97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3300

 

Introduced 2/24/2011, by Rep. Emily McAsey

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
725 ILCS 120/4.5

    Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Provides that the Office of the State's Attorney or victim advocate personnel shall provide information about available victim services, including referrals to programs, counselors, and agencies that assist a victim to deal with trauma, loss, and grief.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act is
5amended by changing Section 4.5 as follows:
 
6    (725 ILCS 120/4.5)
7    Sec. 4.5. Procedures to implement the rights of crime
8victims. To afford crime victims their rights, law enforcement,
9prosecutors, judges and corrections will provide information,
10as appropriate of the following procedures:
11    (a) At the request of the crime victim, law enforcement
12authorities investigating the case shall provide notice of the
13status of the investigation, except where the State's Attorney
14determines that disclosure of such information would
15unreasonably interfere with the investigation, until such time
16as the alleged assailant is apprehended or the investigation is
17closed.
18    (b) The office of the State's Attorney:
19        (1) shall provide notice of the filing of information,
20    the return of an indictment by which a prosecution for any
21    violent crime is commenced, or the filing of a petition to
22    adjudicate a minor as a delinquent for a violent crime;
23        (2) shall provide notice of the date, time, and place

 

 

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1    of trial;
2        (3) or victim advocate personnel shall provide
3    information of social services and financial assistance
4    available for victims of crime, including information of
5    how to apply for these services and assistance;
6        (3.5) or victim advocate personnel shall provide
7    information about available victim services, including
8    referrals to programs, counselors, and agencies that
9    assist a victim to deal with trauma, loss, and grief;
10        (4) shall assist in having any stolen or other personal
11    property held by law enforcement authorities for
12    evidentiary or other purposes returned as expeditiously as
13    possible, pursuant to the procedures set out in Section
14    115-9 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963;
15        (5) or victim advocate personnel shall provide
16    appropriate employer intercession services to ensure that
17    employers of victims will cooperate with the criminal
18    justice system in order to minimize an employee's loss of
19    pay and other benefits resulting from court appearances;
20        (6) shall provide information whenever possible, of a
21    secure waiting area during court proceedings that does not
22    require victims to be in close proximity to defendant or
23    juveniles accused of a violent crime, and their families
24    and friends;
25        (7) shall provide notice to the crime victim of the
26    right to have a translator present at all court proceedings

 

 

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1    and, in compliance with the federal Americans with
2    Disabilities Act of 1990, the right to communications
3    access through a sign language interpreter or by other
4    means;
5        (8) in the case of the death of a person, which death
6    occurred in the same transaction or occurrence in which
7    acts occurred for which a defendant is charged with an
8    offense, shall notify the spouse, parent, child or sibling
9    of the decedent of the date of the trial of the person or
10    persons allegedly responsible for the death;
11        (9) shall inform the victim of the right to have
12    present at all court proceedings, subject to the rules of
13    evidence, an advocate or other support person of the
14    victim's choice, and the right to retain an attorney, at
15    the victim's own expense, who, upon written notice filed
16    with the clerk of the court and State's Attorney, is to
17    receive copies of all notices, motions and court orders
18    filed thereafter in the case, in the same manner as if the
19    victim were a named party in the case;
20        (10) at the sentencing hearing shall make a good faith
21    attempt to explain the minimum amount of time during which
22    the defendant may actually be physically imprisoned. The
23    Office of the State's Attorney shall further notify the
24    crime victim of the right to request from the Prisoner
25    Review Board information concerning the release of the
26    defendant under subparagraph (d)(1) of this Section;

 

 

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1        (11) shall request restitution at sentencing and shall
2    consider restitution in any plea negotiation, as provided
3    by law; and
4        (12) shall, upon the court entering a verdict of not
5    guilty by reason of insanity, inform the victim of the
6    notification services available from the Department of
7    Human Services, including the statewide telephone number,
8    under subparagraph (d)(2) of this Section.
9    (c) At the written request of the crime victim, the office
10of the State's Attorney shall:
11        (1) provide notice a reasonable time in advance of the
12    following court proceedings: preliminary hearing, any
13    hearing the effect of which may be the release of defendant
14    from custody, or to alter the conditions of bond and the
15    sentencing hearing. The crime victim shall also be notified
16    of the cancellation of the court proceeding in sufficient
17    time, wherever possible, to prevent an unnecessary
18    appearance in court;
19        (2) provide notice within a reasonable time after
20    receipt of notice from the custodian, of the release of the
21    defendant on bail or personal recognizance or the release
22    from detention of a minor who has been detained for a
23    violent crime;
24        (3) explain in nontechnical language the details of any
25    plea or verdict of a defendant, or any adjudication of a
26    juvenile as a delinquent for a violent crime;

 

 

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1        (4) where practical, consult with the crime victim
2    before the Office of the State's Attorney makes an offer of
3    a plea bargain to the defendant or enters into negotiations
4    with the defendant concerning a possible plea agreement,
5    and shall consider the written victim impact statement, if
6    prepared prior to entering into a plea agreement;
7        (5) provide notice of the ultimate disposition of the
8    cases arising from an indictment or an information, or a
9    petition to have a juvenile adjudicated as a delinquent for
10    a violent crime;
11        (6) provide notice of any appeal taken by the defendant
12    and information on how to contact the appropriate agency
13    handling the appeal;
14        (7) provide notice of any request for post-conviction
15    review filed by the defendant under Article 122 of the Code
16    of Criminal Procedure of 1963, and of the date, time and
17    place of any hearing concerning the petition. Whenever
18    possible, notice of the hearing shall be given in advance;
19        (8) forward a copy of any statement presented under
20    Section 6 to the Prisoner Review Board to be considered by
21    the Board in making its determination under subsection (b)
22    of Section 3-3-8 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
23    (d) (1) The Prisoner Review Board shall inform a victim or
24any other concerned citizen, upon written request, of the
25prisoner's release on parole, mandatory supervised release,
26electronic detention, work release, international transfer or

