Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant

Filed: 4/6/2016

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 212

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 212 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Cannabis Control Act is amended by changing
5Section 12 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 550/12)  (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 712)
7    Sec. 12. (a) The following are subject to forfeiture:
8        (1) all substances containing cannabis which have been
9    produced, manufactured, delivered, or possessed in
10    violation of this Act;
11        (2) all raw materials, products and equipment of any
12    kind which are produced, delivered, or possessed in
13    connection with any substance containing cannabis in
14    violation of this Act;
15        (3) all conveyances, including aircraft, vehicles or
16    vessels, which are used, or intended for use, to transport,

 

 

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1    or in any manner to facilitate the transportation, sale,
2    receipt, possession, or concealment of property described
3    in paragraph (1) or (2) that constitutes a felony violation
4    of the Act, but:
5            (i) no conveyance used by any person as a common
6        carrier in the transaction of business as a common
7        carrier is subject to forfeiture under this Section
8        unless it appears that the owner or other person in
9        charge of the conveyance is a consenting party or privy
10        to a violation of this Act;
11            (ii) no conveyance is subject to forfeiture under
12        this Section by reason of any act or omission which the
13        owner proves to have been committed or omitted without
14        his knowledge or consent;
15            (iii) a forfeiture of a conveyance encumbered by a
16        bona fide security interest is subject to the interest
17        of the secured party if he neither had knowledge of nor
18        consented to the act or omission;
19        (4) all money, things of value, books, records, and
20    research products and materials including formulas,
21    microfilm, tapes, and data which are used, or intended for
22    use in a felony violation of this Act;
23        (5) everything of value furnished or intended to be
24    furnished by any person in exchange for a substance in
25    violation of this Act, all proceeds traceable to such an
26    exchange, and all moneys, negotiable instruments, and

 

 

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1    securities used, or intended to be used, to commit or in
2    any manner to facilitate any felony violation of this Act;
3        (6) all real property, including any right, title, and
4    interest including, but not limited to, any leasehold
5    interest or the beneficial interest to a land trust, in the
6    whole of any lot or tract of land and any appurtenances or
7    improvements, that is used or intended to be used to
8    facilitate the manufacture, distribution, sale, receipt,
9    or concealment of property described in paragraph (1) or
10    (2) of this subsection (a) that constitutes a felony
11    violation of more than 2,000 grams of a substance
12    containing cannabis or that is the proceeds of any felony
13    violation of this Act.
14    (b) Property subject to forfeiture under this Act may be
15seized by the Director or any peace officer upon process or
16seizure warrant issued by any court having jurisdiction over
17the property. Seizure by the Director or any peace officer
18without process may be made:
19        (1) if the property subject to seizure has been the
20    subject of a prior judgment in favor of the State in a
21    criminal proceeding or in an injunction or forfeiture
22    proceeding based upon this Act or the Drug Asset Forfeiture
23    Procedure Act;
24        (2) if there is probable cause to believe that the
25    property is directly or indirectly dangerous to health or
26    safety;

 

 

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1        (3) if there is probable cause to believe that the
2    property is subject to forfeiture under this Act and the
3    property is seized under circumstances in which a
4    warrantless seizure or arrest would be reasonable; or
5        (4) in accordance with the Code of Criminal Procedure
6    of 1963.
7    (c) In the event of seizure pursuant to subsection (b),
8notice shall be given forthwith to all known interest holders
9that forfeiture proceedings, including a preliminary review,
10shall be instituted in accordance with the Drug Asset
11Forfeiture Procedure Act and such proceedings shall thereafter
12be instituted in accordance with that Act. Upon a showing of
13good cause, the notice required for a preliminary review under
14this Section may be postponed.
15    (c-1) In the event the State's Attorney is of the opinion
16that real property is subject to forfeiture under this Act,
17forfeiture proceedings shall be instituted in accordance with
18the Drug Asset Forfeiture Procedure Act. The exemptions from
19forfeiture provisions of Section 8 of the Drug Asset Forfeiture
20Procedure Act are applicable.
21    (d) Property taken or detained under this Section shall not
22be subject to replevin, but is deemed to be in the custody of
23the Director subject only to the order and judgments of the
24circuit court having jurisdiction over the forfeiture
25proceedings and the decisions of the State's Attorney under the
26Drug Asset Forfeiture Procedure Act. When property is seized

 

 

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1under this Act, the seizing agency shall promptly conduct an
2inventory of the seized property, estimate the property's
3value, and shall forward a copy of the inventory of seized
4property and the estimate of the property's value to the
5Director. Upon receiving notice of seizure, the Director may:
6        (1) place the property under seal;
7        (2) remove the property to a place designated by him;
8        (3) keep the property in the possession of the seizing
9    agency;
10        (4) remove the property to a storage area for
11    safekeeping or, if the property is a negotiable instrument
12    or money and is not needed for evidentiary purposes,
13    deposit it in an interest bearing account;
14        (5) place the property under constructive seizure by
15    posting notice of pending forfeiture on it, by giving
16    notice of pending forfeiture to its owners and interest
17    holders, or by filing notice of pending forfeiture in any
18    appropriate public record relating to the property; or
19        (6) provide for another agency or custodian, including
20    an owner, secured party, or lienholder, to take custody of
21    the property upon the terms and conditions set by the
22    Director.
23    (e) No disposition may be made of property under seal until
24the time for taking an appeal has elapsed or until all appeals
25have been concluded unless a court, upon application therefor,
26orders the sale of perishable substances and the deposit of the

