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1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.


2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3represented in the General Assembly:



4 Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by 
5changing Section 6-12 as follows:




6 (705 ILCS 405/6-12)



7 Sec. 6-12. Juvenile County juvenile justice councils. 

8 (1) Each county, or any group of contiguous counties under 
9pursuant to an intergovernmental
agreement or, in
counties 
10having a population of 3,000,000 or more, any township, or 
11group of those townships, in the State of Illinois may, at the 
12initiative of any State's Attorney, Public Defender, court 
13services director, probation officer, county board member, 
14regional superintendent of schools, sheriff,
chief of police, 
15any judge serving in a juvenile court within
the jurisdiction, 
16or governing body of any Redeploy Illinois
site serving any 
17part of that area, establish a county juvenile
justice council

18("council").
19 (1.5) Each of the following county officers or entities 
20serving
any part of the area included in a juvenile justice

21council shall designate a
representative to serve on the 
22council: the sheriff, the State's Attorney,
Chief Probation 
23Officer, the Public Defender, and each and
the county board 
 
 
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1within the area of the council. Designation of members shall be 
2made to the person or agency initiating formation of the 
3council.
In addition, the chief judge may designate a 
4representative to serve on the
council.


5  (a) Following designation of members, the The council 
6 shall organize itself and elect from its members a

7 chairperson and such
officers as are deemed necessary. 
8 Until a chairperson is elected, the State's
Attorney shall 
9 serve as interim chairperson.


10  (b) The chairperson shall, with the advice and
consent 
11 of the council, appoint additional members of the council 
12 as is
deemed necessary to accomplish the purposes of this 
13 Article and whenever
possible shall appoint a local Chief 
14 of Police and a representative of a
community youth service 
15 provider.
The additional
members may include, but are not 
16 limited to, a judge who hears juvenile cases in the 
17 jurisdiction in which the council sits, representatives of

18 local law enforcement, juvenile justice agencies, schools, 
19 businesses, and
community organizations, community youth 
20 service providers, faith based organizations, the State or 
21 local board of education, any family violence coordinating 
22 council, any domestic violence agency, any children's 
23 advocacy center, any serious and habitual offender 
24 comprehensive action program, the Department of Human 
25 Services, the Chamber of Commerce, any director of court 
26 services, and local justice involved youth. However, the 
 
 
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1 number of voting members of any juvenile justice council 
2 shall not exceed 21.


3  (c) The county juvenile justice council shall meet 
4 monthly from time to time, but
no less than semi-annually, 
5 for the purpose of encouraging the initiation of,
or 
6 supporting ongoing, interagency cooperation and programs 
7 to address juvenile
delinquency and juvenile crime.
8  (d) In counties having a population of 3,000,000 or 
9 more, the juvenile justice council shall provide for local 
10 area council participation in its by-laws. 

11 (2) The purpose of a county juvenile justice council is:
12  (a) To to provide a forum
for the development of a 
13 community-based interagency assessment of the local

14 juvenile justice system, to develop a county juvenile 
15 justice plan for the
prevention of juvenile delinquency, 
16 and to make recommendations to the county
board, or county 
17 boards, for more effectively utilizing existing community

18 resources in dealing with juveniles who are found to be 
19 involved in crime, or
who are truant or have been suspended 
20 or expelled from school. The county
juvenile justice plan 
21 shall include relevant portions of local crime prevention

22 and public safety plans, school improvement and school 
23 safety plans, Redeploy Illinois plans, and the
plans or 
24 initiatives of other public and private entities within the 
25 covered area county
that are concerned with dropout 
26 prevention, school safety, the prevention of
juvenile 
 
 
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1 crime and criminal activity by youth gangs.

2  (b) To inform the development of the local assessment 
3 and
plan described in paragraph (a) by utilizing aggregate 
4 data
to: analyze the risks, needs, and characteristics of 
5 youth in
contact with the juvenile justice system; to 
6 assess responses
and resources available; and to develop or 
7 strengthen policy
and practice in order to prevent or 
8 mitigate juvenile
delinquency, produce positive youth 
9 outcomes, and enhance
public safety. Sources of this data 
10 may include State and local
human services, child 
11 protection, law enforcement, probation,
corrections, 
12 education, and other public agencies. State
agencies, 
13 their local and regional offices, and contractors
are 
14 strongly encouraged to collaborate with juvenile justice

15 councils to develop memoranda of understanding and

16 intergovernmental agreements, and to share data and

17 information in order to provide an adequate basis for the

18 local juvenile justice plan. The confidentiality of

19 individual juvenile records shall not be compromised at any

20 time or in any manner in service of these functions. 
21 (3) The duties and responsibilities of the county juvenile 
22justice council
include, but are not limited to:


23  (a) Developing a county juvenile justice plan based 
24 upon utilization of
the resources of law enforcement, 
25 school systems, park programs, sports
entities, Redeploy 
26 Illinois programs, and others in a cooperative and 
 
 
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1 collaborative manner to prevent or
discourage juvenile 
2 crime.


3  (b) Entering into a written county interagency 
4 agreement specifying the
nature and extent of 
5 contributions each signatory agency will make in achieving

6 the goals of the county juvenile justice plan and their 
7 commitment to the
sharing of information useful in carrying 
8 out the goals of the interagency
agreement to the extent 
9 authorized by law.


10  (c) Applying for and receiving public or private 
11 grants, to be
administered by one of the
community 
12 partners, that support one or more components of the county 
13 juvenile
justice plan.


14  (d) (Blank). Providing a forum for the presentation of 
15 interagency recommendations
and the resolution of 
16 disagreements relating to the contents of the county

17 interagency agreement or the performance by the parties of 
18 their respective
obligations under the agreement.


19  (e) Assisting and directing the efforts of local 
20 community support
organizations and volunteer groups in 
21 providing enrichment programs and other
support services 
22 for clients of local juvenile detention centers.


23  (f) Developing and making available a county-wide or 
24 multi-county resource
guide for minors in need of 
25 prevention, intervention, psycho-social,
educational 
26 support, and other services needed to prevent juvenile 
 
 
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1 delinquency.

2  (g) Facilitating community based collaboration and 
3 perspective
on oversight, research, and evaluation of 
4 activities,
programs, and policies directed towards and 
5 impacting the lives
of juveniles.
6  (h) Planning for and supporting applications for 
7 Redeploy
Illinois, and development of funding for 
8 screening,
assessment, and risk-appropriate, 
9 evidence-informed
services to reduce commitments to the 
10 Department of
Juvenile Justice.
11  (i) Planning for and supporting the development of 
12 funding
for screening, assessment, and risk-appropriate, 
13 evidence-informed services to youth reentering the 
14 community from
detention in a county detention center or 
15 commitment from
the Department of Juvenile Justice.
16 (3.5) A council which is the sole council serving any
part 
17of the area of an established Redeploy Illinois
site may, in 
18its discretion, and at the request of the
Redeploy Illinois 
19governing body of the site, undertake
and maintain governance 
20of the site under Section 16.1 of the Probation and Probation 
21Officers Act. 
22 (4) The council shall have no role in the charging or 
23prosecution of
juvenile offenders.

24(Source: P.A. 90-590, eff. 1-1-99.)