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91_SB1842

 
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 1        AN  ACT  concerning the use of drug forfeiture moneys and
 2    proceeds, amending named Acts.

 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section  5.  The  Cannabis  Control  Act  is  amended  by
 6    changing Section 12 as follows:

 7        (720 ILCS 550/12) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 712)
 8        Sec. 12.  (a) The following are subject to forfeiture:
 9             (1)  all  substances  containing cannabis which have
10        been produced, manufactured, delivered, or  possessed  in
11        violation of this Act;
12             (2)  all  raw  materials,  products and equipment of
13        any kind which are produced, delivered, or  possessed  in
14        connection  with  any  substance  containing  cannabis in
15        violation of this Act;
16             (3)  all conveyances, including  aircraft,  vehicles
17        or  vessels,  which  are  used,  or  intended for use, to
18        transport,  or  in   any   manner   to   facilitate   the
19        transportation, sale, receipt, possession, or concealment
20        of  property  described  in  paragraph  (1)  or  (2) that
21        constitutes a felony violation of the Act, but:
22                  (i)  no conveyance used  by  any  person  as  a
23             common  carrier  in the transaction of business as a
24             common carrier is subject to forfeiture  under  this
25             Section  unless  it  appears that the owner or other
26             person in charge of the conveyance is  a  consenting
27             party or privy to a violation of this Act;
28                  (ii)  no  conveyance  is  subject to forfeiture
29             under this Section by reason of any act or  omission
30             which  the  owner  proves  to have been committed or
31             omitted without his knowledge or consent;
 
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 1                  (iii)  a forfeiture of a conveyance  encumbered
 2             by  a  bona fide security interest is subject to the
 3             interest of the secured  party  if  he  neither  had
 4             knowledge of nor 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
 8        for use in a felony violation of this Act;
 9             (5)  everything of value furnished or intended to be
10        furnished  by  any  person in exchange for a substance in
11        violation of this Act, all proceeds traceable to such  an
12        exchange,  and  all  moneys,  negotiable instruments, and
13        securities used, or intended to be used, to commit or  in
14        any  manner  to  facilitate  any felony violation of this
15        Act.
16        (b)  Property subject to forfeiture under this Act may be
17    seized by the Director or any peace officer upon  process  or
18    seizure  warrant issued by any court having jurisdiction over
19    the property.  Seizure by the Director or any  peace  officer
20    without process may be made:
21             (1)  if the property subject to seizure has been the
22        subject  of  a  prior judgment in favor of the State in a
23        criminal proceeding or in  an  injunction  or  forfeiture
24        proceeding   based  upon  this  Act  or  the  Drug  Asset
25        Forfeiture Procedure Act;
26             (2)  if there is probable cause to believe that  the
27        property is directly or indirectly dangerous to health or
28        safety;
29             (3)  if  there is probable cause to believe that the
30        property is subject to forfeiture under this Act and  the
31        property   is  seized  under  circumstances  in  which  a
32        warrantless seizure or arrest would be reasonable; or
33             (4)  in  accordance  with  the  Code   of   Criminal
34        Procedure of 1963.
 
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 1        (c)  In  the event of seizure pursuant to subsection (b),
 2    forfeiture proceedings shall be instituted in accordance with
 3    the Drug Asset Forfeiture Procedure Act.
 4        (d)  Property taken or detained under this Section  shall
 5    not  be  subject  to  replevin,  but  is  deemed to be in the
 6    custody of  the  Director  subject  only  to  the  order  and
 7    judgments  of  the circuit court having jurisdiction over the
 8    forfeiture proceedings  and  the  decisions  of  the  State's
 9    Attorney under the Drug Asset Forfeiture Procedure Act.  When
10    property  is  seized under this Act, the seizing agency shall
11    promptly  conduct  an  inventory  of  the  seized   property,
12    estimate  the  property's  value, and shall forward a copy of
13    the inventory of seized property  and  the  estimate  of  the
14    property's  value  to the Director.  Upon receiving notice of
15    seizure, the Director may:
16             (1)  place the property under seal;
17             (2)  remove the property to a  place  designated  by
18        him;
19             (3)  keep  the  property  in  the  possession of the
20        seizing agency;
21             (4)  remove the  property  to  a  storage  area  for
22        safekeeping   or,   if   the  property  is  a  negotiable
23        instrument or money and is  not  needed  for  evidentiary
24        purposes, deposit it in an interest bearing account;
25             (5)  place  the  property under constructive seizure
26        by posting notice of pending forfeiture on it, by  giving
27        notice  of  pending forfeiture to its owners and interest
28        holders, or by filing notice of pending forfeiture in any
29        appropriate public record relating to the property; or
30             (6)  provide  for  another  agency   or   custodian,
31        including an owner, secured party, or lienholder, to take
32        custody of the property upon the terms and conditions set
33        by the Director.
34        (e)  No  disposition  may  be made of property under seal
 
