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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 25
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 25 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses
5 Act is amended by adding Section 8 and changing Section 9 as
6 follows:
7 (725 ILCS 120/8 new)
8 Sec. 8. Privately operated crime victim and witness
9 notification service. A county sheriff with the approval of
10 the county board in counties with 3,000,000 or fewer
11 inhabitants, or a county department of corrections with the
12 approval of the county board of commissioners and under the
13 direction of the sheriff in counties with more than 3,000,000
14 inhabitants, and the office of the State's Attorney with the
15 approval of the respective county board or county board of
16 commissioners may contract with a private entity to operate a
17 crime victim and witness notification service. The county
18 sheriff, the county department of corrections, and the
19 State's Attorney shall make available to the private entity
20 the information to implement the notification procedure in a
21 timely manner. The private entity shall immediately deliver
22 the notification information to the requesting crime victim
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1 or witness according to the requirements of this Act for
2 certain offenses determined by the county board upon the
3 release or discharge of a defendant or prisoner in county
4 custody. The release of information to the private entity to
5 implement the contract shall be limited to the extent
6 necessary to comply with the provisions of this Act.
7 (725 ILCS 120/9) (from Ch. 38, par. 1408)
8 Sec. 9. This Act does not limit any rights or
9 responsibilities otherwise enjoyed by or imposed upon victims
10 or witnesses of violent crime, nor does it grant any person a
11 cause of action for damages or attorneys fees. Any act of
12 omission or commission by any law enforcement officer or
13 State's Attorney, by the Prisoner Review Board, Department of
14 Corrections, Department of Human Services, or other State
15 agency, or private entity under contract pursuant to Section
16 8, or by any employee of any State agency or private entity
17 under contract pursuant to Section 8 acting in good faith in
18 rendering crime victim's assistance or otherwise enforcing
19 this Act shall not impose civil liability upon the individual
20 or entity or his or her supervisor or employer. Nothing in
21 this Act shall create a basis for vacating a conviction or a
22 ground for appellate relief in any criminal case. Failure of
23 the crime victim to receive notice as required, however,
24 shall not deprive the court of the power to act regarding the
25 proceeding before it; nor shall any such failure grant the
26 defendant the right to seek a continuance.
27 (Source: P.A. 88-489; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)".