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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB1033
Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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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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SB1033 |
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LRB096 07106 RLC 17192 b |
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Drug Asset Forfeiture Procedure Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
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| (725 ILCS 150/2) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1672)
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| Sec. 2. Legislative Declaration. The
The General Assembly |
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| finds that the
civil forfeiture of property which is used or |
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| intended to be used in, is
attributable to or facilitates the |
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| manufacture, sale, transportation,
distribution, possession or |
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| use of substances in certain violations of the
Illinois |
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| Controlled Substances Act, the Cannabis Control Act, or the |
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| Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act
will have |
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| a significant beneficial effect in deterring the rising
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| incidence of the abuse and trafficking of such substances |
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| within this
State. While forfeiture may secure for State and |
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| local units of government
some resources for deterring drug |
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| abuse and drug trafficking, forfeiture is
not intended to be an |
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| alternative means of funding the administration of
criminal |
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| justice. The General Assembly further finds that the federal
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| narcotics civil forfeiture statute upon which this Act is based |
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| has been
very successful in deterring the use and distribution |
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| of controlled
substances within this State and throughout the |