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Rep. Renée Kosel
Filed: 3/15/2012
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1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4937
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2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4937 by replacing |
3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | | "Section 5. The Cannabis Control Act is amended by changing |
5 | | Section 12 as follows:
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6 | | (720 ILCS 550/12) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 712)
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7 | | Sec. 12. (a) The following are subject to forfeiture:
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8 | | (1) all substances containing cannabis which have been |
9 | | produced,
manufactured, delivered, or possessed in |
10 | | violation of this Act;
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11 | | (2) all raw materials, products and equipment of any |
12 | | kind which are
produced, delivered, or possessed in |
13 | | connection with any substance
containing cannabis in |
14 | | violation of this Act;
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15 | | (3) all conveyances, including aircraft, vehicles or |
16 | | vessels, which
are used, or intended for use, to transport, |
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1 | | or in any manner to
facilitate the transportation, sale, |
2 | | receipt, possession, or
concealment of property described |
3 | | in paragraph (1) or (2) that constitutes
a felony violation |
4 | | of the Act, but:
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5 | | (i) no conveyance used by any person as a common |
6 | | carrier in the
transaction of business as a common |
7 | | carrier is subject to forfeiture
under this Section |
8 | | unless it appears that the owner or other person in
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9 | | charge of the conveyance is a consenting party or privy |
10 | | to a violation
of this Act;
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11 | | (ii) no conveyance is subject to forfeiture under |
12 | | this Section by
reason of any act or omission which the |
13 | | owner proves to have been
committed or omitted without |
14 | | his knowledge or consent;
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15 | | (iii) a forfeiture of a conveyance encumbered by a |
16 | | bona fide
security interest is subject to the interest |
17 | | of the secured party if he
neither had knowledge of nor |
18 | | consented to the act or omission;
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19 | | (4) all money, things of value, books, records, and |
20 | | research
products and materials including formulas, |
21 | | microfilm, tapes, and data
which are used, or intended for |
22 | | use in a felony violation of this Act;
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23 | | (5) everything of value furnished or intended to be |
24 | | furnished by any
person in exchange for a substance in |
25 | | violation of this Act, all proceeds
traceable to such an |
26 | | exchange, and all moneys, negotiable instruments, and
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1 | | securities used, or intended to be used, to commit or in |
2 | | any manner to
facilitate any felony violation of this Act;
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3 | | (6) all real property, including any right, title, and |
4 | | interest including, but not limited to, any leasehold |
5 | | interest or the beneficial interest to a land trust, in the |
6 | | whole of any lot or tract of land and any appurtenances or |
7 | | improvements, that is used or intended to be used to |
8 | | facilitate the manufacture, distribution, sale, receipt, |
9 | | or concealment of property described in paragraph (1) or |
10 | | (2) of this subsection (a) that constitutes a felony |
11 | | violation of more than 2,000 grams of a substance |
12 | | containing cannabis or that is the proceeds of any felony |
13 | | violation of this Act. |
14 | | (b) Property subject to forfeiture under this Act may be |
15 | | seized by
the Director or any peace officer upon process or |
16 | | seizure warrant issued by
any court having jurisdiction over |
17 | | the property. Seizure by the Director
or any peace officer |
18 | | without process may be made:
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19 | | (1) if the property subject to seizure has been the |
20 | | subject of a
prior judgment in favor of the State in a |
21 | | criminal proceeding or
in an injunction or forfeiture |
22 | | proceeding based upon this Act or the Drug
Asset Forfeiture |
23 | | Procedure Act;
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24 | | (2) if there is probable cause to believe that the |
25 | | property is
directly or indirectly dangerous to health or |
26 | | safety;
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1 | | (3) if there is probable cause to believe that the |
2 | | property is subject
to forfeiture under this Act and the |
3 | | property is seized under
circumstances in which a |
4 | | warrantless seizure or arrest would be reasonable; or
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5 | | (4) in accordance with the Code of Criminal Procedure |
6 | | of 1963.
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7 | | (c) In the event of seizure pursuant to subsection (b), |
8 | | notice shall be given forthwith to all known interest holders |
9 | | that forfeiture
proceedings, including a preliminary review, |
10 | | shall be instituted in accordance with the
Drug Asset |
11 | | Forfeiture Procedure Act and such proceedings shall thereafter |
12 | | be instituted in accordance with that Act. Upon a showing of |
13 | | good cause, the notice required for a preliminary review under |
14 | | this Section may be postponed.