 

 

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1proceeds of the sale with the court.
2    (f) When property is forfeited under this Act the Director
3shall sell all such property unless such property is required
4by law to be destroyed or is harmful to the public, and shall
5distribute the proceeds of the sale, together with any moneys
6forfeited or seized, in accordance with subsection (g).
7However, upon the application of the seizing agency or
8prosecutor who was responsible for the investigation, arrest or
9arrests and prosecution which lead to the forfeiture, the
10Director may return any item of forfeited property to the
11seizing agency or prosecutor for official use in the
12enforcement of laws relating to cannabis or controlled
13substances, if the agency or prosecutor can demonstrate that
14the item requested would be useful to the agency or prosecutor
15in their enforcement efforts. When any forfeited conveyance,
16including an aircraft, vehicle, or vessel, is returned to the
17seizing agency or prosecutor, the conveyance may be used
18immediately in the enforcement of the criminal laws of this
19State. Upon disposal, all proceeds from the sale of the
20conveyance must be used for drug enforcement purposes. When any
21real property returned to the seizing agency is sold by the
22agency or its unit of government, the proceeds of the sale
23shall be delivered to the Director and distributed in
24accordance with subsection (g).
25    (g) All monies and the sale proceeds of all other property
26forfeited and seized under this Act shall be distributed as

 

 

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1follows:
2        (1)(i) 65% shall be distributed to the metropolitan
3    enforcement group, local, municipal, county, or state law
4    enforcement agency or agencies which conducted or
5    participated in the investigation resulting in the
6    forfeiture. The distribution shall bear a reasonable
7    relationship to the degree of direct participation of the
8    law enforcement agency in the effort resulting in the
9    forfeiture, taking into account the total value of the
10    property forfeited and the total law enforcement effort
11    with respect to the violation of the law upon which the
12    forfeiture is based. Amounts distributed to the agency or
13    agencies shall be used for the enforcement of laws
14    governing cannabis and controlled substances; for public
15    education in the community or schools in the prevention or
16    detection of the abuse of drugs or alcohol; or for security
17    cameras used for the prevention or detection of violence,
18    except that amounts distributed to the Secretary of State
19    shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Evidence
20    Fund to be used as provided in Section 2-115 of the
21    Illinois Vehicle Code.
22        (ii) Any local, municipal, or county law enforcement
23    agency entitled to receive a monetary distribution of
24    forfeiture proceeds may share those forfeiture proceeds
25    pursuant to the terms of an intergovernmental agreement
26    with a municipality that has a population in excess of

 

 

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1    20,000 if:
2            (I) the receiving agency has entered into an
3        intergovernmental agreement with the municipality to
4        provide police services;
5            (II) the intergovernmental agreement for police
6        services provides for consideration in an amount of not
7        less than $1,000,000 per year;
8            (III) the seizure took place within the
9        geographical limits of the municipality; and
10            (IV) the funds are used only for the enforcement of
11        laws governing cannabis and controlled substances; for
12        public education in the community or schools in the
13        prevention or detection of the abuse of drugs or
14        alcohol; or for security cameras used for the
15        prevention or detection of violence or the
16        establishment of a municipal police force, including
17        the training of officers, construction of a police
18        station, the purchase of law enforcement equipment, or
19        vehicles.
20        (2)(i) 12.5% shall be distributed to the Office of the
21    State's Attorney of the county in which the prosecution
22    resulting in the forfeiture was instituted, deposited in a
23    special fund in the county treasury and appropriated to the
24    State's Attorney for use in the enforcement of laws
25    governing cannabis and controlled substances; for public
26    education in the community or schools in the prevention or

 

 

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1    detection of the abuse of drugs or alcohol; , or at the
2    discretion of the State's Attorney, in addition to other
3    authorized purposes, to make grants to local substance
4    abuse treatment facilities and half-way houses. In
5    counties over 3,000,000 population, 25% will be
6    distributed to the Office of the State's Attorney for use
7    in the enforcement of laws governing cannabis and
8    controlled substances; for public education in the
9    community or schools in the prevention or detection of the
10    abuse of drugs or alcohol; , or at the discretion of the
11    State's Attorney, in addition to other authorized
12    purposes, to make grants to local substance abuse treatment
13    facilities and half-way houses. If the prosecution is
14    undertaken solely by the Attorney General, the portion
15    provided hereunder shall be distributed to the Attorney
16    General for use in the enforcement of laws governing
17    cannabis and controlled substances.
18        (ii) 12.5% shall be distributed to the Office of the
19    State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor and deposited in
20    the Narcotics Profit Forfeiture Fund of that Office to be
21    used for additional expenses incurred in the
22    investigation, prosecution and appeal of cases arising
23    under laws governing cannabis and controlled substances or
24    for public education in the community or schools in the
25    prevention or detection of the abuse of drugs or alcohol.
26    The Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor

 

 

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1    shall not receive distribution from cases brought in
2    counties with over 3,000,000 population.
3        (3) 10% shall be retained by the Department of State
4    Police for expenses related to the administration and sale
5    of seized and forfeited property.
6(Source: P.A. 97-253, eff. 1-1-12; 97-544, eff. 1-1-12; 97-813,
7eff. 7-13-12; 97-985, eff. 1-1-13.)
 
