93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4609


 
Introduced 02/04/04, by Annazette Collins
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













740 ILCS 45/6.2 new










    Amends the Crime Victims Compensation Act. Provides that a victim
of a crime of violence shall be treated equally with any other victim of a
crime of violence. Provides that any compensation under the Act may not
be reduced or denied to a victim because of his or her race, color, creed,
national origin, sex, sexual orientation, or opinion on the death penalty.
Effective immediately.



















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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
















 


 


A BILL FOR









 














HB4609

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    AN ACT in relation to crime victims. 

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


 
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    Section 5. The Crime Victims Compensation Act is amended by

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adding Section 6.2 as follows:


 
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    (740 ILCS 45/6.2 new)

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    Sec. 6.2. Crime victims; equal treatment.  A victim of a 
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crime of
violence shall be treated equally with any other 
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victim of a crime of
violence. Any compensation under this Act 
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may not be reduced or denied
to a victim because of his or her 
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race, color, creed, national origin, sex,
sexual orientation, 
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or opinion on the death penalty.



 
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    Section 99. Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.