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 1        AN ACT in relation to criminal law.

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

 4        Section 5.  The Criminal  Code  of  1961  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 11-20.1A as follows:

 6        (720 ILCS 5/11-20.1A) (from Ch. 38, par. 11-20.1A)
 7        Sec. 11-20.1A.  Forfeitures.
 8        (a)  A  person who commits the offense of keeping a place
 9    of juvenile prostitution, exploitation of a child,  or  child
10    pornography  under  Section  Sections  11-17.1,  11-19.2,  or
11    11-20.1 of this Code, shall forfeit to the State of Illinois:
12             (1)  Any  profits  or  proceeds  and any interest or
13        property  he  or  she  has  acquired  or  maintained   in
14        violation   of  Section  Sections  11-17.1,  11-19.2,  or
15        11-20.1  of  this  Code   that   the   sentencing   court
16        determines,  after  a  forfeiture  hearing,  to have been
17        acquired or maintained as a result of keeping a place  of
18        juvenile  prostitution, exploitation of a child, or child
19        pornography.; and
20             (2)  Any interest in, security of, claim against, or
21        property or contractual right of  any  kind  affording  a
22        source of influence over, any enterprise that which he or
23        she  has  established, operated, controlled, or conducted
24        in violation of Section  Sections  11-17.1,  11-19.2,  or
25        11-20.1   of   this   Code   that  the  sentencing  court
26        determines, after a  forfeiture  hearing,  to  have  been
27        acquired  or maintained as a result of keeping a place of
28        juvenile prostitution, exploitation of a child, or  child
29        pornography.
30             (3)  Any computer that contains a depiction of child
31        pornography in any encoded or decoded format in violation
 
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 1        of  Section  11-20.1  of this Code.  For purposes of this
 2        paragraph (3), "computer" has the meaning ascribed to  it
 3        in Section 16D-2 of this Code.
 4        (b) (1)  The  court  shall, upon petition by the Attorney
 5        General  or  State's  Attorney  at  any  time   following
 6        sentencing,  conduct  a  hearing to determine whether any
 7        property or property interest is  subject  to  forfeiture
 8        under  this Section. At the forfeiture hearing the people
 9        shall have the burden of establishing, by a preponderance
10        of the evidence, that property or property interests  are
11        subject to forfeiture under this Section.
12             (2)  In  any  action  brought  by  the People of the
13        State  of  Illinois  under  this  Section,  wherein   any
14        restraining order, injunction or prohibition or any other
15        action  in  connection  with  any  property  or  interest
16        subject  to  forfeiture under this Section is sought, the
17        circuit court presiding over the trial of the  person  or
18        persons   charged   with  keeping  a  place  of  juvenile
19        prostitution,  exploitation   of   a   child   or   child
20        pornography   shall  first  determine  whether  there  is
21        probable cause to believe that the person or  persons  so
22        charged  have committed the offense of keeping a place of
23        juvenile prostitution, exploitation of a child  or  child
24        pornography  and  whether  the  property  or  interest is
25        subject to forfeiture pursuant to this Section.  In order
26        to make such a determination, prior to entering any  such
27        order,  the court shall conduct a hearing without a jury,
28        wherein the People shall establish  that  there  is:  (i)
29        probable cause that the person or persons so charged have
30        committed  the  offense  of  keeping  a place of juvenile
31        prostitution,  exploitation   of   a   child   or   child
32        pornography  and (ii) probable cause that any property or
33        interest may be subject to forfeiture  pursuant  to  this
34        Section.   Such  hearing  may be conducted simultaneously
 
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 1        with  a  preliminary  hearing,  if  the  prosecution   is
 2        commenced  by  information  or complaint, or by motion of
 3        the People, at any stage in the proceedings.   The  court
 4        may  accept  a finding of probable cause at a preliminary
 5        hearing following the filing of an  information  charging
 6        the  offense of keeping a place of juvenile prostitution,
 7        exploitation of a  child  or  child  pornography  or  the
 8        return  of  an  indictment  by  a grand jury charging the
 9        offense of keeping  a  place  of  juvenile  prostitution,
10        exploitation   of   a   child  or  child  pornography  as
11        sufficient evidence of probable cause as provided in item
12        (i) above.  Upon such a finding, the circuit court  shall
13        enter  such restraining order, injunction or prohibition,
14        or shall take such other action in  connection  with  any
15        such property or other interest subject to forfeiture, as
16        is  necessary to insure that such property is not removed
17        from the jurisdiction of the court, concealed,  destroyed
18        or otherwise disposed of by the owner of that property or
19        interest   prior  to  a  forfeiture  hearing  under  this
20        Section. The Attorney General or State's  Attorney  shall
21        file   a   certified  copy  of  such  restraining  order,
22        injunction or other  prohibition  with  the  recorder  of
23        deeds  or  registrar  of  titles of each county where any
24        such property of the defendant may be located.   No  such
25        injunction,  restraining order or other prohibition shall
26        affect the rights of any bona fide purchaser,  mortgagee,
27        judgment  creditor  or  other lienholder arising prior to
28        the date of such filing. The court may, at any time, upon
29        verified petition by the defendant or an  innocent  owner
30        or  innocent bona fide third party lienholder who neither
31        had knowledge of, nor consented to, the  illegal  act  or
32        omission, conduct a hearing to release all or portions of
33        any  such property or interest which the court previously
34        determined to be subject to forfeiture or subject to  any
 
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 1        restraining  order,  injunction,  or prohibition or other
 2        action.  The court  may  release  such  property  to  the
 3        defendant  or  innocent owner or innocent bona fide third
 4        party  lienholder  who  neither  had  knowledge  of,  nor
 5        consented to, the illegal act or omission for good  cause
 6        shown and within the sound discretion of the court.
 7             A  forfeiture under this Section may be commenced by
 8        the Attorney General or a State's Attorney.
 9             (3)  Upon conviction of a person of keeping a  place
10        of  juvenile  prostitution,  exploitation  of  a child or
11        child pornography, the court shall authorize the Attorney
12        General to seize all property or other interest  declared
13        forfeited   under   this  Section  upon  such  terms  and
14        conditions as the court shall deem proper.
15             (4)  The Attorney General is authorized to sell  all
16        property  forfeited  and seized pursuant to this Section,
17        unless such property is required by law to  be  destroyed
18        or  is harmful to the public, and, after the deduction of
19        all requisite expenses of administration and sale,  shall
20        distribute  the  proceeds  of  such  sale, along with any
21        moneys forfeited or seized, in accordance with subsection
22        (c) of this Section.
23        (c)  All monies forfeited and the sale  proceeds  of  all
24    other  property forfeited and seized under this Section shall
25    be distributed as follows:
26             (1) One-half shall  be  divided  equally  among  all
27        State  agencies  and  units  of  local  government  whose
28        officers  or  employees conducted the investigation which
29        resulted in the forfeiture; and
30             (2) One-half shall be deposited in the Violent Crime
31        Victims Assistance Fund.
32    (Source: P.A. 91-229, eff. 1-1-00.)

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