Section 1610.10 Administration

Section 1610

Section 1610.10

Administration

a)         By action of the members of the Prisoner Review Board, orders

of parole or conditions of parole as well as statutory parole and mandatory

releases and all continuances ordered by the former Parole and Pardon Board are

adopted.

b)         Duties of the Chairman

1)         Full administrative authority for conducting the business of

the Illinois Prisoner Review Board shall be vested in the Chairman, including

but not limited to the time and place of assignments, time and place of Board

conferences, opening and adjournment times of Board meetings, caucuses and

conferences, and such other general administrative powers as shall be necessary

to effectively carry out the work of said Board.

2)         The Chairman shall preside at meetings of the Board and may

appoint another member as Acting Chairman in the event of his absence.  He

shall also name presiding members of panels of the Board.

3)         Upon the request of three members of the Board he shall

schedule a special meeting of the Board at a reasonable time and at a suitable

location.

c)         Hearing Panels

1)         Adult panels.  The Board may meet and order its actions in

panels for purposes of granting and revoking parole.  The action of a majority

of a panel shall be the action of the Board.  Each panel shall consist of at

least three members of the Board except as otherwise required by the Unified

Code of Corrections (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 3-3-2(a)(2)).

2)         Juvenile panels.  The authority of the Board for persons in

the custody of the Juvenile Division shall be exercised by a panel of at least

three members except as otherwise required by the Unified Code of Corrections

(Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 3-3-2(a)(2)).  At least a majority of the

members of the panel deciding a case must be experienced in the field of juvenile

matters.  The interview for parole revocation of a juvenile shall be conducted

by a member qualified in juvenile matters

be exercised by a panel of at least

three members except as otherwise required by the Unified Code of Corrections

(Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 3-3-2(a)(2)).  At least a majority of the

members of the panel deciding a case must be experienced in the field of juvenile

matters.  The interview for parole revocation of a juvenile shall be conducted

by a member qualified in juvenile matters.

3)         In any instance where a tie vote shall result, the matter

under consideration shall be referred to the full Board for determination.

AGENCY NOTE:  Any use of the terms "he",

"his" or "him" is intended to be gender neutral.