8    Section 10. The Illinois Controlled Substances Act is
9amended by changing Section 505 as follows:
 
10    (720 ILCS 570/505)  (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1505)
11    Sec. 505. (a) The following are subject to forfeiture:
12        (1) all substances which have been manufactured,
13    distributed, dispensed, or possessed in violation of this
14    Act;
15        (2) all raw materials, products and equipment of any
16    kind which are used, or intended for use in manufacturing,
17    distributing, dispensing, administering or possessing any
18    substance in violation of this Act;
19        (3) all conveyances, including aircraft, vehicles or
20    vessels, which are used, or intended for use, to transport,
21    or in any manner to facilitate the transportation, sale,
22    receipt, possession, or concealment of property described
23    in paragraphs (1) and (2), but:
24            (i) no conveyance used by any person as a common

 

 

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1        carrier in the transaction of business as a common
2        carrier is subject to forfeiture under this Section
3        unless it appears that the owner or other person in
4        charge of the conveyance is a consenting party or privy
5        to a violation of this Act;
6            (ii) no conveyance is subject to forfeiture under
7        this Section by reason of any act or omission which the
8        owner proves to have been committed or omitted without
9        his or her knowledge or consent;
10            (iii) a forfeiture of a conveyance encumbered by a
11        bona fide security interest is subject to the interest
12        of the secured party if he or she neither had knowledge
13        of nor consented to the act or omission;
14        (4) all money, things of value, books, records, and
15    research products and materials including formulas,
16    microfilm, tapes, and data which are used, or intended to
17    be used in violation of this Act;
18        (5) everything of value furnished, or intended to be
19    furnished, in exchange for a substance in violation of this
20    Act, all proceeds traceable to such an exchange, and all
21    moneys, negotiable instruments, and securities used, or
22    intended to be used, to commit or in any manner to
23    facilitate any violation of this Act;
24        (6) all real property, including any right, title, and
25    interest (including, but not limited to, any leasehold
26    interest or the beneficial interest in a land trust) in the

 

 

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1    whole of any lot or tract of land and any appurtenances or
2    improvements, which is used or intended to be used, in any
3    manner or part, to commit, or in any manner to facilitate
4    the commission of, any violation or act that constitutes a
5    violation of Section 401 or 405 of this Act or that is the
6    proceeds of any violation or act that constitutes a
7    violation of Section 401 or 405 of this Act.
8    (b) Property subject to forfeiture under this Act may be
9seized by the Director or any peace officer upon process or
10seizure warrant issued by any court having jurisdiction over
11the property. Seizure by the Director or any peace officer
12without process may be made:
13        (1) if the seizure is incident to inspection under an
14    administrative inspection warrant;
15        (2) if the property subject to seizure has been the
16    subject of a prior judgment in favor of the State in a
17    criminal proceeding, or in an injunction or forfeiture
18    proceeding based upon this Act or the Drug Asset Forfeiture
19    Procedure Act;
20        (3) if there is probable cause to believe that the
21    property is directly or indirectly dangerous to health or
22    safety;
23        (4) if there is probable cause to believe that the
24    property is subject to forfeiture under this Act and the
25    property is seized under circumstances in which a
26    warrantless seizure or arrest would be reasonable; or

 

 

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1        (5) in accordance with the Code of Criminal Procedure
2    of 1963.
3    (c) In the event of seizure pursuant to subsection (b),
4notice shall be given forthwith to all known interest holders
5that forfeiture proceedings, including a preliminary review,
6shall be instituted in accordance with the Drug Asset
7Forfeiture Procedure Act and such proceedings shall thereafter
8be instituted in accordance with that Act. Upon a showing of
9good cause, the notice required for a preliminary review under
10this Section may be postponed.
11    (d) Property taken or detained under this Section shall not
12be subject to replevin, but is deemed to be in the custody of
13the Director subject only to the order and judgments of the
14circuit court having jurisdiction over the forfeiture
15proceedings and the decisions of the State's Attorney under the
16Drug Asset Forfeiture Procedure Act. When property is seized
17under this Act, the seizing agency shall promptly conduct an
18inventory of the seized property and estimate the property's
19value, and shall forward a copy of the inventory of seized
20property and the estimate of the property's value to the
21Director. Upon receiving notice of seizure, the Director may:
22        (1) place the property under seal;
23        (2) remove the property to a place designated by the
24    Director;
25        (3) keep the property in the possession of the seizing
26    agency;

 

 

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1        (4) remove the property to a storage area for
2    safekeeping or, if the property is a negotiable instrument
3    or money and is not needed for evidentiary purposes,
4    deposit it in an interest bearing account;
5        (5) place the property under constructive seizure by
6    posting notice of pending forfeiture on it, by giving
7    notice of pending forfeiture to its owners and interest
8    holders, or by filing notice of pending forfeiture in any
9    appropriate public record relating to the property; or
10        (6) provide for another agency or custodian, including
11    an owner, secured party, or lienholder, to take custody of
12    the property upon the terms and conditions set by the
13    Director.
14    (e) If the Department of Financial and Professional
15Regulation suspends or revokes a registration, all controlled
16substances owned or possessed by the registrant at the time of
17suspension or the effective date of the revocation order may be
18placed under seal by the Director. No disposition may be made
19of substances under seal until the time for taking an appeal
20has elapsed or until all appeals have been concluded unless a
21court, upon application therefor, orders the sale of perishable
22substances and the deposit of the proceeds of the sale with the
23court. Upon a suspension or revocation order becoming final,
24all substances may be forfeited to the Illinois State Police.
25    (f) When property is forfeited under this Act the Director
26shall sell all such property unless such property is required

