093_HB3230
LRB093 10324 RLC 10578 b
1 AN ACT in relation to crime victims.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Crime Victims Compensation Act is amended
5 by adding Section 6.2 as follows:
6 (740 ILCS 45/6.2 new)
7 Sec. 6.2. Crime victims; equal treatment. A victim of a
8 crime of violence shall be treated equally with any other
9 victim of a crime of violence. Any compensation under this
10 Act may not be reduced or denied to a victim because of his
11 or her race, color, creed, national origin, sex, sexual
12 orientation, or opinion on the death penalty.
13 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14 becoming law.