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15 | | (c-1) In the event the State's Attorney is of the opinion |
16 | | that real property is subject to forfeiture under this Act, |
17 | | forfeiture proceedings shall be instituted in accordance with |
18 | | the Drug Asset Forfeiture Procedure Act. The exemptions from |
19 | | forfeiture provisions of Section 8 of the Drug Asset Forfeiture |
20 | | Procedure Act are applicable. |
21 | | (d) Property taken or detained under this Section shall not |
22 | | be
subject to replevin, but is deemed to be in the custody of |
23 | | the Director
subject only to the order and judgments of the |
24 | | circuit court having
jurisdiction over the forfeiture |
25 | | proceedings and the decisions of the
State's Attorney under the |
26 | | Drug Asset Forfeiture Procedure Act. When
property is seized |
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1 | | under this Act, the seizing agency shall promptly
conduct an |
2 | | inventory of the seized property, estimate the property's |
3 | | value,
and shall forward a copy of the inventory of seized |
4 | | property and the
estimate of the property's value to the |
5 | | Director. Upon receiving notice of
seizure, the Director may:
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6 | | (1) place the property under seal;
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7 | | (2) remove the property to a place designated by him;
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8 | | (3) keep the property in the possession of the seizing |
9 | | agency;
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10 | | (4) remove the property to a storage area for |
11 | | safekeeping or, if the
property is a negotiable instrument |
12 | | or money and is not needed for
evidentiary purposes, |
13 | | deposit it in an interest bearing account;
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14 | | (5) place the property under constructive seizure by |
15 | | posting notice of
pending forfeiture on it, by giving |
16 | | notice of pending forfeiture to its
owners and interest |
17 | | holders, or by filing notice of pending forfeiture in
any |
18 | | appropriate public record relating to the property; or
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19 | | (6) provide for another agency or custodian, including |
20 | | an owner, secured
party, or lienholder, to take custody of |
21 | | the property upon the terms and
conditions set by the |
22 | | Director.
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23 | | (e) No disposition may be made of property under seal until |
24 | | the time
for taking an appeal has elapsed or until all appeals |
25 | | have been
concluded unless a court, upon application therefor, |
26 | | orders the sale of
perishable substances and the deposit of the |
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1 | | proceeds of the sale with
the court.
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2 | | (f) When property is forfeited under this Act the Director |
3 | | shall
sell all such property unless such property is required |
4 | | by law to be
destroyed or is harmful to the public, and shall |
5 | | distribute the proceeds of
the sale, together with any moneys |
6 | | forfeited or seized, in accordance
with subsection (g). |
7 | | However, upon the application of the seizing agency or
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8 | | prosecutor who was responsible for the investigation, arrest or |
9 | | arrests and
prosecution which lead to the forfeiture, the |
10 | | Director may return any item
of forfeited property to the |
11 | | seizing agency or prosecutor for official use
in the |
12 | | enforcement of laws relating to cannabis or controlled |
13 | | substances,
if the agency or prosecutor can demonstrate that |
14 | | the item requested would
be useful to the agency or prosecutor |
15 | | in their enforcement efforts. When any forfeited conveyance, |
16 | | including an aircraft, vehicle, or vessel, is returned to the |
17 | | seizing agency or prosecutor, the conveyance may be used |
18 | | immediately in the enforcement of the criminal laws of this |
19 | | State. Upon disposal, all proceeds from the sale of the |
20 | | conveyance must be used for drug enforcement purposes. When
any |
21 | | real property returned to the seizing agency is sold by the |
22 | | agency or
its unit of government, the proceeds of the sale |
23 | | shall be delivered to the
Director and distributed in |
24 | | accordance with subsection (g).
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25 | | (g) All monies and the sale proceeds of all other property |
26 | | forfeited and
seized under this Act shall be distributed as |
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1 | | follows:
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2 | | (1) (i) 65% shall be distributed to the metropolitan |
3 | | enforcement group,
local, municipal, county, or state law |
4 | | enforcement agency or agencies which
conducted or |
5 | | participated in the investigation resulting in the |
6 | | forfeiture.
The distribution shall bear a reasonable |
7 | | relationship to the degree of
direct participation of the |
8 | | law enforcement agency in the effort resulting
in the |
9 | | forfeiture, taking into account the total value of the |
10 | | property
forfeited and the total law enforcement effort |
11 | | with respect to the
violation of the law upon which the |
12 | | forfeiture is based.
Amounts distributed to the agency or |
13 | | agencies shall be used for the
enforcement of laws |
14 | | governing cannabis and controlled substances or for |
15 | | security cameras used for the prevention or detection of |
16 | | violence, except
that amounts distributed to the Secretary |
17 | | of State shall be deposited into
the Secretary of State |
18 | | Evidence Fund to be used as provided in Section
2-115 of |
19 | | the Illinois Vehicle Code.
