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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Organized Crime Control Act. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Section 5. Intent. The General Assembly finds that a severe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | problem is
posed in this State by the increasing organization | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | among certain
criminal elements and the increasing extent to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | which criminal
activities and funds acquired as a result of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | criminal activity are
being directed to and against the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | legitimate economy of the State.
The General Assembly declares | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | that the intent of the Organized
Crime Control Act is to impose | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | sanctions against this subversion
of the economy by organized | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | criminal elements and to provide
compensation to private | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | persons injured thereby. It is not the
intent of the General | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Assembly that isolated incidents of misdemeanor
conduct be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | prosecuted under this Act, but only an interrelated pattern
of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | criminal activity the motive or effect of which is to derive
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19 | pecuniary gain.
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20 | Section 10. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | (1) "Commission of a crime" means being accountable for the
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22 | commission of a crime under Article 5 of the Criminal Code of |
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1 | 1961. | ||||||
2 | (2) "Enterprise" means any sole proprietorship, | ||||||
3 | partnership,
limited liability company, corporation, business | ||||||
4 | trust, union organized
under the laws of this State or other | ||||||
5 | legal entity or any union
not organized under the laws of this | ||||||
6 | State, association or group of
individuals associated in fact | ||||||
7 | although not a legal entity. "Enterprise"
includes illicit and | ||||||
8 | licit enterprises and governmental and
other entities. | ||||||
9 | (3) "Pattern of racketeering activity" means engaging in at
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10 | least 3 incidents of racketeering activity that have the same | ||||||
11 | or similar
intents, results, accomplices, victims, or methods | ||||||
12 | of commission
or otherwise are interrelated by distinguishing | ||||||
13 | characteristics,
provided that at least one of the incidents | ||||||
14 | occurred after the effective date of this Act and that the last | ||||||
15 | of the incidents occurred within 7 years after
the first | ||||||
16 | incident of racketeering activity. Acts occurring at the
same | ||||||
17 | time and place which may form the basis for crimes punishable
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18 | under more than one statutory provision may count for only
one | ||||||
19 | incident of racketeering activity. | ||||||
20 | (4) "Racketeering activity" means any activity specified | ||||||
21 | in: (i) 18
U.S.C. 1961 as in effect on the effective date of | ||||||
22 | this Act or (ii) the attempt, conspiracy
to commit, or | ||||||
23 | commission of any of the felonies specified
in: Article 10, 11, | ||||||
24 | 20, 20.5, 21, 24, 26, 28, 29A, 30, 31, 32, 33, or 33E, Section | ||||||
25 | 9-1, 12-4.2, 12-4.2-5, 12-4.3, 12-9, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, | ||||||
26 | 12-15, 12-16, 12-16.2, 12-33, subsection (a) or (d-5) of |
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1 | Section 12-4 of the Criminal Code of 1961, the Illinois | ||||||
2 | Controlled Substances Act, the Methamphetamine Control and | ||||||
3 | Community Protection Act, the Cannabis Control Act, the Wrongs | ||||||
4 | to Children Act, Article VIIIA of the Illinois Public Aid Code, | ||||||
5 | Section 22 of the Cigarette Tax Act, or the Illinois Securities | ||||||
6 | Law of 1953. | ||||||
7 | Section 15. Prohibited activities. | ||||||
8 | (a) A person who has
received any proceeds with knowledge | ||||||
9 | that they were derived,
directly or indirectly, from a pattern | ||||||
10 | of racketeering activity may
not use or invest, whether | ||||||
11 | directly or indirectly, any part of the proceeds
or the | ||||||
12 | proceeds derived from the investment or use thereof
in the | ||||||
13 | acquisition of any title to, or any right, interest, or equity | ||||||
14 | in,
real property or in the establishment or operation of any | ||||||
15 | enterprise. | ||||||
16 | (b) A person, through a pattern of racketeering activity, | ||||||
17 | may
not acquire or maintain, directly or indirectly, any | ||||||
18 | interest in or control
of any enterprise or real property. | ||||||
19 | (c) A person employed by, or associated with, any | ||||||
20 | enterprise
may not conduct or participate, directly or | ||||||
21 | indirectly, in the enterprise
through a pattern of racketeering | ||||||
22 | activity.
