103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4843
 
Introduced , by Rep. Rita Mayfield
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

730 ILCS 5/3-4-3 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-4-3
 Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that interest or other income which may be earned from moneys deposited with the Department of Juvenile Justice by a resident of the Department of Juvenile Justice shall accrue to the Residents' Benefit Fund (rather than providing that interest or other income from moneys deposited with the Department of Juvenile Justice by a resident of the Department in excess of $200 shall accrue to the individual's account, or in balances up to $200 shall accrue to the Residents' Benefit Fund). 


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A BILL FOR
 
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1 AN ACT concerning State government.

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

4 Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by 
5changing Section 3-4-3 as follows:

6 (730 ILCS 5/3-4-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-4-3)
7 Sec. 3-4-3. Funds and Property of Persons Committed. 
8 (a) The Department of Corrections and the Department of 
9Juvenile Justice shall establish accounting records with 
10accounts for each person who has or receives money while in an 
11institution or facility of that Department and it shall allow 
12the withdrawal and disbursement of money by the person under 
13rules and regulations of that Department. Any interest or 
14other income which may be earned from moneys deposited with 
15the Department by a resident of the Department of Juvenile 
16Justice in excess of $200 shall accrue to the individual's 
17account, or in balances up to $200 shall accrue to the 
18Residents' Benefit Fund. For an individual in an institution 
19or facility of the Department of Corrections the interest 
20shall accrue to the Residents' Benefit Fund. The Department 
21shall disburse all moneys so held no later than the person's 
22final discharge from the Department. Moneys in the account of 
23a committed person who files a lawsuit determined frivolous 
 
 
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1under Article XXII of the Code of Civil Procedure shall be 
2deducted to pay for the filing fees and cost of the suit as 
3provided in that Article. The Department shall under rules and 
4regulations record and receipt all personal property not 
5allowed to committed persons. The Department shall return such 
6property to the individual no later than the person's release 
7on parole or aftercare. 
8 (b) Any money held in accounts of committed persons 
9separated from the Department by death, discharge, or 
10unauthorized absence and unclaimed for a period of 1 year 
11thereafter by the person or his legal representative shall be 
12transmitted to the State Treasurer who shall deposit it into 
13the General Revenue Fund. Articles of personal property of 
14persons so separated may be sold or used by the Department if 
15unclaimed for a period of 1 year for the same purpose. 
16Clothing, if unclaimed within 30 days, may be used or disposed 
17of as determined by the Department. 
18 (c) Forty percent of the profits on sales from commissary 
19stores shall be expended by the Department for the special 
20benefit of committed persons which shall include but not be 
21limited to the advancement of inmate payrolls, for the special 
22benefit of employees, and for the advancement or reimbursement 
23of employee travel, provided that amounts expended for 
24employees shall not exceed the amount of profits derived from 
25sales made to employees by such commissaries, as determined by 
26the Department. The remainder of the profits from sales from 
 
 
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