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 1    until the time for taking an appeal has elapsed or until  all
 2    appeals  have been concluded unless a court, upon application
 3    therefor, orders the sale of perishable  substances  and  the
 4    deposit of the proceeds of the sale with the court.
 5        (f)  When  property  is  forfeited  under  this  Act  the
 6    Director shall sell all such property unless such property is
 7    required  by law to be destroyed or is harmful to the public,
 8    and shall distribute the proceeds of the sale, together  with
 9    any moneys forfeited or seized, in accordance with subsection
10    (g).   However, upon the application of the seizing agency or
11    prosecutor who was responsible for the investigation,  arrest
12    or  arrests and prosecution which lead to the forfeiture, the
13    Director may return any item of  forfeited  property  to  the
14    seizing   agency  or  prosecutor  for  official  use  in  the
15    enforcement  of  laws  relating  to  cannabis  or  controlled
16    substances, if the agency or prosecutor can demonstrate  that
17    the   item  requested  would  be  useful  to  the  agency  or
18    prosecutor in  their  enforcement  efforts.   When  any  real
19    property returned to the seizing agency is sold by the agency
20    or  its unit of government, the proceeds of the sale shall be
21    delivered to the Director and distributed in accordance  with
22    subsection (g).
23        (g)  All moneys monies and the sale proceeds of all other
24    property  forfeited  and  seized  under  this  Act  shall  be
25    distributed as follows:
26             (1)  65%  shall  be  distributed to the metropolitan
27        enforcement group, local, municipal, county, or state law
28        enforcement  agency  or  agencies  which   conducted   or
29        participated   in  the  investigation  resulting  in  the
30        forfeiture. The  distribution  shall  bear  a  reasonable
31        relationship to the degree of direct participation of the
32        law  enforcement  agency  in  the effort resulting in the
33        forfeiture, taking into account the total  value  of  the
34        property  forfeited  and the total law enforcement effort
 
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 1        with respect to the violation of the law upon  which  the
 2        forfeiture  is  based.  Amounts distributed to the agency
 3        or agencies shall be used for  the  enforcement  of  laws
 4        governing  cannabis and controlled substances and, in the
 5        case of a municipality, for park  district  or  municipal
 6        recreational  programs  for  youth  at  risk, except that
 7        amounts distributed to the Secretary of  State  shall  be
 8        deposited into the Secretary of State Evidence Fund to be
 9        used as provided in Section 2-115 of the Illinois Vehicle
10        Code.
11             (2)(i)  12.5%  shall be distributed to the Office of
12             the State's Attorney of  the  county  in  which  the
13             prosecution   resulting   in   the   forfeiture  was
14             instituted, deposited  in  a  special  fund  in  the
15             county  treasury  and  appropriated  to  the State's
16             Attorney  for  use  in  the  enforcement   of   laws
17             governing  cannabis  and  controlled substances.  In
18             counties over  3,000,000  population,  25%  will  be
19             distributed  to  the  Office of the State's Attorney
20             for  use  in  the  enforcement  of  laws   governing
21             cannabis   and   controlled   substances.    If  the
22             prosecution is undertaken  solely  by  the  Attorney
23             General,  the  portion  provided  hereunder shall be
24             distributed to the Attorney General for use  in  the
25             enforcement   of   laws   governing   cannabis   and
26             controlled substances.
27                  (ii)  12.5%  shall be distributed to the Office
28             of the State's Attorneys  Appellate  Prosecutor  and
29             deposited in the Narcotics Profit Forfeiture Fund of
30             that  Office  to  be  used  for  additional expenses
31             incurred  in  the  investigation,  prosecution   and
32             appeal   of   cases  arising  under  laws  governing
33             cannabis and controlled substances.  The  Office  of
34             the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor shall not
 
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 1             receive  distribution from cases brought in counties
 2             with over 3,000,000 population.
 3             (3)  10% shall be  retained  by  the  Department  of
 4        State  Police  for expenses related to the administration
 5        and sale of seized and forfeited property.
 6    (Source: P.A. 89-404, eff. 8-20-95; 90-593, eff. 6-19-98.)

