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Public Act 094-0877


 

Public Act 0877 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY



 


 
Public Act 094-0877
 
HB4134 Enrolled LRB094 14606 RLC 49553 b

    AN ACT concerning civil liabilities.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Crime Victims Compensation Act is amended by
changing Section 2 as follows:
 
    (740 ILCS 45/2)  (from Ch. 70, par. 72)
    Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
context otherwise requires:
    (a) "Applicant" means any person who applies for
compensation under this Act or any person the Court of Claims
finds is entitled to compensation, including the guardian of a
minor or of a person under legal disability. It includes any
person who was a dependent of a deceased victim of a crime of
violence for his or her support at the time of the death of
that victim.
    (b) "Court of Claims" means the Court of Claims created by
the Court of Claims Act.
    (c) "Crime of violence" means and includes any offense
defined in Sections 9-1, 9-2, 9-3, 10-1, 10-2, 11-11, 11-19.2,
11-20.1, 12-1, 12-2, 12-3, 12-3.2, 12-3.3, 12-4, 12-4.1,
12-4.2, 12-4.3, 12-5, 12-7.1, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-13, 12-14,
12-14.1, 12-15, 12-16, 12-30, 20-1 or 20-1.1 of the Criminal
Code of 1961, and driving under the influence of intoxicating
liquor or narcotic drugs as defined in Section 11-501 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code, if none of the said offenses occurred
during a civil riot, insurrection or rebellion. "Crime of
violence" does not include any other offense or accident
involving a motor vehicle except those vehicle offenses
specifically provided for in this paragraph. "Crime of
violence" does include all of the offenses specifically
provided for in this paragraph that occur within this State but
are subject to federal jurisdiction and crimes involving
terrorism as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2331.
    (d) "Victim" means (1) a person killed or injured in this
State as a result of a crime of violence perpetrated or
attempted against him or her, (2) the parent of a person child
killed or injured in this State as a result of a crime of
violence perpetrated or attempted against the person child, (3)
a person killed or injured in this State while attempting to
assist a person against whom a crime of violence is being
perpetrated or attempted, if that attempt of assistance would
be expected of a reasonable man under the circumstances, (4) a
person killed or injured in this State while assisting a law
enforcement official apprehend a person who has perpetrated a
crime of violence or prevent the perpetration of any such crime
if that assistance was in response to the express request of
the law enforcement official, (5) a person who personally
witnessed a violent crime, (5.1) solely for the purpose of
compensating for pecuniary loss incurred for psychological
treatment of a mental or emotional condition caused or
aggravated by the crime, any other person under the age of 18
who is the brother, sister, half brother, half sister, child,
or stepchild of a person killed or injured in this State as a
result of a crime of violence, or (6) an Illinois resident who
is a victim of a "crime of violence" as defined in this Act
except, if the crime occurred outside this State, the resident
has the same rights under this Act as if the crime had occurred
in this State upon a showing that the state, territory,
country, or political subdivision of a country in which the
crime occurred does not have a compensation of victims of
crimes law for which that Illinois resident is eligible.
    (e) "Dependent" means a relative of a deceased victim who
was wholly or partially dependent upon the victim's income at
the time of his or her death and shall include the child of a
victim born after his or her death.
    (f) "Relative" means a spouse, parent, grandparent,
stepfather, stepmother, child, grandchild, brother,
brother-in-law, sister, sister-in-law, half brother, half
sister, spouse's parent, nephew, niece, uncle or aunt.
    (g) "Child" means an unmarried son or daughter who is under
18 years of age and includes a stepchild, an adopted child or a
child born out of wedlock.
    (h) "Pecuniary loss" means, in the case of injury,
appropriate medical expenses and hospital expenses including
expenses of medical examinations, rehabilitation, medically
required nursing care expenses, appropriate psychiatric care
or psychiatric counseling expenses, expenses for care or
counseling by a licensed clinical psychologist, licensed
clinical social worker, or licensed clinical professional
counselor and expenses for treatment by Christian Science
practitioners and nursing care appropriate thereto;
transportation expenses to and from medical and treatment
facilities; prosthetic appliances, eyeglasses, and hearing
aids necessary or damaged as a result of the crime; replacement
costs for clothing and bedding used as evidence; costs
associated with temporary lodging or relocation necessary as a
result of the crime, including, but not limited to, the first
month's rent and security deposit of the dwelling that the
claimant relocated to and other reasonable relocation expenses
incurred as a result of the violent crime; locks or windows
necessary or damaged as a result of the crime; the purchase,
lease, or rental of equipment necessary to create usability of
and accessibility to the victim's real and personal property,
or the real and personal property which is used by the victim,
necessary as a result of the crime; the costs of appropriate
crime scene clean-up; replacement services loss, to a maximum
of $1000 per month; dependents replacement services loss, to a
maximum of $1000 per month; loss of tuition paid to attend
grammar school or high school when the victim had been enrolled
as a full-time student prior to the injury, or college or
graduate school when the victim had been enrolled as a
full-time day or night student prior to the injury when the
victim becomes unable to continue attendance at school as a
result of the crime of violence perpetrated against him or her;
loss of earnings, loss of future earnings because of disability
resulting from the injury, and, in addition, in the case of
death, expenses for funeral, burial, and travel and transport
for survivors of homicide victims to secure bodies of deceased
victims and to transport bodies for burial all of which may not
exceed a maximum of $5,000 and loss of support of the
dependents of the victim. Loss of future earnings shall be
reduced by any income from substitute work actually performed
by the victim or by income he or she would have earned in
available appropriate substitute work he or she was capable of
performing but unreasonably failed to undertake. Loss of
earnings, loss of future earnings and loss of support shall be
determined on the basis of the victim's average net monthly
earnings for the 6 months immediately preceding the date of the
injury or on $1000 per month, whichever is less. If a divorced
or legally separated applicant is claiming loss of support for
a minor child of the deceased, the amount of support for each
child shall be based either on the amount of support pursuant
to the judgment prior to the date of the deceased victim's
injury or death, or, if the subject of pending litigation filed
by or on behalf of the divorced or legally separated applicant
prior to the injury or death, on the result of that litigation.
Real and personal property includes, but is not limited to,
vehicles, houses, apartments, town houses, or condominiums.
Pecuniary loss does not include pain and suffering or property
loss or damage.
    (i) "Replacement services loss" means expenses reasonably
incurred in obtaining ordinary and necessary services in lieu
of those the permanently injured person would have performed,
not for income, but for the benefit of himself or herself or
his or her family, if he or she had not been permanently
injured.
    (j) "Dependents replacement services loss" means loss
reasonably incurred by dependents or private legal guardians of
minor dependents after a victim's death in obtaining ordinary
and necessary services in lieu of those the victim would have
performed, not for income, but for their benefit, if he or she
had not been fatally injured.
    (k) "Survivor" means immediate family including a parent,
step-father, step-mother, child, brother, sister, or spouse.
(Source: P.A. 94-229, eff. 1-1-06; 94-399, eff. 1-1-06; 94-400,
eff. 1-1-06; revised 8-19-05.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2007