Rep. Michael J. Zalewski

Filed: 5/12/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2268

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2268 on page 2,
3line 3, by inserting after "Section," the following:
4"and after taking into account the respective interests of all
5known claimants to the property including the State,"; and
 
6on page 2, by inserting immediately after line 8 the following:
 
7    "Section 6. The Cannabis Control Act is amended by changing
8Section 12 as follows:
 
9    (720 ILCS 550/12)  (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 712)
10    Sec. 12. (a) The following are subject to forfeiture:
11        (1) all substances containing cannabis which have been
12    produced, manufactured, delivered, or possessed in
13    violation of this Act;
14        (2) all raw materials, products and equipment of any
15    kind which are produced, delivered, or possessed in

 

 

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1    connection with any substance containing cannabis in
2    violation of this Act;
3        (3) all conveyances, including aircraft, vehicles or
4    vessels, which are used, or intended for use, to transport,
5    or in any manner to facilitate the transportation, sale,
6    receipt, possession, or concealment of property described
7    in paragraph (1) or (2) that constitutes a felony violation
8    of the Act, but:
9            (i) no conveyance used by any person as a common
10        carrier in the transaction of business as a common
11        carrier is subject to forfeiture under this Section
12        unless it appears that the owner or other person in
13        charge of the conveyance is a consenting party or privy
14        to a violation of this Act;
15            (ii) no conveyance is subject to forfeiture under
16        this Section by reason of any act or omission which the
17        owner proves to have been committed or omitted without
18        his knowledge or consent;
19            (iii) a forfeiture of a conveyance encumbered by a
20        bona fide security interest is subject to the interest
21        of the secured party if he neither had knowledge of nor
22        consented to the act or omission;
23        (4) all money, things of value, books, records, and
24    research products and materials including formulas,
25    microfilm, tapes, and data which are used, or intended for
26    use in a felony violation of this Act;

 

 

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1        (5) everything of value furnished or intended to be
2    furnished by any person in exchange for a substance in
3    violation of this Act, all proceeds traceable to such an
4    exchange, and all moneys, negotiable instruments, and
5    securities used, or intended to be used, to commit or in
6    any manner to facilitate any felony violation of this Act;
7        (6) all real property, including any right, title, and
8    interest including, but not limited to, any leasehold
9    interest or the beneficial interest to a land trust, in the
10    whole of any lot or tract of land and any appurtenances or
11    improvements, that is used or intended to be used to
12    facilitate the manufacture, distribution, sale, receipt,
13    or concealment of property described in paragraph (1) or
14    (2) of this subsection (a) that constitutes a felony
15    violation of more than 2,000 grams of a substance
16    containing cannabis or that is the proceeds of any felony
17    violation of this Act.
18    (b) Property subject to forfeiture under this Act may be
19seized by the Director or any peace officer upon process or
20seizure warrant issued by any court having jurisdiction over
21the property. Seizure by the Director or any peace officer
22without process may be made:
23        (1) if the property subject to seizure has been the
24    subject of a prior judgment in favor of the State in a
25    criminal proceeding or in an injunction or forfeiture
26    proceeding based upon this Act or the Drug Asset Forfeiture

 

 

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1    Procedure Act;
2        (2) if there is probable cause to believe that the
3    property is directly or indirectly dangerous to health or
4    safety;
5        (3) if there is probable cause to believe that the
6    property is subject to forfeiture under this Act and the
7    property is seized under circumstances in which a
8    warrantless seizure or arrest would be reasonable; or
9        (4) in accordance with the Code of Criminal Procedure
10    of 1963.
11    (c) In the event of seizure pursuant to subsection (b),
12notice shall be given forthwith to all known interest holders
13that forfeiture proceedings, including a preliminary review,
14shall be instituted in accordance with the Drug Asset
15Forfeiture Procedure Act and such proceedings shall thereafter
16be instituted in accordance with that Act. Upon a showing of
17good cause, the notice required for a preliminary review under
18this Section may be postponed.
19    (c-1) In the event the State's Attorney is of the opinion
20that real property is subject to forfeiture under this Act,
21forfeiture proceedings shall be instituted in accordance with
22the Drug Asset Forfeiture Procedure Act. The exemptions from
23forfeiture provisions of Section 8 of the Drug Asset Forfeiture
24Procedure Act are applicable.
25    (d) Property taken or detained under this Section shall not
26be subject to replevin, but is deemed to be in the custody of

