PERSONNEL&CLAIMS-PRISONERS House SponsorsRep. Mary E. Flowers-Paul D. Froehlich 1/13/2009HouseSession Sine Die 20 ILCS 415/8b.7-5 new705 ILCS 505/8from Ch. 37, par. 439.8705 ILCS 505/11from Ch. 37, par. 439.11705 ILCS 505/22from Ch. 37, par. 439.22705 ILCS 505/24from Ch. 37, par. 439.24705 ILCS 505/24.5 new Amends the Personnel Code. Establishes a preference in an entrance examination of 5 points for a person if: (i) he or she has been discharged from a prison of this State; (ii) he or she has been wrongfully accused of a crime for which he or she was imprisoned; and (iii) either a court of competent jurisdiction finds that the evidence that resulted in his or her conviction was erroneous or that new evidence indicates that the person did not commit the crime for which he or she was imprisoned or the accused received a pardon from the Governor stating that such pardon is issued on the ground of innocence of the crime for which he or she was imprisoned. Amends the Court of Claims Act. Grants the court exclusive jurisdiction over claims for time unjustly served when the person was wrongfully accused of the crime for which he or she was imprisoned and a court of competent jurisdiction finds that the evidence that resulted in his or her conviction was erroneous or that new evidence indicates that the person did not commit the crime for which he or she was imprisoned (in addition to jurisdiction when the person received a pardon by the Governor stating that such pardon is issued on the ground of innocence of the crime for which he or she was imprisoned). Increases the maximum statutory awards to a person released from prison because of these factors. Effective immediately. 1/23/2007HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers 1/26/2007HouseFirst Reading 1/26/2007HouseReferred to Rules Committee 1/31/2007HouseAssigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee 2/6/2007HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich 3/23/2007HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee 1/13/2009HouseSession Sine Die