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23 | Section 20. Penalties. | ||||||
24 | (a) Any person convicted of engaging in
racketeering |
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1 | activity in violation of Section 15 is guilty of a Class
1 | ||||||
2 | felony. | ||||||
3 | (b) In lieu of a fine under subsection (a), any person | ||||||
4 | convicted of
engaging in conduct in violation of Section 15, | ||||||
5 | through which he
or she derived pecuniary value, or by which he | ||||||
6 | or she caused personal
injury or property damage or other loss, | ||||||
7 | may be fined not to
exceed 2 times the gross value gained or 2 | ||||||
8 | times the gross loss
caused, whichever is the greater, plus | ||||||
9 | court costs and the costs of
investigation and prosecution, | ||||||
10 | reasonably incurred. In calculating
the amount of a fine based | ||||||
11 | on personal injury, any measurement of
pain and suffering shall | ||||||
12 | be excluded. | ||||||
13 | (c) The court shall hold a hearing to determine the amount | ||||||
14 | of
the fine authorized by subsection (b). | ||||||
15 | (d) In subsection (b), "pecuniary value" means:
(1) | ||||||
16 | anything of value in the form of money, a negotiable
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17 | instrument, or a commercial interest or anything else the | ||||||
18 | primary
significance of which is economic advantage; or
(2) any | ||||||
19 | other property or service that has a value in excess of
$100.
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20 | Section 25. Continuing criminal enterprise. | ||||||
21 | (a) Any person
who engages in a continuing criminal | ||||||
22 | enterprise is guilty of a
Class 1 felony. | ||||||
23 | (b) In this Section a person is considered to be engaged in | ||||||
24 | a
continuing criminal enterprise if he or she engages in a | ||||||
25 | prohibited
activity under Section 15; and |
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1 | (1) the activity is undertaken by the person in concert | ||||||
2 | with 5
or more other persons, each of whom acted with | ||||||
3 | intent to commit
a crime and with respect to whom the | ||||||
4 | person occupies a supervisory
position; and | ||||||
5 | (2) the person obtains gross income or resources in | ||||||
6 | excess of
$25,000 from the activity.
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7 | Section 30. Criminal forfeitures. | ||||||
8 | (a) In addition to the penalties
under Sections 20 and 25, | ||||||
9 | the court shall order forfeiture,
according to the procedures | ||||||
10 | set forth in subsections (b), (c), and (d), of all real
or | ||||||
11 | personal property used in the course of, or intended for use in
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12 | the course of, derived from, or realized through conduct in | ||||||
13 | violation
of Section 15 or 25. All forfeitures under this | ||||||
14 | Section shall
be made with due provision for the rights of | ||||||
15 | innocent persons.
Property constituting proceeds derived from | ||||||
16 | conduct in violation
of Section 15 or 25 includes, but is not | ||||||
17 | limited to, any of the following: | ||||||
18 | (1) Any position, office, appointment, tenure, | ||||||
19 | commission, or
employment contract of any kind that the | ||||||
20 | defendant acquired or
maintained in violation of Section 15 | ||||||
21 | or 25, through which the
defendant conducted or | ||||||
22 | participated in the conduct of the affairs
of an enterprise | ||||||
23 | in violation of Section 15 or 25, or that afforded
the | ||||||
24 | defendant a source of influence or control over the affairs | ||||||
25 | of
an enterprise that the defendant exercised in violation |
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1 | of Section 15 or 25. | ||||||
2 | (2) Any compensation, right, or benefit derived from a | ||||||
3 | position,
office, appointment, tenure, commission, or | ||||||
4 | employment contract
that accrued to the defendant during | ||||||
5 | the period of conduct in violation
of Section 15 or 25. | ||||||
6 | (3) Any interest in, security of, claim against, or | ||||||
7 | property or
contractual right affording the defendant a | ||||||
8 | source of influence or
control over the affairs of an | ||||||
9 | enterprise in which the defendant participated
in | ||||||
10 | violation of Section 15 or 25. | ||||||
11 | (4) Any amount payable or paid under any contract for | ||||||
12 | goods
or services that was awarded or performed in | ||||||
13 | violation of Section 15 or 25. | ||||||
14 | (b) Any criminal complaint alleging a violation of Section | ||||||
15 | 15 or 25 shall allege the extent of property subject to | ||||||
16 | forfeiture
under this Section. At trial, the trier of fact | ||||||
17 | shall return a special
verdict determining the extent of | ||||||
18 | property, if any, to be subject to
forfeiture under this | ||||||
19 | Section. When a special verdict contains a
