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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 1961 is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 16-1.3 as follows:
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| 6 | (720 ILCS 5/16-1.3) (from Ch. 38, par. 16-1.3)
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| 7 | Sec. 16-1.3. Financial exploitation of an elderly person or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | a
person with a disability.
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| 9 | (a) A person commits the offense of financial exploitation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | of an elderly
person or a person with a disability when he or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | she stands in a
position of trust
or confidence with the
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| 12 | elderly person or a person with a disability
and he
or she | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | knowingly and by
deception or
intimidation obtains control over | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | the property of an elderly person or
a person
with a disability
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| 15 | or illegally uses the assets or resources of an elderly person | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | or a
person with a disability. The illegal use of the assets or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | resources of an
elderly person or a person with a disability | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | includes, but is not limited
to, the misappropriation of those | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | assets or resources by undue influence,
breach of a fiduciary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | relationship, fraud, deception, extortion, or
use of the assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | or resources contrary to law.
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| 22 | Financial exploitation of an elderly person or a person
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| 23 | with a
disability is a Class 4
felony if the value of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | property is $300 or less, a Class 3 felony if
the value of the | ||||||
| 2 | property is more than $300 but less than $5,000, a Class 2
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| 3 | felony if the value of the property is $5,000 or more but less | ||||||
| 4 | than $50,000,
$100,000 and a Class 1 felony if the value of the | ||||||
| 5 | property is $50,000 $100,000 or more
but less than $100,000 or | ||||||
| 6 | if the elderly person is over 70 years of age and the value of | ||||||
| 7 | the
property is $15,000 or more but less than $50,000 or if the | ||||||
| 8 | elderly person is 80 years of age or
older and the value of the | ||||||
| 9 | property is $5,000 or more but less than $25,000 and a Class X | ||||||
| 10 | felony if the value of the property is $100,000 or more or if | ||||||
| 11 | the elderly person is over 70 years of age and the value of the | ||||||
| 12 | property is $50,000 or more or if the elderly person is 80 | ||||||
| 13 | years of age or older and the value of the property is $25,000 | ||||||
| 14 | or more.
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| 15 | (b) For purposes of this Section:
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| 16 | (1) "Elderly person" means a person 60
years of age or | ||||||
| 17 | older.
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| 18 | (2) "Person with a disability" means a person who
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| 19 | suffers from a physical or mental impairment resulting from
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| 20 | disease, injury, functional disorder or congenital | ||||||
| 21 | condition that impairs the
individual's mental or physical | ||||||
| 22 | ability to independently manage his or her
property or | ||||||
| 23 | financial resources, or both.
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| 24 | (3) "Intimidation" means the communication to an | ||||||
| 25 | elderly person or a
person with a disability that he or she | ||||||
| 26 | shall be deprived of food and
nutrition,
shelter, | ||||||
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| 1 | prescribed
medication or medical care and treatment.
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| 2 | (4) "Deception" means, in addition to its meaning as | ||||||
| 3 | defined in Section
15-4 of this Code,
a misrepresentation | ||||||
| 4 | or concealment of material fact
relating to the terms of a | ||||||
| 5 | contract or agreement entered into with the
elderly person | ||||||
| 6 | or person with a disability or to the
existing or
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| 7 | pre-existing condition of
any of the property involved in | ||||||
| 8 | such contract or agreement; or the use or
employment of any | ||||||
| 9 | misrepresentation, false pretense or false promise in
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| 10 | order to induce, encourage or solicit the elderly person or
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| 11 | person with
a disability to
enter into a contract or | ||||||
| 12 | agreement.
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| 13 | (c) For purposes of this Section, a person stands in a | ||||||
| 14 | position of
trust and confidence with an elderly person or | ||||||
| 15 | person with a
disability when he (1) is a
parent, spouse, adult | ||||||
| 16 | child or other relative by blood or marriage of the
elderly | ||||||
| 17 | person or person with a disability, (2) is a joint
tenant or
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| 18 | tenant in common with
the elderly person or person with a | ||||||
| 19 | disability, (3) has
a legal or
fiduciary relationship
with the | ||||||
| 20 | elderly person or person with a disability, or (4) is a | ||||||
| 21 | financial
planning or investment professional.
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| 22 | (d) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to limit the | ||||||
| 23 | remedies
available to the victim under the Illinois Domestic | ||||||
| 24 | Violence Act of 1986.
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| 25 | (e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to impose | ||||||
| 26 | criminal
liability on a person who has made a good faith effort | ||||||
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| 1 | to assist the
elderly person or person with a disability in the
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| 2 | management of his or her
property, but through
no fault of his | ||||||
| 3 | or her own has been unable to provide such assistance.
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| 4 | (f) It shall not be a defense to financial exploitation of | ||||||
| 5 | an elderly
person or person with a disability that the accused | ||||||
| 6 | reasonably believed
that the victim was
not an elderly person | ||||||
| 7 | or person with a disability.
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| 8 | (g) Civil Liability. A person who is charged by information | ||||||
| 9 | or
indictment with the offense of financial exploitation of an | ||||||
| 10 | elderly person
or person with a disability and who fails or | ||||||
| 11 | refuses to return
the victim's property
within 60 days | ||||||
| 12 | following a written demand from the victim or the victim's
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| 13 | legal representative shall be liable to the victim or to the | ||||||
| 14 | estate of the
victim in damages of treble the amount of the | ||||||
| 15 | value of the property
obtained, plus reasonable attorney fees | ||||||
| 16 | and court costs. The burden of
proof that the defendant | ||||||
| 17 | unlawfully obtained the victim's property shall be
by a | ||||||
| 18 | preponderance of the evidence. This subsection shall be | ||||||
| 19 | operative
whether or not the defendant has been convicted of | ||||||
| 20 | the offense.
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| 21 | (Source: P.A. 95-798, eff. 1-1-09.)
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