 

 

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1the Director subject only to the order and judgments of the
2circuit court having jurisdiction over the forfeiture
3proceedings and the decisions of the State's Attorney under the
4Drug Asset Forfeiture Procedure Act. When property is seized
5under this Act, the seizing agency shall promptly conduct an
6inventory of the seized property, estimate the property's
7value, and shall forward a copy of the inventory of seized
8property and the estimate of the property's value to the
9Director. Upon receiving notice of seizure, the Director may:
10        (1) place the property under seal;
11        (2) remove the property to a place designated by him;
12        (3) keep the property in the possession of the seizing
13    agency;
14        (4) remove the property to a storage area for
15    safekeeping or, if the property is a negotiable instrument
16    or money and is not needed for evidentiary purposes,
17    deposit it in an interest bearing account;
18        (5) place the property under constructive seizure by
19    posting notice of pending forfeiture on it, by giving
20    notice of pending forfeiture to its owners and interest
21    holders, or by filing notice of pending forfeiture in any
22    appropriate public record relating to the property; or
23        (6) provide for another agency or custodian, including
24    an owner, secured party, or lienholder, to take custody of
25    the property upon the terms and conditions set by the
26    Director.

 

 

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1    (e) No disposition may be made of property under seal until
2the time for taking an appeal has elapsed or until all appeals
3have been concluded unless a court, upon application therefor,
4orders the sale of perishable substances and the deposit of the
5proceeds of the sale with the court.
6    (f) When property is forfeited under this Act the Director
7shall sell all such property unless such property is required
8by law to be destroyed or is harmful to the public, and shall
9distribute the proceeds of the sale, together with any moneys
10forfeited or seized, in accordance with subsection (g).
11However, upon the application of the seizing agency or
12prosecutor who was responsible for the investigation, arrest or
13arrests and prosecution which lead to the forfeiture, the
14Director may return any item of forfeited property to the
15seizing agency or prosecutor for official use in the
16enforcement of laws relating to cannabis or controlled
17substances, if the agency or prosecutor can demonstrate that
18the item requested would be useful to the agency or prosecutor
19in their enforcement efforts. When any forfeited conveyance,
20including an aircraft, vehicle, or vessel, is returned to the
21seizing agency or prosecutor, the conveyance may be used
22immediately in the enforcement of the criminal laws of this
23State. Upon disposal, all proceeds from the sale of the
24conveyance must be used for drug enforcement purposes. When any
25real property returned to the seizing agency is sold by the
26agency or its unit of government, the proceeds of the sale

 

 

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1shall be delivered to the Director and distributed in
2accordance with subsection (g).
3    (g) All monies and the sale proceeds of all other property
4forfeited and seized under this Act shall be distributed as
5follows:
6        (1) 65% shall be distributed to the metropolitan
7    enforcement group, local, municipal, county, or state law
8    enforcement agency or agencies which conducted or
9    participated in the investigation resulting in the
10    forfeiture. The distribution shall bear a reasonable
11    relationship to the degree of direct participation of the
12    law enforcement agency in the effort resulting in the
13    forfeiture, taking into account the total value of the
14    property forfeited and the total law enforcement effort
15    with respect to the violation of the law upon which the
16    forfeiture is based. Amounts distributed to the agency or
17    agencies shall be used for the enforcement of laws
18    governing cannabis and controlled substances or for
19    security cameras used for the prevention or detection of
20    violence, except that amounts distributed to the Secretary
21    of State shall be deposited into the Secretary of State
22    Evidence Fund to be used as provided in Section 2-115 of
23    the Illinois Vehicle Code.
24        (2)(i) 12.5% shall be distributed to the Office of the
25    State's Attorney of the county in which the prosecution
26    resulting in the forfeiture was instituted, deposited in a

