97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5465

 

Introduced 2/15/2012, by Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
725 ILCS 150/3.5
725 ILCS 150/5  from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1675

    Amends the Drug Asset Forfeiture Procedure Act. Provides that within 15 business days of a seizure, the State's Attorney shall issue a notice to all known interest holders that a forfeiture proceeding, and a right to a preliminary review, shall be instituted in accordance with the Act. Provides that upon written request made by the property owner or interest holder, the State shall seek a preliminary determination from the circuit court as to whether there is probable cause that the property may be subject to forfeiture. Provides that the notification to the State's Attorney of the property seized and its estimated value shall only be perfected by the delivery of the Illinois State Police approved form 4-64. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Drug Asset Forfeiture Procedure Act is
5amended by changing Sections 3.5 and 5 as follows:
 
6    (725 ILCS 150/3.5)
7    Sec. 3.5. Preliminary Review.
8    (a) Within 15 business days of a seizure, the State's
9Attorney shall issue a notice to all known interest holders
10that a forfeiture proceeding, and a right to a preliminary
11review, shall be instituted in accordance with this Act. Upon
12written request made by the property owner or interest holder,
13the State shall seek a preliminary determination from the
14circuit court as to whether there is probable cause that the
15property may be subject to forfeiture. The request shall be
16made by serving the State's Attorney's Office in the county of
17seizure, within 15 business days of the seizure, in person or
18by certified mail return receipt requested, a demand for
19preliminary determination. If the notice is served upon the
20State's Attorney, then the State's Attorney shall follow the
21procedures outlined in the statute as written. Within 14 days
22of the seizure, the State shall seek a preliminary
23determination from the circuit court as to whether there is

 

 

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1probable cause that the property may be subject to forfeiture.
2    (b) The rules of evidence shall not apply to any proceeding
3conducted under this Section.
4    (c) The court may conduct the review under subsection (a)
5simultaneously with a proceeding pursuant to Section 109-1 of
6the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 for a related criminal
7offense if a prosecution is commenced by information or
8complaint.
9    (d) The court may accept a finding of probable cause at a
10preliminary hearing following the filing of an information or
11complaint charging a related criminal offense or following the
12return of indictment by a grand jury charging the related
13offense as sufficient evidence of probable cause as required
14under subsection (a).
15    (e) Upon making a finding of probable cause as required
16under this Section, and after taking into account the
17respective interests of all known claimants to the property
18including the State, the circuit court shall enter a
19restraining order or injunction, or take other appropriate
20action, as necessary to ensure that the property is not removed
21from the court's jurisdiction and is not concealed, destroyed,
22or otherwise disposed of by the property owner or interest
23holder before a forfeiture hearing is conducted.
24(Source: P.A. 97-544, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
25    (725 ILCS 150/5)  (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1675)

 

 

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1    Sec. 5. Notice to State's Attorney. The law enforcement
2agency seizing property for forfeiture under the Illinois
3Controlled Substances Act, the Cannabis Control Act, or the
4Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act shall,
5within 52 days of seizure, notify the State's Attorney for the
6county in which an act or omission giving rise to the
7forfeiture occurred or in which the property was seized of the
8seizure of the property and the facts and circumstances giving
9rise to the seizure and shall provide the State's Attorney with
10the inventory of the property and its estimated value. The
11notification to the State's Attorney shall only be perfected by
12the delivery of the Illinois State Police approved form 4-64.
13When the property seized for forfeiture is a vehicle, the law
14enforcement agency seizing the property shall immediately
15notify the Secretary of State that forfeiture proceedings are
16pending regarding such vehicle.
17(Source: P.A. 94-556, eff. 9-11-05.)
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19becoming law.