95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5592

 

Introduced , by Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/36-2   from Ch. 38, par. 36-2

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 in relation to the distribution of the proceeds from the sale at public auction of forfeited vehicles, vessels, and aircraft. Provides that: (1) 65% of the proceeds shall be distributed to the local, municipal, county, sheriff, or State law enforcement agency or agencies that conducted or participated in the investigation resulting in the forfeiture; (2) 25% shall be distributed to the Office of the State's Attorney of the county in which the prosecution resulting in the forfeiture was instituted; and (3) 10% shall be retained by the Department of State Police for expenses related to the administration and sale of forfeited property. Provides for the deduction of actual, but reasonable, charges and expenses incurred by the sheriff in storing such vehicles, vessels, and aircraft. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
5 Section 36-2 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/36-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 36-2)
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
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
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
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
23 of State Police or the Department of Revenue of the State of
24 Illinois; or may order it sold at public auction.
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
8 Sections 36-2(a) or 36-3.
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.
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.)
 
16     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17 becoming law.