 

 

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1    special fund in the county treasury and appropriated to the
2    State's Attorney for use in the enforcement of laws
3    governing cannabis and controlled substances. In counties
4    over 3,000,000 population, 25% will be distributed to the
5    Office of the State's Attorney for use in the enforcement
6    of laws governing cannabis and controlled substances. If
7    the prosecution is undertaken solely by the Attorney
8    General, the portion provided hereunder shall be
9    distributed to the Attorney General for use in the
10    enforcement of laws governing cannabis and controlled
11    substances.
12        (ii) 12.5% shall be distributed to the Office of the
13    State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor and deposited in
14    the Narcotics Profit Forfeiture Fund of that Office to be
15    used for additional expenses incurred in the
16    investigation, prosecution and appeal of cases arising
17    under laws governing cannabis and controlled substances.
18    The Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor
19    shall not receive distribution from cases brought in
20    counties with over 3,000,000 population.
21        (3) 10% shall be retained by the Department of State
22    Police for expenses related to the administration and sale
23    of seized and forfeited property.
24(Source: P.A. 94-1004, eff. 7-3-06; 95-989, eff. 10-3-08.)
 
25    Section 7. The Illinois Controlled Substances Act is

 

 

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1amended by changing Section 505 as follows:
 
2    (720 ILCS 570/505)  (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1505)
3    Sec. 505. (a) The following are subject to forfeiture:
4        (1) all substances which have been manufactured,
5    distributed, dispensed, or possessed in violation of this
6    Act;
7        (2) all raw materials, products and equipment of any
8    kind which are used, or intended for use in manufacturing,
9    distributing, dispensing, administering or possessing any
10    substance in violation of this Act;
11        (3) all conveyances, including aircraft, vehicles or
12    vessels, which are used, or intended for use, to transport,
13    or in any manner to facilitate the transportation, sale,
14    receipt, possession, or concealment of property described
15    in paragraphs (1) and (2), but:
16            (i) no conveyance used by any person as a common
17        carrier in the transaction of business as a common
18        carrier is subject to forfeiture under this Section
19        unless it appears that the owner or other person in
20        charge of the conveyance is a consenting party or privy
21        to a violation of this Act;
22            (ii) no conveyance is subject to forfeiture under
23        this Section by reason of any act or omission which the
24        owner proves to have been committed or omitted without
25        his knowledge or consent;

 

 

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1            (iii) a forfeiture of a conveyance encumbered by a
2        bona fide security interest is subject to the interest
3        of the secured party if he neither had knowledge of nor
4        consented to the act or omission;
5        (4) all money, things of value, books, records, and
6    research products and materials including formulas,
7    microfilm, tapes, and data which are used, or intended to
8    be used in violation of this Act;
9        (5) everything of value furnished, or intended to be
10    furnished, in exchange for a substance in violation of this
11    Act, all proceeds traceable to such an exchange, and all
12    moneys, negotiable instruments, and securities used, or
13    intended to be used, to commit or in any manner to
14    facilitate any violation of this Act;
15        (6) all real property, including any right, title, and
16    interest (including, but not limited to, any leasehold
17    interest or the beneficial interest in a land trust) in the
18    whole of any lot or tract of land and any appurtenances or
19    improvements, which is used or intended to be used, in any
20    manner or part, to commit, or in any manner to facilitate
21    the commission of, any violation or act that constitutes a
22    violation of Section 401 or 405 of this Act or that is the
23    proceeds of any violation or act that constitutes a
24    violation of Section 401 or 405 of this Act.
25    (b) Property subject to forfeiture under this Act may be
26seized by the Director or any peace officer upon process or

 

 

