Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
Filed: 3/28/2006
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1299




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1299, AS AMENDED, 
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with reference to page and line numbers of Senate Amendment No. 
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4, on page 3, by replacing lines 6 through 11 with the 
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following:

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    "(b) A victim of the sex trade has a cause of action 
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against a person or entity who:


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        (1) recruits, profits from, or maintains the victim in 
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    any sex trade act; 
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        (2) intentionally abuses, as defined in Section 103 of 
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    the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, or causes 
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    bodily harm, as defined in Section 12-12 of the Criminal 
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    Code of 1961, to the victim in any sex trade act; or


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        (3) knowingly advertises or publishes advertisements 
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    for purposes of recruitment into sex trade activity.
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    (c) This Section shall not be construed to create liability 
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to any person or entity who provides goods or services to the 
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general public, who also provides those goods or services to 
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persons who would be liable under subsection (b) of this 
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Section, absent a showing that the person or entity either:


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        (1) knowingly markets or provides its goods or services 
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    primarily to persons or entities liable under subsection 
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    (b) of this Section;


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        (2) knowingly receives a higher level of compensation 
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    from persons or entities liable under subsection (b) of 
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    this Section than it generally receives from customers; or
 


 






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        (3) supervises or exercises control over persons or 
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    entities liable under subsection (b) of this Section.".