99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB6045

 

Introduced 2/11/2016, by Rep. William Davis

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act
725 ILCS 5/103-9  from Ch. 38, par. 103-9
725 ILCS 170/12  from Ch. 60, par. 12
725 ILCS 170/13  from Ch. 60, par. 13

    Creates the Fugitive Apprehension and Public Safety Act. Provides that a bail bondsman or employee of a bail bondsman who enters this State to seize and transport a suspect found in this State, must notify the chief law enforcement officer of the unit of local government where the person is believed to be present. The bail bondsman shall present proof of his or her license and the appropriate order or other documents to demonstrate the authority of the bail bondsman, and a copy of any bond for liability for actions of the person or his or her employee. Provides that the Department of State Police shall be notified by the chief law enforcement officer of the local unit with registration information regarding the bail bondsman and information of the person the bail bondsman seeks to take into custody. Provides that the Department of State Police shall adopt rules regulating the registration of bail enforcement agents. Amends the Fugitive Apprehension Reward Act to only allow fugitive enforcement agents to receive a reward for apprehending and delivering a person into custody as defined in the Act. Makes corresponding changes in the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Fugitive Apprehension and Public Safety Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
7    "Fugitive enforcement agent" means a person engaged in the
8business of fugitive bail enforcement, including persons
9engaged in the bail enforcement business whose principal place
10of business is in another state.
11    "Qualified license" means a license for a bail bond
12enforcement agent, bail bondsman, fugitive enforcement agent,
13or surety bondsman issued under the law of another state by a
14state agency that requires proof of the following upon
15application for issuance of the license and renewal of the
16license:
17        (1) the licensee is 21 years of age or older;
18        (2) the licensee is not a peace officer;
19        (3) the licensee has not been convicted of a felony,
20    crime of violence, or fraud;
21        (4) the licensee is not addicted to narcotics;
22        (5) the licensee has completed at least 250 hours of
23    training in fugitive enforcement, including at least 20

 

 

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1    hours of firearms training for bail enforcement agents, and
2    training in tactical, first aid, and other courses in
3    accordance with the U.S. Fugitive Enforcement Bureau Bail
4    Enforcement Training Manual; and
5        (6) the licensee has not been convicted of unlawful use
6    of a weapon.
 
7    Section 10. Registration of qualified bail bondsman
8license.
9    (a) A bail bondsman or employee of a bail bondsman who
10operates a bail enforcement business under the law of another
11state and enters this State to seize and transport a person
12found in this State who has violated the conditions of bail
13bond posted in another state, shall not take or attempt to take
14the person into custody without first notifying the chief law
15enforcement officer of the unit of local government where the
16person is believed to be present.
17    (b) A bail bondsman shall present proof of the following to
18the chief law enforcement officer of the unit of local
19government:
20        (1) a qualified license to operate a bail enforcement
21    business, and a demonstration that the licensee is in good
22    standing;
23        (2) the bail bond, order from the State's Attorney,
24    court order, or other documents relating to the authority
25    of the bail bondsman under the laws of the state of origin

 

 

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1    to pursue the person; and
2        (3) a copy of any bond for liability for actions of the
3    bail bondsman or employee.
4    (c) Upon notification by any bail bondsman, fugitive
5enforcement agent, or bail enforcement agent, the chief law
6enforcement officer must notify the Department of State Police
7with registration information regarding the bail bondsman and
8information of the person the bail bondsman seeks to take into
9custody, in a form prescribed by the Department of State
10Police.
 
11    Section 15. Registration of bail enforcement agents. The
12Department of State Police shall adopt rules regulating the
13registration of bail enforcement agents. Nothing in this Act
14shall be construed to prohibit or hinder the return of any
15person to another state under the Uniform Criminal Extradition
16Act.
 
17    Section 80. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
18amended by changing Section 103-9 as follows:
 
19    (725 ILCS 5/103-9)  (from Ch. 38, par. 103-9)
20    Sec. 103-9. Bail bondsmen. No bail bondsman from any state
21may seize or transport unwillingly any person found in this
22State who is allegedly in violation of a bail bond posted in
23some other state, unless the bail bondsman is a fugitive

 

 

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1enforcement agent and holds a qualified license that is
2approved in this State. The return of any such person to
3another state may be accomplished only as provided by the laws
4of this State. Any bail bondsman who violates this Section is
5fully subject to the criminal and civil penalties provided by
6the laws of this State for his actions.
7    As used in this Section, "qualified license" has the
8meaning ascribed to it in Section 5 of the Recognition of Bail
9Bond Licenses Act.
10(Source: P.A. 84-694.)
 
11    Section 85. The Fugitive Apprehension Reward Act is amended
12by changing Sections 12 and 13 as follows:
 
13    (725 ILCS 170/12)  (from Ch. 60, par. 12)
14    Sec. 12. In this Act, "fugitive enforcement agent" has the
15same meaning ascribed to it in Section 5 of the Recognition of
16Bail Bond Licenses Act. If any person charged with, or
17convicted of treason, first degree murder, criminal sexual
18assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child,
19aggravated criminal sexual assault, robbery, burglary, arson,
20theft, forgery, counterfeiting or kidnapping, shall break
21prison, escape or flee from justice or abscond or secrete
22himself in such cases it shall be lawful for the Governor, if
23he shall judge it necessary, to offer any reward not exceeding
24$1,000, for a fugitive enforcement agent apprehending and

 

 

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1delivering such person into the custody of such sheriff or
2other officer as he may direct. The fugitive enforcement agent
3person so apprehending or delivering any such persons as
4aforesaid and producing to the Governor the receipt of the
5sheriff or other proper officer, for the body, it shall be
6lawful for the Governor to certify the amount of such claim to
7the State Comptroller, who shall issue his warrant on the
8treasurer for the same.
9(Source: P.A. 89-428, eff. 12-13-95; 89-462, eff. 5-29-96.)
 
10    (725 ILCS 170/13)  (from Ch. 60, par. 13)
11    Sec. 13. It shall be lawful for the county board of any
12county, by an order to be entered upon its records, to fix upon
13a sum not exceeding $1,000 as a reward to be paid to any
14fugitive enforcement agent person who shall hereafter pursue
15and apprehend, beyond the limits of the county where the
16offense shall have been committed, any person guilty of any
17felony or other high crime, which reward shall be paid by the
18county where the offense was committed, on the conviction of
19the criminal: Provided, nevertheless, that said reward shall
20not disqualify the person entitled thereto from being a
21witness.
22(Source: R.S. 1874, p. 543.)