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20 | | (ii) Any local, municipal, or county law enforcement |
21 | | agency entitled to receive a monetary distribution of |
22 | | forfeiture proceeds shall share those forfeiture proceeds |
23 | | pursuant to the terms of an intergovernmental agreement |
24 | | with a municipality that has a population in excess of |
25 | | 20,000 if: |
26 | | (I) the receiving agency has entered into an |
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1 | | intergovernmental agreement with the municipality to |
2 | | provide police services; |
3 | | (II) the intergovernmental agreement for police |
4 | | services provides for consideration in an amount of not |
5 | | less than $1,000,000 per year; |
6 | | (III) the seizure took place within the |
7 | | geographical limits of the municipality; and |
8 | | (IV) the funds are used only for the enforcement
of |
9 | | laws governing cannabis and controlled substances or
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10 | | for security cameras used for the prevention or |
11 | | detection
of violence or the establishment of a |
12 | | municipal police
force, including the training of |
13 | | officers, construction of
a police station, the |
14 | | purchase of law enforcement
equipment, or vehicles.
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15 | | (2)(i) 12.5% shall be distributed to the Office of the |
16 | | State's
Attorney of the county in which the prosecution |
17 | | resulting in the forfeiture
was instituted, deposited in a |
18 | | special fund in the county treasury and
appropriated to the |
19 | | State's Attorney for use in the enforcement of laws
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20 | | governing cannabis and controlled substances, or at the |
21 | | discretion of the State's Attorney, in addition to other |
22 | | authorized purposes, to make grants to local substance |
23 | | abuse treatment facilities and half-way houses. In |
24 | | counties over 3,000,000
population, 25% will be |
25 | | distributed to the Office of the State's Attorney for use |
26 | | in the
enforcement of laws governing cannabis and |
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1 | | controlled substances, or at the discretion of the State's |
2 | | Attorney, in addition to other authorized purposes, to make |
3 | | grants to local substance abuse treatment facilities and |
4 | | half-way houses. If the
prosecution is undertaken solely by |
5 | | the Attorney General, the portion
provided hereunder shall |
6 | | be distributed to the Attorney General for use in
the |
7 | | enforcement of laws governing cannabis and controlled |
8 | | substances.
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9 | | (ii) 12.5% shall be distributed to the Office of the |
10 | | State's Attorneys
Appellate Prosecutor and deposited in |
11 | | the Narcotics Profit Forfeiture Fund
of that Office to be |
12 | | used for additional expenses incurred in the
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13 | | investigation, prosecution and appeal of cases arising |
14 | | under laws governing
cannabis and controlled substances. |
15 | | The Office of the State's Attorneys
Appellate Prosecutor |
16 | | shall not receive distribution from cases brought in
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17 | | counties with over 3,000,000 population.
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18 | | (3) 10% shall be retained by the Department of State |
19 | | Police for expenses
related to the administration and sale |
20 | | of seized and forfeited property.
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21 | | (Source: P.A. 97-253, eff. 1-1-12; 97-544, eff. 1-1-12; revised |
22 | | 9-14-11.)
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23 | | Section 10. The Illinois Controlled Substances Act is |
24 | | amended by changing Section 505 as follows:
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1 | | (720 ILCS 570/505) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1505)
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2 | | Sec. 505. (a) The following are subject to forfeiture:
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3 | | (1) all substances which have been manufactured, |
4 | | distributed,
dispensed, or possessed in violation of this |
5 | | Act;
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6 | | (2) all raw materials, products and equipment of any |
7 | | kind which are
used, or intended for use in manufacturing, |
8 | | distributing, dispensing,
administering or possessing any |
9 | | substance in violation of this Act;
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10 | | (3) all conveyances, including aircraft, vehicles or |
11 | | vessels, which are
used, or intended for use, to transport, |
12 | | or in any manner to facilitate
the transportation, sale, |
13 | | receipt, possession, or concealment of property
described |
14 | | in paragraphs (1) and (2), but:
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15 | | (i) no conveyance used by any person as a common |
16 | | carrier in the
transaction of business as a common |
17 | | carrier is subject to forfeiture under
this Section |
18 | | unless it appears that the owner or other person in |
19 | | charge of
the conveyance is a consenting party or privy |
20 | | to a violation of this Act;
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21 | | (ii) no conveyance is subject to forfeiture under |
22 | | this Section by reason
of any act or omission which the |
23 | | owner proves to have been committed or
omitted without |
24 | | his or her knowledge or consent;
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25 | | (iii) a forfeiture of a conveyance encumbered by a |
26 | | bona fide security
interest is subject to the interest |
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1 | | of the secured party if he or she neither had
knowledge |
2 | | of nor consented to the act or omission;
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3 | | (4) all money, things of value, books, records, and |
4 | | research
products and materials including formulas, |
5 | | microfilm, tapes, and data which
are used, or intended to |
6 | | be used in violation of this Act;
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7 | | (5) everything of value furnished, or intended to be |
8 | | furnished, in
exchange for a substance in violation of this |
9 | | Act, all proceeds traceable
to such an exchange, and all |
10 | | moneys, negotiable instruments, and securities
used, or |
11 | | intended to be used, to commit or in any manner to |
12 | | facilitate
any violation of this Act;
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13 | | (6) all real property, including any right, title, and |
14 | | interest
(including, but not limited to, any leasehold |
15 | | interest or the beneficial
interest in a land trust) in the |
16 | | whole of any lot or tract of land and any
appurtenances or |
17 | | improvements, which is used or intended to be used, in any
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18 | | manner or part, to commit, or in any manner to facilitate |
19 | | the commission
of, any violation or act that constitutes a |
20 | | violation of Section 401 or 405
of this Act or that is the |
21 | | proceeds of any violation or act that
constitutes a |
22 | | violation of Section 401 or 405 of this Act.
