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[ Engrossed ][ Senate Amendment 003 ]


92_HB4047

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to stalking.

 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 adding
 5    Sections 12-7.7, 12-7.8, and 12-30.5 as follows:

 6        (720 ILCS 5/12-7.7 new)
 7        Sec. 12-7.7. Action for issuance or violation of stalking
 8    protective order.
 9        (a)  A person may bring a civil action in a circuit court
10    for a court's stalking protective order against a person if:
11             (1)  The   person   intentionally,   knowingly,   or
12        recklessly  engages in repeated and unwanted contact with
13        the other person or a member of that  person's  immediate
14        family  or  household  thereby  alarming  or coercing the
15        other person;
16             (2)  It is objectively reasonable for  a  person  in
17        the victim's situation to have been alarmed or coerced by
18        the contact; and
19             (3)  The  repeated  and  unwanted contact causes the
20        victim reasonable  apprehension  regarding  the  personal
21        safety  of  the  victim  or  a  member  of  the  victim's
22        immediate family or household.
23        (b)  At the time the petition is filed, the court, upon a
24    finding  of  probable  cause  based on the allegations in the
25    petition, shall enter a temporary court's stalking protective
26    order  that  may  include,  but  is  not  limited   to:   (1)
27    prohibiting  acts  of  stalking  or  aggravated  stalking  in
28    violation  of  Section 12-7.3 or 12-7.4, (2) prohibiting such
29    contacts by the respondent with the allegedly stalked  person
30    or  that  person's  family  or household members as the court
31    deems necessary to protect the safety of those  persons;  and
 
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 1    (3)  any  other  conditions that the court deems necessary to
 2    prevent further acts  of  stalking  or  aggravated  stalking,
 3    communication,   or   other   contact  of  any  kind  by  the
 4    respondent.  The petition and the temporary  order  shall  be
 5    served  upon  the  respondent  with  an  order  requiring the
 6    respondent to personally appear  before  the  court  to  show
 7    cause  why the temporary order should not be continued for an
 8    indefinite period.
 9        (c)  At  the  hearing,  whether  or  not  the  respondent
10    appears, the court may continue the hearing for up to 30 days
11    or may proceed to enter a court's stalking protective  order.
12    If  the  respondent  fails  to  appear  after being served as
13    required by subsection (b) of this  Section,  the  court  may
14    issue  a warrant of arrest  in order to ensure the appearance
15    of the respondent in court.
16        (d)  The court may award reasonable  attorney's  fees  as
17    follows:
18             (i)  to  the  petitioner,  if  the petitioner is the
19        prevailing party; or
20             (ii)  to the respondent, if the  respondent  is  the
21        prevailing  party  and  if  the court determines that the
22        petition is frivolous in nature.
23        (e)  The court may enter  an  order  under  this  Section
24    against  a minor respondent without appointment of a guardian
25    ad litem.
26        (f)  An action  under  this  Section  must  be  commenced
27    within 2 years of the conduct giving rise to the claim.
28        (g)  Proof  of  the  claim shall be by a preponderance of
29    the evidence.
30        (h)  The remedy provided by this Section is  in  addition
31    to  any  other remedy, civil or criminal, provided by law for
32    the conduct giving rise to the claim.
33        (i)  No filing fee, service fee, or hearing fee shall  be
34    charged  for  a  proceeding  under  this Section if a court's
 
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 1    stalking order is the only relief sought.
 2        (j)  If  the  respondent  was  provided  notice  and   an
 3    opportunity  to be heard, the court shall also include in the
 4    order, when appropriate, terms and findings sufficient  under
 5    18  U.S.C.  922  (d)(8) and (g)(8) to affect the respondent's
 6    ability to possess  firearms  and  ammunition  or  engage  in
 7    activities involving firearms.
 8        (k)  Section  12-7.8  applies to protective orders issued
 9    under this Section.

10        (720 ILCS 5/12-7.8 new)
11        Sec. 12-7.8. Service of order; entry of order into LEADS.
12        (a)  Whenever a stalking protective order, as  authorized
13    by  Section 12-7.7, is issued and the person to be restrained
14    has actual notice of the order, the person serving the  order
15    shall  deliver forthwith to the county sheriff a true copy of
16    the order and an affidavit of proof of service on which it is
17    stated that personal service of the order  was  made  on  the
18    respondent. If an order entered by the court recites that the
19    respondent appeared in person before the court, the necessity
20    for  further  service of the order is waived and accompanying
21    proof of service is not necessary. Upon receipt of  proof  of
22    service,  when  required,  and  a true copy of the order, the
23    county sheriff shall forthwith enter the order into  the  Law
24    Enforcement  Agencies  Data  System (LEADS) maintained by the
25    Department of State Police and  into  the  databases  of  the
26    National  Crime  Information  Center  of  the  United  States
27    Department  of  Justice.  The  sheriff shall also provide the
28    complainant with a true copy of the proof of  service.  Entry
29    into   the  Law  Enforcement  Agencies  Data  System  (LEADS)
30    constitutes notice to all law  enforcement  agencies  of  the
31    existence  of  such  order.  Law  enforcement  agencies shall
32    establish procedures adequate to ensure that  an  officer  at
33    the  scene  of  an  alleged  violation  of  such order may be
 
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 1    informed of the existence and terms of the order.  The  order
 2    shall  be  fully enforceable in any county in this State. The
 3    complainant may elect to deliver documents  personally  to  a
 4    county  sheriff or to have them delivered by a private person
 5    for entry into  the  Law  Enforcement  Agencies  Data  System
 6    (LEADS)  and  the databases of the National Crime Information
 7    Center of the United States Department of Justice.
 8        (b)  When a stalking protective order  has  been  entered
 9    into the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS) and the
10    databases  of  the  National  Crime Information Center of the
11    United States Department of Justice under subsection  (a)  of
12    this Section, a county sheriff shall cooperate with a request
13    from  a law enforcement agency from any other jurisdiction to
14    verify the existence of the stalking protective order  or  to
15    transmit a copy of the order to the requesting jurisdiction.
16        (c)  When   a  stalking  protective  order  described  in
17    subsection (a) of this Section is terminated by order of  the
18    court,  the clerk of the court shall deliver forthwith a true
19    copy of the termination order to the county sheriff with whom
20    the original order was filed. Upon receipt of the termination
21    order, the county sheriff shall promptly remove the  original
22    order  from  the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS)
23    and the databases of the National Crime Information Center of
24    the United States Department of Justice.

25        (720 ILCS 5/12-30.5 new)
26        Sec. 12-30.5. Violating  a  court's  stalking  protective
27    order.
28        (a)  A  person commits the offense of violating a court's
29    stalking protective order when:
30             (1)  The person  has  been  served  with  a  court's
31        stalking  protective  order as provided in Section 12-7.7
32        or if further service was  waived  under  Section  12-7.8
33        because the person appeared before the court; and
 
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 1             (2)  The  person,  subsequent  to the service of the
 2        order,   has   engaged   intentionally,   knowingly,   or
 3        recklessly in conduct prohibited by the order.
 4        (b) Sentence.
 5             (1)  Violating a court's stalking  protective  order
 6        is a Class A misdemeanor.
 7             (2)  Violating  a  court's stalking protective order
 8        is a Class 4 felony if the person has a prior  conviction
 9        for:
10                  (A)  Stalking or aggravated stalking; or
11                  (B)  Violating  a  court's  stalking protective
12             order.

13        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
14    becoming law.

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