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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Law Enforcement Disposition of Property Act
5is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
 
6    (765 ILCS 1030/3)  (from Ch. 141, par. 143)
7    Sec. 3. If the identity or location of the owner or other
8person entitled to possession of the property has not been
9ascertained within 6 months after the police department or
10other law enforcement agency obtains such possession, the
11sheriff, chief of police or other principal official thereof
12shall effectuate the sale of the property for cash to the
13highest bidder at a public auction, notice of which (including
14time, place and a brief description of such property) shall be
15published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation
16in the county wherein such official has authority at least 10
17days prior to such auction. However, if the sheriff, chief of
18police, or other principal law enforcement official determines
19that the interests of the public would best be served thereby,
20he or she may donate property that is worth less than $100, if
21the donation is approved by the governing body of which the law
22enforcement agency is a part, to a charitable organization that
23is currently registered in the State of Illinois, transfer

 

 

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1custody of the property to the government of which his or her
2law enforcement agency is a branch, or if the property is in
3the custody of a State law enforcement agency, it may be
4transferred to the Department of Central Management Services,
5rather than effectuating the sale of the property by public
6auction. Property offered but not sold at such public auction
7may be offered and sold at a subsequent public auction without
8such notice.
9(Source: P.A. 84-505.)