 

 

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1by law to be destroyed or is harmful to the public, and shall
2distribute the proceeds of the sale, together with any moneys
3forfeited or seized, in accordance with subsection (g).
4However, upon the application of the seizing agency or
5prosecutor who was responsible for the investigation, arrest or
6arrests and prosecution which lead to the forfeiture, the
7Director may return any item of forfeited property to the
8seizing agency or prosecutor for official use in the
9enforcement of laws relating to cannabis or controlled
10substances, if the agency or prosecutor can demonstrate that
11the item requested would be useful to the agency or prosecutor
12in their enforcement efforts. When any forfeited conveyance,
13including an aircraft, vehicle, or vessel, is returned to the
14seizing agency or prosecutor, the conveyance may be used
15immediately in the enforcement of the criminal laws of this
16State. Upon disposal, all proceeds from the sale of the
17conveyance must be used for drug enforcement purposes. When any
18real property returned to the seizing agency is sold by the
19agency or its unit of government, the proceeds of the sale
20shall be delivered to the Director and distributed in
21accordance with subsection (g).
22    (g) All monies and the sale proceeds of all other property
23forfeited and seized under this Act shall be distributed as
24follows:
25        (1)(i) 65% shall be distributed to the metropolitan
26    enforcement group, local, municipal, county, or state law

 

 

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1    enforcement agency or agencies which conducted or
2    participated in the investigation resulting in the
3    forfeiture. The distribution shall bear a reasonable
4    relationship to the degree of direct participation of the
5    law enforcement agency in the effort resulting in the
6    forfeiture, taking into account the total value of the
7    property forfeited and the total law enforcement effort
8    with respect to the violation of the law upon which the
9    forfeiture is based. Amounts distributed to the agency or
10    agencies shall be used for the enforcement of laws
11    governing cannabis and controlled substances; for public
12    education in the community or schools in the prevention or
13    detection of the abuse of drugs or alcohol; or for security
14    cameras used for the prevention or detection of violence,
15    except that amounts distributed to the Secretary of State
16    shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Evidence
17    Fund to be used as provided in Section 2-115 of the
18    Illinois Vehicle Code.
19        (ii) Any local, municipal, or county law enforcement
20    agency entitled to receive a monetary distribution of
21    forfeiture proceeds may share those forfeiture proceeds
22    pursuant to the terms of an intergovernmental agreement
23    with a municipality that has a population in excess of
24    20,000 if:
25            (I) the receiving agency has entered into an
26        intergovernmental agreement with the municipality to

 

 

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1        provide police services;
2            (II) the intergovernmental agreement for police
3        services provides for consideration in an amount of not
4        less than $1,000,000 per year;
5            (III) the seizure took place within the
6        geographical limits of the municipality; and
7            (IV) the funds are used only for the enforcement of
8        laws governing cannabis and controlled substances; for
9        public education in the community or schools in the
10        prevention or detection of the abuse of drugs or
11        alcohol; or for security cameras used for the
12        prevention or detection of violence or the
13        establishment of a municipal police force, including
14        the training of officers, construction of a police
15        station, the purchase of law enforcement equipment, or
16        vehicles.
17        (2)(i) 12.5% shall be distributed to the Office of the
18    State's Attorney of the county in which the prosecution
19    resulting in the forfeiture was instituted, deposited in a
20    special fund in the county treasury and appropriated to the
21    State's Attorney for use in the enforcement of laws
22    governing cannabis and controlled substances; for public
23    education in the community or schools in the prevention or
24    detection of the abuse of drugs or alcohol; , or at the
25    discretion of the State's Attorney, in addition to other
26    authorized purposes, to make grants to local substance

 

 

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1    abuse treatment facilities and half-way houses. In
2    counties over 3,000,000 population, 25% will be
3    distributed to the Office of the State's Attorney for use
4    in the enforcement of laws governing cannabis and
5    controlled substances; for public education in the
6    community or schools in the prevention or detection of the
7    abuse of drugs or alcohol, or at the discretion of the
8    State's Attorney, in addition to other authorized
9    purposes, to make grants to local substance abuse treatment
10    facilities and half-way houses. If the prosecution is
11    undertaken solely by the Attorney General, the portion
12    provided hereunder shall be distributed to the Attorney
13    General for use in the enforcement of laws governing
14    cannabis and controlled substances or for public education
15    in the community or schools in the prevention or detection
16    of the abuse of drugs or alcohol.
17        (ii) 12.5% shall be distributed to the Office of the
18    State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor and deposited in
19    the Narcotics Profit Forfeiture Fund of that office to be
20    used for additional expenses incurred in the
21    investigation, prosecution and appeal of cases arising
22    under laws governing cannabis and controlled substances or
23    for public education in the community or schools in the
24    prevention or detection of the abuse of drugs or alcohol.
25    The Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor
26    shall not receive distribution from cases brought in

 

 

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1    counties with over 3,000,000 population.
2        (3) 10% shall be retained by the Department of State
3    Police for expenses related to the administration and sale
4    of seized and forfeited property.
5    (h) Species of plants from which controlled substances in
6Schedules I and II may be derived which have been planted or
7cultivated in violation of this Act, or of which the owners or
8cultivators are unknown, or which are wild growths, may be
9seized and summarily forfeited to the State. The failure, upon
10demand by the Director or any peace officer, of the person in
11occupancy or in control of land or premises upon which the
12species of plants are growing or being stored, to produce
13registration, or proof that he or she is the holder thereof,
14constitutes authority for the seizure and forfeiture of the
15plants.
16(Source: P.A. 97-253, eff. 1-1-12; 97-334, eff. 1-1-12; 97-544,
17eff. 1-1-12; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 97-985, eff. 1-1-13.)
 
