101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2818
 
Introduced , by Rep. Terra Costa Howard
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
  
750 ILCS 61/15

     Amends the Address Confidentiality for Victims of Domestic Violence Act. Provides that a person who is a victim of, among other things, sexual assault or stalking may apply for the address confidentiality program under the Act.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Address Confidentiality for Victims of 
5Domestic Violence Act is amended  by changing Section 15 as 
6follows:
 



7    (750 ILCS 61/15)



8    Sec. 15. Address confidentiality
program; application; 
9certification.
10    (a) An adult person, a parent or guardian acting on behalf 
11of a
minor, or a guardian acting on behalf of a person with a 
12disability, as
defined in Article 11a of the Probate Act of 
131975, may apply to the Attorney
General to have an
address 
14designated by the Attorney General serve as the person's 
15address
or the address of the minor or person with a 
16disability. The Attorney General
shall approve an application 
17if it is filed in the manner and on the form
prescribed by him 
18or her and if it contains:


19        (1) a sworn statement by the applicant that the 
20    applicant has good
reason to believe (i) that the 
21    applicant, or the minor or person with a disability on 
22    whose behalf the application is made, is a victim of 
23    domestic
violence, sexual assault, or stalking; and (ii) 
 
 
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1    that the applicant fears for his or her safety or his or

2    her children's safety, or the safety of the minor or person 
3    with a disability
on whose behalf the application is made;


4        (2) a designation of the Attorney General as agent for 
5    purposes of
service of process and receipt of mail;


6        (3) the mailing address where the applicant can be 
7    contacted by the
Attorney General, and the phone number or 
8    numbers where the applicant
can be called by the Attorney 
9    General;


10        (4) the new address or addresses that the applicant 
11    requests not be
disclosed for the reason that disclosure 
12    will increase the risk of domestic
violence; and


13        (5) the signature of the applicant and of any 
14    individual or
representative of any office designated in 
15    writing under Section 40 of this Act
who
assisted in the 
16    preparation of the application, and the date on which the

17    applicant signed the application.

18    (b) Applications shall be filed with the office of the 
19Attorney General.

20    (c) Upon filing a properly completed application, the 
21Attorney General shall
certify the applicant as a program 
22participant. Applicants
shall be certified for 4 years 
23following the date of filing unless the
certification is 
24withdrawn or invalidated before that date. The Attorney
General 
25shall by rule establish a renewal procedure.

26    (d) A person who falsely attests in an application that 
 
 
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1disclosure
of the applicant's address would endanger the 
2applicant's safety or the
safety of the applicant's children or 
3the minor or incapacitated person on
whose behalf the 
4application is made, or who knowingly provides false or

5incorrect information upon making an application, is guilty of 
6a Class 3
felony.

7(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)