the 93rd General Assembly, the Governor shall appoint 5
members whose terms shall expire on the third Monday in January
2005, 5 members whose terms shall expire on the third Monday in
January 2007, and 5 members whose terms shall expire on the
third Monday in January 2009. Their respective successors shall
be appointed for terms of 6 years from the third Monday in
January of the year of appointment. Each member shall serve
until his or her successor is appointed and qualified.
Any member may be removed by the Governor for incompetence,
neglect of duty, malfeasance or inability to serve.
(d) The Chairman of the Board shall be its chief executive
and administrative officer. The Board may have an Executive
Director; if so, the Executive Director shall be appointed by

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the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The
salary and duties of the Executive Director shall be fixed by
the Board.
(Source: P.A. 97-697, eff. 6-22-12; 98-558, eff. 1-1-14.)