HB1299sam005 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Iris Y. Martinez

Filed: 3/28/2006

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1299

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1299, AS AMENDED, with reference to page and line numbers of Senate Amendment No. 4, on page 3, by replacing lines 6 through 11 with the following:

"(b) A victim of the sex trade has a cause of action against a person or entity who:

(1) recruits, profits from, or maintains the victim in any sex trade act;

(2) intentionally abuses, as defined in Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, or causes bodily harm, as defined in Section 12-12 of the Criminal Code of 1961, to the victim in any sex trade act; or

(3) knowingly advertises or publishes advertisements for purposes of recruitment into sex trade activity.

(c) This Section shall not be construed to create liability to any person or entity who provides goods or services to the general public, who also provides those goods or services to persons who would be liable under subsection (b) of this Section, absent a showing that the person or entity either:

(1) knowingly markets or provides its goods or services primarily to persons or entities liable under subsection (b) of this Section;

(2) knowingly receives a higher level of compensation from persons or entities liable under subsection (b) of this Section than it generally receives from customers; or

(3) supervises or exercises control over persons or entities liable under subsection (b) of this Section.".