96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB2515

 

Introduced 2/20/2009, by Rep. Robert F. Flider - Paul D. Froehlich

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 5/5-5-6   from Ch. 38, par. 1005-5-6

    Amends the Unified Code of Corrections relating to restitution. Provides that if the defendant is convicted of a violent crime, the court may sentence the defendant to pay lifetime restitution to the crime victim. Provides that the court shall base its decision to order lifetime restitution upon (i) the age of the defendant, (ii) the severity of the crime, and (iii) the income of the defendant.


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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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5 changing Section 5-5-6 as follows:
 
6     (730 ILCS 5/5-5-6)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-5-6)
7     Sec. 5-5-6. In all convictions for offenses in violation of
8 the Criminal Code of 1961 in which the person received any
9 injury to their person or damage to their real or personal
10 property as a result of the criminal act of the defendant, the
11 court shall order restitution as provided in this Section. If
12 the defendant is convicted of a violent crime, the court may
13 sentence the defendant to pay lifetime restitution to the crime
14 victim. The court shall base its decision to order lifetime
15 restitution upon (i) the age of the defendant, (ii) the
16 severity of the crime, and (iii) the income of the defendant.
17 In all other cases, except cases in which restitution is
18 required under this Section, the court must at the sentence
19 hearing determine whether restitution is an appropriate
20 sentence to be imposed on each defendant convicted of an
21 offense. If the court determines that an order directing the
22 offender to make restitution is appropriate, the offender may
23 be sentenced to make restitution. The court may consider

 

 

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1 restitution an appropriate sentence to be imposed on each
2 defendant convicted of an offense in addition to a sentence of
3 imprisonment. The sentence of the defendant to a term of
4 imprisonment is not a mitigating factor that prevents the court
5 from ordering the defendant to pay restitution. If the offender
6 is sentenced to make restitution the Court shall determine the
7 restitution as hereinafter set forth:
8         (a) At the sentence hearing, the court shall determine
9     whether the property may be restored in kind to the
10     possession of the owner or the person entitled to
11     possession thereof; or whether the defendant is possessed
12     of sufficient skill to repair and restore property damaged;
13     or whether the defendant should be required to make
14     restitution in cash, for out-of-pocket expenses, damages,
15     losses, or injuries found to have been proximately caused
16     by the conduct of the defendant or another for whom the
17     defendant is legally accountable under the provisions of
18     Article V of the Criminal Code of 1961.
19         (b) In fixing the amount of restitution to be paid in
20     cash, the court shall allow credit for property returned in
21     kind, for property damages ordered to be repaired by the
22     defendant, and for property ordered to be restored by the
23     defendant; and after granting the credit, the court shall
24     assess the actual out-of-pocket expenses, losses, damages,
25     and injuries suffered by the victim named in the charge and
26     any other victims who may also have suffered out-of-pocket

 

 

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1     expenses, losses, damages, and injuries proximately caused
2     by the same criminal conduct of the defendant, and
3     insurance carriers who have indemnified the named victim or
4     other victims for the out-of-pocket expenses, losses,
5     damages, or injuries, provided that in no event shall
6     restitution be ordered to be paid on account of pain and
7     suffering. If a defendant is placed on supervision for, or
8     convicted of, domestic battery, the defendant shall be
9     required to pay restitution to any domestic violence
10     shelter in which the victim and any other family or
11     household members lived because of the domestic battery.
12     The amount of the restitution shall equal the actual
13     expenses of the domestic violence shelter in providing
14     housing and any other services for the victim and any other
15     family or household members living at the shelter. If a
16     defendant fails to pay restitution in the manner or within
17     the time period specified by the court, the court may enter
18     an order directing the sheriff to seize any real or
19     personal property of a defendant to the extent necessary to
20     satisfy the order of restitution and dispose of the
21     property by public sale. All proceeds from such sale in
22     excess of the amount of restitution plus court costs and
23     the costs of the sheriff in conducting the sale shall be
24     paid to the defendant. The defendant convicted of domestic
25     battery, if a person under 18 years of age was present and
26     witnessed the domestic battery of the victim, is liable to

 

 

