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| 1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Sections 36-1, 36-1a, 36-2, 36-3, and 36-4 as follows:
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| 6 | (720 ILCS 5/36-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 36-1)
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| 7 | Sec. 36-1. Seizure. Any vessel or watercraft, vehicle or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | aircraft used with the knowledge
and consent of the owner in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | the commission of, or in the attempt to commit as
defined in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Section 8-4 of this Code, an offense prohibited by (a) Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 9-1,
9-3,
10-2, 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-6, 11-14.4 except | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | for keeping a place of juvenile prostitution, 11-15.1, 11-19.1, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 11-19.2, 11-20.1, 11-20.1B, 11-20.3,
12-4.1, 12-4.2, 12-4.2-5, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 12-4.3, 12-4.6,
12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-13, 12-14,
16-1 if the theft | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | is of precious metal or of scrap metal, 18-2, 19-1, 19-2, 19-3, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 20-1, 20-2,
24-1.2,
24-1.2-5,
24-1.5, 28-1, or 29D-15.2 of this | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Code, subdivision (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(4), (b)(1), (e)(1), | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | (e)(2), (e)(3), (e)(4), (e)(5), (e)(6), or (e)(7) of Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | 12-3.05,
paragraph (a) of Section 12-4 of this Code, paragraph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | (a) of Section 11-1.50,
paragraph (a) of Section 12-15, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | paragraph (a), (c), or (d) of Section 11-1.60, or paragraphs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | (a), (c) or (d) of Section
12-16 of this Code, or paragraph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | (a)(6) or (a)(7) of Section
24-1 of this Code;
(b) Section 21, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 22, 23, 24 or 26 of the Cigarette Tax
Act if the vessel or | ||||||
| 2 | watercraft, vehicle or aircraft contains more than 10 cartons | ||||||
| 3 | of
such cigarettes; (c) Section 28, 29 or 30 of the Cigarette | ||||||
| 4 | Use Tax Act if
the vessel or watercraft, vehicle or aircraft | ||||||
| 5 | contains more than 10 cartons of such
cigarettes; (d) Section | ||||||
| 6 | 44 of the Environmental Protection Act; (e)
11-204.1
of the | ||||||
| 7 | Illinois Vehicle Code; (f)
(1) driving under the influence of | ||||||
| 8 | alcohol or other drug or drugs, intoxicating compound or | ||||||
| 9 | compounds or any
combination thereof under Section 11-501 of | ||||||
| 10 | the Illinois Vehicle Code during a period in which his
or her | ||||||
| 11 | driving privileges are revoked or suspended where
the | ||||||
| 12 | revocation or suspension was for driving under the influence of | ||||||
| 13 | alcohol or other drug or drugs, intoxicating compound or | ||||||
| 14 | compounds or any
combination thereof, Section 11-501.1, | ||||||
| 15 | paragraph (b) of Section
11-401, or for reckless homicide as | ||||||
| 16 | defined in Section 9-3
of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the | ||||||
| 17 | Criminal Code of 2012; (2)
driving while under the influence of | ||||||
| 18 | alcohol, other drug or drugs, intoxicating compound or | ||||||
| 19 | compounds or any combination thereof and has been previously | ||||||
| 20 | convicted of reckless homicide or a similar provision of a law | ||||||
| 21 | of another state relating to reckless homicide in which the | ||||||
| 22 | person was determined to have been under the influence of | ||||||
| 23 | alcohol, other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or | ||||||
| 24 | compounds as an element of the offense or the person has | ||||||
| 25 | previously been convicted of committing a violation of
driving | ||||||
| 26 | under the influence of alcohol or other drug or drugs, | ||||||
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| 1 | intoxicating compound or compounds or any
combination thereof | ||||||
| 2 | and was involved in a motor vehicle accident that resulted in | ||||||
| 3 | death, great bodily harm, or permanent disability or | ||||||
| 4 | disfigurement to another, when the violation was a proximate | ||||||
| 5 | cause of the death or injuries; (3) the person committed a | ||||||
