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92_SB0194

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to nuisances.

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

 4        Section    5.   The  Controlled  Substance  and  Cannabis
 5    Nuisance Act is amended by changing Sections  1  and  3.1  as
 6    follows:

 7        (740 ILCS 40/1) (from Ch. 100 1/2, par. 14)
 8        Sec.  1. As used in this Act unless the context otherwise
 9    requires:
10        "Department" means the Department of State Police of  the
11    State of Illinois.
12        "Controlled  Substances"  means  any substance as defined
13    and included in the Schedules of Article II of the  "Illinois
14    Controlled  Substances  Act,"  and cannabis as defined in the
15    "Cannabis Control Act" enacted by the 77th General Assembly.
16        "Place" means any store, shop, warehouse, dwelling house,
17    building, apartment or any place whatever.
18        "Nuisance"  means  any  place  at  which  or   in   which
19    controlled substances are unlawfully sold, possessed, served,
20    stored,  delivered,  manufactured, cultivated, given away, or
21    used either: (i) more than once within a period of  one  year
22    or  (ii) once within a period of one year when the occurrence
23    is  within  1,000  feet  of  any  real  property   comprising
24    residential  property owned, operated, or managed by a public
25    housing agency or leased by a public housing agency  as  part
26    of  a scattered site or mixed-income development; any school,
27    day-care  center,   youth   center   providing   after-school
28    activities,   public   park,   church,  synagogue,  or  other
29    building, structure, or place used  primarily  for  religious
30    worship;  or  any  of  the  following  places,  buildings, or
31    structures used primarily for housing or providing space  for
 
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 1    activities of senior citizens: nursing homes, assisted-living
 2    centers, senior housing complexes, or senior centers oriented
 3    towards daytime activities.
 4        "Person"  means any corporation, association, partner, or
 5    one or more individuals.
 6    (Source: P.A. 87-765.)

 7        (740 ILCS 40/3.1) (from Ch. 100 1/2, par. 16.1)
 8        Sec.  3.1.  Before  the  filing  of  a  complaint   under
 9    paragraph  (c) of Section 3 of this Act, the State's Attorney
10    shall, by personal service or by certified mail,  provide  to
11    the  owner  of the place at which the nuisance is located, or
12    the agent of the owner, written notice of the following:
13             (1)  That a nuisance, as defined in this Act, exists
14        at the place specified in the notice;
15             (2)  That the owner of the place or his or her agent
16        has 14 days from the mailing of the notice or 7 days from
17        personal service of the notice to appear at  the  State's
18        Attorney's  Office  at the address provided in the notice
19        to arrange to take action to abate the nuisance; and
20             (3)  That  failure  to   appear   at   the   State's
21        Attorney's Office within the time indicated may result in
22        the State's Attorney filing a complaint to enjoin the use
23        of the owner's property for a period of one year.
24        If  the  owner  of the place or his or her agent does not
25    appear at the State's Attorney's Office as  requested  within
26    the  time  periods prescribed above, the State's Attorney may
27    file a complaint under Section 3 of this Act. If the owner or
28    his or her agent appears before the State's Attorney  in  the
29    time  prescribed,  the owner or his or her agent may agree to
30    comply  with  reasonable  recommendations  requested  by  the
31    State's Attorney designed to abate the nuisance. If the owner
32    or his or her agent does not affirmatively  agree  to  follow
33    the  State's Attorney's recommendations, the State's Attorney
 
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 1    may file a complaint under Section 3  of  this  Act.  If  the
 2    owner  or  his  or  her  agent  agrees  to follow the State's
 3    Attorney's recommendations but subsequently fails  to  comply
 4    with  those  recommendations within 60 days of the owner's or
 5    his or her agent's appearance before  the  State's  Attorney,
 6    the  State's  Attorney  may proceed to file a complaint under
 7    Section 3 of this Act, except that  in  cases  in  which  the
 8    prompt  failure  to  file  a  complaint  would  not result in
 9    irreparable harm,  loss,  or  damage,  the  State's  Attorney
10    shall,  before the filing of the complaint, provide the owner
11    of the place or his or her agent with written notification by
12    personal service or by certified mail sent to the last  known
13    address  of  the  owner or agent that he or she has failed to
14    satisfactorily comply with the requested recommendations  and
15    that  the  State's  Attorney  intends  to  file  a suit under
16    Section 3 of this Act to abate the nuisance.
17    (Source: P.A. 87-765.)

18        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
19    becoming law.

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