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Public Act 097-0482
 
HB1689 EnrolledLRB097 08260 RLC 48386 b

    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
Section 17-56 as follows:
 
    (720 ILCS 5/17-56)  (was 720 ILCS 5/16-1.3)
    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
delayed effective date)
    Sec. 17-56. Financial exploitation of an elderly person or
a person with a disability.
    (a) A person commits financial exploitation of an elderly
person or a person with a disability when he or she stands in a
position of trust or confidence with the elderly person or a
person with a disability and he or she knowingly and by
deception or intimidation obtains control over the property of
an elderly person or a person with a disability or illegally
uses the assets or resources of an elderly person or a person
with a disability.
    (b) Sentence. Financial exploitation of an elderly person
or a person with a disability is: (1) a Class 4 felony if the
value of the property is $300 or less, (2) a Class 3 felony if
the value of the property is more than $300 but less than
$5,000, (3) a Class 2 felony if the value of the property is
$5,000 or more but less than $50,000 $100,000, and (4) a Class
1 felony if the value of the property is $50,000 $100,000 or
more or if the elderly person is over 70 years of age and the
value of the property is $15,000 or more or if the elderly
person is 80 years of age or older and the value of the
property is $5,000 or more.
    (c) For purposes of this Section:
        (1) "Elderly person" means a person 60 years of age or
    older.
        (2) "Person with a disability" means a person who
    suffers from a physical or mental impairment resulting from
    disease, injury, functional disorder or congenital
    condition that impairs the individual's mental or physical
    ability to independently manage his or her property or
    financial resources, or both.
        (3) "Intimidation" means the communication to an
    elderly person or a person with a disability that he or she
    shall be deprived of food and nutrition, shelter,
    prescribed medication or medical care and treatment.
        (4) "Deception" means, in addition to its meaning as
    defined in Section 15-4 of this Code, a misrepresentation
    or concealment of material fact relating to the terms of a
    contract or agreement entered into with the elderly person
    or person with a disability or to the existing or
    pre-existing condition of any of the property involved in
    such contract or agreement; or the use or employment of any
    misrepresentation, false pretense or false promise in
    order to induce, encourage or solicit the elderly person or
    person with a disability to enter into a contract or
    agreement.
    The illegal use of the assets or resources of an elderly
person or a person with a disability includes, but is not
limited to, the misappropriation of those assets or resources
by undue influence, breach of a fiduciary relationship, fraud,
deception, extortion, or use of the assets or resources
contrary to law.
    A person stands in a position of trust and confidence with
an elderly person or person with a disability when he (i) is a
parent, spouse, adult child or other relative by blood or
marriage of the elderly person or person with a disability,
(ii) is a joint tenant or tenant in common with the elderly
person or person with a disability, (iii) has a legal or
fiduciary relationship with the elderly person or person with a
disability, or (iv) is a financial planning or investment
professional.
    (d) Limitations. Nothing in this Section shall be construed
to limit the remedies available to the victim under the
Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
    (e) Good faith efforts. Nothing in this Section shall be
construed to impose criminal liability on a person who has made
a good faith effort to assist the elderly person or person with
a disability in the management of his or her property, but
through no fault of his or her own has been unable to provide
such assistance.
    (f) Not a defense. It shall not be a defense to financial
exploitation of an elderly person or person with a disability
that the accused reasonably believed that the victim was not an
elderly person or person with a disability.
    (g) Civil Liability. A person who is charged by information
or indictment with the offense of financial exploitation of an
elderly person or person with a disability and who fails or
refuses to return the victim's property within 60 days
following a written demand from the victim or the victim's
legal representative shall be liable to the victim or to the
estate of the victim in damages of treble the amount of the
value of the property obtained, plus reasonable attorney fees
and court costs. The burden of proof that the defendant
unlawfully obtained the victim's property shall be by a
preponderance of the evidence. This subsection shall be
operative whether or not the defendant has been convicted of
the offense.
