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91_HB4148eng HB4148 Engrossed LRB9111678RCpk 1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing 2 Section 36-1. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by 6 changing Section 36-1 as follows: 7 (720 ILCS 5/36-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 36-1) 8 Sec. 36-1. Seizure. Any vessel, vehicle or aircraft 9 used with the knowledge and consent of the owner in the 10 commission of, or in the attempt to commit as defined in 11 Section 8-4 of this Code, an offense prohibited by (a) 12 Section 9-1, 9-3, 10-2, 11-6, 11-15.1, 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 13 11-20.1, 12-4.1, 12-4.2, 12-4.2-5, 12-4.3, 12-4.6, 12-7.3, 14 12-7.4, 12-13, 12-14, 18-2, 19-1, 19-2, 19-3, 20-1, 20-2, 15 20.5-6, 24-1.2, 24-1.2-5, 24-1.5, or 28-1 of this Code, or 16 paragraph (a) of Section 12-4 of this Code, or paragraph (a) 17 of Section 12-15 or paragraphs (a), (c) or (d) of Section 18 12-16 of this Code, or paragraph (a)(6) or (a)(7) of Section 19 24-1 of this Code; (b) Section 21, 22, 23, 24 or 26 of the 20 Cigarette Tax Act if the vessel, vehicle or aircraft contains 21 more than 10 cartons of such cigarettes; (c) Section 28, 29 22 or 30 of the Cigarette Use Tax Act if the vessel, vehicle or 23 aircraft contains more than 10 cartons of such cigarettes; 24 (d) Section 44 of the Environmental Protection Act; (e) 25 11-204.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; or (f) the offenses 26 described in the following provisions of the Illinois Vehicle 27 Code: Section 11-501 subdivisions (c-1)(1), (c-1)(2), 28 (c-1)(3), (d)(1)(A), or (d)(1)(D); may be seized and 29 delivered forthwith to the sheriff of the county of seizure. 30 Within 15 days after such delivery the sheriff shall give 31 notice of seizure to each person according to the following HB4148 Engrossed -2- LRB9111678RCpk 1 method: Upon each such person whose right, title or interest 2 is of record in the office of the Secretary of State, the 3 Secretary of Transportation, the Administrator of the Federal 4 Aviation Agency, or any other Department of this State, or 5 any other state of the United States if such vessel, vehicle 6 or aircraft is required to be so registered, as the case may 7 be, by mailing a copy of the notice by certified mail to the 8 address as given upon the records of the Secretary of State, 9 the Department of Aeronautics, Department of Public Works and 10 Buildings or any other Department of this State or the United 11 States if such vessel, vehicle or aircraft is required to be 12 so registered. Within that 15 day period the sheriff shall 13 also notify the State's Attorney of the county of seizure 14 about the seizure. 15 In addition, any mobile or portable equipment used in the 16 commission of an act which is in violation of Section 7g of 17 the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act shall be 18 subject to seizure and forfeiture under the same procedures 19 provided in this Article for the seizure and forfeiture of 20 vessels, vehicles and aircraft, and any such equipment shall 21 be deemed a vessel, vehicle or aircraft for purposes of this 22 Article. 23 When a person discharges a firearm at another individual 24 from a vehicle with the knowledge and consent of the owner of 25 the vehicle and with the intent to cause death or great 26 bodily harm to that individual and as a result causes death 27 or great bodily harm to that individual, the vehicle shall be 28 subject to seizure and forfeiture under the same procedures 29 provided in this Article for the seizure and forfeiture of 30 vehicles used in violations of clauses (a), (b), (c), or (d) 31 of this Section. 32 If the spouse of the owner of a vehicle seized for a 33 violation of subdivision (c-1)(1), (c-1)(2), (c-1)(3), 34 (d)(1)(A), or (d)(1)(D) of Section 11-501 of the Illinois HB4148 Engrossed -3- LRB9111678RCpk 1 Vehicle Code or Section 9-3 of this Code makes a showing that 2 the seized vehicle is the only source of transportation and 3 it is determined that the financial hardship to the family as 4 a result of the seizure outweighs the benefit to the State 5 from the seizure, the vehicle may be forfeited to the spouse 6 or family member and the title to the vehicle shall be 7 transferred to the spouse or family member who is properly 8 licensed and who requires the use of the vehicle for 9 employment or family transportation purposes. A written 10 declaration of forfeiture of a vehicle under this Section 11 shall be sufficient cause for the title to be transferred to 12 the spouse or family member. The provisions of this 13 paragraph shall apply only to one forfeiture per vehicle. If 14 the vehicle is the subject of a subsequent forfeiture 15 proceeding by virtue of a subsequent conviction of either 16 spouse or the family member, the spouse or family member to 17 whom the vehicle was forfeited under the first forfeiture 18 proceeding may not utilize the provisions of this paragraph 19 in another forfeiture proceeding. If the owner of the 20 vehicle seized owns more than one vehicle, the procedure set 21 out in this paragraph may be used for only one vehicle. 22 (Source: P.A. 90-134, eff. 7-22-97; 90-216, eff. 1-1-98; 23 90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 90-738, eff. 1-1-99.)