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1seizure warrant issued by any court having jurisdiction over
2the property. Seizure by the Director or any peace officer
3without process may be made:
4        (1) if the seizure is incident to inspection under an
5    administrative inspection warrant;
6        (2) if the property subject to seizure has been the
7    subject of a prior judgment in favor of the State in a
8    criminal proceeding, or in an injunction or forfeiture
9    proceeding based upon this Act or the Drug Asset Forfeiture
10    Procedure Act;
11        (3) if there is probable cause to believe that the
12    property is directly or indirectly dangerous to health or
13    safety;
14        (4) if there is probable cause to believe that the
15    property is subject to forfeiture under this Act and the
16    property is seized under circumstances in which a
17    warrantless seizure or arrest would be reasonable; or
18        (5) in accordance with the Code of Criminal Procedure
19    of 1963.
20    (c) In the event of seizure pursuant to subsection (b),
21notice shall be given forthwith to all known interest holders
22that forfeiture proceedings, including a preliminary review,
23shall be instituted in accordance with the Drug Asset
24Forfeiture Procedure Act and such proceedings shall thereafter
25be instituted in accordance with that Act. Upon a showing of
26good cause, the notice required for a preliminary review under

 

 

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1this Section may be postponed.
2    (d) Property taken or detained under this Section shall not
3be subject to replevin, but is deemed to be in the custody of
4the Director subject only to the order and judgments of the
5circuit court having jurisdiction over the forfeiture
6proceedings and the decisions of the State's Attorney under the
7Drug Asset Forfeiture Procedure Act. When property is seized
8under this Act, the seizing agency shall promptly conduct an
9inventory of the seized property and estimate the property's
10value, and shall forward a copy of the inventory of seized
11property and the estimate of the property's value to the
12Director. Upon receiving notice of seizure, the Director may:
13        (1) place the property under seal;
14        (2) remove the property to a place designated by the
15    Director;
16        (3) keep the property in the possession of the seizing
17    agency;
18        (4) remove the property to a storage area for
19    safekeeping or, if the property is a negotiable instrument
20    or money and is not needed for evidentiary purposes,
21    deposit it in an interest bearing account;
22        (5) place the property under constructive seizure by
23    posting notice of pending forfeiture on it, by giving
24    notice of pending forfeiture to its owners and interest
25    holders, or by filing notice of pending forfeiture in any
26    appropriate public record relating to the property; or

 

 

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1        (6) provide for another agency or custodian, including
2    an owner, secured party, or lienholder, to take custody of
3    the property upon the terms and conditions set by the
4    Director.
5    (e) If the Department of Professional Regulation suspends
6or revokes a registration, all controlled substances owned or
7possessed by the registrant at the time of suspension or the
8effective date of the revocation order may be placed under
9seal. No disposition may be made of substances under seal until
10the time for taking an appeal has elapsed or until all appeals
11have been concluded unless a court, upon application therefor,
12orders the sale of perishable substances and the deposit of the
13proceeds of the sale with the court. Upon a revocation rule
14becoming final, all substances may be forfeited to the
15Department of Professional Regulation.
16    (f) When property is forfeited under this Act the Director
17shall sell all such property unless such property is required
18by law to be destroyed or is harmful to the public, and shall
19distribute the proceeds of the sale, together with any moneys
20forfeited or seized, in accordance with subsection (g).
21However, upon the application of the seizing agency or
22prosecutor who was responsible for the investigation, arrest or
23arrests and prosecution which lead to the forfeiture, the
24Director may return any item of forfeited property to the
25seizing agency or prosecutor for official use in the
26enforcement of laws relating to cannabis or controlled

 

 

