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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 Code of 1961 is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 36-2 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/36-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 36-2)
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7 | Sec. 36-2. Action for forfeiture. (a) The State's Attorney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | in the county in which such seizure occurs
if he finds that | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | such forfeiture was incurred without willful negligence
or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | without any intention on the part of the owner of the vessel, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | vehicle
or aircraft or any person whose right, title or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | interest is of record as
described in Section 36-1, to violate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | the law, or finds the existence of
such mitigating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | circumstances as to justify remission of the forfeiture,
may | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | cause the sheriff to remit the same upon such terms and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | conditions
as the State's Attorney deems reasonable and just. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | The State's Attorney
shall exercise his discretion under the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | foregoing provision of this
Section 36-2(a) promptly after | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | notice is given in accordance with
Section 36-1. If the State's | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Attorney does not cause the forfeiture to
be remitted he shall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | forthwith bring an action for forfeiture in the
Circuit Court | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | within whose jurisdiction the seizure and confiscation has
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23 | taken place. The State's Attorney shall give notice of the |
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1 | forfeiture
proceeding by mailing a copy of the Complaint in the | ||||||
2 | forfeiture
proceeding to the persons, and upon the manner, set | ||||||
3 | forth in Section
36-1. The owner of the seized vessel, vehicle | ||||||
4 | or aircraft or any person
whose right, title, or interest is of | ||||||
5 | record as described in Section
36-1, may within 20 days after | ||||||
6 | the mailing of such notice file a
verified answer to the | ||||||
7 | Complaint and may appear at the hearing on the
action for | ||||||
8 | forfeiture. The State shall show at such hearing by a
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9 | preponderance of the evidence, that such vessel, vehicle or | ||||||
10 | aircraft was
used in the commission of an offense described in | ||||||
11 | Section 36-1. The
owner of such vessel, vehicle or aircraft or | ||||||
12 | any person whose right,
title, or interest is of record as | ||||||
13 | described in Section 36-1, may show
by a preponderance of the | ||||||
14 | evidence that he did not know, and did not
have reason to know, | ||||||
15 | that the vessel, vehicle or aircraft was to be used
in the | ||||||
16 | commission of such an offense or that any of the exceptions set
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17 | forth in Section 36-3 are applicable. Unless the State shall | ||||||
18 | make such
showing, the Court shall order such vessel, vehicle | ||||||
19 | or aircraft released
to the owner. Where the State has made | ||||||
20 | such showing, the Court may order
the vessel, vehicle or | ||||||
21 | aircraft destroyed; may order it delivered to
any local, | ||||||
22 | municipal or county law enforcement agency, or the Department
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23 | of State Police or the Department of Revenue of
the State of | ||||||
24 | Illinois;
or may order it sold at
public auction.
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25 | (b) A copy of the order shall be filed with the sheriff of | ||||||
26 | the
county in which the seizure occurs and with each Federal or |
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1 | State office
or agency with which such vessel, vehicle or | ||||||
2 | aircraft is required to be
registered. Such order, when filed, | ||||||
3 | constitutes authority for the
issuance of clear title to such | ||||||
4 | vehicle, aircraft, or boat to the
department or agency to whom | ||||||
5 | it is delivered or any purchaser thereof.
The sheriff shall | ||||||
6 | comply promptly with instructions to remit received
from the | ||||||
7 | State's Attorney or Attorney General in accordance with
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8 | Sections 36-2(a) or 36-3.
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9 | (c) The proceeds of any sale at public auction pursuant to | ||||||
10 | Section
36-2 of this Act, after payment of all liens and | ||||||
11 | deductions deduction of the
actual, but reasonable charges and | ||||||
12 | expenses incurred by the sheriff in storing and
selling such | ||||||
13 | vessels, vehicles, and aircraft vehicle , shall be distributed | ||||||
14 | as follows: paid into the general fund of the county
of | ||||||
15 | seizure .
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16 | (1) 65% shall be distributed to the local, municipal, | ||||||
17 | county, sheriff, or State law enforcement agency or | ||||||
18 | agencies that conducted or participated in the | ||||||
19 | investigation resulting in the forfeiture. The | ||||||
20 | distribution shall bear a reasonable relationship to the | ||||||
21 | degree of direct participation of the law enforcement | ||||||
22 | agency in the effort resulting in the forfeiture, taking | ||||||
23 | into account the total value of the property forfeited and | ||||||
24 | the total law enforcement effort with respect to the | ||||||
25 | violation of the law upon which the forfeiture is based. | ||||||
26 | Amounts distributed to the agency or agencies shall be used |
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1 | in the enforcement of the criminal law and the Illinois | ||||||
2 | Vehicle Code. | ||||||
3 | (2) 25% shall be distributed to the Office of the | ||||||
4 | State's Attorney of the county in which the prosecution | ||||||
5 | resulting in the forfeiture was instituted. Amounts | ||||||
6 | distributed shall be used in the enforcement of the | ||||||
7 | criminal laws and the Illinois Vehicle Code. If the | ||||||
8 | prosecution is undertaken solely by the Attorney General, | ||||||
9 | the portion provided hereunder shall be distributed to the | ||||||
10 | Attorney General for use in the enforcement of the criminal | ||||||
11 | laws and the Illinois Vehicle Code. | ||||||
12 | (3) 10% shall be retained by the Department of State | ||||||
13 | Police for expenses related to the administration and sale | ||||||
14 | of forfeited property. | ||||||
15 | (Source: P.A. 84-25.)
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16 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
17 | becoming law.
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