| 6 | violation of driving under the influence of alcohol or other | ||||||
| 7 | drug or drugs, intoxicating compound or compounds or any
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| 8 | combination thereof under Section 11-501 of the Illinois | ||||||
| 9 | Vehicle Code or a similar provision for the third or subsequent
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| 10 | time; (4) the person committed the violation while he
or she | ||||||
| 11 | did not possess a driver's license or permit or a restricted | ||||||
| 12 | driving permit or a judicial driving permit or a monitoring | ||||||
| 13 | device driving permit; or (5) the person committed the | ||||||
| 14 | violation while he or she knew or should have known that the | ||||||
| 15 | vehicle he or she was driving was not covered by a liability | ||||||
| 16 | insurance policy; (g) an offense described in subsection (g) of | ||||||
| 17 | Section 6-303 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code; or (h) an offense | ||||||
| 18 | described in subsection (e) of
Section 6-101 of the Illinois | ||||||
| 19 | Vehicle Code; or (i) (1) operating a watercraft under the | ||||||
| 20 | influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, intoxicating | ||||||
| 21 | compound or compounds, or combination thereof under Section | ||||||
| 22 | 5-16 of the Boat Registration and Safety Act during a period in | ||||||
| 23 | which his or her privileges to operate a watercraft are revoked | ||||||
| 24 | or suspended and the revocation or suspension was for operating | ||||||
| 25 | a watercraft under the influence of alcohol, other drug or | ||||||
| 26 | drugs, intoxicating compound or compounds, or combination | ||||||
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| 1 | thereof; (2) operating a watercraft under the influence of | ||||||
| 2 | alcohol, other drug or drugs, intoxicating compound or | ||||||
| 3 | compounds, or combination thereof and has been previously | ||||||
| 4 | convicted of reckless homicide or a similar provision of a law | ||||||
| 5 | in another state relating to reckless homicide in which the | ||||||
| 6 | person was determined to have been under the influence of | ||||||
| 7 | alcohol, other drug or drugs, intoxicating compound or | ||||||
| 8 | compounds, or combination thereof as an element of the offense | ||||||
| 9 | or the person has previously been convicted of committing a | ||||||
| 10 | violation of operating a watercraft under the influence of | ||||||
| 11 | alcohol, other drug or drugs, intoxicating compound or | ||||||
| 12 | compounds, or combination thereof and was involved in an | ||||||
| 13 | accident that resulted in death, great bodily harm, or | ||||||
| 14 | permanent disability or disfigurement to another, when the | ||||||
| 15 | violation was a proximate cause of the death or injuries; or | ||||||
| 16 | (3) the person committed a violation of operating a watercraft | ||||||
| 17 | under the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, | ||||||
| 18 | intoxicating compound or compounds, or combination thereof | ||||||
| 19 | under Section 5-16 of the Boat Registration and Safety Act or a | ||||||
| 20 | similar provision for the third or subsequent time;
may be
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| 21 | seized and delivered forthwith to the sheriff of the county of | ||||||
| 22 | seizure.
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| 23 | Within 15 days after such delivery the sheriff shall give | ||||||
| 24 | notice of seizure
to each person according to the following | ||||||
| 25 | method: Upon each such person
whose right, title or interest is | ||||||
| 26 | of record in the office of the Secretary
of State, the | ||||||
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| 1 | Secretary of Transportation, the Administrator of the Federal
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| 2 | Aviation Agency, or any other Department of this State, or any | ||||||
| 3 | other state
of the United States if such vessel or watercraft, | ||||||
| 4 | vehicle or aircraft is required to be
so registered, as the | ||||||
| 5 | case may be, by mailing a copy of the notice by
certified mail | ||||||
| 6 | to the address as given upon the records of the Secretary of
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| 7 | State, the Department of Aeronautics, Department of Public | ||||||
| 8 | Works and
Buildings or any other Department of this State or | ||||||
| 9 | the United States if
such vessel or watercraft, vehicle or | ||||||
| 10 | aircraft is required to be so registered. Within
that 15 day | ||||||
| 11 | period the sheriff shall also notify the State's Attorney of
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| 12 | the county of seizure about the seizure.
