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Article 55 - Miscellaneous Provisions

      (20 ILCS 301/Art. 55 heading)ARTICLE 55. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

(20 ILCS 301/55‑5)     Sec. 55‑5. Application of Administrative Procedure Act. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is incorporated herein as if all of its provisions were included in this Act. (Source: P.A. 88‑80.)

(20 ILCS 301/55‑10)     Sec. 55‑10. Immunity from civil or criminal liability. No intermediary person acting in good faith and without negligence in connection with the preparation of petitions, applications, certificates or other documents for apprehension, transportation, examination, treatment, detention or discharge or the taking into protective custody of an individual under the provisions of this Act shall incur any civil or criminal liability by reason of these acts. (Source: P.A. 88‑80.)

(20 ILCS 301/55‑15)     Sec. 55‑15. Intoxication; local ordinances. No county, municipality or political subdivision may adopt or enforce any law that includes being intoxicated as the sole basis of the offense, nor interpret or apply any law to circumvent the provisions of this Section. However, nothing in this Section affects any law, ordinance, resolution or rule against driving under the influence of alcohol or other drugs, or any similar offense involving operation of a vehicle, aircraft, boat, machinery, or the use of firearms or other equipment. Nothing in this Section affects any law regarding the sale, purchase, use, possession or dispensing of drugs or alcohol at stated places, at stated times or by particular classes of persons. (Source: P.A. 88‑80.)

(20 ILCS 301/55‑20)     Sec. 55‑20. Direct deposit of State payments. Any provider of services under this Act may elect to receive payment for those services, and the Department is authorized to arrange for that payment, by means of direct deposit transmittals to the service provider's account maintained at a bank, savings and loan association, or other financial institution. The financial institution must be approved by the Department, and the deposits shall be in accordance with rules adopted by the Department. (Source: P.A. 88‑80.)

    (20 ILCS 301/55‑25)
    Sec. 55‑25. Drug court grant program.
    (a) Subject to appropriation, the Division of Alcoholism

and Substance Abuse within the Department of Human Services shall establish a program to administer grants to local drug courts. Grant moneys may be used for the following purposes:

(1) treatment or other clinical intervention through

an appropriately licensed provider;

(2) monitoring, supervision, and clinical case

management via probation, TASC, or other licensed Division of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse (DASA) providers;

(3) transportation of the offender to required

appointments;

(4) interdisciplinary and other training of both

clinical and legal professionals who are involved in the local drug court;

(5) other activities including data collection

related to drug court operation and purchase of software or other administrative tools to assist in the overall management of the local system; or

(6) court appointed special advocate programs.     (b) The position of Statewide Drug Court Coordinator is

created as a full‑time position within the Division of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse. The Statewide Drug Court Coordinator shall be responsible for the following:

(1) coordinating training, technical assistance, and

overall support to drug courts in Illinois;

(2) assisting in the development of new drug courts

and advising local partnerships on appropriate practices;

(3) collecting data from local drug court

partnerships on drug court operations and aggregating that data into an annual report to be presented to the General Assembly; and

(4) acting as a liaison between the State and the

Illinois Association of Drug Court Professionals.

(Source: P.A. 95‑204, eff. 1‑1‑08.)