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23 | | (b) Property subject to forfeiture under this Act may be |
24 | | seized by the
Director or any peace officer upon process or |
25 | | seizure warrant issued by
any court having jurisdiction over |
26 | | the property. Seizure by the Director
or any peace officer |
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1 | | without process may be made:
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2 | | (1) if the seizure is incident to inspection under an |
3 | | administrative
inspection warrant;
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4 | | (2) if the property subject to seizure has been the |
5 | | subject of a prior
judgment in favor of the State in a |
6 | | criminal proceeding, or in an injunction
or forfeiture |
7 | | proceeding based upon this Act or the Drug Asset Forfeiture
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8 | | Procedure Act;
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9 | | (3) if there is probable cause to believe that the |
10 | | property is directly
or indirectly dangerous to health or |
11 | | safety;
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12 | | (4) if there is probable cause to believe that the |
13 | | property is subject
to forfeiture under this Act and the |
14 | | property is seized under
circumstances in which a |
15 | | warrantless seizure or arrest would be reasonable; or
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16 | | (5) in accordance with the Code of Criminal Procedure |
17 | | of 1963.
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18 | | (c) In the event of seizure pursuant to subsection (b), |
19 | | notice shall be given forthwith to all known interest holders |
20 | | that forfeiture
proceedings, including a preliminary review, |
21 | | shall be instituted in accordance with the Drug
Asset |
22 | | Forfeiture Procedure Act and such proceedings shall thereafter |
23 | | be instituted in accordance with that Act. Upon a showing of |
24 | | good cause, the notice required for a preliminary review under |
25 | | this Section may be postponed.
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26 | | (d) Property taken or detained under this Section shall not |
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1 | | be subject
to replevin, but is deemed to be in the custody of |
2 | | the Director subject
only to the order and judgments of the |
3 | | circuit court having jurisdiction over
the forfeiture |
4 | | proceedings and the decisions of the State's Attorney
under the |
5 | | Drug Asset Forfeiture Procedure Act. When property is seized
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6 | | under this Act, the seizing agency shall promptly conduct an |
7 | | inventory of
the seized property and estimate the property's |
8 | | value, and shall forward a
copy of the inventory of seized |
9 | | property and the estimate of the property's
value to the |
10 | | Director. Upon receiving notice of seizure, the Director may:
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11 | | (1) place the property under seal;
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12 | | (2) remove the property to a place designated by the |
13 | | Director;
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14 | | (3) keep the property in the possession of the seizing |
15 | | agency;
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16 | | (4) remove the property to a storage area for |
17 | | safekeeping or, if the
property is a negotiable instrument |
18 | | or money and is not needed for
evidentiary purposes, |
19 | | deposit it in an interest bearing account;
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20 | | (5) place the property under constructive seizure by |
21 | | posting notice of
pending forfeiture on it, by giving |
22 | | notice of pending forfeiture to its
owners and interest |
23 | | holders, or by filing notice of pending forfeiture in
any |
24 | | appropriate public record relating to the property; or
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25 | | (6) provide for another agency or custodian, including |
26 | | an owner, secured
party, or lienholder, to take custody of |
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1 | | the property upon the terms and
conditions set by the |
2 | | Director.