(Source: P.A. 95-798, eff. 1-1-09; 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)
 
    Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
changing Section 5-5-6 as follows:
 
    (730 ILCS 5/5-5-6)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-5-6)
    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 96-1551)
    Sec. 5-5-6. In all convictions for offenses in violation of
the Criminal Code of 1961 or of Section 11-501 of the Illinois
Vehicle Code in which the person received any injury to his or
her person or damage to his or her real or personal property as
a result of the criminal act of the defendant, the court shall
order restitution as provided in this Section. In all other
cases, except cases in which restitution is required under this
Section, the court must at the sentence hearing determine
whether restitution is an appropriate sentence to be imposed on
each defendant convicted of an offense. If the court determines
that an order directing the offender to make restitution is
appropriate, the offender may be sentenced to make restitution.
The court may consider restitution an appropriate sentence to
be imposed on each defendant convicted of an offense in
addition to a sentence of imprisonment. The sentence of the
defendant to a term of imprisonment is not a mitigating factor
that prevents the court from ordering the defendant to pay
restitution. If the offender is sentenced to make restitution
the Court shall determine the restitution as hereinafter set
forth:
        (a) At the sentence hearing, the court shall determine
    whether the property may be restored in kind to the
    possession of the owner or the person entitled to
    possession thereof; or whether the defendant is possessed
    of sufficient skill to repair and restore property damaged;
    or whether the defendant should be required to make
    restitution in cash, for out-of-pocket expenses, damages,
    losses, or injuries found to have been proximately caused
    by the conduct of the defendant or another for whom the
    defendant is legally accountable under the provisions of
    Article V of the Criminal Code of 1961.
        (b) In fixing the amount of restitution to be paid in
    cash, the court shall allow credit for property returned in
    kind, for property damages ordered to be repaired by the
    defendant, and for property ordered to be restored by the
    defendant; and after granting the credit, the court shall
    assess the actual out-of-pocket expenses, losses, damages,
    and injuries suffered by the victim named in the charge and
    any other victims who may also have suffered out-of-pocket
    expenses, losses, damages, and injuries proximately caused
    by the same criminal conduct of the defendant, and
    insurance carriers who have indemnified the named victim or
    other victims for the out-of-pocket expenses, losses,
    damages, or injuries, provided that in no event shall
    restitution be ordered to be paid on account of pain and
    suffering. If a defendant is placed on supervision for, or
    convicted of, domestic battery, the defendant shall be
    required to pay restitution to any domestic violence
    shelter in which the victim and any other family or
    household members lived because of the domestic battery.
    The amount of the restitution shall equal the actual
    expenses of the domestic violence shelter in providing
    housing and any other services for the victim and any other
    family or household members living at the shelter. If a
    defendant fails to pay restitution in the manner or within
    the time period specified by the court, the court may enter
    an order directing the sheriff to seize any real or
    personal property of a defendant to the extent necessary to
    satisfy the order of restitution and dispose of the
    property by public sale. All proceeds from such sale in
    excess of the amount of restitution plus court costs and
    the costs of the sheriff in conducting the sale shall be
    paid to the defendant. The defendant convicted of domestic
    battery, if a person under 18 years of age was present and
    witnessed the domestic battery of the victim, is liable to
    pay restitution for the cost of any counseling required for
    the child at the discretion of the court.
        (c) In cases where more than one defendant is
    accountable for the same criminal conduct that results in
    out-of-pocket expenses, losses, damages, or injuries, each
    defendant shall be ordered to pay restitution in the amount
    of the total actual out-of-pocket expenses, losses,
    damages, or injuries to the victim proximately caused by
    the conduct of all of the defendants who are legally
    accountable for the offense.
            (1) In no event shall the victim be entitled to
        recover restitution in excess of the actual
        out-of-pocket expenses, losses, damages, or injuries,
        proximately caused by the conduct of all of the
        defendants.
            (2) As between the defendants, the court may
        apportion the restitution that is payable in
        proportion to each co-defendant's culpability in the
        commission of the offense.
