Rep. Kelly Burke

Filed: 10/21/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 909

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 909 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Public Corruption Profit Forfeiture Act is
5amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 283/10)
7    Sec. 10. Penalties.
8    (a) A person who is convicted of a violation of any of the
9following Sections, subsections, and clauses of the Criminal
10Code of 1961:
11        (1) clause (a)(6) of Section 12-6 (intimidation by a
12    public official),
13        (2) Section 33-1 (bribery), or
14        (3) subsection (a) of Section 33E-7 (kickbacks), or
15        (4) Section 33C-4 or subsection (d) of Section 17-10.3
16    (fraudulently obtaining public moneys reserved for

 

 

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1    disadvantaged business enterprises),
2shall forfeit to the State of Illinois:
3        (A) any profits or proceeds and any property or
4    property interest he or she has acquired or maintained in
5    violation of any of the offenses listed in clauses (1)
6    through (4) (3) of this subsection (a) that the court
7    determines, after a forfeiture hearing under subsection
8    (b) of this Section, to have been acquired or maintained as
9    a result of violating any of the offenses listed in clauses
10    (1) through (4) (3) of this subsection (a); and
11        (B) any interest in, security of, claim against, or
12    property or contractual right of any kind affording a
13    source of influence over, any enterprise which he or she
14    has established, operated, controlled, conducted, or
15    participated in the conduct of, in violation of any of the
16    offenses listed in clauses (1) through (4) (3) of this
17    subsection (a) that the court determines, after a
18    forfeiture hearing under subsection (b) of this Section, to
19    have been acquired or maintained as a result of violating
20    any of the offenses listed in clauses (1) through (4) (3)
21    of this subsection (a) or used to facilitate a violation of
22    one of the offenses listed in clauses (1) through (4) (3)
23    of this subsection (a).
24    (b) The court shall, upon petition by the Attorney General
25or State's Attorney, at any time after the filing of an
26information or return of an indictment, conduct a hearing to

 

 

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1determine whether any property or property interest is subject
2to forfeiture under this Act. At the forfeiture hearing the
3people shall have the burden of establishing, by a
4preponderance of the evidence, that property or property
5interests are subject to forfeiture under this Act. There is a
6rebuttable presumption at such hearing that any property or
7property interest of a person charged by information or
8indictment with a violation of any of the offenses listed in
9clauses (1) through (4) (3) of subsection (a) of this Section
10or who is convicted of a violation of any of the offenses
11listed in clauses (1) through (4) (3) of subsection (a) of this
12Section is subject to forfeiture under this Section if the
13State establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that:
14        (1) such property or property interest was acquired by
15    such person during the period of the violation of any of
16    the offenses listed in clauses (1) through (4) (3) of
17    subsection (a) of this Section or within a reasonable time
18    after such period; and
19        (2) there was no likely source for such property or
20    property interest other than the violation of any of the
21    offenses listed in clauses (1) through (4) (3) of
22    subsection (a) of this Section.
23    (c) In an action brought by the People of the State of
24Illinois under this Act, wherein any restraining order,
25injunction or prohibition or any other action in connection
26with any property or property interest subject to forfeiture

 

 

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1under this Act is sought, the circuit court which shall preside
2over the trial of the person or persons charged with any of the
3offenses listed in clauses (1) through (4) (3) of subsection
4(a) of this Section shall first determine whether there is
5probable cause to believe that the person or persons so charged
6have committed a violation of any of the offenses listed in
7clauses (1) through (4) (3) of subsection (a) of this Section
8and whether the property or property interest is subject to
9forfeiture pursuant to this Act.
10    In order to make such a determination, prior to entering
11any such order, the court shall conduct a hearing without a
12jury, wherein the People shall establish that there is: (i)
13probable cause that the person or persons so charged have
14committed one of the offenses listed in clauses (1) through (4)
15(3) of subsection (a) of this Section and (ii) probable cause
16that any property or property interest may be subject to
17forfeiture pursuant to this Act. Such hearing may be conducted
18simultaneously with a preliminary hearing, if the prosecution
19is commenced by information or complaint, or by motion of the
20People, at any stage in the proceedings. The court may accept a
21finding of probable cause at a preliminary hearing following
22the filing of a charge for violating one of the offenses listed
23in clauses (1) through (4) (3) of subsection (a) of this
24Section or the return of an indictment by a grand jury charging
25one of the offenses listed in clauses (1) through (4) (3) of
26subsection (a) of this Section as sufficient evidence of

 

 

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1probable cause as provided in item (i) above.
2    Upon such a finding, the circuit court shall enter such
3restraining order, injunction or prohibition, or shall take
4such other action in connection with any such property or
5property interest subject to forfeiture under this Act, as is
6necessary to insure that such property is not removed from the
7jurisdiction of the court, concealed, destroyed or otherwise
8disposed of by the owner of that property or property interest
9prior to a forfeiture hearing under subsection (b) of this
10Section. The Attorney General or State's Attorney shall file a
11certified copy of such restraining order, injunction or other
12prohibition with the recorder of deeds or registrar of titles
13of each county where any such property of the defendant may be
14located. No such injunction, restraining order or other
15prohibition shall affect the rights of any bona fide purchaser,
16mortgagee, judgment creditor or other lien holder arising prior
17to the date of such filing.
18    The court may, at any time, upon verified petition by the
19defendant, conduct a hearing to release all or portions of any
20such property or interest which the court previously determined
21to be subject to forfeiture or subject to any restraining
22order, injunction, or prohibition or other action. The court
23may release such property to the defendant for good cause shown
24and within the sound discretion of the court.
25    (d) Prosecution under this Act may be commenced by the
26Attorney General or a State's Attorney.