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3 | | (e) If the Department of Financial and Professional |
4 | | Regulation suspends or revokes
a registration, all controlled |
5 | | substances owned or possessed by the
registrant at the time of |
6 | | suspension or the effective date of the
revocation order may be |
7 | | placed under seal by the Director. No disposition may be made |
8 | | of
substances under seal until the time for taking an appeal |
9 | | has elapsed or
until all appeals have been concluded unless a |
10 | | court, upon application
therefor, orders the sale of perishable |
11 | | substances and the deposit of the
proceeds of the sale with the |
12 | | court. Upon a suspension or revocation order becoming final,
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13 | | all substances may be forfeited to the Illinois State Police.
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14 | | (f) When property is forfeited under this Act the Director |
15 | | shall
sell all such property unless such property is required |
16 | | by law to be
destroyed or is harmful to the public, and shall |
17 | | distribute the proceeds of
the sale, together with any moneys |
18 | | forfeited or seized, in accordance
with subsection (g). |
19 | | However, upon the application of the seizing agency or
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20 | | prosecutor who was responsible for the investigation, arrest or |
21 | | arrests and
prosecution which lead to the forfeiture, the |
22 | | Director may return any item
of forfeited property to the |
23 | | seizing agency or prosecutor for official use
in the |
24 | | enforcement of laws relating to cannabis or controlled |
25 | | substances,
if the agency or prosecutor can demonstrate that |
26 | | the item requested would
be useful to the agency or prosecutor |
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1 | | in their enforcement efforts. When any forfeited conveyance, |
2 | | including an aircraft, vehicle, or vessel, is returned to the |
3 | | seizing agency or prosecutor, the conveyance may be used |
4 | | immediately in the enforcement of the criminal laws of this |
5 | | State. Upon disposal, all proceeds from the sale of the |
6 | | conveyance must be used for drug enforcement purposes. When
any |
7 | | real property returned to the seizing agency is sold by the |
8 | | agency or
its unit of government, the proceeds of the sale |
9 | | shall be delivered to the
Director and distributed in |
10 | | accordance with subsection (g).
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11 | | (g) All monies and the sale proceeds of all other property |
12 | | forfeited and
seized under this Act shall be distributed as |
13 | | follows:
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14 | | (1) (i) 65% shall be distributed to the metropolitan |
15 | | enforcement group,
local, municipal, county, or state law |
16 | | enforcement agency or agencies which
conducted or |
17 | | participated in the investigation resulting in the |
18 | | forfeiture.
The distribution shall bear a reasonable |
19 | | relationship to the degree of
direct participation of the |
20 | | law enforcement agency in the effort resulting
in the |
21 | | forfeiture, taking into account the total value of the |
22 | | property
forfeited and the total law enforcement effort |
23 | | with respect to the
violation of the law upon which the |
24 | | forfeiture is based.
Amounts distributed to the agency or |
25 | | agencies shall be used for the
enforcement of laws |
26 | | governing cannabis and controlled substances or for |
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1 | | security cameras used for the prevention or detection of |
2 | | violence, except that
amounts distributed to the Secretary |
3 | | of State shall be deposited into the
Secretary of State |
4 | | Evidence Fund to be used as provided in Section 2-115 of |
5 | | the
Illinois Vehicle Code.
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6 | | (ii) Any local, municipal, or county law enforcement |
7 | | agency entitled to receive a monetary distribution of |
8 | | forfeiture proceeds shall share those forfeiture proceeds |
9 | | pursuant to the terms of an intergovernmental agreement |
10 | | with a municipality that has a population in excess of |
11 | | 20,000 if: |
12 | | (I) the receiving agency has entered into an |
13 | | intergovernmental agreement with the municipality to |
14 | | provide police services; |
15 | | (II) the intergovernmental agreement for police |
16 | | services provides for consideration in an amount of not |
17 | | less than $1,000,000 per year; |
18 | | (III) the seizure took place within the |
19 | | geographical limits of the municipality; and |
20 | | (IV) the funds are used only for the enforcement
of |
21 | | laws governing cannabis and controlled substances or
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22 | | for security cameras used for the prevention or |
23 | | detection
of violence or the establishment of a |
24 | | municipal police
force, including the training of |
25 | | officers, construction of
a police station, the |
26 | | purchase of law enforcement
equipment, or vehicles.
