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91_HB2381

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 by
 2    changing Section 112A-23.

 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section 5.  The Code of Criminal  Procedure  of  1963  is
 6    amended by changing Section 112A-23 as follows:

 7        (725 ILCS 5/112A-23) (from Ch. 38, par. 112A-23)
 8        Sec. 112A-23.  Enforcement of orders of protection.
 9        (a)  When violation is crime. A violation of any order of
10    protection,   whether   issued  in  a  civil,  quasi-criminal
11    proceeding, must may be enforced by a criminal court when:
12             (1)  The respondent commits the crime  of  violation
13        of  an  order  of protection pursuant to Section 12-30 of
14        the Criminal Code of 1961, by having knowingly violated:
15                  (i)  remedies described in paragraphs (1), (2),
16             (3), (14), or (14.5) of subsection  (b)  of  Section
17             112A-14,
18                  (ii)  a  remedy, which is substantially similar
19             to the remedies  authorized  under  paragraphs  (1),
20             (2),  (3),  (14)  or  (14.5)  of  subsection  (b) of
21             Section 214 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of
22             1986, in a  valid  order  of  protection,  which  is
23             authorized under the laws of another state, tribe or
24             United States territory,
25                  (iii)  or   any   other  remedy  when  the  act
26             constitutes a crime against the protected parties as
27             defined by the Criminal Code of 1961.
28        Prosecution for a violation of  an  order  of  protection
29    shall  not  bar  concurrent  prosecution for any other crime,
30    including any crime that may have been committed at the  time
31    of the violation of the order of protection; or
 
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 1             (2)  The  respondent  commits  the  crime  of  child
 2        abduction  pursuant  to Section 10-5 of the Criminal Code
 3        of 1961, by having knowingly violated:
 4                  (i)  remedies described in paragraphs (5),  (6)
 5             or (8) of subsection (b) of Section 112A-14, or
 6                  (ii)  a  remedy, which is substantially similar
 7             to the remedies  authorized  under  paragraphs  (1),
 8             (5), (6), or (8) of subsection (b) of Section 214 of
 9             the  Illinois  Domestic  Violence  Act of 1986, in a
10             valid order of protection, which is authorized under
11             the laws of another state, tribe  or  United  States
12             territory.
13        (b)  When  violation is contempt of court. A violation of
14    any valid order of protection, whether issued in a  civil  or
15    criminal   proceeding,  may  be  enforced  through  civil  or
16    criminal contempt procedures, as appropriate,  by  any  court
17    with  jurisdiction,  regardless  where  the act or acts which
18    violated the order  of  protection  were  committed,  to  the
19    extent  consistent with the venue provisions of this Article.
20    Nothing in this Article shall  preclude  any  Illinois  court
21    from  enforcing  any  valid  order  of  protection  issued in
22    another  state.  Illinois  courts  may  enforce   orders   of
23    protection  through  both  criminal  prosecution and contempt
24    proceedings, unless the action which is  second  in  time  is
25    barred   by   collateral   estoppel   or  the  constitutional
26    prohibition against double jeopardy.
27             (1)  In a contempt proceeding where the petition for
28        a rule to show  cause  sets  forth  facts  evidencing  an
29        immediate  danger  that  the  respondent  will  flee  the
30        jurisdiction,  conceal a child, or inflict physical abuse
31        on the petitioner  or  minor  children  or  on  dependent
32        adults  in  petitioner's  care,  the  court may order the
33        attachment of the respondent without prior service of the
34        rule to show cause or the petition for  a  rule  to  show
 
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 1        cause.   Bond  shall be set unless specifically denied in
 2        writing.
 3             (2)  A  petition  for  a  rule  to  show  cause  for
 4        violation of an order of protection shall be  treated  as
 5        an expedited proceeding.
 6        (c)  Violation  of custody or support orders. A violation
 7    of remedies described in paragraphs (5), (6), (8), or (9)  of
 8    subsection  (b)  of  Section  112A-14  may be enforced by any
 9    remedy provided by Section 611 of the Illinois  Marriage  and
10    Dissolution  of Marriage Act. The court may enforce any order
11    for support issued under paragraph (12) of subsection (b)  of
12    Section   112A-14 in the manner provided for under Articles V
13    and VII of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of  Marriage
14    Act.
15        (d)  Actual  knowledge.  An  order  of  protection may be
16    enforced pursuant to this Section if the respondent  violates
17    the  order  after  respondent  has  actual  knowledge  of its
18    contents as shown through one of the following means:
19             (1)  By service, delivery, or notice  under  Section
20        112A-10.
21             (2)  By notice under Section 112A-11.
22             (3)  By  service  of  an  order  of protection under
23        Section 112A-22.
24             (4)  By other means demonstrating  actual  knowledge
25        of the contents of the order.
26        (e)  The  enforcement  of an order of protection in civil
27    or criminal court shall not be  affected  by  either  of  the
28    following:
29             (1)  The  existence of a separate, correlative order
30        entered under Section 112A-15.
31             (2)  Any finding or order  entered  in  a  conjoined
32        criminal proceeding.
33        (f)  Circumstances.   The court, when determining whether
34    or not a violation of an order of  protection  has  occurred,
 
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 1    shall  not  require  physical  manifestations of abuse on the
 2    person of the victim.
 3        (g)  Penalties.
 4             (1)  Except as provided in  paragraph  (3)  of  this
 5        subsection,  where  the  court  finds the commission of a
 6        crime or contempt of court under subsections (a)  or  (b)
 7        of  this  Section,  the penalty shall be the penalty that
 8        generally  applies   in   such   criminal   or   contempt
 9        proceedings,   and   may  include  one  or  more  of  the
10        following: incarceration, payment of restitution, a fine,
11        payment  of  attorneys'  fees  and  costs,  or  community
12        service.
13             (2)  The court shall  hear  and  take  into  account
14        evidence  of  any  factors  in  aggravation or mitigation
15        before deciding an appropriate  penalty  under  paragraph
16        (1) of this subsection.
17             (3)  To  the  extent  permitted by law, the court is
18        encouraged to:
19                  (i)  increase  the  penalty  for  the   knowing
20             violation  of  any  order  of  protection  over  any
21             penalty   previously   imposed   by  any  court  for
22             respondent's violation of any order of protection or
23             penal statute involving  petitioner  as  victim  and
24             respondent as defendant;
25                  (ii)  impose  a  minimum  penalty  of  24 hours
26             imprisonment for respondent's first violation of any
27             order of protection; and
28                  (iii)  impose a minimum  penalty  of  48  hours
29             imprisonment  for  respondent's second or subsequent
30             violation of an order of protection
31        unless the  court  explicitly  finds  that  an  increased
32        penalty   or   that   period  of  imprisonment  would  be
33        manifestly unjust.
34             (4)  In addition to any other penalties imposed  for
 
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 1        a  violation  of an order of protection, a criminal court
 2        may consider evidence of any violations of  an  order  of
 3        protection:
 4                  (i)  to  increase,  revoke  or  modify the bail
 5             bond on an underlying criminal  charge  pursuant  to
 6             Section 110-6;
 7                  (ii)  to   revoke   or   modify   an  order  of
 8             probation,  conditional  discharge  or  supervision,
 9             pursuant to Section 5-6-4 of  the  Unified  Code  of
10             Corrections;
11                  (iii)  to   revoke  or  modify  a  sentence  of
12             periodic imprisonment, pursuant to Section 5-7-2  of
13             the Unified Code of Corrections.
14    (Source: P.A. 90-732, eff. 8-11-98.)

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