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| 13 | In addition, any mobile or portable equipment used in the | ||||||
| 14 | commission of an
act which is in violation of Section 7g of the | ||||||
| 15 | Metropolitan Water Reclamation
District Act shall be subject to | ||||||
| 16 | seizure and forfeiture under the same
procedures provided in | ||||||
| 17 | this Article for the seizure and forfeiture of vessels or | ||||||
| 18 | watercraft,
vehicles and aircraft, and any such equipment shall | ||||||
| 19 | be deemed a vessel or watercraft, vehicle
or aircraft for | ||||||
| 20 | purposes of this Article.
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| 21 | When a person discharges a firearm at another individual | ||||||
| 22 | from a vehicle with
the knowledge and consent of the owner of | ||||||
| 23 | the vehicle and with the intent to
cause death or great bodily | ||||||
| 24 | harm to that individual and as a result causes
death or great | ||||||
| 25 | bodily harm to that individual, the vehicle shall be subject to
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| 26 | seizure and forfeiture under the same procedures provided in | ||||||
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| 1 | this Article for
the seizure and forfeiture of vehicles used in | ||||||
| 2 | violations of clauses (a), (b),
(c), or (d) of this Section.
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| 3 | If the spouse of the owner of a vehicle seized for
an | ||||||
| 4 | offense described in subsection (g) of Section 6-303 of the
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| 5 | Illinois Vehicle Code,
a violation of
subdivision (d)(1)(A), | ||||||
| 6 | (d)(1)(D), (d)(1)(G), (d)(1)(H), or (d)(1)(I)
of Section | ||||||
| 7 | 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle
Code, or Section 9-3 of this
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| 8 | Code makes a showing
that the seized vehicle is the only source | ||||||
| 9 | of transportation and it is
determined that the financial | ||||||
| 10 | hardship to the family as a result of the seizure
outweighs the | ||||||
| 11 | benefit to the State from the seizure, the vehicle may be
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| 12 | forfeited to the spouse or family member and the title to the | ||||||
| 13 | vehicle shall be
transferred to the spouse or family member who | ||||||
| 14 | is properly licensed and who
requires the use of the vehicle | ||||||
| 15 | for employment or family transportation
purposes. A written | ||||||
| 16 | declaration of forfeiture of a vehicle under this
Section shall | ||||||
| 17 | be sufficient cause for the title to be transferred to the | ||||||
| 18 | spouse
or family member. The provisions of this paragraph shall | ||||||
| 19 | apply only to one
forfeiture per vehicle. If the vehicle is the | ||||||
| 20 | subject of a subsequent
forfeiture proceeding by virtue of a | ||||||
| 21 | subsequent conviction of either spouse or
the family member, | ||||||
| 22 | the spouse or family member to whom the vehicle was
forfeited | ||||||
| 23 | under the first forfeiture proceeding may not utilize the
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| 24 | provisions of this paragraph in another forfeiture proceeding. | ||||||
| 25 | If the owner of
the vehicle seized owns more than one vehicle,
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| 26 | the procedure set out in this paragraph may be used for only | ||||||
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| 1 | one vehicle.
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| 2 | Property declared contraband under Section 40 of the | ||||||
| 3 | Illinois Streetgang
Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act may be | ||||||
| 4 | seized and forfeited under this
Article.