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1 | | (2)(i) 12.5% shall be distributed to the Office of the |
2 | | State's
Attorney of the county in which the prosecution |
3 | | resulting in the forfeiture
was instituted, deposited in a |
4 | | special fund in the county treasury and
appropriated to the |
5 | | State's Attorney for use in the enforcement of laws
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6 | | governing cannabis and controlled substances, or at the |
7 | | discretion of the State's Attorney, in addition to other |
8 | | authorized purposes, to make grants to local substance |
9 | | abuse treatment facilities and half-way houses. In |
10 | | counties over 3,000,000
population, 25% will be |
11 | | distributed to the Office of the State's Attorney for
use |
12 | | in the
enforcement of laws governing cannabis and |
13 | | controlled substances, or at the discretion of the State's |
14 | | Attorney, in addition to other authorized purposes, to make |
15 | | grants to local substance abuse treatment facilities and |
16 | | half-way houses. If the
prosecution is undertaken solely by |
17 | | the Attorney General, the portion
provided hereunder shall |
18 | | be distributed to the Attorney General for use in
the |
19 | | enforcement of laws governing cannabis and controlled |
20 | | substances.
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21 | | (ii) 12.5% shall be distributed to the Office of the |
22 | | State's Attorneys
Appellate Prosecutor and deposited in |
23 | | the Narcotics Profit Forfeiture Fund
of that office to be |
24 | | used for additional expenses incurred in the
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25 | | investigation, prosecution and appeal of cases arising |
26 | | under laws governing
cannabis and controlled substances. |
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1 | | The Office of the State's Attorneys
Appellate Prosecutor |
2 | | shall not receive distribution from cases brought in
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3 | | counties with over 3,000,000 population.
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4 | | (3) 10% shall be retained by the Department of State |
5 | | Police for expenses
related to the administration and sale |
6 | | of seized and forfeited property.
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7 | | (h) Species of plants from which controlled substances in |
8 | | Schedules I
and II may be derived which have been planted or |
9 | | cultivated in violation of
this Act, or of which the owners or |
10 | | cultivators are unknown, or which are
wild growths, may be |
11 | | seized and summarily forfeited to the State. The
failure, upon |
12 | | demand by the Director or any peace officer, of the person in
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13 | | occupancy or in control of land or premises upon which the |
14 | | species of
plants are growing or being stored, to produce |
15 | | registration, or proof that
he or she is the holder thereof, |
16 | | constitutes authority for the seizure and
forfeiture of the |
17 | | plants.
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18 | | (Source: P.A. 94-1004, eff. 7-3-06; 97-253, eff. 1-1-12; |
19 | | 97-334, eff. 1-1-12; 97-544, eff. 1-1-12; revised 9-14-11.)
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20 | | Section 15. The Methamphetamine Control and Community |
21 | | Protection Act is amended by changing Section 85 as follows: |
22 | | (720 ILCS 646/85)
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23 | | Sec. 85. Forfeiture. |
24 | | (a) The following are subject to forfeiture:
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1 | | (1) all substances containing methamphetamine which |
2 | | have
been produced, manufactured, delivered, or possessed |
3 | | in violation of this Act;
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4 | | (2) all methamphetamine manufacturing materials which |
5 | | have
been produced, delivered, or possessed in connection |
6 | | with any substance containing methamphetamine in violation |
7 | | of this Act;
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8 | | (3) all conveyances, including aircraft, vehicles or
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9 | | vessels, which are used, or intended for use, to transport, |
10 | | or in any manner to facilitate the transportation, sale, |
11 | | receipt, possession, or concealment of property described |
12 | | in paragraph (1) or (2) that constitutes a felony violation |
13 | | of the Act, but:
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14 | | (i) no conveyance used by any person as a common
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15 | | carrier in the transaction of business as a common |
16 | | carrier is subject to forfeiture under this Section |
17 | | unless it appears that the owner or other person in |
18 | | charge of the conveyance is a consenting party or privy |
19 | | to a violation of this Act;
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20 | | (ii) no conveyance is subject to forfeiture
under |
21 | | this Section by reason of any act or omission which the |
22 | | owner proves to have been committed or omitted without |
23 | | his or her knowledge or consent;
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24 | | (iii) a forfeiture of a conveyance encumbered by
a |
25 | | bona fide security interest is subject to the interest |
26 | | of the secured party if he or she neither had knowledge |
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1 | | of nor consented to the act or omission;
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2 | | (4) all money, things of value, books, records, and
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3 | | research products and materials including formulas, |
4 | | microfilm, tapes, and data which are used, or intended for |
5 | | use in a felony violation of this Act;
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6 | | (5) everything of value furnished or intended to be
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7 | | furnished by any person in exchange for a substance in |
8 | | violation of this Act, all proceeds traceable to such an |
9 | | exchange, and all moneys, negotiable instruments, and |
10 | | securities used, or intended to be used, to commit or in |
11 | | any manner to facilitate any felony violation of this Act.
