Full Text of HB1112 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Violent Crime Victims Assistance Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Sections 8 and 10 as follows:
| 6 | | (725 ILCS 240/8) (from Ch. 70, par. 508)
| 7 | | Sec. 8. Centers - Services provided. (a) Each center shall | 8 | | provide
one or more of the following services:
| 9 | | (1) Coordinate volunteers to work with criminal justice | 10 | | agencies to provide
direct victim services or to establish | 11 | | community support;
| 12 | | (2) Provide assistance to victims of violent crime and | 13 | | their families
in obtaining assistance through other official | 14 | | or community resources;
| 15 | | (3) Provide elderly victims of crime with services | 16 | | appropriate to their
special needs;
| 17 | | (4) Provide transportation and/or household assistance to | 18 | | those victims
participating in the criminal justice process;
| 19 | | (5) Provide victims of domestic and sexual violence and | 20 | | sexual
harassment with services appropriate to their special | 21 | | needs;
| 22 | | (6) Provide courthouse reception and guidance, including | 23 | | explanation of
unfamiliar procedures and bilingual |
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| 1 | | information;
| 2 | | (7) Provide in-person or telephone hot-line assistance to | 3 | | victims;
| 4 | | (8) Provide special counseling facilities and | 5 | | rehabilitation services to
victims;
| 6 | | (9) Provide other services as the Commission shall deem | 7 | | appropriate to
further the purposes of this Act;
| 8 | | (10) Provide public education on crime and crime victims;
| 9 | | (11) Provide training and sensitization for persons who | 10 | | work with
victims of crime;
| 11 | | (12) Provide special counseling facilities and | 12 | | rehabilitation services
for child victims of sex offenses;
| 13 | | (13) When applicable, centers shall enter into written
| 14 | | networking agreements to provide for the special needs of child | 15 | | victims
of violent crimes ; .
| 16 | | (14) Provide assistance in exercising rights provided in | 17 | | the Roadside Memorial Act for the families of victims of fatal | 18 | | injury crashes on roadways. | 19 | | (b) Such centers may provide one or more of the services | 20 | | enumerated in
subparagraph (a) of this section for witnesses of | 21 | | crime.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 87-1257.)
| 23 | | (725 ILCS 240/10) (from Ch. 70, par. 510)
| 24 | | Sec. 10. Violent Crime Victims Assistance Fund.
| 25 | | (a) The "Violent Crime Victims Assistance Fund" is created |
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| 1 | | as a special
fund in the State Treasury to provide monies for | 2 | | the grants to be awarded
under this Act.
| 3 | | (b) On and after September 18, 1986, there shall be an | 4 | | additional penalty
collected from each defendant upon
| 5 | | conviction of any felony or upon conviction of or disposition
| 6 | | of supervision for any misdemeanor, or upon conviction of or | 7 | | disposition of
supervision for any offense under the Illinois | 8 | | Vehicle Code, exclusive of
offenses enumerated in paragraph | 9 | | (a)(2) of
Section 6-204 of that Code, and exclusive of any | 10 | | offense enumerated in Article
VI of Chapter 11 of that Code | 11 | | relating
to restrictions, regulations and limitations on the | 12 | | speed at which a motor
vehicle is driven or operated, an | 13 | | additional penalty of $4
for each $40, or fraction thereof, of | 14 | | fine imposed. Notwithstanding any other provision of this | 15 | | Section, the penalty established in this Section shall be | 16 | | assessed for any violation of Section 11-601.5, 11-605.2, or | 17 | | 11-605.3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Such additional
amounts | 18 | | shall be collected by the Clerk
of the Circuit Court in | 19 | | addition to the fine and costs in the case. Each
such | 20 | | additional penalty collected under this subsection (b) or | 21 | | subsection
(c) of this Section shall be remitted by the Clerk | 22 | | of the Circuit Court
within one month after receipt to the | 23 | | State Treasurer for deposit into the
Violent Crime Victims | 24 | | Assistance Fund, except as provided in subsection
(g) of this | 25 | | Section. Such additional penalty shall not
be considered a part | 26 | | of the fine for purposes of any reduction made in the
fine for |
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| 1 | | time served either before or after sentencing. Not later than
| 2 | | March 1 of each year the Clerk of the Circuit Court shall | 3 | | submit to the
State Comptroller a report of the amount of funds | 4 | | remitted by him to the
State Treasurer under this Section | 5 | | during the preceding calendar year.
Except as otherwise | 6 | | provided by Supreme Court Rules, if a court in
sentencing an | 7 | | offender levies a gross amount for fine, costs, fees and
| 8 | | penalties, the amount of the additional penalty provided for | 9 | | herein shall
be computed on the amount remaining after | 10 | | deducting from the gross amount
levied all fees of the Circuit | 11 | | Clerk, the State's Attorney and the Sheriff.
After deducting | 12 | | from the gross amount levied the fees and additional
penalty | 13 | | provided for herein, less any other additional penalties | 14 | | provided
by law, the clerk shall remit the net balance | 15 | | remaining to the entity
authorized by law to receive the fine | 16 | | imposed in the case. For purposes of
this Section "fees of the | 17 | | Circuit Clerk" shall include, if applicable, the
fee provided | 18 | | for under Section 27.3a of the Clerks of Courts Act and the
| 19 | | fee, if applicable, payable to the county in which the | 20 | | violation occurred
pursuant to Section 5-1101 of the Counties | 21 | | Code.
| 22 | | (c) When any person is convicted in Illinois on or after | 23 | | August 28,
1986, of an offense listed below, or placed on | 24 | | supervision for such an
offense on or after September 18, 1986, | 25 | | and no other fine is imposed, the
following penalty shall be | 26 | | collected by the Circuit Court Clerk:
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| 1 | | (1) $25, for any crime of violence as defined in | 2 | | subsection (c) of
Section 2 of the Crime Victims | 3 | | Compensation Act; and
| 4 | | (2) $20, for any other felony or misdemeanor, excluding
| 5 | | any conservation offense.
| 6 | | Such charge shall not be subject to the provisions of | 7 | | Section 110-14 of
the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
| 8 | | (d) Monies forfeited, and proceeds from the sale of | 9 | | property forfeited
and seized, under the forfeiture provisions | 10 | | set forth in Part 500 of Article 124B of the Code of Criminal | 11 | | Procedure of 1963 shall be accepted for the Violent Crime | 12 | | Victims
Assistance Fund.
| 13 | | (e) Investment income which is attributable to the | 14 | | investment of monies
in the Violent Crime Victims Assistance | 15 | | Fund shall be credited to that fund
for uses specified in this | 16 | | Act. The Treasurer shall provide the Attorney
General a monthly | 17 | | status report on the amount of money in the Fund.
| 18 | | (f) Monies from the fund may be granted on and after July | 19 | | 1, 1984.
| 20 | | (g) All amounts and charges imposed under this Section for | 21 | | any
violation of Chapters 3, 4, 6, and 11 of the Illinois | 22 | | Vehicle Code, or a
similar provision of a local ordinance, or | 23 | | any violation of the Child
Passenger Protection Act, or a | 24 | | similar provision of a local ordinance,
shall be collected and | 25 | | disbursed by the circuit clerk as provided under
Section 27.5 | 26 | | of the Clerks of Courts Act.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 96-712, eff. 1-1-10.)
| 2 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 3 | | becoming law.
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