Published by admin on Tue, 03/02/2021 - 5:12pm
Illinois House Bill 3653 has its supporters and its objectors, and it has the mayor of Coal City, “fed up” with what he calls unvetted legislation.
About 48 hours after Gov. JB Pritzker signed the massive criminal justice reform package into law on Feb. 22, Coal City Mayor Terry Halliday pointed to a scenario he had heard in a clip from the Grundy County Board’s February meeting.
The scenario chief deputy John Nicholson used to interpret the provisions outlined in the new law involved a trespasser—an uninvited and unwelcome guest—sitting on a person’s patio.