Bill Status of HB 5860   94th General Assembly

Short Description:  VIOLENT CRIME VICTIMS-ESCROW

House Sponsors
Rep. Patricia R. Bellock-Michael Tryon

Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  1/9/2007HouseSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
725 ILCS 145/Act title
725 ILCS 145/1from Ch. 70, par. 401
725 ILCS 145/2.3from Ch. 70, par. 402.3
725 ILCS 145/2.4 new
725 ILCS 145/3from Ch. 70, par. 403
725 ILCS 145/3.5 new
725 ILCS 240/10.5 new
735 ILCS 5/2-2001
735 ILCS 5/4-101from Ch. 110, par. 4-101

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Criminal Victims' Asset Discovery Act. Changes the short title of the Act to the Criminal Victims' Asset Discovery and Escrow Account Act. Provides that the Act applies to persons convicted of violent crimes (rather than first degree murder, a Class X felony, or aggravated kidnapping). Provides that a person contracting with any person or the representative or assignee of any person convicted of a violent crime in this State, with respect to the reenactment of the violent crime, by way of a movie, book, magazine article, tape recording, phonograph record, radio or television presentation, or live entertainment, or from the expression of the convicted person's thoughts, feelings, opinions, or emotions regarding the crime if the expression represents the primary contents of a movie, book, magazine article, tape recording, phonograph record, radio or television presentation, or live entertainment, shall submit a copy of the contract to the Attorney General and pay over to the Attorney General any moneys that would otherwise, by terms of the contract, be owing to the person convicted or the person's representatives. Provides that the Attorney General shall deposit the moneys in an escrow account for the benefit of and payable to any victim or the legal representative of any victim of violent crimes committed by the convicted person, if the victim, or the legal representative of the victim, within 5 years from the establishment of the escrow account, brings a civil action and recovers a money judgment for damages against the person or the person's representatives. Amends the Violent Crime Victims Assistance Act and the Code of Civil Procedure to make conforming changes.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  11/16/2006HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
  11/16/2006HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Tryon
  11/16/2006HouseFirst Reading
  11/16/2006HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  1/9/2007HouseSession Sine Die

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