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92_HB4321

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to 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
 5    changing Section 16-1.3 as follows:

 6        (720 ILCS 5/16-1.3) (from Ch. 38, par. 16-1.3)
 7        Sec. 16-1.3.  Financial exploitation of an elderly person
 8    or a person with a disability.
 9        (a)  A   person   commits   the   offense   of  financial
10    exploitation  of  an  elderly  person  or  a  person  with  a
11    disability when he or she stands in a  position of  trust  or
12    confidence  with  the  elderly  person  or  a  person  with a
13    disability and he  or  she  knowingly  and  by  deception  or
14    intimidation  obtains control over the property of an elderly
15    person or a person with  a  disability  with  the  intent  to
16    permanently  deprive  the elderly person or the person with a
17    disability of the use, benefit, or possession of his  or  her
18    property.
19        Financial  exploitation  of an elderly person or a person
20    with a disability is a Class 4 felony if  the  value  of  the
21    property  is  $300  or less, a Class 3 felony if the value of
22    the property is more than $300 but less than $5,000, a  Class
23    2  felony  if the value of the property is $5,000 or more but
24    less than $100,000 and a Class 1 felony if the value  of  the
25    property  is  $100,000  or  more  or if the victim is over 70
26    years of age and the value of the property is $15,000 or more
27    or if the victim is 80 years of age or older and the value of
28    the property is $5,000 or more.
29        (b)  For purposes of this Section:
30             (1)  "Elderly person" means a person 60 years of age
31        or older who is suffering from  a  disease  or  infirmity
 
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 1        that  impairs the individual's mental or physical ability
 2        to independently manage his or her property or  financial
 3        resources, or both.
 4             (2)  "Person  with  a disability" means a person who
 5        suffers from a permanent physical  or  mental  impairment
 6        resulting  from  disease,  injury, functional disorder or
 7        congenital condition that impairs the individual's mental
 8        or physical ability to independently manage  his  or  her
 9        property or financial resources, or both.
10             (3)  "Intimidation"  means  the  communication to an
11        elderly person or a person with a disability that  he  or
12        she  shall  be  deprived  of food and nutrition, shelter,
13        prescribed medication or medical care and treatment.
14             (4)  "Deception" means, in addition to  its  meaning
15        as   defined   in   Section   15-4   of   this   Code,  a
16        misrepresentation  or  concealment   of   material   fact
17        relating  to the terms of a contract or agreement entered
18        into with the elderly person or person with a  disability
19        or  to  the  existing or pre-existing condition of any of
20        the property involved in such contract or  agreement;  or
21        the  use  or  employment  of any misrepresentation, false
22        pretense or false promise in order to  induce,  encourage
23        or solicit the elderly person or person with a disability
24        to enter into a contract or agreement.
25        (c)  For  purposes  of this Section, a person stands in a
26    position of trust and confidence with an  elderly  person  or
27    person  with  a  disability  when he (1) is a parent, spouse,
28    adult child or other relative by blood  or  marriage  of  the
29    elderly  person  or  person with a disability, (2) is a joint
30    tenant or tenant in common with the elderly person or  person
31    with   a   disability,  or  (3)  has  a  legal  or  fiduciary
32    relationship  with  the  elderly  person  or  person  with  a
33    disability, or (4) is  a  financial  planning  or  investment
34    professional.
 
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 1        (d)  Nothing  in this Section shall be construed to limit
 2    the remedies available  to  the  victim  under  the  Illinois
 3    Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
 4        (e)  Nothing in this Section shall be construed to impose
 5    criminal  liability  on  a  person  who has made a good faith
 6    effort  to  assist  the  elderly  person  or  person  with  a
 7    disability in the management of  his  or  her  property,  but
 8    through no fault of his or her own has been unable to provide
 9    such assistance.
10        (f)  It  shall not be a defense to financial exploitation
11    of an elderly person or person with  a  disability  that  the
12    accused  reasonably  believed  that  the  victim  was  not an
13    elderly person or person with a disability.
14        (g)  Civil  Liability.   A  person  who  is  charged   by
15    information  or  indictment  with  the  offense  of financial
16    exploitation of an elderly person or person with a disability
17    and who fails or refuses  to  return  the  victim's  property
18    within  60 days following a written demand from the victim or
19    the victim's legal representative  shall  be  liable  to  the
20    victim  or  to  the estate of the victim in damages of treble
21    the amount of  the  value  of  the  property  obtained,  plus
22    reasonable  attorney  fees  and  court  costs.  The burden of
23    proof that the defendant  unlawfully  obtained  the  victim's
24    property  shall  be by a preponderance of the evidence.  This
25    subsection shall be operative whether or  not  the  defendant
26    has been convicted of the offense.
27    (Source: P.A. 91-236, eff. 7-22-99.)

28        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
29    becoming law.

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