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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal 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 Criminal Victims' Asset Discovery Act is | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Sections 2.3 and 3 and by adding Section | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | 2.4 as follows:
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7 | (725 ILCS 145/2.3) (from Ch. 70, par. 402.3)
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8 | Sec. 2.3. "Victim" means a person killed or physically | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | injured in this
State as a result of a violent crime | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | perpetrated or attempted against that person.
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11 | (Source: P.A. 81-906.)
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12 | (725 ILCS 145/2.4 new)
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13 | Sec. 2.4. Violent crime. "Violent crime" has the meaning | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | ascribed to it in Section 3 of the Rights of Crime Victims and | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Witnesses Act.
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16 | (725 ILCS 145/3) (from Ch. 70, par. 403)
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17 | Sec. 3. Deposition; assets of criminal.
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18 | (a) Any person who has been convicted
of a violent crime
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19 | first degree murder, a Class X felony, or aggravated kidnapping | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | in this
State , or who has been found not guilty by reason of
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21 | insanity or guilty but mentally ill of a violent crime
first |
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1 | degree murder, a Class X felony,
or aggravated kidnapping,
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2 | involving a victim as
described in Section 2.3, or any other | ||||||
3 | person who has reasonable grounds
to know of any assets of the | ||||||
4 | person convicted of a violent crime
first degree murder, a | ||||||
5 | Class
X felony, or aggravated kidnapping , or who has been
found | ||||||
6 | not guilty by reason of insanity or guilty but mentally ill of | ||||||
7 | a violent crime
first
degree murder, a Class X felony, or | ||||||
8 | aggravated kidnapping, may be deposed by
the victim or the | ||||||
9 | victim's legal representative concerning those assets.
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10 | (b) Upon written request of the victim, the Department of | ||||||
11 | Corrections
shall notify the victim of any assets of the person
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12 | convicted of a violent crime
first degree murder, a Class X | ||||||
13 | felony, or aggravated
kidnapping , or found not guilty by reason | ||||||
14 | of
insanity or guilty but mentally ill of a violent crime
first | ||||||
15 | degree murder, a Class X felony,
or aggravated kidnapping , | ||||||
16 | known by the Department.
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17 | (c) The victim may seek attachment against the property of | ||||||
18 | the
person convicted of first degree murder, a violent crime
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19 | Class X felony, or aggravated
kidnapping , or
found not
guilty | ||||||
20 | by reason of insanity or
guilty but mentally ill of a violent | ||||||
21 | crime
first degree murder, a Class X felony, or
aggravated | ||||||
22 | kidnapping, against him
or her.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 87-1157; 88-378 .)
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24 | Section 10. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by | ||||||
25 | changing Sections 2-2001 and 4-101 as follows:
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1 | (735 ILCS 5/2-2001)
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2 | Sec. 2-2001. Crime victims. A victim of a violent crime as | ||||||
3 | defined in Section 2.3
of the Criminal Victims' Asset Discovery | ||||||
4 | Act shall have a cause of action
against a defendant who has | ||||||
5 | been convicted of a violent crime, or found not guilty by
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6 | reason of insanity or guilty but mentally ill of a violent
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7 | crime, to recover damages
suffered by the victim of the violent
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8 | crime.
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9 | The Civil
Practice Law shall apply in the proceedings, and | ||||||
10 | the case shall be tried as in
other civil cases. If the victim | ||||||
11 | is deceased, the next of kin may maintain the
action.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 88-378.)
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13 | (735 ILCS 5/4-101) (from Ch. 110, par. 4-101)
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14 | Sec. 4-101. Cause. In any court having competent | ||||||
15 | jurisdiction, a creditor
having a money claim, whether | ||||||
16 | liquidated or unliquidated, and whether sounding
in contract or | ||||||
17 | tort, or based upon a statutory cause of action created by law
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18 | in favor of the People of the State of Illinois, or any agency | ||||||
19 | of the State,
may have an attachment against the property of | ||||||
20 | his or her debtor, or that of
any one or more of several | ||||||
21 | debtors, either at the time of commencement of the
action or | ||||||
22 | thereafter, when the claim exceeds $20,
in any one of the | ||||||
23 | following cases:
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24 | 1. Where the debtor is not a resident of this State.
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1 | 2. When the debtor conceals himself or herself or | ||||||
2 | stands in defiance of an
officer, so that process cannot be | ||||||
3 | served upon him or her.
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4 | 3. Where the debtor has departed from this State with | ||||||
5 | the
intention of having his or her effects removed from | ||||||
6 | this State.
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7 | 4. Where the debtor is about to depart from this State | ||||||
8 | with the
intention of having his or her effects removed | ||||||
9 | from this State.
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10 | 5. Where the debtor is about to remove his or her | ||||||
11 | property from this
State to the injury of such creditor.
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12 | 6. Where the debtor has within 2 years preceding the | ||||||
13 | filing of
the affidavit required, fraudulently conveyed or | ||||||
14 | assigned his or her effects,
or a part thereof, so as to | ||||||
15 | hinder or delay his or her creditors.
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16 | 7. Where the debtor has, within 2 years prior to the | ||||||
17 | filing of
such affidavit, fraudulently concealed or | ||||||
18 | disposed of his or her property so as
to hinder or delay | ||||||
19 | his or her creditors.
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20 | 8. Where the debtor is about fraudulently to conceal, | ||||||
21 | assign, or
otherwise dispose of his or her property or | ||||||
22 | effects, so as to hinder or delay
his or her creditors.
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23 | 9. Where the debt sued for was fraudulently contracted | ||||||
24 | on the
part of the debtor. The statements of the debtor, | ||||||
25 | his or her agent or
attorney, which constitute the fraud, | ||||||
26 | shall have been reduced to
writing, and his or her |
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1 | signature attached thereto, by himself or herself,
agent or | ||||||
2 | attorney.
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3 | 10. When the debtor is a person convicted of a violent | ||||||
4 | crime
first degree murder, a
Class X felony, or aggravated | ||||||
5 | kidnapping , or found not
guilty by reason of insanity or | ||||||
6 | guilty but mentally ill of a violent crime
first degree
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7 | murder, a Class X felony, or aggravated kidnapping , against
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8 | the creditor and that crime makes the creditor a "victim" | ||||||
9 | under the
Criminal Victims' Asset Discovery Act.
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10 | 11. When the debtor is referred by the Department of | ||||||
11 | Corrections to the
Attorney
General under Section 3-7-6 of | ||||||
12 | the Unified Code of Corrections to recover the
expenses | ||||||
13 | incurred as a result of that debtor's cost of | ||||||
14 | incarceration.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 93-508, eff. 1-1-04.)
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