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 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 Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act
 5    is amended by changing Section 4.5 as follows:

 6        (725 ILCS 120/4.5)
 7        Sec. 4.5.  Procedures to implement the  rights  of  crime
 8    victims.    To   afford   crime  victims  their  rights,  law
 9    enforcement, prosecutors, judges and corrections will provide
10    information, as appropriate of the following procedures:
11        (a)  At the request of the crime victim, law  enforcement
12    authorities  investigating  the  case shall provide notice of
13    the status of the investigation,  except  where  the  State's
14    Attorney determines that disclosure of such information would
15    unreasonably  interfere  with  the  investigation, until such
16    time  as  the  alleged  assailant  is  apprehended   or   the
17    investigation is closed.
18        (b)  The office of the State's Attorney:
19             (1)  shall   provide   notice   of   the  filing  of
20        information, the return  of  an  indictment  by  which  a
21        prosecution  for  any  violent crime is commenced, or the
22        filing  of  a  petition  to  adjudicate  a  minor  as   a
23        delinquent for a violent crime;
24             (2)  shall  provide  notice  of  the date, time, and
25        place of trial;
26             (3)  or  victim  advocate  personnel  shall  provide
27        information of social services and  financial  assistance
28        available  for victims of crime, including information of
29        how to apply for these services and assistance;
30             (4)  shall assist in  having  any  stolen  or  other
31        personal property held by law enforcement authorities for
 
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 1        evidentiary  or  other purposes returned as expeditiously
 2        as possible,  pursuant  to  the  procedures  set  out  in
 3        Section 115-9 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963;
 4             (5)  or  victim  advocate  personnel  shall  provide
 5        appropriate employer intercession services to ensure that
 6        employers  of  victims  will  cooperate with the criminal
 7        justice system in order to minimize an employee's loss of
 8        pay and other benefits resulting from court appearances;
 9             (6)  shall provide information whenever possible, of
10        a secure waiting area during court proceedings that  does
11        not require victims to be in close proximity to defendant
12        or  juveniles  accused  of  a  violent  crime,  and their
13        families and friends;
14             (7)  shall provide notice to the crime victim of the
15        right  to  have  a  translator  present  at   all   court
16        proceedings;
17             (8)  in  the  case  of  the death of a person, which
18        death occurred in the same transaction or  occurrence  in
19        which acts occurred for which a defendant is charged with
20        an  offense,  shall  notify  the spouse, parent, child or
21        sibling of the decedent of the date of the trial  of  the
22        person or persons allegedly responsible for the death;
23             (9)  shall  inform  the  victim of the right to have
24        present at all court proceedings, subject to the rules of
25        evidence, an advocate or  other  support  person  of  the
26        victim's  choice, and the right to retain an attorney, at
27        the victim's own expense, who, upon written notice  filed
28        with  the  clerk of the court and State's Attorney, is to
29        receive copies of all notices, motions and  court  orders
30        filed  thereafter  in  the case, in the same manner as if
31        the victim were a named party in the case; and
32             (10)  at the sentencing hearing shall  make  a  good
33        faith  attempt  to  explain  the  minimum  amount of time
34        during which the defendant  may  actually  be  physically
 
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 1        imprisoned.   The  Office  of  the State's Attorney shall
 2        further notify the crime victim of the right  to  request
 3        from the Prisoner Review Board information concerning the
 4        release  of  the  defendant  under subparagraph (d)(1) of
 5        this Section; and
 6             (11)  shall request restitution  at  sentencing  and
 7        shall  consider  restitution  in any plea negotiation, as
 8        provided by law.
 9        (c)  At the written request  of  the  crime  victim,  the
10    office of the State's Attorney shall:
11             (1)  provide  notice a reasonable time in advance of
12        the following court proceedings: preliminary hearing, any
13        hearing the  effect  of  which  may  be  the  release  of
14        defendant  from  custody,  or  to alter the conditions of
15        bond and the sentencing hearing.  The crime victim  shall
16        also  be  notified  of  the  cancellation  of  the  court
17        proceeding  in  sufficient  time,  wherever  possible, to
18        prevent an unnecessary appearance in court;
19             (2)  provide notice within a reasonable  time  after
20        receipt  of  notice from the custodian, of the release of
21        the defendant on bail or  personal  recognizance  or  the
22        release  from  detention of a minor who has been detained
23        for a violent crime;
24             (3)  explain in nontechnical language the details of
25        any plea or verdict of a defendant, or  any  adjudication
26        of a juvenile as a delinquent for a violent crime;
27             (4)  where  practical, consult with the crime victim
28        before the Office of the State's Attorney makes an  offer
29        of  a  plea  bargain  to  the  defendant  or  enters into
30        negotiations with the  defendant  concerning  a  possible
31        plea  agreement,  and  shall  consider the written victim
32        impact statement, if prepared prior to  entering  into  a
33        plea agreement;
34             (5)  provide  notice  of the ultimate disposition of
 