18    Section 15. The Methamphetamine Control and Community
19Protection Act is amended by changing Section 85 as follows:
 
20    (720 ILCS 646/85)
21    Sec. 85. Forfeiture.
22    (a) The following are subject to forfeiture:
23        (1) all substances containing methamphetamine which
24    have been produced, manufactured, delivered, or possessed

 

 

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1    in violation of this Act;
2        (2) all methamphetamine manufacturing materials which
3    have been produced, delivered, or possessed in connection
4    with any substance containing methamphetamine in violation
5    of this Act;
6        (3) all conveyances, including aircraft, vehicles or
7    vessels, which are used, or intended for use, to transport,
8    or in any manner to facilitate the transportation, sale,
9    receipt, possession, or concealment of property described
10    in paragraph (1) or (2) that constitutes a felony violation
11    of the Act, but:
12            (i) no conveyance used by any person as a common
13        carrier in the transaction of business as a common
14        carrier is subject to forfeiture under this Section
15        unless it appears that the owner or other person in
16        charge of the conveyance is a consenting party or privy
17        to a violation of this Act;
18            (ii) no conveyance is subject to forfeiture under
19        this Section by reason of any act or omission which the
20        owner proves to have been committed or omitted without
21        his or her knowledge or consent;
22            (iii) a forfeiture of a conveyance encumbered by a
23        bona fide security interest is subject to the interest
24        of the secured party if he or she neither had knowledge
25        of nor consented to the act or omission;
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1    research products and materials including formulas,
2    microfilm, tapes, and data which are used, or intended for
3    use in a felony violation of this Act;
4        (5) everything of value furnished or intended to be
5    furnished by any person in exchange for a substance in
6    violation of this Act, all proceeds traceable to such an
7    exchange, and all moneys, negotiable instruments, and
8    securities used, or intended to be used, to commit or in
9    any manner to facilitate any felony violation of this Act.
10        (6) all real property, including any right, title, and
11    interest (including, but not limited to, any leasehold
12    interest or the beneficial interest in a land trust) in the
13    whole of any lot or tract of land and any appurtenances or
14    improvements, which is used, or intended to be used, in any
15    manner or part, to commit, or in any manner to facilitate
16    the commission of, any violation or act that constitutes a
17    violation of this Act or that is the proceeds of any
18    violation or act that constitutes a violation of this Act.
19    (b) Property subject to forfeiture under this Act may be
20seized by the Director or any peace officer upon process or
21seizure warrant issued by any court having jurisdiction over
22the property. Seizure by the Director or any peace officer
23without process may be made:
24        (1) if the property subject to seizure has been the
25    subject of a prior judgment in favor of the State in a
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1    proceeding based upon this Act or the Drug Asset Forfeiture
2    Procedure Act;
3        (2) if there is probable cause to believe that the
4    property is directly or indirectly dangerous to health or
5    safety;
6        (3) if there is probable cause to believe that the
7    property is subject to forfeiture under this Act and the
8    property is seized under circumstances in which a
9    warrantless seizure or arrest would be reasonable; or
10        (4) in accordance with the Code of Criminal Procedure
11    of 1963.
12    (c) In the event of seizure pursuant to subsection (b),
13notice shall be given forthwith to all known interest holders
14that forfeiture proceedings, including a preliminary review,
15shall be instituted in accordance with the Drug Asset
16Forfeiture Procedure Act and such proceedings shall thereafter
17be instituted in accordance with that Act. Upon a showing of
18good cause, the notice required for a preliminary review under
19this Section may be postponed.
20    (d) Property taken or detained under this Section is not
21subject to replevin, but is deemed to be in the custody of the
22Director subject only to the order and judgments of the circuit
23court having jurisdiction over the forfeiture proceedings and
24the decisions of the State's Attorney under the Drug Asset
25Forfeiture Procedure Act. When property is seized under this
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1the seized property, estimate the property's value, and forward
2a copy of the inventory of seized property and the estimate of
3the property's value to the Director. Upon receiving notice of
4seizure, the Director may:
5        (1) place the property under seal;
6        (2) remove the property to a place designated by him or
7    her;
8        (3) keep the property in the possession of the seizing
9    agency;
10        (4) remove the property to a storage area for
11    safekeeping or, if the property is a negotiable instrument
12    or money and is not needed for evidentiary purposes,
13    deposit it in an interest bearing account;
14        (5) place the property under constructive seizure by
15    posting notice of pending forfeiture on it, by giving
16    notice of pending forfeiture to its owners and interest
17    holders, or by filing notice of pending forfeiture in any
18    appropriate public record relating to the property; or
19        (6) provide for another agency or custodian, including
20    an owner, secured party, or lienholder, to take custody of
21    the property upon the terms and conditions set by the
22    Director.
23    (e) No disposition may be made of property under seal until
24the time for taking an appeal has elapsed or until all appeals
25have been concluded unless a court, upon application therefor,
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1proceeds of the sale with the court.
2    (f) When property is forfeited under this Act, the Director
3shall sell the property unless the property is required by law
4to be destroyed or is harmful to the public, and shall
