Sen. Iris Y. Martinez

Filed: 3/28/2006

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1299

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1299, AS AMENDED,
3 with reference to page and line numbers of Senate Amendment No.
4 4, on page 3, by replacing lines 6 through 11 with the
5 following:
6     "(b) A victim of the sex trade has a cause of action
7 against a person or entity who:
8         (1) recruits, profits from, or maintains the victim in
9     any sex trade act;
10         (2) intentionally abuses, as defined in Section 103 of
11     the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, or causes
12     bodily harm, as defined in Section 12-12 of the Criminal
13     Code of 1961, to the victim in any sex trade act; or
14         (3) knowingly advertises or publishes advertisements
15     for purposes of recruitment into sex trade activity.
16     (c) This Section shall not be construed to create liability
17 to any person or entity who provides goods or services to the
18 general public, who also provides those goods or services to
19 persons who would be liable under subsection (b) of this
20 Section, absent a showing that the person or entity either:
21         (1) knowingly markets or provides its goods or services
22     primarily to persons or entities liable under subsection
23     (b) of this Section;
24         (2) knowingly receives a higher level of compensation
25     from persons or entities liable under subsection (b) of
26     this Section than it generally receives from customers; or

 

 

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1         (3) supervises or exercises control over persons or
2     entities liable under subsection (b) of this Section.".