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12 | | (6) all real property, including any right, title, and |
13 | | interest (including, but not limited to, any leasehold |
14 | | interest or the beneficial interest in a land trust) in the |
15 | | whole of any lot or tract of land and any appurtenances or |
16 | | improvements, which is used, or intended to be used, in any |
17 | | manner or part, to commit, or in any manner to facilitate |
18 | | the commission of, any violation or act that constitutes a |
19 | | violation of this Act or that is the proceeds of any |
20 | | violation or act that constitutes a violation of this Act.
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21 | | (b) Property subject to forfeiture under this Act may be |
22 | | seized by the Director or any peace officer upon process or |
23 | | seizure warrant issued by any court having jurisdiction over |
24 | | the property. Seizure by the Director or any peace officer |
25 | | without process may be made:
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26 | | (1) if the property subject to seizure has been the
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1 | | subject of a prior judgment in favor of the State in a |
2 | | criminal proceeding or in an injunction or forfeiture |
3 | | proceeding based upon this Act or the Drug Asset Forfeiture |
4 | | Procedure Act;
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5 | | (2) if there is probable cause to believe that the
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6 | | property is directly or indirectly dangerous to health or |
7 | | safety;
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8 | | (3) if there is probable cause to believe that the
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9 | | property is subject to forfeiture under this Act and the |
10 | | property is seized under circumstances in which a |
11 | | warrantless seizure or arrest would be reasonable; or
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12 | | (4) in accordance with the Code of Criminal
Procedure |
13 | | of 1963.
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14 | | (c) In the event of seizure pursuant to subsection (b), |
15 | | notice shall be given forthwith to all known interest holders |
16 | | that forfeiture proceedings, including a preliminary review, |
17 | | shall be instituted in accordance with the Drug Asset |
18 | | Forfeiture Procedure Act and such proceedings shall thereafter |
19 | | be instituted in accordance with that Act. Upon a showing of |
20 | | good cause, the notice required for a preliminary review under |
21 | | this Section may be postponed.
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22 | | (d) Property taken or detained under this Section is not |
23 | | subject to replevin, but is deemed to be in the custody of the |
24 | | Director subject only to the order and judgments of the circuit |
25 | | court having jurisdiction over the forfeiture proceedings and |
26 | | the decisions of the State's Attorney under the Drug Asset |
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1 | | Forfeiture Procedure Act. When property is seized under this |
2 | | Act, the seizing agency shall promptly conduct an inventory of |
3 | | the seized property, estimate the property's value, and forward |
4 | | a copy of the inventory of seized property and the estimate of |
5 | | the property's value to the Director. Upon receiving notice of |
6 | | seizure, the Director may:
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7 | | (1) place the property under seal;
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8 | | (2) remove the property to a place designated by him or |
9 | | her;
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10 | | (3) keep the property in the possession of the
seizing |
11 | | agency;
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12 | | (4) remove the property to a storage area for
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13 | | safekeeping or, if the property is a negotiable instrument |
14 | | or money and is not needed for evidentiary purposes, |
15 | | deposit it in an interest bearing account;
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16 | | (5) place the property under constructive seizure by
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17 | | posting notice of pending forfeiture on it, by giving |
18 | | notice of pending forfeiture to its owners and interest |
19 | | holders, or by filing notice of pending forfeiture in any |
20 | | appropriate public record relating to the property; or
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21 | | (6) provide for another agency or custodian,
including |
22 | | an owner, secured party, or lienholder, to take custody of |
23 | | the property upon the terms and conditions set by the |
24 | | Director.
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25 | | (e) No disposition may be made of property under seal until |
26 | | the time for taking an appeal has elapsed or until all appeals |
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1 | | have been concluded unless a court, upon application therefor, |
2 | | orders the sale of perishable substances and the deposit of the |
3 | | proceeds of the sale with the court.
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4 | | (f) When property is forfeited under this Act, the Director |
5 | | shall sell the property unless the property is required by law |
6 | | to be destroyed or is harmful to the public, and shall |
7 | | distribute the proceeds of the sale, together with any moneys |
8 | | forfeited or seized, in accordance with subsection (g). |
9 | | However, upon the application of the seizing agency or |
10 | | prosecutor who was responsible for the investigation, arrest or |
11 | | arrests and prosecution which lead to the forfeiture, the |
12 | | Director may return any item of forfeited property to the |
13 | | seizing agency or prosecutor for official use in the |
14 | | enforcement of laws relating to methamphetamine, cannabis, or |
15 | | controlled substances, if the agency or prosecutor |
16 | | demonstrates that the item requested would be useful to the |
17 | | agency or prosecutor in their enforcement efforts. When any |
18 | | forfeited conveyance, including an aircraft, vehicle, or |
19 | | vessel, is returned to the seizing agency or prosecutor, the |
20 | | conveyance may be used immediately in the enforcement of the |
21 | | criminal laws of this State. Upon disposal, all proceeds from |
22 | | the sale of the conveyance must be used for drug enforcement |
23 | | purposes. When any real property returned to the seizing agency |
24 | | is sold by the agency or its unit of government, the proceeds |
25 | | of the sale shall be delivered to the Director and distributed |
26 | | in accordance with subsection (g).