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 1        the cases arising from an indictment or  an  information,
 2        or  a  petition  to  have  a  juvenile  adjudicated  as a
 3        delinquent for a violent crime;
 4             (6)  provide notice  of  any  appeal  taken  by  the
 5        defendant   and   information   on  how  to  contact  the
 6        appropriate agency handling the appeal;
 7             (7)  provide   notice    of    any    request    for
 8        post-conviction  review  filed  by  the  defendant  under
 9        Article  122  of  the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963,
10        and of the date, time and place of any hearing concerning
11        the petition.  Whenever possible, notice of  the  hearing
12        shall be given in advance;
13             (8)  forward a copy of any statement presented under
14        Section  6  to the Prisoner Review Board to be considered
15        by the Board in making its determination under subsection
16        (b) of Section 3-3-8 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
17        (d) (1)  The Prisoner Review Board shall inform a  victim
18        or  any other concerned citizen, upon written request, of
19        the prisoner's release on  parole,  mandatory  supervised
20        release,  electronic  detention,  work  release or by the
21        custodian of the discharge  of  any  individual  who  was
22        adjudicated  a  delinquent for a violent crime from State
23        custody and by the sheriff of the appropriate  county  of
24        any  such  person's  final discharge from county custody.
25        The Prisoner Review Board, upon  written  request,  shall
26        provide  to  a  victim  or  any other concerned citizen a
27        recent photograph of any person convicted  of  a  felony,
28        upon his or her release from custody. The Prisoner Review
29        Board, upon written request, shall inform a victim or any
30        other  concerned  citizen  when  feasible at least 7 days
31        prior to the prisoner's release on furlough of the  times
32        and  dates of such furlough.  Upon written request by the
33        victim  or  any  other  concerned  citizen,  the  State's
34        Attorney shall notify the person once of  the  times  and
 
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 1        dates  of  release  of  a  prisoner sentenced to periodic
 2        imprisonment.  Notification shall be based  on  the  most
 3        recent  information  as  to  victim's  or other concerned
 4        citizen's residence or other location  available  to  the
 5        notifying  authority.  For purposes of this paragraph (1)
 6        of subsection (d), "concerned citizen" includes relatives
 7        of the victim, friends of the victim,  witnesses  to  the
 8        crime,  or any other person associated with the victim or
 9        prisoner.
10             (2)  When the defendant has been  committed  to  the
11        Department of Human Services pursuant to Section 5-2-4 or
12        any  other  provision of the Unified Code of Corrections,
13        the victim may request to be notified  by  the  releasing
14        authority   of   the  defendant's  discharge  from  State
15        custody.
16             (3)  In the event of an escape from  State  custody,
17        the  Department  of  Corrections immediately shall notify
18        the Prisoner Review Board of the escape and the  Prisoner
19        Review  Board  shall notify the victim.  The notification
20        shall be based upon the most recent information as to the
21        victim's residence or other  location  available  to  the
22        Board.   When no such information is available, the Board
23        shall  make  all  reasonable  efforts   to   obtain   the
24        information  and make the notification.  When the escapee
25        is apprehended, the Department of Corrections immediately
26        shall notify the Prisoner  Review  Board  and  the  Board
27        shall notify the victim.
28             (4)  The  victim of the crime for which the prisoner
29        has  been  sentenced  shall  receive  reasonable  written
30        notice not less than 15 days prior to the parole  hearing
31        and  may  submit, in writing, on film, videotape or other
32        electronic means or in the form  of  a  recording  or  in
33        person  at  the parole hearing or if a victim of domestic
34        violence or sexual  assault,  by  calling  the  toll-free
 
