HB2601 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB2601

Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Daniel J. Burke

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

740 ILCS 147/40

Amends the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act. Makes a technical change in provisions concerning contraband.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning civil law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act is amended by changing Section 40 as follows:

(740 ILCS 147/40)

Sec. 40. Contraband.

(a) The The following are declared to be contraband and no person shall have a property interest in them:

(1) any property that is directly or indirectly used or intended for use in any manner to facilitate streetgang related activity; and

(2) any property constituting or derived from gross profits or other proceeds obtained from streetgang related activity.

(b) Within 60 days of the date of the seizure of contraband under this Section, the State's Attorney shall initiate forfeiture proceedings as provided in Article 36 of the Criminal Code of 1961. An owner or person who has a lien on the property may establish as a defense to the forfeiture of property that is subject to forfeiture under this Section that the owner or lienholder had no knowledge that the property was acquired through a pattern of streetgang related activity. Property that is forfeited under this Section shall be disposed of as provided in Article 36 of the Criminal Code of 1961 for the forfeiture of vehicles, vessels, and aircraft. The proceeds of the disposition shall be paid to the Gang Violence Victims and Witnesses Fund to be used to assist in the prosecution of gang crimes.

(Source: P.A. 91-876, eff. 1-1-01.)