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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1144 Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 725 ILCS 150/2 | from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1672 |
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Amends the Drug Asset Forfeiture Procedure Act. Makes a technical change in
a Section concerning a legislative declaration.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB1144 | | LRB102 03159 RLC 13172 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Drug Asset Forfeiture Procedure Act is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
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| 6 | | (725 ILCS 150/2) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1672)
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| 7 | | Sec. 2. Legislative Declaration. The
The General Assembly |
| 8 | | finds that the
civil forfeiture of property which is used or |
| 9 | | intended to be used in, is
attributable to or facilitates the |
| 10 | | manufacture, sale, transportation,
distribution, possession or |
| 11 | | use of substances in certain violations of the
Illinois |
| 12 | | Controlled Substances Act, the Cannabis Control Act, or the |
| 13 | | Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act
will have |
| 14 | | a significant beneficial effect in deterring the rising
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| 15 | | incidence of the abuse and trafficking of such substances |
| 16 | | within this
State. While forfeiture may secure for State and |
| 17 | | local units of government
some resources for deterring drug |
| 18 | | abuse and drug trafficking, forfeiture is
not intended to be |
| 19 | | an alternative means of funding the administration of
criminal |
| 20 | | justice. The General Assembly further finds that the federal
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| 21 | | narcotics civil forfeiture statute upon which this Act is |
| 22 | | based has been
very successful in deterring the use and |
| 23 | | distribution of controlled
substances within this State and |