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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,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Violent Crime Victims Assistance Act is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Sections 3 and 7 as follows:
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6 | (725 ILCS 240/3) (from Ch. 70, par. 503)
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7 | Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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8 | (a) "Advisory Commission" means the Violent Crimes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Advisory Commission
created in Section 4 of this Act;
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10 | (b) "Fund" means the Violent Crime Victims Assistance Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | created in
Section 10 of this Act;
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12 | (c) "Agency" or "agencies" means any federal, State, local | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | or private
entity which provides, operates or coordinates | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | victim and witness assistance
programs ; .
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15 | (d) "Crime victim" has the meaning ascribed to it in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Section 3 of the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | (Source: P.A. 83-908.)
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18 | (725 ILCS 240/7) (from Ch. 70, par. 507)
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19 | Sec. 7. Administration of Fund. The Attorney General shall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | administer
the disbursement of monies collected by the Fund in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | accordance with the
following procedures.
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22 | (a) Any public or private nonprofit agency may apply to the |
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1 | Attorney General
for selection and funding as a victim and | ||||||
2 | witness assistance center pursuant
to this Act.
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3 | (a-5) Any crime victim or his or her family, or both,
may | ||||||
4 | apply to the Attorney General for financial assistance from | ||||||
5 | moneys collected by the Fund. The Attorney General shall | ||||||
6 | consider factors that he or she deems appropriate in selecting | ||||||
7 | crime victims and their families that will receive moneys from | ||||||
8 | the Fund. If the Attorney General selects a crime victim or his | ||||||
9 | or her family, or both, to receive moneys from the Fund, the | ||||||
10 | Attorney General shall issue a voucher to be presented to the | ||||||
11 | State Comptroller, who shall examine the voucher in accordance | ||||||
12 | with Section 9 of the State Comptroller Act, and if he or she | ||||||
13 | is satisfied that the voucher meets the requirements of law, | ||||||
14 | the Comptroller shall draw a warrant and present it to the | ||||||
15 | State Treasurer to be countersigned by the State Treasurer. The | ||||||
16 | warrant shall be returned to the Attorney General who shall | ||||||
17 | mail the warrant to the crime victim or his or her family, or | ||||||
18 | both, for payment of moneys from the Fund for financial | ||||||
19 | assistance to the crime victim or his or her family, or both. | ||||||
20 | (b) The Attorney General shall consider the following | ||||||
21 | factors together
with any other circumstances he or she deems | ||||||
22 | appropriate in selecting
victim and witness
assistance centers | ||||||
23 | applicants to receive funds and to be designated as victim and | ||||||
24 | witness
assistance centers:
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25 | (1) Stated goals of applicants;
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26 | (2) Commitment and ability to provide the services |
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1 | described in
Section 8 of this Act;
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2 | (3) Number of people to be served and the needs of the | ||||||
3 | community;
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4 | (4) Evidence of community support;
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5 | (5) Organizational structure of the agency;
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6 | (6) Maximization of volunteers.
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7 | (c) After evaluation of all applicants, the Attorney | ||||||
8 | General shall select
a number of applicants which the Attorney | ||||||
9 | General deems qualified under
this Act for designation to | ||||||
10 | receive funding pursuant to this Act as individual crime | ||||||
11 | victims or family members of crime victims or for the
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12 | establishment and operation of the centers. Funding contracts | ||||||
13 | shall be
entered into by the Attorney General with each | ||||||
14 | designated victim and witness
assistance center applicant on an
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15 | annual basis. The Attorney General may impose matching
funds | ||||||
16 | requirements on victim and witness
assistance center grant | ||||||
17 | recipients. The Attorney General may evaluate
each victim and | ||||||
18 | witness
assistance center recipient prior to each fund | ||||||
19 | dispersal and cancel the
remaining term of any contract in | ||||||
20 | which the recipient has failed to meet
the contract | ||||||
21 | requirements or for any good cause.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 90-139, eff. 1-1-98.)
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23 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
24 | becoming law.
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