Public Act 094-0192
 
HB2389 Enrolled LRB094 09365 LCB 41002 b

    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Crime Victims Compensation Act is amended by
changing Section 6.1 as follows:
 
    (740 ILCS 45/6.1)  (from Ch. 70, par. 76.1)
    Sec. 6.1. Right to compensation. A person is entitled to
compensation under this Act if:
    (a) Within 2 years of the occurrence of the crime upon
which the claim is based, he files an application, under oath,
with the Court of Claims and on a form prescribed in accordance
with Section 7.1 furnished by the Attorney General. If the
person entitled to compensation is under 18 years of age or
under other legal disability at the time of the occurrence or
becomes legally disabled as a result of the occurrence, he may
file the application required by this subsection within 2 years
after he attains the age of 18 years or the disability is
removed, as the case may be. Legal disability includes a
diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder.
    (b) For all crimes of violence, except those listed in
subsection (b-1) of this Section, the The appropriate law
enforcement officials were notified within 72 hours of the
perpetration of the crime allegedly causing the death or injury
to the victim or, in the event such notification was made more
than 72 hours after the perpetration of the crime, the
applicant establishes that such notice was timely under the
circumstances.
    (b-1) For victims of offenses defined in Sections 12-13,
12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, and 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961,
the appropriate law enforcement officials were notified within
7 days of the perpetration of the crime allegedly causing death
or injury to the victim or, in the event that the notification
was made more than 7 days after the perpetration of the crime,
the applicant establishes that the notice was timely under the
circumstances.
    (b-2) If the applicant has obtained an order of protection
or a civil no contact order or has presented himself or herself
to a hospital for sexual assault evidence collection and
medical care, such action shall constitute appropriate
notification under subsection (b) or (b-1) of this Section.
    (c) The applicant has cooperated fully with law enforcement
officials in the apprehension and prosecution of the assailant.
    (c-1) If the applicant has obtained an order of protection
or a civil no contact order or has presented himself or herself
to a hospital for sexual assault evidence collection and
medical care, such action shall constitute cooperation under
subsection (c) of this Section.
    (d) The applicant is not the offender or an accomplice of
the offender and the award would not unjustly benefit the
offender or his accomplice.
    (e) The injury to or death of the victim was not
substantially attributable to his own wrongful act and was not
substantially provoked by the victim.
(Source: P.A. 92-286, eff. 1-1-02.)