finding of property | ||||||
20 | subject to forfeiture under this Section, a
judgment of | ||||||
21 | criminal forfeiture shall be entered along with the
judgment of | ||||||
22 | conviction. | ||||||
23 | (c) If any property included in a special verdict of | ||||||
24 | criminal
forfeiture cannot be located, has been sold to a bona | ||||||
25 | fide purchaser
for value, has been placed beyond the | ||||||
26 | jurisdiction of the court, has
been substantially diminished in |
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1 | value by the conduct of the
defendant, has been commingled with | ||||||
2 | other property that cannot
be divided without difficulty or | ||||||
3 | undue injury to innocent persons,
or is otherwise unreachable | ||||||
4 | without undue injury to innocent persons,
the court may order | ||||||
5 | forfeiture of any other property of the
defendant up to the | ||||||
6 | value of the property that is unreachable. | ||||||
7 | (d) Any injured person has a right or claim to forfeited | ||||||
8 | property
or the proceeds derived therefrom superior to any | ||||||
9 | right or
claim the State has under this Section in the same | ||||||
10 | property or proceeds.
This subsection (d) does not grant the | ||||||
11 | injured person priority
over State claims or rights by reason | ||||||
12 | of a tax lien or other basis not
covered by this Act. All | ||||||
13 | rights, titles, and interest in
property described in | ||||||
14 | subsection (a) vest in the State upon the commission
of the act | ||||||
15 | giving rise to forfeiture under this Section.
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16 | Section 35. Civil remedies. | ||||||
17 | (a) After making due provision for
the rights of innocent | ||||||
18 | persons, any circuit court may enjoin violations
of Section 15 | ||||||
19 | or 25 and may issue appropriate orders and
judgments related | ||||||
20 | thereto, including, but not limited to: | ||||||
21 | (1) Ordering any defendant to divest himself or herself | ||||||
22 | of any
interest in any enterprise which is involved in the | ||||||
23 | violation of Section 15 or 25, including real property. | ||||||
24 | (2) Imposing reasonable restrictions upon the future | ||||||
25 | activities
or investments of any defendant related to |
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1 | enjoining violations of
Section 15 or 25, including, but | ||||||
2 | not limited to, prohibiting any
defendant from engaging in | ||||||
3 | the same type of endeavor as the
enterprise in which he or | ||||||
4 | she was engaged in violation of Section 15 or 25. | ||||||
5 | (3) Ordering the dissolution or reorganization of any | ||||||
6 | related
enterprise. | ||||||
7 | (4) Ordering the suspension or revocation of a license, | ||||||
8 | permit,
or prior approval granted to any related enterprise | ||||||
9 | by any agency
of the State or a county or municipality. | ||||||
10 | (5) Ordering the dissolution of a corporation | ||||||
11 | organized under
the Business Corporation Act of 1983, or | ||||||
12 | the revocation of a certificate authorizing a foreign
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13 | corporation to conduct business within the State, upon | ||||||
14 | finding
that the board of directors or a managerial agent | ||||||
15 | acting on
behalf of the corporation, in conducting the | ||||||
16 | affairs of the corporation,
has authorized or engaged in | ||||||
17 | conduct in violation of Section 15 or 25 and that, for the | ||||||
18 | prevention of future criminal activity,
the public | ||||||
19 | interest requires the action under this paragraph (5). | ||||||
20 | (b) (1) All property, real or personal, including money, | ||||||
21 | used
in the course of, intended for use in the course of, | ||||||
22 | derived from, or realized through conduct which has resulted in | ||||||
23 | a conviction for
violation of Section 15 or 25 is subject to | ||||||
24 | civil forfeiture to the
State. The State shall dispose of all | ||||||
25 | forfeited property as soon as
commercially feasible. If | ||||||
26 | property is not exercisable or transferable
for value by the |
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1 | State, it shall expire. All forfeitures or dispositions
under | ||||||
2 | this Section shall be made with due provision for
the rights of | ||||||
3 | innocent persons. The proceeds realized from the forfeitures
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4 | and dispositions shall be deposited into the Common School | ||||||
5 | Fund. | ||||||
6 | (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), property described in | ||||||
7 | paragraph (1) is
subject to forfeiture if the person who | ||||||
8 | violated Section 15 or 25
has not been convicted, but he or she | ||||||
9 | is a defendant in a criminal
proceeding, is released, pending | ||||||
10 | trial, on bail, and fails to appear in court regarding the | ||||||
11 | criminal proceeding.