 7        Section 10.  The Illinois Controlled  Substances  Act  is
 8    amended by changing Section 505 as follows:

 9        (720 ILCS 570/505) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1505)
10        Sec. 505.  (a) The following are subject to forfeiture:
11             (1)  all  substances  which  have been manufactured,
12        distributed, dispensed, or possessed in violation of this
13        Act;
14             (2)  all raw materials, products  and  equipment  of
15        any   kind  which  are  used,  or  intended  for  use  in
16        manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, administering or
17        possessing any substance in violation of this Act;
18             (3)  all conveyances, including  aircraft,  vehicles
19        or  vessels,  which  are  used,  or  intended for use, to
20        transport,  or  in   any   manner   to   facilitate   the
21        transportation, sale, receipt, possession, or concealment
22        of property described in paragraphs (1) and (2), but:
23                  (i)  no  conveyance  used  by  any  person as a
24             common carrier in the transaction of business  as  a
25             common  carrier  is subject to forfeiture under this
26             Section unless it appears that the  owner  or  other
27             person  in  charge of the conveyance is a consenting
28             party or privy to a violation of this Act;
29                  (ii)  no conveyance is  subject  to  forfeiture
30             under  this Section by reason of any act or omission
31             which the owner proves to  have  been  committed  or
32             omitted without his knowledge or consent;
 
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 1                  (iii)  a  forfeiture of a conveyance encumbered
 2             by a bona fide security interest is subject  to  the
 3             interest  of  the  secured  party  if he neither had
 4             knowledge of nor 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
10        be furnished, in exchange for a substance in violation of
11        this Act, all proceeds traceable to such an exchange, and
12        all moneys, negotiable instruments, and securities  used,
13        or  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,
16        and   interest   (including,  but  not  limited  to,  any
17        leasehold interest or the beneficial interest in  a  land
18        trust)  in  the whole of any lot or tract of land and any
19        appurtenances or improvements, which is used or  intended
20        to  be  used, in any manner or part, to commit, or in any
21        manner to facilitate the commission of, any violation  or
22        act that constitutes a violation of Section 401 or 405 of
23        this  Act or that is the proceeds of any violation or act
24        that constitutes a violation of Section  401  or  405  of
25        this Act.
26        (b)  Property subject to forfeiture under this Act may be
27    seized  by  the Director or any peace officer upon process or
28    seizure warrant issued by any court having jurisdiction  over
29    the  property.   Seizure by the Director or any peace officer
30    without process may be made:
31             (1)  if the seizure is incident to inspection  under
32        an administrative inspection warrant;
33             (2)  if the property subject to seizure has been the
34        subject  of  a  prior judgment in favor of the State in a
 
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 1        criminal proceeding, or in an  injunction  or  forfeiture
 2        proceeding   based  upon  this  Act  or  the  Drug  Asset
 3        Forfeiture Procedure Act;
 4             (3)  if there is probable cause to believe that  the
 5        property is directly or indirectly dangerous to health or
 6        safety;
 7             (4)  if  there is probable cause to believe that the
 8        property is subject to forfeiture under this Act and  the
 9        property   is  seized  under  circumstances  in  which  a
10        warrantless seizure or arrest would be reasonable; or
11             (5)  in  accordance  with  the  Code   of   Criminal
12        Procedure of 1963.
13        (c)  In  the event of seizure pursuant to subsection (b),
14    forfeiture proceedings shall be instituted in accordance with
15    the Drug Asset Forfeiture Procedure Act.
16        (d)  Property taken or detained under this Section  shall
17    not  be  subject  to  replevin,  but  is  deemed to be in the
18    custody of  the  Director  subject  only  to  the  order  and
19    judgments  of  the circuit court having jurisdiction over the
20    forfeiture proceedings  and  the  decisions  of  the  State's
21    Attorney under the Drug Asset Forfeiture Procedure Act.  When
22    property  is  seized under this Act, the seizing agency shall
23    promptly conduct an inventory  of  the  seized  property  and
24    estimate  the  property's  value, and shall forward a copy of
25    the inventory of seized property  and  the  estimate  of  the
26    property's  value  to the Director.  Upon receiving notice of
27    seizure, the Director may:
28             (1)  place the property under seal;
29             (2)  remove the property to a  place  designated  by
30        the Director;
31             (3)  keep  the  property  in  the  possession of the
32        seizing agency;
33             (4)  remove the  property  to  a  storage  area  for
34        safekeeping   or,   if   the  property  is  a  negotiable
 