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| 5 | (Source: P.A. 96-313, eff. 1-1-10; 96-710, eff. 1-1-10; | ||||||
| 6 | 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1267, eff. 7-26-10; 96-1289, eff. | ||||||
| 7 | 1-1-11; 96-1551, Article 1, Section 960, eff. 7-1-11; 96-1551, | ||||||
| 8 | Article 2, Section 1035, eff. 7-1-11; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; | ||||||
| 9 | 97-1109, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
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| 10 | (720 ILCS 5/36-1a) (from Ch. 38, par. 36-1a)
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| 11 | Sec. 36-1a. Rights of lienholders and secured parties. The | ||||||
| 12 | State's Attorney shall promptly release a vessel or watercraft, | ||||||
| 13 | vehicle or
aircraft seized under the provisions of this Article | ||||||
| 14 | to any lienholder or
secured party whose right, title or | ||||||
| 15 | interest is of record as described in
Section 36-1 if such | ||||||
| 16 | lienholder or secured party shows to the State's
Attorney that | ||||||
| 17 | his lien or secured interest is bona fide and was created
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| 18 | without actual knowledge that such vessel or watercraft, | ||||||
| 19 | vehicle or aircraft was used or
to be used in the commission of | ||||||
| 20 | the offense charged.
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| 21 | (Source: Laws 1965, p. 2868.)
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| 22 | (720 ILCS 5/36-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 36-2)
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| 23 | Sec. 36-2. Action for forfeiture. | ||||||
| 24 | (a) The State's Attorney in the county in which such | ||||||
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| 1 | seizure occurs
if he finds that such forfeiture was incurred | ||||||
| 2 | without willful negligence
or without any intention on the part | ||||||
| 3 | of the owner of the vessel or watercraft, vehicle
or aircraft | ||||||
| 4 | or any person whose right, title or interest is of record as
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| 5 | described in Section 36-1, to violate the law, or finds the | ||||||
| 6 | existence of
such mitigating circumstances as to justify | ||||||
| 7 | remission of the forfeiture,
may cause the sheriff to remit the | ||||||
| 8 | same upon such terms and conditions
as the State's Attorney | ||||||
| 9 | deems reasonable and just. The State's Attorney
shall exercise | ||||||
| 10 | his discretion under the foregoing provision of this
Section | ||||||
| 11 | 36-2(a) promptly after notice is given in accordance with
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| 12 | Section 36-1. If the State's Attorney does not cause the | ||||||
| 13 | forfeiture to
be remitted he shall forthwith bring an action | ||||||
| 14 | for forfeiture in the
Circuit Court within whose jurisdiction | ||||||
| 15 | the seizure and confiscation has
taken place. The State's | ||||||
| 16 | Attorney shall give notice of the forfeiture
proceeding by | ||||||
| 17 | mailing a copy of the Complaint in the forfeiture
proceeding to | ||||||
| 18 | the persons, and upon the manner, set forth in Section
36-1. | ||||||
| 19 | The owner of the seized vessel or watercraft, vehicle or | ||||||
| 20 | aircraft or any person
whose right, title, or interest is of | ||||||
| 21 | record as described in Section
36-1, may within 20 days after | ||||||
| 22 | the mailing of such notice file a
verified answer to the | ||||||
| 23 | Complaint and may appear at the hearing on the
action for | ||||||
| 24 | forfeiture. The State shall show at such hearing by a
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| 25 | preponderance of the evidence, that such vessel or watercraft, | ||||||
| 26 | vehicle or aircraft was
used in the commission of an offense | ||||||
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| 1 | described in Section 36-1. The
owner of such vessel or | ||||||
| 2 | watercraft, vehicle or aircraft or any person whose right,
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| 3 | title, or interest is of record as described in Section 36-1, | ||||||
| 4 | may show
by a preponderance of the evidence that he did not | ||||||
| 5 | know, and did not
have reason to know, that the vessel or | ||||||
| 6 | watercraft, vehicle or aircraft was to be used
in the | ||||||
| 7 | commission of such an offense or that any of the exceptions set
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| 8 | forth in Section 36-3 are applicable. Unless the State shall | ||||||
| 9 | make such
showing, the Court shall order such vessel or | ||||||
| 10 | watercraft, vehicle or aircraft released
to the owner. Where | ||||||
| 11 | the State has made such showing, the Court may order
the vessel | ||||||
| 12 | or watercraft, vehicle or aircraft destroyed; may order it | ||||||
| 13 | delivered to
any local, municipal or county law enforcement | ||||||
| 14 | agency, or the Department
of State Police or the Department of | ||||||
| 15 | Revenue of
the State of Illinois;
or may order it sold at
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| 16 | public auction.