5distribute the proceeds of the sale, together with any moneys
6forfeited or seized, in accordance with subsection (g).
7However, upon the application of the seizing agency or
8prosecutor who was responsible for the investigation, arrest or
9arrests and prosecution which lead to the forfeiture, the
10Director may return any item of forfeited property to the
11seizing agency or prosecutor for official use in the
12enforcement of laws relating to methamphetamine, cannabis, or
13controlled substances, if the agency or prosecutor
14demonstrates that the item requested would be useful to the
15agency or prosecutor in their enforcement efforts. When any
16forfeited conveyance, including an aircraft, vehicle, or
17vessel, is returned to the seizing agency or prosecutor, the
18conveyance may be used immediately in the enforcement of the
19criminal laws of this State. Upon disposal, all proceeds from
20the sale of the conveyance must be used for drug enforcement
21purposes. When any real property returned to the seizing agency
22is sold by the agency or its unit of government, the proceeds
23of the sale shall be delivered to the Director and distributed
24in accordance with subsection (g).
25    (g) All moneys and the sale proceeds of all other property
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1follows:
2        (1)(i) 65% shall be distributed to the metropolitan
3    enforcement group, local, municipal, county, or State law
4    enforcement agency or agencies which conducted or
5    participated in the investigation resulting in the
6    forfeiture. The distribution shall bear a reasonable
7    relationship to the degree of direct participation of the
8    law enforcement agency in the effort resulting in the
9    forfeiture, taking into account the total value of the
10    property forfeited and the total law enforcement effort
11    with respect to the violation of the law upon which the
12    forfeiture is based. Amounts distributed to the agency or
13    agencies shall be used for the enforcement of laws
14    governing methamphetamine, cannabis, and controlled
15    substances; for public education in the community or
16    schools in the prevention or detection of the abuse of
17    drugs or alcohol; or for security cameras used for the
18    prevention or detection of violence, except that amounts
19    distributed to the Secretary of State shall be deposited
20    into the Secretary of State Evidence Fund to be used as
21    provided in Section 2-115 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
22        (ii) Any local, municipal, or county law enforcement
23    agency entitled to receive a monetary distribution of
24    forfeiture proceeds may share those forfeiture proceeds
25    pursuant to the terms of an intergovernmental agreement
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1    20,000 if:
2            (I) the receiving agency has entered into an
3        intergovernmental agreement with the municipality to
4        provide police services;
5            (II) the intergovernmental agreement for police
6        services provides for consideration in an amount of not
7        less than $1,000,000 per year;
8            (III) the seizure took place within the
9        geographical limits of the municipality; and
10            (IV) the funds are used only for the enforcement of
11        laws governing cannabis and controlled substances; for
12        public education in the community or schools in the
13        prevention or detection of the abuse of drugs or
14        alcohol; or for security cameras used for the
15        prevention or detection of violence or the
16        establishment of a municipal police force, including
17        the training of officers, construction of a police
18        station, the purchase of law enforcement equipment, or
19        vehicles.
20        (2)(i) 12.5% shall be distributed to the Office of the
21    State's Attorney of the county in which the prosecution
22    resulting in the forfeiture was instituted, deposited in a
23    special fund in the county treasury and appropriated to the
24    State's Attorney for use in the enforcement of laws
25    governing methamphetamine, cannabis, and controlled
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1    schools in the prevention or detection of the abuse of
2    drugs or alcohol; , or at the discretion of the State's
3    Attorney, in addition to other authorized purposes, to make
4    grants to local substance abuse treatment facilities and
5    half-way houses. In counties with a population over
6    3,000,000, 25% shall be distributed to the Office of the
7    State's Attorney for use in the enforcement of laws
8    governing methamphetamine, cannabis, and controlled
9    substances; for public education in the community or
10    schools in the prevention or detection of the abuse of
11    drugs or alcohol; , or at the discretion of the State's
12    Attorney, in addition to other authorized purposes, to make
13    grants to local substance abuse treatment facilities and
14    half-way houses. If the prosecution is undertaken solely by
15    the Attorney General, the portion provided hereunder shall
16    be distributed to the Attorney General for use in the
17    enforcement of laws governing methamphetamine, cannabis,
18    and controlled substances or for public education in the
19    community or schools in the prevention or detection of the
20    abuse of drugs or alcohol.
21        (ii) 12.5% shall be distributed to the Office of the
22    State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor and deposited in
23    the Narcotics Profit Forfeiture Fund of that Office to be
24    used for additional expenses incurred in the
25    investigation, prosecution and appeal of cases arising
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1    controlled substances or for public education in the
2    community or schools in the prevention or detection of the
3    abuse of drugs or alcohol. The Office of the State's
4    Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor shall not receive
5    distribution from cases brought in counties with a
6    population over 3,000,000.
7        (3) 10% shall be retained by the Department of State
8    Police for expenses related to the administration and sale
9    of seized and forfeited property.
10(Source: P.A. 97-253, eff. 1-1-12; 97-544, eff. 1-1-12; 97-813,
11eff. 7-13-12; 97-985, eff. 1-1-13.)
 