 

 

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1    (e) Upon an order of forfeiture being entered pursuant to
2subsection (b) of this Section, the court shall authorize the
3Attorney General to seize any property or property interest
4declared forfeited under this Act and under such terms and
5conditions as the court shall deem proper. Any property or
6property interest that has been the subject of an entered
7restraining order, injunction or prohibition or any other
8action filed under subsection (c) shall be forfeited unless the
9claimant can show by a preponderance of the evidence that the
10property or property interest has not been acquired or
11maintained as a result of a violation of any of the offenses
12listed in clauses (1) through (4) (3) of subsection (a) of this
13Section or has not been used to facilitate a violation of any
14of the offenses listed in clauses (1) through (4) (3) of
15subsection (a) of this Section.
16    (f) The Attorney General or his or her designee is
17authorized to sell all property forfeited and seized pursuant
18to this Act, unless such property is required by law to be
19destroyed or is harmful to the public, and, after the deduction
20of all requisite expenses of administration and sale, shall
21distribute the proceeds of such sale, along with any moneys
22forfeited or seized, in accordance with subsection (g).
23    (g) All monies and the sale proceeds of all other property
24forfeited and seized pursuant to this Act shall be distributed
25as follows:
26        (1) An amount equal to 50% shall be distributed to the

 

 

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1    unit of local government or other law enforcement agency
2    whose officers or employees conducted the investigation
3    into a violation of any of the offenses listed in clauses
4    (1) through (4) (3) of subsection (a) of this Section and
5    caused the arrest or arrests and prosecution leading to the
6    forfeiture. Amounts distributed to units of local
7    government and law enforcement agencies shall be used for
8    enforcement of laws governing public corruption, or for
9    other law enforcement purposes. In the event, however, that
10    the investigation, arrest or arrests and prosecution
11    leading to the forfeiture were undertaken solely by a State
12    agency, the portion provided hereunder shall be paid into
13    the State Asset Forfeiture Fund in the State treasury to be
14    used by that State agency in accordance with law. If the
15    investigation, arrest or arrests and prosecution leading
16    to the forfeiture were undertaken by the Attorney General,
17    the portion provided hereunder shall be paid into the
18    Attorney General's Whistleblower Reward and Protection
19    Fund in the State treasury to be used by the Attorney
20    General in accordance with law.
21        (2) An amount equal to 12.5% shall be distributed to
22    the county in which the prosecution resulting in the
23    forfeiture was instituted, deposited in a special fund in
24    the county treasury and appropriated to the State's
25    Attorney for use in accordance with law. If the prosecution
26    was conducted by the Attorney General, then the amount

 

 

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1    provided under this subsection shall be paid into the
2    Attorney General's Whistleblower Reward and Protection
3    Fund in the State treasury to be used by the Attorney
4    General in accordance with law.
5        (3) An amount equal to 12.5% shall be distributed to
6    the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor
7    and deposited in the State's Attorneys Appellate
8    Prosecutor Anti-Corruption Fund, to be used by the Office
9    of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor for
10    additional expenses incurred in prosecuting appeals
11    arising under this Act. Any amounts remaining in the Fund
12    after all additional expenses have been paid shall be used
13    by the Office to reduce the participating county
14    contributions to the Office on a prorated basis as
15    determined by the board of governors of the Office of the
16    State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor based on the
17    populations of the participating counties. If the appeal is
18    to be conducted by the Attorney General, then the amount
19    provided under this subsection shall be paid into the
20    Attorney General's Whistleblower Reward and Protection
21    Fund in the State treasury to be used by the Attorney
22    General in accordance with law.
23        (4) An amount equal to 25% shall be paid into the State
24    Asset Forfeiture Fund in the State treasury to be used by
25    the Department of State Police for the funding of the
26    investigation of public corruption activities. Any amounts

 

 

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1    remaining in the Fund after full funding of such
2    investigations shall be used by the Department in
3    accordance with law to fund its other enforcement
4    activities.
5    (h) All moneys deposited pursuant to this Act in the State
6Asset Forfeiture Fund shall, subject to appropriation, be used
7by the Department of State Police in the manner set forth in
8this Section. All moneys deposited pursuant to this Act in the
9Attorney General's Whistleblower Reward and Protection Fund
10shall, subject to appropriation, be used by the Attorney
11General for State law enforcement purposes and for the
12performance of the duties of that office. All moneys deposited
13pursuant to this Act in the State's Attorneys Appellate
14Prosecutor Anti-Corruption Fund shall, subject to
15appropriation, be used by the Office of the State's Attorneys
16Appellate Prosecutor in the manner set forth in this Section.
17(Source: P.A. 96-1019, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19becoming law.".