            (3) In the absence of a specific order apportioning
        the restitution, each defendant shall bear his pro rata
        share of the restitution.
            (4) As between the defendants, each defendant
        shall be entitled to a pro rata reduction in the total
        restitution required to be paid to the victim for
        amounts of restitution actually paid by co-defendants,
        and defendants who shall have paid more than their pro
        rata share shall be entitled to refunds to be computed
        by the court as additional amounts are paid by
        co-defendants.
        (d) In instances where a defendant has more than one
    criminal charge pending against him in a single case, or
    more than one case, and the defendant stands convicted of
    one or more charges, a plea agreement negotiated by the
    State's Attorney and the defendants may require the
    defendant to make restitution to victims of charges that
    have been dismissed or which it is contemplated will be
    dismissed under the terms of the plea agreement, and under
    the agreement, the court may impose a sentence of
    restitution on the charge or charges of which the defendant
    has been convicted that would require the defendant to make
    restitution to victims of other offenses as provided in the
    plea agreement.
        (e) The court may require the defendant to apply the
    balance of the cash bond, after payment of court costs, and
    any fine that may be imposed to the payment of restitution.
        (f) Taking into consideration the ability of the
    defendant to pay, including any real or personal property
    or any other assets of the defendant, the court shall
    determine whether restitution shall be paid in a single
    payment or in installments, and shall fix a period of time
    not in excess of 5 years, except for violations of Sections
    16-1.3 and 17-56 of the Criminal Code of 1961, or the
    period of time specified in subsection (f-1), not including
    periods of incarceration, within which payment of
    restitution is to be paid in full. Complete restitution
    shall be paid in as short a time period as possible.
    However, if the court deems it necessary and in the best
    interest of the victim, the court may extend beyond 5 years
    the period of time within which the payment of restitution
    is to be paid. If the defendant is ordered to pay
    restitution and the court orders that restitution is to be
    paid over a period greater than 6 months, the court shall
    order that the defendant make monthly payments; the court
    may waive this requirement of monthly payments only if
    there is a specific finding of good cause for waiver.
        (f-1)(1) In addition to any other penalty prescribed by
    law and any restitution ordered under this Section that did
    not include long-term physical health care costs, the court
    may, upon conviction of any misdemeanor or felony, order a
    defendant to pay restitution to a victim in accordance with
    the provisions of this subsection (f-1) if the victim has
    suffered physical injury as a result of the offense that is
    reasonably probable to require or has required long-term
    physical health care for more than 3 months. As used in
    this subsection (f-1) "long-term physical health care"
    includes mental health care.
        (2) The victim's estimate of long-term physical health
    care costs may be made as part of a victim impact statement
    under Section 6 of the Rights of Crime Victims and
    Witnesses Act or made separately. The court shall enter the
    long-term physical health care restitution order at the
    time of sentencing. An order of restitution made under this
    subsection (f-1) shall fix a monthly amount to be paid by
    the defendant for as long as long-term physical health care
    of the victim is required as a result of the offense. The
    order may exceed the length of any sentence imposed upon
    the defendant for the criminal activity. The court shall
    include as a special finding in the judgment of conviction
    its determination of the monthly cost of long-term physical
    health care.
        (3) After a sentencing order has been entered, the
    court may from time to time, on the petition of either the
    defendant or the victim, or upon its own motion, enter an
    order for restitution for long-term physical care or modify
    the existing order for restitution for long-term physical
    care as to the amount of monthly payments. Any modification
    of the order shall be based only upon a substantial change
    of circumstances relating to the cost of long-term physical
    health care or the financial condition of either the
    defendant or the victim. The petition shall be filed as
    part of the original criminal docket.