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1substances, if the agency or prosecutor can demonstrate that
2the item requested would be useful to the agency or prosecutor
3in their enforcement efforts. When any forfeited conveyance,
4including an aircraft, vehicle, or vessel, is returned to the
5seizing agency or prosecutor, the conveyance may be used
6immediately in the enforcement of the criminal laws of this
7State. Upon disposal, all proceeds from the sale of the
8conveyance must be used for drug enforcement purposes. When any
9real property returned to the seizing agency is sold by the
10agency or its unit of government, the proceeds of the sale
11shall be delivered to the Director and distributed in
12accordance with subsection (g).
13    (g) All monies and the sale proceeds of all other property
14forfeited and seized under this Act shall be distributed as
15follows:
16        (1) 65% shall be distributed to the metropolitan
17    enforcement group, local, municipal, county, or state law
18    enforcement agency or agencies which conducted or
19    participated in the investigation resulting in the
20    forfeiture. The distribution shall bear a reasonable
21    relationship to the degree of direct participation of the
22    law enforcement agency in the effort resulting in the
23    forfeiture, taking into account the total value of the
24    property forfeited and the total law enforcement effort
25    with respect to the violation of the law upon which the
26    forfeiture is based. Amounts distributed to the agency or

 

 

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1    agencies shall be used for the enforcement of laws
2    governing cannabis and controlled substances or for
3    security cameras used for the prevention or detection of
4    violence, except that amounts distributed to the Secretary
5    of State shall be deposited into the Secretary of State
6    Evidence Fund to be used as provided in Section 2-115 of
7    the Illinois Vehicle Code.
8        (2)(i) 12.5% shall be distributed to the Office of the
9    State's Attorney of the county in which the prosecution
10    resulting in the forfeiture was instituted, deposited in a
11    special fund in the county treasury and appropriated to the
12    State's Attorney for use in the enforcement of laws
13    governing cannabis and controlled substances. In counties
14    over 3,000,000 population, 25% will be distributed to the
15    Office of the State's Attorney for use in the enforcement
16    of laws governing cannabis and controlled substances. If
17    the prosecution is undertaken solely by the Attorney
18    General, the portion provided hereunder shall be
19    distributed to the Attorney General for use in the
20    enforcement of laws governing cannabis and controlled
21    substances.
22        (ii) 12.5% shall be distributed to the Office of the
23    State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor and deposited in
24    the Narcotics Profit Forfeiture Fund of that office to be
25    used for additional expenses incurred in the
26    investigation, prosecution and appeal of cases arising

 

 

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1    under laws governing cannabis and controlled substances.
2    The Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor
3    shall not receive distribution from cases brought in
4    counties with over 3,000,000 population.
5        (3) 10% shall be retained by the Department of State
6    Police for expenses related to the administration and sale
7    of seized and forfeited property.
8    (h) Species of plants from which controlled substances in
9Schedules I and II may be derived which have been planted or
10cultivated in violation of this Act, or of which the owners or
11cultivators are unknown, or which are wild growths, may be
12seized and summarily forfeited to the State. The failure, upon
13demand by the Director or any peace officer, of the person in
14occupancy or in control of land or premises upon which the
15species of plants are growing or being stored, to produce
16registration, or proof that he is the holder thereof,
17constitutes authority for the seizure and forfeiture of the
18plants.
19(Source: P.A. 94-1004, eff. 7-3-06.)
 
20    Section 8. The Methamphetamine Control and Community
21Protection Act is amended by changing Section 85 as follows:
 
22    (720 ILCS 646/85)
23    Sec. 85. Forfeiture.
24    (a) The following are subject to forfeiture:

 

 

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1        (1) all substances containing methamphetamine which
2    have been produced, manufactured, delivered, or possessed
3    in violation of this Act;
4        (2) all methamphetamine manufacturing materials which
5    have been produced, delivered, or possessed in connection
6    with any substance containing methamphetamine in violation
7    of this Act;
8        (3) all conveyances, including aircraft, vehicles or
9    vessels, which are used, or intended for use, to transport,
10    or in any manner to facilitate the transportation, sale,
11    receipt, possession, or concealment of property described
12    in paragraph (1) or (2) that constitutes a felony violation
13    of the Act, but:
14            (i) no conveyance used by any person as a common
15        carrier in the transaction of business as a common
16        carrier is subject to forfeiture under this Section
17        unless it appears that the owner or other person in
18        charge of the conveyance is a consenting party or privy
19        to a violation of this Act;
20            (ii) no conveyance is subject to forfeiture under
21        this Section by reason of any act or omission which the
22        owner proves to have been committed or omitted without
23        his or her knowledge or consent;
24            (iii) a forfeiture of a conveyance encumbered by a
25        bona fide security interest is subject to the interest
26        of the secured party if he or she neither had knowledge

