91st General Assembly
Summary of HB1720
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House Sponsors:
SCOTT-FEIGENHOLTZ-DART-DELGADO-FRANKS.

Senate Sponsors:
SYVERSON-LIGHTFORD

Short description: 
CRIM CD-PROSTITUTION-PENALTIES                                             

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the  Criminal  Code  of  1961.   Provides  that  a  person      
   convicted   of  a  second  or  subsequent  offense  for  prostitution,      
   soliciting  for  a  prostitute,  or  patronizing  a  prostitute  or  a      
   combination of those offenses is guilty of a Class 3 felony.  Provides      
   for the impoundment of vehicles used for soliciting for a  prostitute.      
   Establishes fees for impoundment.                                           
          FISCAL NOTE (Department of Corrections)                              
          Fiscal impact is $3,300,600; corrections population impact is        
          16 inmates.                                                          
          CORRECTIONAL NOTE (Department of Corrections)                        
          Same as DOC fiscal note.                                             
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          720 ILCS 5/11-17                from Ch. 38, par. 11-17              
          720 ILCS 5/11-19                from Ch. 38, par. 11-19              
        Deletes the title  and  everything  after  the  enacting  clause.      
   Amends the Criminal Code of 1961.  Provides that a person convicted of      
   a second or subsequent offense (now a third or subsequent offense) for      
   prostitution,  soliciting  for a prostitute, patronizing a prostitute,      
   keeping a place of prostitution, or pimping or a combination of  those      
   offenses or the offense of patronizing a juvenile prostitute is guilty      
   of  a  Class  4 felony.  Provides for the impoundment of vehicles used      
   for soliciting for a  prostitute.   Provides  that  the  offender  may      
   recover  the vehicle from the impound after a minimum of 2 hours after      
   arrest upon payment of a $200 fee.                                          
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                
        Provides that the $200 fee for  recovering  from  the  impound  a      
   vehicle  that was used in violation of the offense of soliciting for a      
   prostitute  includes  a  towing  charge  for towing the vehicle to the      
   impound.  Provides that the fee shall be distributed to  the  unit  of      
   government whose peace officers made the arrest.                            
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 3.                                                
        Provides that if the defendant  whose  vehicle  is  impounded  is      
   acquitted of the offense of soliciting for a prostitute or the charges      
   for  that offense are dismissed, the municipality must refund the $200      
   fee to the defendant.                                                       
 
Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0498

   Last action date: 99-08-13

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   0     SENATE -   3


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