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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Crime Victims Compensation Act by
 2    changing Section 2 and adding Section 2.5.

 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section 5.  The Crime Victims Compensation Act is amended
 6    by changing Section 2 and adding Section 2.5 as follows:

 7        (740 ILCS 45/2) (from Ch. 70, par. 72)
 8        Sec.  2.  Definitions.   As  used in this Act, unless the
 9    context otherwise requires:
10        (a)  "Applicant"  means  any  person  who   applies   for
11    compensation under this Act or any person the Court of Claims
12    finds  is entitled to compensation, including the guardian of
13    a minor or of a person under legal  disability.  It  includes
14    any  person  who  was  a  dependent of a deceased victim of a
15    crime of violence for his or her support at the time  of  the
16    death of that victim.
17        (b)  "Court  of Claims" means the Court of Claims created
18    by the Court of Claims Act.
19        (c)  "Crime of violence" means and includes  any  offense
20    defined  in  Sections  9-1,  9-2,  9-3,  10-1,  10-2,  11-11,
21    11-19.2,  11-20.1,  12-1,  12-2,  12-3, 12-3.2, 12-3.3, 12-4,
22    12-4.1, 12-4.2, 12-4.3, 12-5, 12-13, 12-14,  12-14.1,  12-15,
23    12-16,  12-30,  20-1  or 20-1.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961,
24    and driving under the influence  of  intoxicating  liquor  or
25    narcotic  drugs  as defined in Section 11-501 of the Illinois
26    Vehicle Code, if none of the said offenses occurred during  a
27    civil  riot,  insurrection or rebellion.  "Crime of violence"
28    does not include any other offense or  accident  involving  a
29    motor  vehicle  except  those  vehicle  offenses specifically
30    provided for in this paragraph.   "Crime  of  violence"  does
31    include all of the offenses specifically provided for in this
 
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 1    paragraph  that  occur  within  this State but are subject to
 2    federal  jurisdiction  and  crimes  involving  terrorism   as
 3    defined in 18 U.S.C. 2331.
 4        (d)  "Victim"  means  (1)  a  person killed or injured in
 5    this State as a result of a crime of violence perpetrated  or
 6    attempted  against  him  or  her,  (2)  the parent of a child
 7    killed or injured in this State as a result  of  a  crime  of
 8    violence  perpetrated  or  attempted against the child, (3) a
 9    person killed or injured in this State  while  attempting  to
10    assist  a  person  against  whom a crime of violence is being
11    perpetrated or attempted, if that attempt of assistance would
12    be expected of a reasonable man under the circumstances,  (4)
13    a  person  killed  or injured in this State while assisting a
14    law  enforcement  official  apprehend  a   person   who   has
15    perpetrated  a  crime of violence or prevent the perpetration
16    of any such crime if that assistance was in response  to  the
17    express request of the law enforcement official, (5) a person
18    under  the age of 18 who personally witnessed a violent crime
19    perpetrated or attempted against a relative, (5.1) solely for
20    the purpose of compensating for pecuniary loss  incurred  for
21    psychological  treatment  of  a mental or emotional condition
22    caused or aggravated by the crime, any other person under the
23    age of 18 who is the  brother,  sister,  half  brother,  half
24    sister,  or child, or stepchild of a person killed or injured
25    in this State as a result of a crime of violence, or  (6)  an
26    Illinois resident who is a victim of a "crime of violence" as
27    defined  in  this  Act  except, if the crime occurred outside
28    this State, the resident has the same rights under  this  Act
29    as  if  the  crime  had occurred in this State upon a showing
30    that the state, territory, country, or political  subdivision
31    of  a  country  in  which  the crime occurred does not have a
32    compensation of victims of crimes law for which that Illinois
33    resident is eligible.
34        (e)  "Dependent" means a relative of  a  deceased  victim
 