        (g) In addition to the sentences provided for in
    Sections 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60,
    11-19.2, 11-20.1, 11-20.1B, 11-20.3, 12-13, 12-14,
    12-14.1, 12-15, and 12-16, and subdivision (a)(4) of
    Section 11-14.4, of the Criminal Code of 1961, the court
    may order any person who is convicted of violating any of
    those Sections or who was charged with any of those
    offenses and which charge was reduced to another charge as
    a result of a plea agreement under subsection (d) of this
    Section to meet all or any portion of the financial
    obligations of treatment, including but not limited to
    medical, psychiatric, or rehabilitative treatment or
    psychological counseling, prescribed for the victim or
    victims of the offense.
        The payments shall be made by the defendant to the
    clerk of the circuit court and transmitted by the clerk to
    the appropriate person or agency as directed by the court.
    Except as otherwise provided in subsection (f-1), the order
    may require such payments to be made for a period not to
    exceed 5 years after sentencing, not including periods of
    incarceration.
        (h) The judge may enter an order of withholding to
    collect the amount of restitution owed in accordance with
    Part 8 of Article XII of the Code of Civil Procedure.
        (i) A sentence of restitution may be modified or
    revoked by the court if the offender commits another
    offense, or the offender fails to make restitution as
    ordered by the court, but no sentence to make restitution
    shall be revoked unless the court shall find that the
    offender has had the financial ability to make restitution,
    and he has wilfully refused to do so. When the offender's
    ability to pay restitution was established at the time an
    order of restitution was entered or modified, or when the
    offender's ability to pay was based on the offender's
    willingness to make restitution as part of a plea agreement
    made at the time the order of restitution was entered or
    modified, there is a rebuttable presumption that the facts
    and circumstances considered by the court at the hearing at
    which the order of restitution was entered or modified
    regarding the offender's ability or willingness to pay
    restitution have not materially changed. If the court shall
    find that the defendant has failed to make restitution and
    that the failure is not wilful, the court may impose an
    additional period of time within which to make restitution.
    The length of the additional period shall not be more than
    2 years. The court shall retain all of the incidents of the
    original sentence, including the authority to modify or
    enlarge the conditions, and to revoke or further modify the
    sentence if the conditions of payment are violated during
    the additional period.
        (j) The procedure upon the filing of a Petition to
    Revoke a sentence to make restitution shall be the same as
    the procedures set forth in Section 5-6-4 of this Code
    governing violation, modification, or revocation of
    Probation, of Conditional Discharge, or of Supervision.
        (k) Nothing contained in this Section shall preclude
    the right of any party to proceed in a civil action to
    recover for any damages incurred due to the criminal
    misconduct of the defendant.
        (l) Restitution ordered under this Section shall not be
    subject to disbursement by the circuit clerk under Section
    27.5 of the Clerks of Courts Act.
        (m) A restitution order under this Section is a
    judgment lien in favor of the victim that:
            (1) Attaches to the property of the person subject
        to the order;
            (2) May be perfected in the same manner as provided
        in Part 3 of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code;
            (3) May be enforced to satisfy any payment that is
        delinquent under the restitution order by the person in
        whose favor the order is issued or the person's
        assignee; and
            (4) Expires in the same manner as a judgment lien
        created in a civil proceeding.
        When a restitution order is issued under this Section,
    the issuing court shall send a certified copy of the order
    to the clerk of the circuit court in the county where the
    charge was filed. Upon receiving the order, the clerk shall
    enter and index the order in the circuit court judgment
    docket.
        (n) An order of restitution under this Section does not
    bar a civil action for:
            (1) Damages that the court did not require the
        person to pay to the victim under the restitution order
        but arise from an injury or property damages that is
        the basis of restitution ordered by the court; and
            (2) Other damages suffered by the victim.
    The restitution order is not discharged by the completion
of the sentence imposed for the offense.
    A restitution order under this Section is not discharged by
the liquidation of a person's estate by a receiver. A
restitution order under this Section may be enforced in the
same manner as judgment liens are enforced under Article XII of
the Code of Civil Procedure.
    The provisions of Section 2-1303 of the Code of Civil
Procedure, providing for interest on judgments, apply to
judgments for restitution entered under this Section.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-290, eff. 8-11-09;
96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2012