 

 

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1        of nor consented to the act or omission;
2        (4) all money, things of value, books, records, and
3    research products and materials including formulas,
4    microfilm, tapes, and data which are used, or intended for
5    use in a felony violation of this Act;
6        (5) everything of value furnished or intended to be
7    furnished by any person in exchange for a substance in
8    violation of this Act, all proceeds traceable to such an
9    exchange, and all moneys, negotiable instruments, and
10    securities used, or intended to be used, to commit or in
11    any manner to facilitate any felony violation of this Act.
12        (6) all real property, including any right, title, and
13    interest (including, but not limited to, any leasehold
14    interest or the beneficial interest in a land trust) in the
15    whole of any lot or tract of land and any appurtenances or
16    improvements, which is used, or intended to be used, in any
17    manner or part, to commit, or in any manner to facilitate
18    the commission of, any violation or act that constitutes a
19    violation of this Act or that is the proceeds of any
20    violation or act that constitutes a violation of this Act.
21    (b) Property subject to forfeiture under this Act may be
22seized by the Director or any peace officer upon process or
23seizure warrant issued by any court having jurisdiction over
24the property. Seizure by the Director or any peace officer
25without process may be made:
26        (1) if the property subject to seizure has been the

 

 

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1    subject of a prior judgment in favor of the State in a
2    criminal proceeding or in an injunction or forfeiture
3    proceeding based upon this Act or the Drug Asset Forfeiture
4    Procedure Act;
5        (2) if there is probable cause to believe that the
6    property is directly or indirectly dangerous to health or
7    safety;
8        (3) if there is probable cause to believe that the
9    property is subject to forfeiture under this Act and the
10    property is seized under circumstances in which a
11    warrantless seizure or arrest would be reasonable; or
12        (4) in accordance with the Code of Criminal Procedure
13    of 1963.
14    (c) In the event of seizure pursuant to subsection (b),
15notice shall be given forthwith to all known interest holders
16that forfeiture proceedings, including a preliminary review,
17shall be instituted in accordance with the Drug Asset
18Forfeiture Procedure Act and such proceedings shall thereafter
19be instituted in accordance with that Act. Upon a showing of
20good cause, the notice required for a preliminary review under
21this Section may be postponed.
22    (d) Property taken or detained under this Section is not
23subject to replevin, but is deemed to be in the custody of the
24Director subject only to the order and judgments of the circuit
25court having jurisdiction over the forfeiture proceedings and
26the decisions of the State's Attorney under the Drug Asset

 

 