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 1        instrument or money and is  not  needed  for  evidentiary
 2        purposes, deposit it in an interest bearing account;
 3             (5)  place  the  property under constructive seizure
 4        by posting notice of pending forfeiture on it, by  giving
 5        notice  of  pending forfeiture to its owners and interest
 6        holders, or by filing notice of pending forfeiture in any
 7        appropriate public record relating to the property; or
 8             (6)  provide  for  another  agency   or   custodian,
 9        including an owner, secured party, or lienholder, to take
10        custody of the property upon the terms and conditions set
11        by the Director.
12        (e)  If   the   Department   of  Professional  Regulation
13    suspends or revokes a registration, all controlled substances
14    owned  or  possessed  by  the  registrant  at  the  time   of
15    suspension  or the effective date of the revocation order may
16    be  placed  under  seal.   No  disposition  may  be  made  of
17    substances under seal until the time for taking an appeal has
18    elapsed or until all appeals have  been  concluded  unless  a
19    court,   upon   application  therefor,  orders  the  sale  of
20    perishable substances and the deposit of the proceeds of  the
21    sale  with the court.  Upon a revocation rule becoming final,
22    all  substances  may  be  forfeited  to  the  Department   of
23    Professional Regulation.
24        (f)  When  property  is  forfeited  under  this  Act  the
25    Director shall sell all such property unless such property is
26    required  by law to be destroyed or is harmful to the public,
27    and shall distribute the proceeds of the sale, together  with
28    any moneys forfeited or seized, in accordance with subsection
29    (g).   However, upon the application of the seizing agency or
30    prosecutor who was responsible for the investigation,  arrest
31    or  arrests and prosecution which lead to the forfeiture, the
32    Director may return any item of  forfeited  property  to  the
33    seizing   agency  or  prosecutor  for  official  use  in  the
34    enforcement  of  laws  relating  to  cannabis  or  controlled
 
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 1    substances, if the agency or prosecutor can demonstrate  that
 2    the   item  requested  would  be  useful  to  the  agency  or
 3    prosecutor in  their  enforcement  efforts.   When  any  real
 4    property returned to the seizing agency is sold by the agency
 5    or  its unit of government, the proceeds of the sale shall be
 6    delivered to the Director and distributed in accordance  with
 7    subsection (g).
 8        (g)  All moneys monies and the sale proceeds of all other
 9    property  forfeited  and  seized  under  this  Act  shall  be
10    distributed as follows:
11             (1)  65%  shall  be  distributed to the metropolitan
12        enforcement group, local, municipal, county, or state law
13        enforcement  agency  or  agencies  which   conducted   or
14        participated   in  the  investigation  resulting  in  the
15        forfeiture. The  distribution  shall  bear  a  reasonable
16        relationship to the degree of direct participation of the
17        law  enforcement  agency  in  the effort resulting in the
18        forfeiture, taking into account the total  value  of  the
19        property  forfeited  and the total law enforcement effort
20        with respect to the violation of the law upon  which  the
21        forfeiture is based. Amounts distributed to the agency or
22        agencies  shall  be  used  for  the  enforcement  of laws
23        governing cannabis and controlled substances and, in  the
24        case  of  a  municipality, for park district or municipal
25        recreational programs for  youth  at  risk,  except  that
26        amounts  distributed  to  the Secretary of State shall be
27        deposited into the Secretary of State Evidence Fund to be
28        used as provided in Section 2-115 of the Illinois Vehicle
29        Code.
30             (2) (i)  12.5% shall be distributed to the Office of
31        the  State's  Attorney  of  the  county  in   which   the
32        prosecution  resulting  in the forfeiture was instituted,
33        deposited in a special fund in the  county  treasury  and
34        appropriated  to  the  State's  Attorney  for  use in the
 
