5 ILCS 283/1
Short title
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Public Corruption Profit Forfeiture Act. (Source: P.A. 96-1019, eff. 1-1-11.)
Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 283 — Public Corruption Profit Forfeiture Act.
Illinois · statute · 5 ILCS 283 · 13 active provisions
5 ILCS 283/5
Legislative declaration
Legislative declaration. Public corruption is a far-reaching, continuing and extremely profitable criminal enterprise, which diverts significant amounts of public money for illicit purposes. Public corruption-related schemes persist despite the threat of prosecution and the actual prosecution and imprisonment of indivi…
5 ILCS 283/10
Penalties
Penalties. (a) A person who is convicted of a violation of any of the following Sections, subsections, and clauses of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012: (1) clause (a)(6) of Section 12-6 (intimidation by a public official), (2) Section 33-1 (bribery), (3) subsection (a) of Section 33E-7 (kickbacks)…
5 ILCS 283/15
Forfeiture of political contribution
Forfeiture of political contribution. Whenever any person pleads guilty to, or is found guilty of, any offense under subsection (a) of Section 10 of this Act, or is convicted of a violation of any of the following Sections of Title 18 of the United States Code: (i) Section 872 (extortion); (ii) Section 880 (receiving t…
5 ILCS 283/20
Fines
Fines. (a) Whenever any person pleads guilty to or is found guilty of an offense under this Act, a fine may be levied in addition to any other penalty imposed by the court. (b) In determining whether to impose a fine under this Section and the amount, time for payment, and method of payment of any fine so imposed, the…
5 ILCS 283/25
Distribution of proceeds of fines
Distribution of proceeds of fines. (a) The proceeds of all fines received under the provisions of this Act shall be transmitted to and deposited in the treasurer's office at the level of government as follows: (1) If the seizure was made by a combination of law enforcement personnel representing differing units of loca…
5 ILCS 283/30
Preventing and restraining violations
Preventing and restraining violations. (a) The circuit courts of the State shall have jurisdiction to prevent and restrain violations of this Act by issuing appropriate orders, including, but not limited to: ordering any person to divest himself of any interest, direct or indirect, in any enterprise; imposing reasonabl…
5 ILCS 283/35
Venue
Venue. Any civil action or proceeding under this Act against any person may be instituted in the circuit court for any county in which such person resides, is found, has an agent, transacts his or her affairs, or in which property that is the subject of these proceedings is located. (Source: P.A. 96-1019, eff. 1-1-11.)
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Intent
Intent. It is the intent of the General Assembly that this Act be liberally construed so as to effect the purposes of this Act and be construed in accordance with similar provisions contained in the Narcotics Profit Forfeiture Act. (Source: P.A. 96-1019, eff. 1-1-11.)
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Severability
Severability. If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is invalid, such invalidation shall not affect other provisions or applications of the Act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Act are declared t…
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(Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 96-1019, eff. 1-1-11; text omitted.)
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(Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 96-1019, eff. 1-1-11; text omitted.)
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Effective date
Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2011. (Source: P.A. 96-1019, eff. 1-1-11.)