97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5482

Introduced , by Rep. Bill Mitchell

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/10-9

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that all promises, notes, bills, bonds, covenants, contracts, agreements, judgments, mortgages, or other securities or conveyances made, given, granted, drawn, or entered into between a person who is convicted of involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, or trafficking in persons for forced labor or services and a victim of the offense where the whole or any part of the consideration is for any money or thing of value obtained or derived from a violation of these provisions are null and void. Provides that a person who is a victim of involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, or trafficking in persons for forced labor or services may initiate a civil action to recover the property obtained by the person who committed the offense. Provides that the victim may initiate a civil action to obtain monetary damages based on the value of the property obtained by the person who committed the offense. Provides that the court or the jury, as the case may be, shall determine the amount of that property. Provides that after that determination, the court shall enter a judgment of triple the amount so determined. Provides that if the victim is a minor, the action may be initiated in the name of the minor by the State's Attorney of the county where the violation occurred.
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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning human trafficking.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding
5Section 10-9 as follows:
6 (720 ILCS 5/10-9)
7 Sec. 10-9. Trafficking in persons, involuntary servitude,
8and related offenses.
9 (a) Definitions. In this Section:
10 (1) "Intimidation" has the meaning prescribed in
11 Section 12-6.
12 (2) "Commercial sexual activity" means any sex act on
13 account of which anything of value is given, promised to,
14 or received by any person.
15 (3) "Financial harm" includes intimidation that brings
16 about financial loss, criminal usury, or employment
17 contracts that violate the Frauds Act.
18 (4) "Forced labor or services" means labor or services
19 that are performed or provided by another person and are
20 obtained or maintained through:
21 (A) any scheme, plan, or pattern intending to cause
22 or threatening to cause serious harm to any person;
23 (B) an actor's physically restraining or

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1 threatening to physically restrain another person;
2 (C) an actor's abusing or threatening to abuse the
3 law or legal process;
4 (D) an actor's knowingly destroying, concealing,
5 removing, confiscating, or possessing any actual or
6 purported passport or other immigration document, or
7 any other actual or purported government
8 identification document, of another person;
9 (E) an actor's blackmail; or
10 (F) an actor's causing or threatening to cause
11 financial harm to or exerting financial control over
12 any person.
13 (5) "Labor" means work of economic or financial value.
14 (6) "Maintain" means, in relation to labor or services,
15 to secure continued performance thereof, regardless of any
16 initial agreement on the part of the victim to perform that
17 type of service.
18 (7) "Obtain" means, in relation to labor or services,
19 to secure performance thereof.
20 (8) "Services" means activities resulting from a
21 relationship between a person and the actor in which the
22 person performs activities under the supervision of or for
23 the benefit of the actor. Commercial sexual activity and
24 sexually-explicit performances are forms of activities
25 that are "services" under this Section. Nothing in this
26 definition may be construed to legitimize or legalize

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1 prostitution.
2 (9) "Sexually-explicit performance" means a live,
3 recorded, broadcast (including over the Internet), or
4 public act or show intended to arouse or satisfy the sexual
5 desires or appeal to the prurient interests of patrons.
6 (10) "Trafficking victim" means a person subjected to
7 the practices set forth in subsection (b), (c), or (d).
8 (b) Involuntary servitude. A person commits the offense of
9involuntary servitude when he or she knowingly subjects,
10attempts to subject, or engages in a conspiracy to subject
11another person to forced labor or services and:
12 (1) causes or threatens to cause physical harm to any
13 person;
14 (2) physically restrains or threatens to physically
15 restrain another person;
16 (3) abuses or threatens to abuse the law or legal
17 process;
18 (4) knowingly destroys, conceals, removes,
19 confiscates, or possesses any actual or purported passport
20 or other immigration document, or any other actual or
21 purported government identification document, of another
22 person; or
23 (5) uses intimidation, or uses or threatens to cause
24 financial harm to or exerts financial control over any
25 person.
26 Sentence. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e) or

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1(f), a violation of subsection (b)(1) is a Class X felony,
2(b)(2) is a Class 1 felony, (b)(3) is a Class 2 felony, (b)(4)
3is a Class 3 felony, and (b)(5) is a Class 4 felony.
4 (c) Involuntary sexual servitude of a minor. A person
5commits the offense of involuntary sexual servitude of a minor
6when he or she knowingly recruits, entices, harbors,
7transports, provides, or obtains by any means, or attempts to
8recruit, entice, harbor, provide, or obtain by any means,
9another person under 18 years of age, knowing that the minor
10will engage in commercial sexual activity, a sexually-explicit
11performance, or the production of pornography, or causes or
12attempts to cause a minor to engage in one or more of those
13activities and:
14 (1) there is no overt force or threat and the minor is
15 between the ages of 17 and 18 years;
16 (2) there is no overt force or threat and the minor is
17 under the age of 17 years; or
18 (3) there is overt force or threat.
19 Sentence. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e) or
20(f), a violation of subsection (c)(1) is a Class 1 felony,
21(c)(2) is a Class X felony, and (c)(3) is a Class X felony.
22 (d) Trafficking in persons for forced labor or services. A
23person commits the offense of trafficking in persons for forced
24labor or services when he or she knowingly: (1) recruits,
25entices, harbors, transports, provides, or obtains by any
26means, or attempts to recruit, entice, harbor, transport,