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1 | | (g) All moneys and the sale proceeds of all other property |
2 | | forfeited and seized under this Act shall be distributed as |
3 | | follows:
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4 | | (1) (i) 65% shall be distributed to the metropolitan
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5 | | enforcement group, local, municipal, county, or State law |
6 | | enforcement agency or agencies which conducted or |
7 | | participated in the investigation resulting in the |
8 | | forfeiture. The distribution shall bear a reasonable |
9 | | relationship to the degree of direct participation of the |
10 | | law enforcement agency in the effort resulting in the |
11 | | forfeiture, taking into account the total value of the |
12 | | property forfeited and the total law enforcement effort |
13 | | with respect to the violation of the law upon which the |
14 | | forfeiture is based. Amounts distributed to the agency or |
15 | | agencies shall be used for the enforcement of laws |
16 | | governing methamphetamine, cannabis, and controlled |
17 | | substances or for security cameras used for the prevention |
18 | | or detection of violence, except that amounts distributed |
19 | | to the Secretary of State shall be deposited into the |
20 | | Secretary of State Evidence Fund to be used as provided in |
21 | | Section 2-115 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
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22 | | (ii) Any local, municipal, or county law enforcement |
23 | | agency entitled to receive a monetary distribution of |
24 | | forfeiture proceeds shall share those forfeiture proceeds |
25 | | pursuant to the terms of an intergovernmental agreement |
26 | | with a municipality that has a population in excess of |
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1 | | 20,000 if: |
2 | | (I) the receiving agency has entered into an |
3 | | intergovernmental agreement with the municipality to |
4 | | provide police services; |
5 | | (II) the intergovernmental agreement for police |
6 | | services provides for consideration in an amount of not |
7 | | less than $1,000,000 per year; |
8 | | (III) the seizure took place within the |
9 | | geographical limits of the municipality; and |
10 | | (IV) the funds are used only for the enforcement
of |
11 | | laws governing cannabis and controlled substances or
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12 | | for security cameras used for the prevention or |
13 | | detection
of violence or the establishment of a |
14 | | municipal police
force, including the training of |
15 | | officers, construction of
a police station, the |
16 | | purchase of law enforcement
equipment, or vehicles. |
17 | | (2)(i) 12.5% shall be distributed to the Office of
the |
18 | | State's Attorney of the county in which the prosecution |
19 | | resulting in the forfeiture was instituted, deposited in a |
20 | | special fund in the county treasury and appropriated to the |
21 | | State's Attorney for use in the enforcement of laws |
22 | | governing methamphetamine, cannabis, and controlled |
23 | | substances, or at the discretion of the State's Attorney, |
24 | | in addition to other authorized purposes, to make grants to |
25 | | local substance abuse treatment facilities and half-way |
26 | | houses. In counties with a population over 3,000,000, 25% |
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1 | | shall be distributed to the Office of the State's Attorney |
2 | | for use in the enforcement of laws governing |
3 | | methamphetamine, cannabis, and controlled substances, or |
4 | | at the discretion of the State's Attorney, in addition to |
5 | | other authorized purposes, to make grants to local |
6 | | substance abuse treatment facilities and half-way houses. |
7 | | If the prosecution is undertaken solely by the Attorney |
8 | | General, the portion provided hereunder shall be |
9 | | distributed to the Attorney General for use in the |
10 | | enforcement of laws governing methamphetamine, cannabis, |
11 | | and controlled substances.
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12 | | (ii) 12.5% shall be distributed to the Office of
the |
13 | | State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor and deposited in |
14 | | the Narcotics Profit Forfeiture Fund of that Office to be |
15 | | used for additional expenses incurred in the |
16 | | investigation, prosecution and appeal of cases arising |
17 | | under laws governing methamphetamine, cannabis, and |
18 | | controlled substances. The Office of the State's Attorneys |
19 | | Appellate Prosecutor shall not receive distribution from |
20 | | cases brought in counties with a population over 3,000,000.
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21 | | (3) 10% shall be retained by the Department of State
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22 | | Police for expenses related to the administration and sale |
23 | | of seized and forfeited property.
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24 | | (Source: P.A. 97-253, eff. 1-1-12; 97-544, eff. 1-1-12; revised |
25 | | 9-14-11.)".
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