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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 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
5Section 16-1.3 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/16-1.3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 16-1.3)
7    Sec. 16-1.3. Financial exploitation of an elderly person or
8a person with a disability.
9    (a) A person commits the offense of financial exploitation
10of an elderly person or a person with a disability when he or
11she stands in a position of trust or confidence with the
12elderly person or a person with a disability and he or she
13knowingly and by deception or intimidation obtains control over
14the property of an elderly person or a person with a disability
15or illegally uses the assets or resources of an elderly person
16or a person with a disability. The illegal use of the assets or
17resources of an elderly person or a person with a disability
18includes, but is not limited to, the misappropriation of those
19assets or resources by undue influence, breach of a fiduciary
20relationship, fraud, deception, extortion, or use of the assets
21or resources contrary to law.
22    Financial exploitation of an elderly person or a person
23with a disability is a Class 4 felony if the value of the

 

 

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1property is $300 or less, a Class 3 felony if the value of the
2property is more than $300 but less than $5,000, a Class 2
3felony if the value of the property is $5,000 or more but less
4than $50,000, $100,000 and a Class 1 felony if the value of the
5property is $50,000 $100,000 or more but less than $100,000 or
6if the elderly person is over 70 years of age and the value of
7the property is $15,000 or more but less than $50,000 or if the
8elderly person is 80 years of age or older and the value of the
9property is $5,000 or more but less than $25,000 and a Class X
10felony if the value of the property is $100,000 or more or if
11the elderly person is over 70 years of age and the value of the
12property is $50,000 or more or if the elderly person is 80
13years of age or older and the value of the property is $25,000
14or more.
15    (b) For purposes of this Section:
16        (1) "Elderly person" means a person 60 years of age or
17    older.
18        (2) "Person with a disability" means a person who
19    suffers from a physical or mental impairment resulting from
20    disease, injury, functional disorder or congenital
21    condition that impairs the individual's mental or physical
22    ability to independently manage his or her property or
23    financial resources, or both.
24        (3) "Intimidation" means the communication to an
25    elderly person or a person with a disability that he or she
26    shall be deprived of food and nutrition, shelter,

 

 

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1    prescribed medication or medical care and treatment.
2        (4) "Deception" means, in addition to its meaning as
3    defined in Section 15-4 of this Code, a misrepresentation
4    or concealment of material fact relating to the terms of a
5    contract or agreement entered into with the elderly person
6    or person with a disability or to the existing or
7    pre-existing condition of any of the property involved in
8    such contract or agreement; or the use or employment of any
9    misrepresentation, false pretense or false promise in
10    order to induce, encourage or solicit the elderly person or
11    person with a disability to enter into a contract or
12    agreement.
13    (c) For purposes of this Section, a person stands in a
14position of trust and confidence with an elderly person or
15person with a disability when he (1) is a parent, spouse, adult
16child or other relative by blood or marriage of the elderly
17person or person with a disability, (2) is a joint tenant or
18tenant in common with the elderly person or person with a
19disability, (3) has a legal or fiduciary relationship with the
20elderly person or person with a disability, or (4) is a
21financial planning or investment professional.
22    (d) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to limit the
23remedies available to the victim under the Illinois Domestic
24Violence Act of 1986.
25    (e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to impose
26criminal liability on a person who has made a good faith effort

 

 

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1to assist the elderly person or person with a disability in the
2management of his or her property, but through no fault of his
3or her own has been unable to provide such assistance.
4    (f) It shall not be a defense to financial exploitation of
5an elderly person or person with a disability that the accused
6reasonably believed that the victim was not an elderly person
7or person with a disability.
8    (g) Civil Liability. A person who is charged by information
9or indictment with the offense of financial exploitation of an
10elderly person or person with a disability and who fails or
11refuses to return the victim's property within 60 days
12following a written demand from the victim or the victim's
13legal representative shall be liable to the victim or to the
14estate of the victim in damages of treble the amount of the
15value of the property obtained, plus reasonable attorney fees
16and court costs. The burden of proof that the defendant
17unlawfully obtained the victim's property shall be by a
18preponderance of the evidence. This subsection shall be
19operative whether or not the defendant has been convicted of
20the offense.
21(Source: P.A. 95-798, eff. 1-1-09.)