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1     pay restitution for the cost of any counseling required for
2     the child at the discretion of the court.
3         (c) In cases where more than one defendant is
4     accountable for the same criminal conduct that results in
5     out-of-pocket expenses, losses, damages, or injuries, each
6     defendant shall be ordered to pay restitution in the amount
7     of the total actual out-of-pocket expenses, losses,
8     damages, or injuries to the victim proximately caused by
9     the conduct of all of the defendants who are legally
10     accountable for the offense.
11             (1) In no event shall the victim be entitled to
12         recover restitution in excess of the actual
13         out-of-pocket expenses, losses, damages, or injuries,
14         proximately caused by the conduct of all of the
15         defendants.
16             (2) As between the defendants, the court may
17         apportion the restitution that is payable in
18         proportion to each co-defendant's culpability in the
19         commission of the offense.
20             (3) In the absence of a specific order apportioning
21         the restitution, each defendant shall bear his pro rata
22         share of the restitution.
23             (4) As between the defendants, each defendant
24         shall be entitled to a pro rata reduction in the total
25         restitution required to be paid to the victim for
26         amounts of restitution actually paid by co-defendants,

 

 

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1         and defendants who shall have paid more than their pro
2         rata share shall be entitled to refunds to be computed
3         by the court as additional amounts are paid by
4         co-defendants.
5         (d) In instances where a defendant has more than one
6     criminal charge pending against him in a single case, or
7     more than one case, and the defendant stands convicted of
8     one or more charges, a plea agreement negotiated by the
9     State's Attorney and the defendants may require the
10     defendant to make restitution to victims of charges that
11     have been dismissed or which it is contemplated will be
12     dismissed under the terms of the plea agreement, and under
13     the agreement, the court may impose a sentence of
14     restitution on the charge or charges of which the defendant
15     has been convicted that would require the defendant to make
16     restitution to victims of other offenses as provided in the
17     plea agreement.
18         (e) The court may require the defendant to apply the
19     balance of the cash bond, after payment of court costs, and
20     any fine that may be imposed to the payment of restitution.
21         (f) Taking into consideration the ability of the
22     defendant to pay, including any real or personal property
23     or any other assets of the defendant, the court shall
24     determine whether restitution shall be paid in a single
25     payment or in installments, and shall fix a period of time
26     not in excess of 5 years or the period of time specified in

 

 

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1     subsection (f-1), not including periods of incarceration,
2     within which payment of restitution is to be paid in full.
3     Complete restitution shall be paid in as short a time
4     period as possible. However, if the court deems it
5     necessary and in the best interest of the victim, the court
6     may extend beyond 5 years the period of time within which
7     the payment of restitution is to be paid. If the defendant
8     is ordered to pay restitution and the court orders that
9     restitution is to be paid over a period greater than 6
10     months, the court shall order that the defendant make
11     monthly payments; the court may waive this requirement of
12     monthly payments only if there is a specific finding of
13     good cause for waiver.
14         (f-1)(1) In addition to any other penalty prescribed by
15     law and any restitution ordered under this Section that did
16     not include long-term physical health care costs, the court
17     may, upon conviction of any misdemeanor or felony, order a
18     defendant to pay restitution to a victim in accordance with
19     the provisions of this subsection (f-1) if the victim has
20     suffered physical injury as a result of the offense that is
21     reasonably probable to require or has required long-term
22     physical health care for more than 3 months. As used in
23     this subsection (f-1) "long-term physical health care"
24     includes mental health care.
25         (2) The victim's estimate of long-term physical health
26     care costs may be made as part of a victim impact statement

 

 

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1     under Section 6 of the Rights of Crime Victims and
2     Witnesses Act or made separately. The court shall enter the
3     long-term physical health care restitution order at the
4     time of sentencing. An order of restitution made under this
5     subsection (f-1) shall fix a monthly amount to be paid by
6     the defendant for as long as long-term physical health care
7     of the victim is required as a result of the offense. The
8     order may exceed the length of any sentence imposed upon
9     the defendant for the criminal activity. The court shall
10     include as a special finding in the judgment of conviction
11     its determination of the monthly cost of long-term physical
12     health care.
13         (3) After a sentencing order has been entered, the
14     court may from time to time, on the petition of either the
15     defendant or the victim, or upon its own motion, enter an
16     order for restitution for long-term physical care or modify
17     the existing order for restitution for long-term physical
18     care as to the amount of monthly payments. Any modification
19     of the order shall be based only upon a substantial change
20     of circumstances relating to the cost of long-term physical
21     health care or the financial condition of either the
22     defendant or the victim. The petition shall be filed as
23     part of the original criminal docket.
24         (g) In addition to the sentences provided for in
25     Sections 11-19.2, 11-20.1, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15,
26     and 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961, the court may order

