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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1881 Introduced , by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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765 ILCS 1030/3 | from Ch. 141, par. 143 |
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Amends the Law Enforcement Disposition of Property Act. Provides that if there is property in the custody of a law enforcement agency whose ownership has been unascertained for at least 6 months, a sheriff, police chief, or principal law enforcement official, who determines that the public interest would be served, may donate the property to a non-profit charity or transfer the property to the local government of which the official is a part or to the State (instead of transfer the property to the local government of which the official is a part or to the State). Effective immediately.
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| | HB1881 | | LRB097 07044 AJO 47137 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning civil 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 Law Enforcement Disposition of Property Act |
| 5 | | is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
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| 6 | | (765 ILCS 1030/3) (from Ch. 141, par. 143)
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| 7 | | Sec. 3.
If the identity or location of the owner or other |
| 8 | | person entitled
to possession of the property has not been |
| 9 | | ascertained within 6 months
after the police department or |
| 10 | | other law enforcement agency obtains such
possession, the |
| 11 | | sheriff, chief of police or other principal official
thereof |
| 12 | | shall effectuate the sale of the property for cash to the |
| 13 | | highest
bidder at a public auction, notice of which (including |
| 14 | | time, place and a
brief description of such property) shall be |
| 15 | | published at least once in a
newspaper of general circulation |
| 16 | | in the county wherein such official has
authority at least 10 |
| 17 | | days prior to such auction. However, if the
sheriff, chief of |
| 18 | | police, or other principal law enforcement
official determines |
| 19 | | that the interests of the public would best
be served thereby, |
| 20 | | he or she may donate the property to a non-profit charitable |
| 21 | | organization, transfer custody of the property to the |
| 22 | | government of
which his or her law enforcement agency is a |
| 23 | | branch, or if the property is in
the custody of a State law |