However, before making the final | ||||||
12 | determination of any
action under this Section, the court must | ||||||
13 | determine that the party
bringing the action can prove the | ||||||
14 | person committed the violation
of Section 15 or 25.
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15 | (3) Any injured person has a right or claim to forfeited | ||||||
16 | property
or the proceeds derived therefrom superior to any | ||||||
17 | right or claim
the State has under this Section in the same | ||||||
18 | property or proceeds.
This paragraph does not grant the person | ||||||
19 | priority over State claims
or rights by reason of a tax lien or | ||||||
20 | other basis not covered by this Act. | ||||||
21 | (c) The Attorney General or any State's Attorney may | ||||||
22 | institute
civil proceedings under this Section. In any action | ||||||
23 | brought under this Section, the circuit
court shall proceed as | ||||||
24 | soon as practicable to the hearing and determination.
Pending | ||||||
25 | final determination of any action under this
Section, the | ||||||
26 | circuit court may at any time enter such injunctions,
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1 | prohibitions, or restraining orders, or take such actions, | ||||||
2 | including
the acceptance of satisfactory performance bonds, as | ||||||
3 | the court
deems proper. At any time pending final determination | ||||||
4 | of a forfeiture
action under subsection (b), the circuit court | ||||||
5 | may order the seizure
of property subject to forfeiture and may | ||||||
6 | make such orders as it
deems necessary to preserve and protect | ||||||
7 | the property. | ||||||
8 | (d) Any person who is injured by reason of any violation of | ||||||
9 | Section 15 or 25 has a cause of action for 2 times the actual | ||||||
10 | damages
sustained and, when appropriate, punitive damages. The | ||||||
11 | person
shall also recover attorney's fees and costs of the | ||||||
12 | investigation
and litigation reasonably incurred. The | ||||||
13 | defendant or any injured
person may demand a trial by jury in | ||||||
14 | any civil action brought
under this Section. | ||||||
15 | (e) The burden of proof under this Section is that of | ||||||
16 | satisfying
or convincing to a reasonable certainty by a greater | ||||||
17 | weight of the
credible evidence that the property is subject to | ||||||
18 | forfeiture under
this Section. | ||||||
19 | (f) A final judgment or decree rendered in favor of the | ||||||
20 | State
in any criminal proceeding under this Act shall stop
the | ||||||
21 | defendant from denying the essential allegations of the | ||||||
22 | criminal
offense in any subsequent civil action or proceeding. | ||||||
23 | Section 40. Enforcement and jurisdiction. | ||||||
24 | (a) A criminal or
civil action or proceeding under this Act | ||||||
25 | may be commenced
at any time within 6 years after a violation |
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1 | under this Act terminates or the cause of action accrues. If a
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2 | criminal action or proceeding under this Act is
brought, or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | intervened in, to punish, prevent, or restrain any such
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4 | violation, the running of the period of limitations with | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | respect to
any civil action or proceeding, including an action | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | or proceeding
under Section 35, which is based in whole or in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | part upon any matter
complained of in the criminal action or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | proceeding shall be suspended
for 2 years following the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | termination of the criminal action
or proceeding. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | (b) The application of one civil or criminal remedy under | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | this Act does not preclude the application of any other
remedy, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | civil or criminal, under this Act or any other
provision of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | law. Civil remedies under this Act are
supplemental, and not | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | mutually exclusive, except that the State may
not proceed under | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | both subsection (b) of Section 20 and subsection (d) of Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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17 | (c) The Attorney General and the State's Attorneys of this | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | State
have concurrent authority to institute criminal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | proceedings under
this Act, except that a State's Attorney may | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | institute proceedings
only with the prior written approval of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | the Attorney General.
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22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | becoming law.
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