 

 

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1exchange, or by the custodian of the discharge of any
2individual who was adjudicated a delinquent for a violent crime
3from State custody and by the sheriff of the appropriate county
4of any such person's final discharge from county custody. The
5Prisoner Review Board, upon written request, shall provide to a
6victim or any other concerned citizen a recent photograph of
7any person convicted of a felony, upon his or her release from
8custody. The Prisoner Review Board, upon written request, shall
9inform a victim or any other concerned citizen when feasible at
10least 7 days prior to the prisoner's release on furlough of the
11times and dates of such furlough. Upon written request by the
12victim or any other concerned citizen, the State's Attorney
13shall notify the person once of the times and dates of release
14of a prisoner sentenced to periodic imprisonment. Notification
15shall be based on the most recent information as to victim's or
16other concerned citizen's residence or other location
17available to the notifying authority.
18    (2) When the defendant has been committed to the Department
19of Human Services pursuant to Section 5-2-4 or any other
20provision of the Unified Code of Corrections, the victim may
21request to be notified by the releasing authority of the
22defendant's furloughs, temporary release, or final discharge
23from State custody. The Department of Human Services shall
24establish and maintain a statewide telephone number to be used
25by victims to make notification requests under these provisions
26and shall publicize this telephone number on its website and to

 

 

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1the State's Attorney of each county.
2    (3) In the event of an escape from State custody, the
3Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice
4immediately shall notify the Prisoner Review Board of the
5escape and the Prisoner Review Board shall notify the victim.
6The notification shall be based upon the most recent
7information as to the victim's residence or other location
8available to the Board. When no such information is available,
9the Board shall make all reasonable efforts to obtain the
10information and make the notification. When the escapee is
11apprehended, the Department of Corrections or the Department of
12Juvenile Justice immediately shall notify the Prisoner Review
13Board and the Board shall notify the victim.
14    (4) The victim of the crime for which the prisoner has been
15sentenced shall receive reasonable written notice not less than
1630 days prior to the parole interview and may submit, in
17writing, on film, videotape or other electronic means or in the
18form of a recording or in person at the parole interview or if
19a victim of a violent crime, by calling the toll-free number
20established in subsection (f) of this Section, information for
21consideration by the Prisoner Review Board. The victim shall be
22notified within 7 days after the prisoner has been granted
23parole and shall be informed of the right to inspect the
24registry of parole decisions, established under subsection (g)
25of Section 3-3-5 of the Unified Code of Corrections. The
26provisions of this paragraph (4) are subject to the Open Parole

 

 

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1Hearings Act.
2    (5) If a statement is presented under Section 6, the
3Prisoner Review Board shall inform the victim of any order of
4discharge entered by the Board pursuant to Section 3-3-8 of the
5Unified Code of Corrections.
6    (6) At the written request of the victim of the crime for
7which the prisoner was sentenced or the State's Attorney of the
8county where the person seeking parole was prosecuted, the
9Prisoner Review Board shall notify the victim and the State's
10Attorney of the county where the person seeking parole was
11prosecuted of the death of the prisoner if the prisoner died
12while on parole or mandatory supervised release.
13    (7) When a defendant who has been committed to the
14Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice,
15or the Department of Human Services is released or discharged
16and subsequently committed to the Department of Human Services
17as a sexually violent person and the victim had requested to be
18notified by the releasing authority of the defendant's
19discharge from State custody, the releasing authority shall
20provide to the Department of Human Services such information
21that would allow the Department of Human Services to contact
22the victim.
23    (8) When a defendant has been convicted of a sex offense as
24defined in Section 2 of the Sex Offender Registration Act and
25has been sentenced to the Department of Corrections or the
26Department of Juvenile Justice, the Prisoner Review Board shall

 

 

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1notify the victim of the sex offense of the prisoner's
2eligibility for release on parole, mandatory supervised
3release, electronic detention, work release, international
4transfer or exchange, or by the custodian of the discharge of
5any individual who was adjudicated a delinquent for a sex
6offense from State custody and by the sheriff of the
7appropriate county of any such person's final discharge from
8county custody. The notification shall be made to the victim at
9least 30 days, whenever possible, before release of the sex
10offender.
11    (e) The officials named in this Section may satisfy some or
12all of their obligations to provide notices and other
13information through participation in a statewide victim and
14witness notification system established by the Attorney
15General under Section 8.5 of this Act.
16    (f) To permit a victim of a violent crime to provide
17information to the Prisoner Review Board for consideration by
18the Board at a parole hearing of a person who committed the
19crime against the victim in accordance with clause (d)(4) of
20this Section or at a proceeding to determine the conditions of
21mandatory supervised release of a person sentenced to a
22determinate sentence or at a hearing on revocation of mandatory
23supervised release of a person sentenced to a determinate
24sentence, the Board shall establish a toll-free number that may
25be accessed by the victim of a violent crime to present that
26information to the Board.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 95-317, eff. 8-21-07; 95-896, eff. 1-1-09;
295-897, eff. 1-1-09; 95-904, eff. 1-1-09; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09;
396-875, eff. 1-22-10.)