12    Section 20. The Narcotics Profit Forfeiture Act is amended
13by changing Section 5 as follows:
 
14    (725 ILCS 175/5)  (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1655)
15    Sec. 5. (a) A person who commits the offense of narcotics
16racketeering shall:
17        (1) be guilty of a Class 1 felony; and
18        (2) be subject to a fine of up to $250,000.
19    A person who commits the offense of narcotics racketeering
20or who violates Section 3 of the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act
21shall forfeit to the State of Illinois: (A) any profits or
22proceeds and any property or property interest he has acquired
23or maintained in violation of this Act or Section 3 of the Drug
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1of this Act that the court determines, after a forfeiture
2hearing, under subsection (b) of this Section to have been
3acquired or maintained as a result of narcotics racketeering or
4violating Section 3 of the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act, or
5used to facilitate narcotics racketeering; and (B) any interest
6in, security of, claim against, or property or contractual
7right of any kind affording a source of influence over, any
8enterprise which he has established, operated, controlled,
9conducted, or participated in the conduct of, in violation of
10this Act or Section 3 of the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act,
11that the court determines, after a forfeiture hearing, under
12subsection (b) of this Section to have been acquired or
13maintained as a result of narcotics racketeering or violating
14Section 3 of the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act or used to
15facilitate narcotics racketeering.
16    (b) The court shall, upon petition by the Attorney General
17or State's Attorney, at any time subsequent to the filing of an
18information or return of an indictment, conduct a hearing to
19determine whether any property or property interest is subject
20to forfeiture under this Act. At the forfeiture hearing the
21people shall have the burden of establishing, by a
22preponderance of the evidence, that property or property
23interests are subject to forfeiture under this Act. There is a
24rebuttable presumption at such hearing that any property or
25property interest of a person charged by information or
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1violation of Section 3 of the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act is
2subject to forfeiture under this Section if the State
3establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that:
4        (1) such property or property interest was acquired by
5    such person during the period of the violation of this Act
6    or Section 3 of the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act or
7    within a reasonable time after such period; and
8        (2) there was no likely source for such property or
9    property interest other than the violation of this Act or
10    Section 3 of the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act.
11    (c) In an action brought by the People of the State of
12Illinois under this Act, wherein any restraining order,
13injunction or prohibition or any other action in connection
14with any property or property interest subject to forfeiture
15under this Act is sought, the circuit court which shall preside
16over the trial of the person or persons charged with narcotics
17racketeering as defined in Section 4 of this Act or violating
18Section 3 of the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act shall first
19determine whether there is probable cause to believe that the
20person or persons so charged has committed the offense of
21narcotics racketeering as defined in Section 4 of this Act or a
22violation of Section 3 of the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act
23and whether the property or property interest is subject to
24forfeiture pursuant to this Act.
25    In order to make such a determination, prior to entering
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1jury, wherein the People shall establish that there is: (i)
2probable cause that the person or persons so charged have
3committed the offense of narcotics racketeering or violating
4Section 3 of the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act and (ii)
5probable cause that any property or property interest may be
6subject to forfeiture pursuant to this Act. Such hearing may be
7conducted simultaneously with a preliminary hearing, if the
8prosecution is commenced by information or complaint, or by
9motion of the People, at any stage in the proceedings. The
10court may accept a finding of probable cause at a preliminary
11hearing following the filing of an information charging the
12offense of narcotics racketeering as defined in Section 4 of
13this Act or the return of an indictment by a grand jury
14charging the offense of narcotics racketeering as defined in
15Section 4 of this Act or after a charge is filed for violating
16Section 3 of the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act as sufficient
17evidence of probable cause as provided in item (i) above.
18    Upon such a finding, the circuit court shall enter such
19restraining order, injunction or prohibition, or shall take
20such other action in connection with any such property or
21property interest subject to forfeiture under this Act, as is
22necessary to insure that such property is not removed from the
23jurisdiction of the court, concealed, destroyed or otherwise
24disposed of by the owner of that property or property interest
25prior to a forfeiture hearing under subsection (b) of this
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1certified copy of such restraining order, injunction or other
2prohibition with the recorder of deeds or registrar of titles
3of each county where any such property of the defendant may be
4located. No such injunction, restraining order or other
5prohibition shall affect the rights of any bona fide purchaser,
6mortgagee, judgment creditor or other lien holder arising prior
7to the date of such filing.
8    The court may, at any time, upon verified petition by the
9defendant, conduct a hearing to release all or portions of any
10such property or interest which the court previously determined
11to be subject to forfeiture or subject to any restraining
12order, injunction, or prohibition or other action. The court
13may release such property to the defendant for good cause shown
14and within the sound discretion of the court.
15    (d) Prosecution under this Act may be commenced by the
16Attorney General or a State's Attorney.
17    (e) Upon an order of forfeiture being entered pursuant to
18subsection (b) of this Section, the court shall authorize the
19Attorney General to seize any property or property interest
20declared forfeited under this Act and under such terms and
21conditions as the court shall deem proper. Any property or
22property interest that has been the subject of an entered
23restraining order, injunction or prohibition or any other
