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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4857
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4857 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | adding Section 5-5-6.1 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (730 ILCS 5/5-5-6.1 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 5-5-6.1. Restitution for expenditure of
official | ||||||
| 8 | advanced funds to law enforcement agencies. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) In all convictions for offenses in violation of Section | ||||||
| 10 | 5, 5.1, 5.2, or 9 of the Cannabis Control Act,
Section 401, | ||||||
| 11 | 401.1, 404, 405, 405.1, 405.2, or 407 of the Illinois | ||||||
| 12 | Controlled Substances Act, or Section 15, 20, 25, 30, 55, 56, | ||||||
| 13 | or 65 of the
Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection | ||||||
| 14 | Act, the court shall order restitution for: | ||||||
| 15 | (1) any United States Currency official advanced funds | ||||||
| 16 | expended by a law enforcement agency
or local drug task | ||||||
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| 1 | force to purchase cannabis, controlled substances, or | ||||||
| 2 | methamphetamine or
substance to produce or manufacture, or | ||||||
| 3 | both, methamphetamine; and | ||||||
| 4 | (2) any currency used in the investigation leading to | ||||||
| 5 | the arrest and conviction. | ||||||
| 6 | (b) Restitution under this Section shall not exceed the | ||||||
| 7 | actual amount expended, minus any official
advanced funds | ||||||
| 8 | recovered, by the law enforcement agency or task force during | ||||||
| 9 | the investigation.
Restitution shall be in addition to any | ||||||
| 10 | other fine, fee, or cost authorized by law. | ||||||
| 11 | (c) Restitution shall apply to any agreed or contested | ||||||
| 12 | sentence and may be submitted to the court by
way of affidavit | ||||||
| 13 | setting forth the amount of restitution requested, the name of | ||||||
| 14 | the defendant, and
the name of the law enforcement agency or | ||||||
| 15 | task force. | ||||||
| 16 | (d)
The court may require the defendant to apply the | ||||||
| 17 | balance of the cash bond, after payment of
court costs, and any | ||||||
| 18 | fine that may be imposed to the payment of restitution.".
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