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 1        enforcement of laws  governing  cannabis  and  controlled
 2        substances.   In  counties over 3,000,000 population, 25%
 3        will be distributed to the Office of the State's Attorney
 4        for use in the enforcement of laws governing cannabis and
 5        controlled substances.  If the prosecution is  undertaken
 6        solely  by  the  Attorney  General,  the portion provided
 7        hereunder shall be distributed to  the  Attorney  General
 8        for use in the enforcement of laws governing cannabis and
 9        controlled substances.
10             (ii)  12.5%  shall  be  distributed to the Office of
11        the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor and  deposited
12        in the Narcotics Profit Forfeiture Fund of that office to
13        be   used   for   additional  expenses  incurred  in  the
14        investigation, prosecution and appeal  of  cases  arising
15        under  laws governing cannabis and controlled substances.
16        The Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate  Prosecutor
17        shall  not  receive  distribution  from  cases brought in
18        counties with over 3,000,000 population.
19             (3)  10% shall be  retained  by  the  Department  of
20        State  Police  for expenses related to the administration
21        and sale of seized and forfeited property.
22        (h)  Species of plants from which  controlled  substances
23    in  Schedules I and II may be derived which have been planted
24    or cultivated in violation of  this  Act,  or  of  which  the
25    owners or cultivators are unknown, or which are wild growths,
26    may  be  seized  and  summarily  forfeited to the State.  The
27    failure, upon demand by the Director or any peace officer, of
28    the person in occupancy or in control  of  land  or  premises
29    upon which the species of plants are growing or being stored,
30    to  produce  registration,  or  proof  that  he is the holder
31    thereof, constitutes authority for the seizure and forfeiture
32    of the plants.
33    (Source: P.A. 89-404, eff. 8-20-95; 90-593, eff. 6-19-98.)
 
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 1        Section  15.  The  Narcotics  Profit  Forfeiture  Act  is
 2    amended by changing Section 5.2 as follows:

 3        (725 ILCS 175/5.2) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1655.2)
 4        Sec. 5.2.  (a) Twelve and one-half percent of all amounts
 5    collected as fines pursuant to the  provisions  of  this  Act
 6    shall  be  paid  into  the  Youth Drug Abuse Prevention Fund,
 7    which is hereby created in the State treasury, to be used  by
 8    the  Department of Human Services for the funding of programs
 9    and services for drug-abuse  treatment,  and  prevention  and
10    education services, for juveniles.
11        (b)  Eighty-seven and one-half percent of the proceeds of
12    all  fines received under the provisions of this Act shall be
13    transmitted to and deposited in the treasurer's office at the
14    level of government as follows:
15             (1)  If such seizure was made by  a  combination  of
16        law enforcement personnel representing differing units of
17        local  government,  the  court  levying  the  fine  shall
18        equitably  allocate  50% of the fine among these units of
19        local government and shall allocate 37 1/2% to the county
20        general corporate fund. In the event that the seizure was
21        made by law enforcement personnel representing a unit  of
22        local  government from a municipality where the number of
23        inhabitants exceeds 2 million in  population,  the  court
24        levying  the  fine  shall allocate 87 1/2% of the fine to
25        that unit of local government.  If the seizure  was  made
26        by   a   combination   of   law   enforcement   personnel
27        representing  differing units of local government, and at
28        least one of those units represents a municipality  where
29        the   number   of   inhabitants   exceeds  2  million  in
30        population, the court shall equitably allocate 87 1/2% of
31        the proceeds of the fines received  among  the  differing
32        units of local government.
33             (2)  If   such   seizure   was  made  by  State  law
 
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 1        enforcement personnel, then the court shall  allocate  37
 2        1/2%  to the State treasury and 50% to the county general
 3        corporate fund.
 4             (3)  If  a   State   law   enforcement   agency   in
 5        combination  with a law enforcement agency or agencies of
 6        a  unit  or  units  of  local  government  conducted  the
 7        seizure, the court shall equitably allocate  37  1/2%  of
 8        the  fines  to  or  among  the  law enforcement agency or
 9        agencies of the unit or units of local  government  which
10        conducted  the  seizure  and  shall  allocate  50% to the
11        county general corporate fund.
12        (c)  The proceeds of  all  fines  allocated  to  the  law
13    enforcement  agency or agencies of the unit or units of local
14    government pursuant to subsection (b) shall be made available
15    to that law enforcement agency as expendable receipts for use
16    in the enforcement of laws regulating  controlled  substances
17    and  cannabis  and,  in  the case of a municipality, for park
18    district or municipal  recreational  programs  for  youth  at
19    risk.  The  proceeds  of  fines awarded to the State treasury
20    shall be deposited in  a  special  fund  known  as  the  Drug
21    Traffic Prevention Fund. Monies from this fund may be used by
22    the  Department of State Police for use in the enforcement of
23    laws  regulating  controlled  substances  and  cannabis;   to
24    satisfy funding provisions of the Intergovernmental Drug Laws
25    Enforcement Act; to defray costs and expenses associated with
26    returning  violators  of  the  Cannabis  Control  Act and the
27    Illinois Controlled Substances Act only, as provided in those
28    Acts, when punishment of the crime shall  be  confinement  of
29    the  criminal in the penitentiary; and all other monies shall
30    be paid into the general revenue fund in the State treasury.
31    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

32        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
33    becoming law.

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