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 1    who  was  wholly  or  partially  dependent  upon the victim's
 2    income at the time of his or her death and shall include  the
 3    child of a victim born after his or her death.
 4        (f)  "Relative"  means  a  spouse,  parent,  grandparent,
 5    stepfather,    stepmother,    child,   grandchild,   brother,
 6    brother-in-law, sister,  sister-in-law,  half  brother,  half
 7    sister, spouse's parent, nephew, niece, uncle or aunt.
 8        (g)  "Child"  means  an  unmarried son or daughter who is
 9    under 18 years of age and includes a  stepchild,  an  adopted
10    child or an illegitimate child.
11        (h)  "Pecuniary  loss"  means,  in  the  case  of injury,
12    appropriate medical expenses and hospital expenses  including
13    expenses  of medical examinations, rehabilitation,  medically
14    required nursing care expenses, appropriate psychiatric  care
15    or  psychiatric  counseling  expenses,  expenses  for care or
16    counseling by a licensed clinical  psychologist  or  licensed
17    clinical   social   worker  and  expenses  for  treatment  by
18    Christian Science practitioners and nursing care  appropriate
19    thereto;  prosthetic appliances, eyeglasses, and hearing aids
20    necessary or damaged as a result of the crime; the  purchase,
21    lease,  or  rental of equipment necessary to create usability
22    of and  accessibility  to  the  victim's  real  and  personal
23    property,  or the real and personal property which is used by
24    the victim, necessary as a result of the  crime;  replacement
25    services  loss,  to  a maximum of $1000 per month; dependents
26    replacement services loss, to a maximum of $1000  per  month;
27    loss  of tuition paid to attend grammar school or high school
28    when the victim had been  enrolled  as  a  full-time  student
29    prior  to  the injury, or college or graduate school when the
30    victim had been enrolled as a full-time day or night  student
31    prior  to  the  injury  when  the  victim  becomes  unable to
32    continue attendance at school as a result  of  the  crime  of
33    violence  perpetrated  against  him or her; loss of earnings,
34    loss of future earnings because of disability resulting  from
 
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 1    the  injury,  and, in addition, in the case of death, funeral
 2    and burial expenses to  a  maximum  of  $5,000  and  loss  of
 3    support  of  the  dependents  of  the  victim. Loss of future
 4    earnings shall be reduced by any income from substitute  work
 5    actually performed by the victim or by income he or she would
 6    have  earned  in  available appropriate substitute work he or
 7    she was capable of  performing  but  unreasonably  failed  to
 8    undertake.   Loss  of  earnings,  loss of future earnings and
 9    loss of support shall be  determined  on  the  basis  of  the
10    victim's  average  net  monthly  earnings  for  the  6 months
11    immediately preceding the date of the injury or on $1000  per
12    month, whichever is less.  If a divorced or legally separated
13    applicant  is  claiming  loss of support for a minor child of
14    the deceased, the amount of support for each child  shall  be
15    based  either  on  the  amount  of  support  the  minor child
16    received pursuant to the judgment for the 6 months  prior  to
17    the date of the deceased victim's injury or death, or, if the
18    subject  of  pending  litigation filed by or on behalf of the
19    divorced or legally separated applicant prior to  the  injury
20    or  death,  on  the  result  of  that  litigation.   Real and
21    personal property includes, but is not limited to,  vehicles,
22    houses,  apartments, town houses, or condominiums.  Pecuniary
23    loss does not include pain and suffering or property loss  or
24    damage.
25        (i)  "Replacement    services    loss"   means   expenses
26    reasonably  incurred  in  obtaining  ordinary  and  necessary
27    services in lieu of  those  the  permanently  injured  person
28    would  have performed, not for income, but for the benefit of
29    himself or herself or his or her family, if he or she had not
30    been permanently injured.
31        (j)  "Dependents replacement services  loss"  means  loss
32    reasonably  incurred  by dependents after a victim's death in
33    obtaining ordinary and necessary services in  lieu  of  those
34    the  victim  would  have  performed,  not for income, but for
 
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 1    their benefit, if he or she had not been fatally injured.
 2    (Source: P.A. 90-136,  eff.  1-1-98;  90-492,  eff.  8-17-97;
 3    90-655,  eff.  7-30-98;  90-708,  eff.  8-7-98;  91-258, eff.
 4    1-1-00; 91-445, eff. 1-1-00; revised 10-14-99.)

 5        (740 ILCS 45/2.5 new)
 6        Sec. 2.5.  Felon as  victim.   Notwithstanding  paragraph
 7    (d)  of  Section 2, "victim" does not include a person who is
 8    convicted of a felony until that person  is  discharged  from
 9    probation  or is released from a correctional institution and
10    has been discharged from parole, if any.     No  compensation
11    may be granted to an applicant under this Act during a period
12    of  time  that  the  applicant  is  held  in  a  correctional
13    institution.
14        A victim who has been convicted of a felony may apply for
15    assistance  under  this  Act  at  any  time  but  no award of
16    compensation may be considered until the applicant meets  the
17    requirements of this Section.

18        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
19    becoming law.

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