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| 1 | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Address Confidentiality for Victims of | ||||||
| 5 | Domestic Violence Act is amended by changing Section 15 as | ||||||
| 6 | follows:
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| 7 | (750 ILCS 61/15)
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| 8 | Sec. 15. Address confidentiality
program; application; | ||||||
| 9 | certification. | ||||||
| 10 | (a) An adult person, a parent or guardian acting on behalf | ||||||
| 11 | of a
minor, or a guardian acting on behalf of a person with a | ||||||
| 12 | disability, as
defined in Article 11a of the Probate Act of | ||||||
| 13 | 1975, may apply to the Attorney
General to have an
address | ||||||
| 14 | designated by the Attorney General serve as the person's | ||||||
| 15 | address
or the address of the minor or person with a | ||||||
| 16 | disability. The Attorney General
shall approve an application | ||||||
| 17 | if it is filed in the manner and on the form
prescribed by him | ||||||
| 18 | or her and if it contains:
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| 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
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| 2 | her children's safety, or the safety of the minor or person | ||||||
| 3 | with a disability
on whose behalf the application is made;
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| 4 | (2) a designation of the Attorney General as agent for | ||||||
| 5 | purposes of
service of process and receipt of mail;
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| 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;
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| 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
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| 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
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| 17 | applicant signed the application.
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| 18 | (b) Applications shall be filed with the office of the | ||||||
| 19 | Attorney General.
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| 20 | (c) Upon filing a properly completed application, the | ||||||
| 21 | Attorney General shall
certify the applicant as a program | ||||||
| 22 | participant. Applicants
shall be certified for 4 years | ||||||
| 23 | following the date of filing unless the
certification is | ||||||
| 24 | withdrawn or invalidated before that date. The Attorney
General | ||||||
| 25 | shall by rule establish a renewal procedure.
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| 26 | (d) A person who falsely attests in an application that | ||||||
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| 1 | disclosure
of the applicant's address would endanger the | ||||||
| 2 | applicant's safety or the
safety of the applicant's children or | ||||||
| 3 | the minor or incapacitated person on
whose behalf the | ||||||
| 4 | application is made, or who knowingly provides false or
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| 5 | incorrect information upon making an application, is guilty of | ||||||
| 6 | a Class 3
felony.
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| 7 | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
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