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| Public Act 097-0108 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Violent Crime Victims Assistance Act is | ||||
amended by changing Sections 8 and 10 as follows:
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(725 ILCS 240/8) (from Ch. 70, par. 508)
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Sec. 8. Centers - Services provided. (a) Each center shall | ||||
provide
one or more of the following services:
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(1) Coordinate volunteers to work with criminal justice | ||||
agencies to provide
direct victim services or to establish | ||||
community support;
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(2) Provide assistance to victims of violent crime and | ||||
their families
in obtaining assistance through other official | ||||
or community resources;
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(3) Provide elderly victims of crime with services | ||||
appropriate to their
special needs;
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(4) Provide transportation and/or household assistance to | ||||
those victims
participating in the criminal justice process;
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(5) Provide victims of domestic and sexual violence and | ||||
sexual
harassment with services appropriate to their special | ||||
needs;
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(6) Provide courthouse reception and guidance, including | ||||
explanation of
unfamiliar procedures and bilingual | ||||
information;
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(7) Provide in-person or telephone hot-line assistance to | ||
victims;
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(8) Provide special counseling facilities and | ||
rehabilitation services to
victims;
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(9) Provide other services as the Commission shall deem | ||
appropriate to
further the purposes of this Act;
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(10) Provide public education on crime and crime victims;
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(11) Provide training and sensitization for persons who | ||
work with
victims of crime;
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(12) Provide special counseling facilities and | ||
rehabilitation services
for child victims of sex offenses;
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(13) When applicable, centers shall enter into written
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networking agreements to provide for the special needs of child | ||
victims
of violent crimes; .
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(14) Provide assistance in exercising rights provided in | ||
the Roadside Memorial Act for the families of victims of fatal | ||
injury crashes on roadways. | ||
(b) Such centers may provide one or more of the services | ||
enumerated in
subparagraph (a) of this section for witnesses of | ||
crime.
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(Source: P.A. 87-1257.)
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(725 ILCS 240/10) (from Ch. 70, par. 510)
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Sec. 10. Violent Crime Victims Assistance Fund.
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(a) The "Violent Crime Victims Assistance Fund" is created | ||
as a special
fund in the State Treasury to provide monies for | ||
the grants to be awarded
under this Act.
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(b) On and after September 18, 1986, there shall be an | ||
additional penalty
collected from each defendant upon
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conviction of any felony or upon conviction of or disposition
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of supervision for any misdemeanor, or upon conviction of or | ||
disposition of
supervision for any offense under the Illinois | ||
Vehicle Code, exclusive of
offenses enumerated in paragraph | ||
(a)(2) of
Section 6-204 of that Code, and exclusive of any | ||
offense enumerated in Article
VI of Chapter 11 of that Code | ||
relating
to restrictions, regulations and limitations on the | ||
speed at which a motor
vehicle is driven or operated, an | ||
additional penalty of $4
for each $40, or fraction thereof, of | ||
fine imposed. Notwithstanding any other provision of this | ||
Section, the penalty established in this Section shall be | ||
assessed for any violation of Section 11-601.5, 11-605.2, or | ||
11-605.3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Such additional
amounts | ||
shall be collected by the Clerk
of the Circuit Court in | ||
addition to the fine and costs in the case. Each
such | ||
additional penalty collected under this subsection (b) or | ||
subsection
(c) of this Section shall be remitted by the Clerk | ||
of the Circuit Court
within one month after receipt to the | ||
State Treasurer for deposit into the
Violent Crime Victims | ||
Assistance Fund, except as provided in subsection
(g) of this | ||
Section. Such additional penalty shall not
be considered a part | ||
of the fine for purposes of any reduction made in the
fine for | ||
time served either before or after sentencing. Not later than
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March 1 of each year the Clerk of the Circuit Court shall | ||
submit to the
State Comptroller a report of the amount of funds | ||
remitted by him to the
State Treasurer under this Section | ||
during the preceding calendar year.
Except as otherwise | ||
provided by Supreme Court Rules, if a court in
sentencing an | ||
offender levies a gross amount for fine, costs, fees and
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penalties, the amount of the additional penalty provided for | ||
herein shall
be computed on the amount remaining after | ||
deducting from the gross amount
levied all fees of the Circuit | ||
Clerk, the State's Attorney and the Sheriff.
After deducting | ||
from the gross amount levied the fees and additional
penalty | ||
provided for herein, less any other additional penalties | ||
provided
by law, the clerk shall remit the net balance | ||
remaining to the entity
authorized by law to receive the fine | ||
imposed in the case. For purposes of
this Section "fees of the | ||
Circuit Clerk" shall include, if applicable, the
fee provided | ||
for under Section 27.3a of the Clerks of Courts Act and the
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fee, if applicable, payable to the county in which the | ||
violation occurred
pursuant to Section 5-1101 of the Counties | ||
Code.
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(c) When any person is convicted in Illinois on or after | ||
August 28,
1986, of an offense listed below, or placed on | ||
supervision for such an
offense on or after September 18, 1986, | ||
and no other fine is imposed, the
following penalty shall be | ||
collected by the Circuit Court Clerk:
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(1) $25, for any crime of violence as defined in | ||
subsection (c) of
Section 2 of the Crime Victims | ||
Compensation Act; and
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(2) $20, for any other felony or misdemeanor, excluding
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any conservation offense.
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Such charge shall not be subject to the provisions of | ||
Section 110-14 of
the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
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(d) Monies forfeited, and proceeds from the sale of | ||
property forfeited
and seized, under the forfeiture provisions | ||
set forth in Part 500 of Article 124B of the Code of Criminal | ||
Procedure of 1963 shall be accepted for the Violent Crime | ||
Victims
Assistance Fund.
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(e) Investment income which is attributable to the | ||
investment of monies
in the Violent Crime Victims Assistance | ||
Fund shall be credited to that fund
for uses specified in this | ||
Act. The Treasurer shall provide the Attorney
General a monthly | ||
status report on the amount of money in the Fund.
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(f) Monies from the fund may be granted on and after July | ||
1, 1984.
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(g) All amounts and charges imposed under this Section for | ||
any
violation of Chapters 3, 4, 6, and 11 of the Illinois | ||
Vehicle Code, or a
similar provision of a local ordinance, or | ||
any violation of the Child
Passenger Protection Act, or a | ||
similar provision of a local ordinance,
shall be collected and | ||
disbursed by the circuit clerk as provided under
Section 27.5 | ||
of the Clerks of Courts Act.
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(Source: P.A. 96-712, eff. 1-1-10.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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