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| 17 | (b) A copy of the order shall be filed with the sheriff of | ||||||
| 18 | the
county in which the seizure occurs and with each Federal or | ||||||
| 19 | State office
or agency with which such vessel or watercraft, | ||||||
| 20 | vehicle or aircraft is required to be
registered. Such order, | ||||||
| 21 | when filed, constitutes authority for the
issuance of clear | ||||||
| 22 | title to such vehicle, aircraft, or boat to the
department or | ||||||
| 23 | agency to whom it is delivered or any purchaser thereof.
The | ||||||
| 24 | sheriff shall comply promptly with instructions to remit | ||||||
| 25 | received
from the State's Attorney or Attorney General in | ||||||
| 26 | accordance with
Sections 36-2(a) or 36-3.
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| 1 | (c) The proceeds of any sale at public auction pursuant to | ||||||
| 2 | Section
36-2 of this Act, after payment of all liens and | ||||||
| 3 | deduction of the
reasonable charges and expenses incurred by | ||||||
| 4 | the sheriff in storing and
selling such vehicle, shall be paid | ||||||
| 5 | into the general fund of the county
of seizure.
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| 6 | (Source: P.A. 84-25.)
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| 7 | (720 ILCS 5/36-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 36-3)
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| 8 | Sec. 36-3. Exceptions to forfeiture.
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| 9 | (a) No vessel or watercraft, vehicle, or aircraft used by | ||||||
| 10 | any person as a common
carrier in the transaction of business | ||||||
| 11 | as such common carrier may be
forfeited under the provisions of | ||||||
| 12 | Section 36-2 unless it appears that (1)
in the case of a | ||||||
| 13 | railway car or engine, the owner, or (2) in the case of
any | ||||||
| 14 | other such vessel or watercraft, vehicle or aircraft, the owner | ||||||
| 15 | or the master of such
vessel or watercraft or the owner or | ||||||
| 16 | conductor, driver, pilot, or other person in charge
of such | ||||||
| 17 | vehicle or aircraft was at the time of the alleged illegal act | ||||||
| 18 | a
consenting party or privy thereto.
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| 19 | (b) No vessel or watercraft, vehicle, or aircraft shall be | ||||||
| 20 | forfeited under the
provisions of Section 36-2 by reason of any | ||||||
| 21 | act or omission established by
the owner thereof to have been | ||||||
| 22 | committed or omitted by any person other
than such owner while | ||||||
| 23 | such vessel or watercraft, vehicle, or aircraft was unlawfully | ||||||
| 24 | in
the possession of a person who acquired possession thereof | ||||||
| 25 | in violation of
the criminal laws of the United States, or of | ||||||
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| 1 | any state.
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| 2 | (Source: Laws 1965, p. 2868.)
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| 3 | (720 ILCS 5/36-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 36-4)
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| 4 | Sec. 36-4. Remission by Attorney General. Whenever any | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | owner of, or other person interested in, a vessel or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | watercraft, vehicle,
or aircraft seized under the provisions of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | this Act files with the Attorney
General before the sale or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | destruction of such vessel or watercraft, vehicle, or
aircraft, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | a petition for the remission of such forfeiture the Attorney
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| 10 | General if he finds that such forfeiture was incurred without | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | willful
negligence or without any intention on the part of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | owner or any person
whose right, title or interest is of record | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | as described in Section 36-1,
to violate the law, or finds the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | existence of such mitigating circumstances
as to justify the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | remission of forfeiture, may cause the same to be
remitted upon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | such terms and conditions as he deems reasonable and just, or
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| 17 | order discontinuance of any forfeiture proceeding relating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | thereto.
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| 19 | (Source: Laws 1965, p. 2868.)
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