 

 

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1     any person who is convicted of violating any of those
2     Sections or who was charged with any of those offenses and
3     which charge was reduced to another charge as a result of a
4     plea agreement under subsection (d) of this Section to meet
5     all or any portion of the financial obligations of
6     treatment, including but not limited to medical,
7     psychiatric, or rehabilitative treatment or psychological
8     counseling, prescribed for the victim or victims of the
9     offense.
10         The payments shall be made by the defendant to the
11     clerk of the circuit court and transmitted by the clerk to
12     the appropriate person or agency as directed by the court.
13     Except as otherwise provided in subsection (f-1), the order
14     may require such payments to be made for a period not to
15     exceed 5 years after sentencing, not including periods of
16     incarceration.
17         (h) The judge may enter an order of withholding to
18     collect the amount of restitution owed in accordance with
19     Part 8 of Article XII of the Code of Civil Procedure.
20         (i) A sentence of restitution may be modified or
21     revoked by the court if the offender commits another
22     offense, or the offender fails to make restitution as
23     ordered by the court, but no sentence to make restitution
24     shall be revoked unless the court shall find that the
25     offender has had the financial ability to make restitution,
26     and he has wilfully refused to do so. When the offender's

 

 

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1     ability to pay restitution was established at the time an
2     order of restitution was entered or modified, or when the
3     offender's ability to pay was based on the offender's
4     willingness to make restitution as part of a plea agreement
5     made at the time the order of restitution was entered or
6     modified, there is a rebuttable presumption that the facts
7     and circumstances considered by the court at the hearing at
8     which the order of restitution was entered or modified
9     regarding the offender's ability or willingness to pay
10     restitution have not materially changed. If the court shall
11     find that the defendant has failed to make restitution and
12     that the failure is not wilful, the court may impose an
13     additional period of time within which to make restitution.
14     The length of the additional period shall not be more than
15     2 years. The court shall retain all of the incidents of the
16     original sentence, including the authority to modify or
17     enlarge the conditions, and to revoke or further modify the
18     sentence if the conditions of payment are violated during
19     the additional period.
20         (j) The procedure upon the filing of a Petition to
21     Revoke a sentence to make restitution shall be the same as
22     the procedures set forth in Section 5-6-4 of this Code
23     governing violation, modification, or revocation of
24     Probation, of Conditional Discharge, or of Supervision.
25         (k) Nothing contained in this Section shall preclude
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1     recover for any damages incurred due to the criminal
2     misconduct of the defendant.
3         (l) Restitution ordered under this Section shall not be
4     subject to disbursement by the circuit clerk under Section
5     27.5 of the Clerks of Courts Act.
6         (m) A restitution order under this Section is a
7     judgment lien in favor of the victim that:
8             (1) Attaches to the property of the person subject
9         to the order;
10             (2) May be perfected in the same manner as provided
11         in Part 3 of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code;
12             (3) May be enforced to satisfy any payment that is
13         delinquent under the restitution order by the person in
14         whose favor the order is issued or the person's
15         assignee; and
16             (4) Expires in the same manner as a judgment lien
17         created in a civil proceeding.
18         When a restitution order is issued under this Section,
19     the issuing court shall send a certified copy of the order
20     to the clerk of the circuit court in the county where the
21     charge was filed. Upon receiving the order, the clerk shall
22     enter and index the order in the circuit court judgment
23     docket.
24         (n) An order of restitution under this Section does not
25     bar a civil action for:
26             (1) Damages that the court did not require the

 

 

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1         person to pay to the victim under the restitution order
2         but arise from an injury or property damages that is
3         the basis of restitution ordered by the court; and
4             (2) Other damages suffered by the victim.
5     The restitution order is not discharged by the completion
6 of the sentence imposed for the offense.
7     A restitution order under this Section is not discharged by
8 the liquidation of a person's estate by a receiver. A
9 restitution order under this Section may be enforced in the
10 same manner as judgment liens are enforced under Article XII of
11 the Code of Civil Procedure.
12     The provisions of Section 2-1303 of the Code of Civil
13 Procedure, providing for interest on judgments, apply to
14 judgments for restitution entered under this Section.
15     For the purposes of this Section, "crime victim" and
16 "violent crime" have the meanings ascribed to them in Section 3
17 of the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act.
18 (Source: P.A. 94-148, eff. 1-1-06; 94-397, eff. 1-1-06; 95-331,
19 eff. 8-21-07.)