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 1        number  established  in  subsection  (f) of this Section,
 2        information for  consideration  by  the  Prisoner  Review
 3        Board.   The victim shall be notified within 7 days after
 4        the  prisoner  has  been  granted  parole  and  shall  be
 5        informed of the right to inspect the registry  of  parole
 6        decisions,  established  under  subsection (g) of Section
 7        3-3-5 of the Unified Code of Corrections.  The provisions
 8        of this paragraph (4) are  subject  to  the  Open  Parole
 9        Hearings Act.
10             (5)  If  a  statement  is presented under Section 6,
11        the Prisoner Review Board shall inform the victim of  any
12        order  of  discharge  entered  by  the  Board pursuant to
13        Section 3-3-8 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
14             (6)  At the written request of  the  victim  of  the
15        crime  for which the prisoner was sentenced, the Prisoner
16        Review Board shall notify the victim of the death of  the
17        prisoner   if  the  prisoner  died  while  on  parole  or
18        mandatory supervised release.
19             (7)  When a defendant who has been committed to  the
20        Department  of  Corrections  or  the  Department of Human
21        Services  is  released  or  discharged  and  subsequently
22        committed to  the  Department  of  Human  Services  as  a
23        sexually  violent  person and the victim had requested to
24        be notified by the releasing authority of the defendant's
25        discharge from State  custody,  the  releasing  authority
26        shall  provide  to  the Department of Human Services such
27        information that would  allow  the  Department  of  Human
28        Services to contact the victim.
29        (e)  The officials named in this Section may satisfy some
30    or  all  of  their  obligations  to provide notices and other
31    information through participation in a statewide  victim  and
32    witness  notification  system  established  by  the  Attorney
33    General under Section 8.5 of this Act.
34        (f)  To  permit  a  victim of domestic violence or sexual
 
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 1    assault to provide information to the Prisoner  Review  Board
 2    for  consideration  by  the  Board  at  a parole hearing of a
 3    person  who  committed  the  crime  against  the  victim   in
 4    accordance  with  clause  (d)(4)  of  this Section, the Board
 5    shall establish a toll-free number that may  be  accessed  by
 6    the  victim of domestic violence or sexual assault to present
 7    that information  to  the  Board.  In  this  subsection  (f),
 8    "victim  of  domestic  violence  or  sexual  assault" means a
 9    person who is a victim of a felony that involved  an  act  of
10    sexual  penetration  or  sexual conduct against the victim or
11    involved  felony  domestic   battery,   aggravated   domestic
12    battery, a felony violation of an order of protection, or any
13    other felony that involved force or threat of force committed
14    by  a family or household member as defined in Section 103 of
15    the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
16    (Source: P.A.  90-14,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-793,  eff.  8-14-98;
17    91-237, eff. 1-1-00; 91-693, eff. 4-13-00.)

18        Section  10.   The Open Parole Hearings Act is amended by
19    changing Section 25 as follows:

20        (730 ILCS 105/25) (from Ch. 38, par. 1675)
21        Sec. 25.  Notification of future parole hearings.
22        (a)  The Board shall notify the State's Attorney  of  the
23    committing  county  of  the pending hearing and the victim of
24    all forthcoming parole hearings at least 15 days in  advance.
25    Written notification shall contain:
26             (1)  notification of the place of the hearing;
27             (2)  the date and approximate time of the hearing;
28             (3)  their  right to enter a statement, to appear in
29        person, and to submit other information  by  video  tape,
30        tape recording, or other electronic means in the form and
31        manner  described by the Board or if a victim of domestic
32        violence or sexual assault as defined in  subsection  (f)
 
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 1        of  Section  4.5  of  the  Rights  of  Crime  Victims and
 2        Witnesses  Act,   by   calling   the   toll-free   number
 3        established in subsection (f) of that Section.
 4        Notification  to  the  victims shall be at the last known
 5    address of the victim. It shall be the responsibility of  the
 6    victim  to  notify  the  board  of any changes in address and
 7    name.
 8        (b)  However, at any time the victim  may  request  by  a
 9    written  certified  statement  that the Prisoner Review Board
10    stop sending notice under this Section.
11        (d)  No later than 7 days  after  a  parole  hearing  the
12    Board  shall  send  notice  of  its  decision  to the State's
13    Attorney and victim.  If parole is denied,  the  Board  shall
14    within  a  reasonable period of time notify the victim of the
15    month and year of the next scheduled hearing.
16    (Source: P.A. 87-224.)

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