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1Forfeiture Procedure Act. When property is seized under this
2Act, the seizing agency shall promptly conduct an inventory of
3the seized property, estimate the property's value, and forward
4a copy of the inventory of seized property and the estimate of
5the property's value to the Director. Upon receiving notice of
6seizure, the Director may:
7        (1) place the property under seal;
8        (2) remove the property to a place designated by him or
9    her;
10        (3) keep the property in the possession of the seizing
11    agency;
12        (4) remove the property to a storage area for
13    safekeeping or, if the property is a negotiable instrument
14    or money and is not needed for evidentiary purposes,
15    deposit it in an interest bearing account;
16        (5) place the property under constructive seizure by
17    posting notice of pending forfeiture on it, by giving
18    notice of pending forfeiture to its owners and interest
19    holders, or by filing notice of pending forfeiture in any
20    appropriate public record relating to the property; or
21        (6) provide for another agency or custodian, including
22    an owner, secured party, or lienholder, to take custody of
23    the property upon the terms and conditions set by the
24    Director.
25    (e) No disposition may be made of property under seal until
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1have been concluded unless a court, upon application therefor,
2orders the sale of perishable substances and the deposit of the
3proceeds of the sale with the court.
4    (f) When property is forfeited under this Act, the Director
5shall sell the property unless the property is required by law
6to be destroyed or is harmful to the public, and shall
7distribute the proceeds of the sale, together with any moneys
8forfeited or seized, in accordance with subsection (g).
9However, upon the application of the seizing agency or
10prosecutor who was responsible for the investigation, arrest or
11arrests and prosecution which lead to the forfeiture, the
12Director may return any item of forfeited property to the
13seizing agency or prosecutor for official use in the
14enforcement of laws relating to methamphetamine, cannabis, or
15controlled substances, if the agency or prosecutor
16demonstrates that the item requested would be useful to the
17agency or prosecutor in their enforcement efforts. When any
18forfeited conveyance, including an aircraft, vehicle, or
19vessel, is returned to the seizing agency or prosecutor, the
20conveyance may be used immediately in the enforcement of the
21criminal laws of this State. Upon disposal, all proceeds from
22the sale of the conveyance must be used for drug enforcement
23purposes. When any real property returned to the seizing agency
24is sold by the agency or its unit of government, the proceeds
25of the sale shall be delivered to the Director and distributed
26in accordance with subsection (g).

 

 

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1    (g) All moneys and the sale proceeds of all other property
2forfeited and seized under this Act shall be distributed as
3follows:
4        (1) 65% shall be distributed to the metropolitan
5    enforcement group, local, municipal, county, or State law
6    enforcement agency or agencies which conducted or
7    participated in the investigation resulting in the
8    forfeiture. The distribution shall bear a reasonable
9    relationship to the degree of direct participation of the
10    law enforcement agency in the effort resulting in the
11    forfeiture, taking into account the total value of the
12    property forfeited and the total law enforcement effort
13    with respect to the violation of the law upon which the
14    forfeiture is based. Amounts distributed to the agency or
15    agencies shall be used for the enforcement of laws
16    governing methamphetamine, cannabis, and controlled
17    substances or for security cameras used for the prevention
18    or detection of violence, except that amounts distributed
19    to the Secretary of State shall be deposited into the
20    Secretary of State Evidence Fund to be used as provided in
21    Section 2-115 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
22        (2)(i) 12.5% shall be distributed to the Office of the
23    State's Attorney of the county in which the prosecution
24    resulting in the forfeiture was instituted, deposited in a
25    special fund in the county treasury and appropriated to the
26    State's Attorney for use in the enforcement of laws

 

 

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1    governing methamphetamine, cannabis, and controlled
2    substances. In counties with a population over 3,000,000,
3    25% shall be distributed to the Office of the State's
4    Attorney for use in the enforcement of laws governing
5    methamphetamine, cannabis, and controlled substances. If
6    the prosecution is undertaken solely by the Attorney
7    General, the portion provided hereunder shall be
8    distributed to the Attorney General for use in the
9    enforcement of laws governing methamphetamine, cannabis,
10    and controlled substances.
11        (ii) 12.5% shall be distributed to the Office of the
12    State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor and deposited in
13    the Narcotics Profit Forfeiture Fund of that Office to be
14    used for additional expenses incurred in the
15    investigation, prosecution and appeal of cases arising
16    under laws governing methamphetamine, cannabis, and
17    controlled substances. The Office of the State's Attorneys
18    Appellate Prosecutor shall not receive distribution from
19    cases brought in counties with a population over 3,000,000.
20        (3) 10% shall be retained by the Department of State
21    Police for expenses related to the administration and sale
22    of seized and forfeited property.
23(Source: P.A. 94-556, eff. 9-11-05; 94-1004, eff. 7-3-06.)";
24and
 
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1"and after taking into account the respective interests of all
2known claimants to the property including the State,".