24action filed under subsection (c) shall be forfeited unless the
25claimant can show by a preponderance of the evidence that the
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1maintained as a result of narcotics racketeering or has not
2been used to facilitate narcotics racketeering.
3    (f) The Attorney General or his designee is authorized to
4sell all property forfeited and seized pursuant to this Act,
5unless such property is required by law to be destroyed or is
6harmful to the public, and, after the deduction of all
7requisite expenses of administration and sale, shall
8distribute the proceeds of such sale, along with any moneys
9forfeited or seized, in accordance with subsection (g) or (h),
10whichever is applicable.
11    (g) All monies and the sale proceeds of all other property
12forfeited and seized pursuant to this Act shall be distributed
13as follows:
14        (1) An amount equal to 50% shall be distributed to the
15    unit of local government whose officers or employees
16    conducted the investigation into narcotics racketeering
17    and caused the arrest or arrests and prosecution leading to
18    the forfeiture. Amounts distributed to units of local
19    government shall be used for enforcement of laws governing
20    narcotics activity or for public education in the community
21    or schools in the prevention or detection of the abuse of
22    drugs or alcohol. In the event, however, that the
23    investigation, arrest or arrests and prosecution leading
24    to the forfeiture were undertaken solely by a State agency,
25    the portion provided hereunder shall be paid into the Drug
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1    for enforcement of laws governing narcotics activity.
2        (2) An amount equal to 12.5% shall be distributed to
3    the county in which the prosecution resulting in the
4    forfeiture was instituted, deposited in a special fund in
5    the county treasury and appropriated to the State's
6    Attorney for use in the enforcement of laws governing
7    narcotics activity or for public education in the community
8    or schools in the prevention or detection of the abuse of
9    drugs or alcohol.
10        An amount equal to 12.5% shall be distributed to the
11    Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor and
12    deposited in the Narcotics Profit Forfeiture Fund, which is
13    hereby created in the State treasury, to be used by the
14    Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor for
15    additional expenses incurred in prosecuting appeals
16    arising under this Act. Any amounts remaining in the Fund
17    after all additional expenses have been paid shall be used
18    by the Office to reduce the participating county
19    contributions to the Office on a pro-rated basis as
20    determined by the board of governors of the Office of the
21    State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor based on the
22    populations of the participating counties.
23        (3) An amount equal to 25% shall be paid into the Drug
24    Traffic Prevention Fund in the State treasury to be used by
25    the Department of State Police for funding Metropolitan
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1    Intergovernmental Drug Laws Enforcement Act. Any amounts
2    remaining in the Fund after full funding of Metropolitan
3    Enforcement Groups shall be used for enforcement, by the
4    State or any unit of local government, of laws governing
5    narcotics activity or for public education in the community
6    or schools in the prevention or detection of the abuse of
7    drugs or alcohol.
8    (h) Where the investigation or indictment for the offense
9of narcotics racketeering or a violation of Section 3 of the
10Drug Paraphernalia Control Act has occurred under the
11provisions of the Statewide Grand Jury Act, all monies and the
12sale proceeds of all other property shall be distributed as
13follows:
14        (1) 60% shall be distributed to the metropolitan
15    enforcement group, local, municipal, county, or State law
16    enforcement agency or agencies which conducted or
17    participated in the investigation resulting in the
18    forfeiture. The distribution shall bear a reasonable
19    relationship to the degree of direct participation of the
20    law enforcement agency in the effort resulting in the
21    forfeiture, taking into account the total value of the
22    property forfeited and the total law enforcement effort
23    with respect to the violation of the law on which the
24    forfeiture is based. Amounts distributed to the agency or
25    agencies shall be used for the enforcement of laws
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1    education in the community or schools in the prevention or
2    detection of the abuse of drugs or alcohol.
3        (2) 25% shall be distributed by the Attorney General as
4    grants to drug education, treatment and prevention
5    programs licensed or approved by the Department of Human
6    Services. In making these grants, the Attorney General
7    shall take into account the plans and service priorities
8    of, and the needs identified by, the Department of Human
9    Services.
10        (3) 15% shall be distributed to the Attorney General
11    and the State's Attorney, if any, participating in the
12    prosecution resulting in the forfeiture. The distribution
13    shall bear a reasonable relationship to the degree of
14    direct participation in the prosecution of the offense,
15    taking into account the total value of the property
16    forfeited and the total amount of time spent in preparing
17    and presenting the case, the complexity of the case and
18    other similar factors. Amounts distributed to the Attorney
19    General under this paragraph shall be retained in a fund
20    held by the State Treasurer as ex-officio custodian to be
21    designated as the Statewide Grand Jury Prosecution Fund and
22    paid out upon the direction of the Attorney General for
23    expenses incurred in criminal prosecutions arising under
24    the Statewide Grand Jury Act. Amounts distributed to a
25    State's Attorney shall be deposited in a special fund in
26    the county treasury and appropriated to the State's

 

 

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1    Attorney for use in the enforcement of laws governing
2    narcotics activity or for public education in the community
3    or schools in the prevention or detection of the abuse of
4    drugs or alcohol.
5    (i) All monies deposited pursuant to this Act in the Drug
6Traffic Prevention Fund established under Section 5-9-1.2 of
7the Unified Code of Corrections are appropriated, on a
8continuing basis, to the Department of State Police to be used
9for funding Metropolitan Enforcement Groups created pursuant
10to the Intergovernmental Drug Laws Enforcement Act or otherwise
11for the enforcement of laws governing narcotics activity or for
12public education in the community or schools in the prevention
13or detection of the abuse of drugs or alcohol.
14(Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)".