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1provide, or obtain by any means, another person, intending or
2knowing that the person will be subjected to forced labor or
3services; or (2) benefits, financially or by receiving anything
4of value, from participation in a venture that has engaged in
5an act of involuntary servitude or involuntary sexual servitude
6of a minor.
7 Sentence. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e) or
8(f), a violation of this subsection is a Class 1 felony.
9 (e) Aggravating factors. A violation of this Section
10involving kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated
11criminal sexual assault or an attempt to commit aggravated
12criminal sexual assault, or an attempt to commit first degree
13murder is a Class X felony.
14 (f) Sentencing considerations.
15 (1) Bodily injury. If, pursuant to a violation of this
16 Section, a victim suffered bodily injury, the defendant may
17 be sentenced to an extended-term sentence under Section
18 5-8-2 of the Unified Code of Corrections. The sentencing
19 court must take into account the time in which the victim
20 was held in servitude, with increased penalties for cases
21 in which the victim was held for between 180 days and one
22 year, and increased penalties for cases in which the victim
23 was held for more than one year.
24 (2) Number of victims. In determining sentences within
25 statutory maximums, the sentencing court should take into
26 account the number of victims, and may provide for

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1 substantially increased sentences in cases involving more
2 than 10 victims.
3 (g) Restitution. Restitution is mandatory under this
4Section. In addition to any other amount of loss identified,
5the court shall order restitution including the greater of (1)
6the gross income or value to the defendant of the victim's
7labor or services or (2) the value of the victim's labor as
8guaranteed under the Minimum Wage Law and overtime provisions
9of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) or the Minimum Wage Law,
10whichever is greater.
11 (h) Trafficking victim services. Subject to the
12availability of funds, the Department of Human Services may
13provide or fund emergency services and assistance to
14individuals who are victims of one or more offenses defined in
15this Section.
16 (i) Certification. The Attorney General, a State's
17Attorney, or any law enforcement official shall certify in
18writing to the United States Department of Justice or other
19federal agency, such as the United States Department of
20Homeland Security, that an investigation or prosecution under
21this Section has begun and the individual who is a likely
22victim of a crime described in this Section is willing to
23cooperate or is cooperating with the investigation to enable
24the individual, if eligible under federal law, to qualify for
25an appropriate special immigrant visa and to access available
26federal benefits. Cooperation with law enforcement shall not be

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1required of victims of a crime described in this Section who
2are under 18 years of age. This certification shall be made
3available to the victim and his or her designated legal
4representative.
5 (j) A person who commits the offense of involuntary
6servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, or
7trafficking in persons for forced labor or services under
8subsection (b), (c), or (d) of this Section is subject to the
9property forfeiture provisions set forth in Article 124B of the
10Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
11 (k) (1) All promises, notes, bills, bonds, covenants,
12contracts, agreements, judgments, mortgages, or other
13securities or conveyances made, given, granted, drawn, or
14entered into between a person who is convicted of violating
15this Section and a victim of an offense described in subsection
16(b), (c), or (d) of this Section where the whole or any part of
17the consideration is for any money or thing of value obtained
18or derived from a violation of subsection (b), (c), or (d) of
19this Section are null and void.
20 (2) An obligation void under this subsection (k) may be set
21aside and vacated by a court of competent jurisdiction, upon a
22complaint filed for that purpose, by the person so granting,
23giving, entering into, or executing the obligation, or by his
24or her executors or administrators, or by any creditor, heir,
25legatee, purchaser, or other person interested in the
26obligation; or if a judgment, the judgment may be set aside on

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1motion of any person stated in this paragraph (2), on due
2notice given to the parties interested in the obligation.
3 (3) No assignment of any obligation void under this
4subsection (k) may in any manner affect the defense of the
5person giving, granting, drawing, entering into, or executing
6the obligation, or the remedies of any person interested in the
7obligation.
8 (4) A person who is a victim of a violation of subsection
9(b), (c), or (d) of this Section may initiate a civil action to
10recover the property obtained by the person who violated
11subsection (b), (c), or (d) of this Section. The victim may
12initiate a civil action to obtain monetary damages based on the
13value of the property obtained by the person who violated
14subsection (b), (c), or (d) of this Section. The court or the
15jury, as the case may be, shall determine the amount of that
16property. After that determination, the court shall enter a
17judgment of triple the amount so determined. If the victim is a
18minor, the action may be initiated in the name of the minor by
19the State's Attorney of the county where the violation
20occurred.
21(Source: P.A. 96-710, eff. 1-1-10; incorporates 96-712, eff.
221-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)