Bill Text: IL SB0580 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the Trusts and Trustees Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning small trust termination.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-12-19 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1156 [SB0580 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB0580-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the Trusts and Trustees Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning small trust termination.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-12-19 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1156 [SB0580 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB0580-Engrossed.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning civil 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 Trafficking Victims Protection Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
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6 | (740 ILCS 128/15) | ||||||
7 | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 100-939 ) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 15. Cause of action. | ||||||
9 | (a) Violations of this Act are actionable in civil court. | ||||||
10 | (b) A victim of the sex trade has a cause of action against | ||||||
11 | a person or entity who:
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12 | (1) recruits, profits from, or maintains the victim in | ||||||
13 | any sex trade act; | ||||||
14 | (2) intentionally abuses, as defined in Section 103 of | ||||||
15 | the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, or causes | ||||||
16 | bodily harm, as defined in Section 11-0.1 of the Criminal | ||||||
17 | Code of 2012, to the victim in any sex trade act; or
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18 | (3) knowingly advertises or publishes advertisements | ||||||
19 | for purposes of recruitment into sex trade activity. | ||||||
20 | (c) This Section shall not be construed to create liability | ||||||
21 | to any person or entity who provides goods or services to the | ||||||
22 | general public, who also provides those goods or services to | ||||||
23 | persons who would be liable under subsection (b) of this |
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1 | Section, absent a showing that the person or entity either:
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2 | (1) knowingly markets or provides its goods or services | ||||||
3 | primarily to persons or entities liable under subsection | ||||||
4 | (b) of this Section;
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5 | (2) knowingly receives a higher level of compensation | ||||||
6 | from persons or entities liable under subsection (b) of | ||||||
7 | this Section than it generally receives from customers; or | ||||||
8 | (3) supervises or exercises control over persons or | ||||||
9 | entities liable under subsection (b) of this Section.
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10 | (Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
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11 | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 100-939 ) | ||||||
12 | Sec. 15. Cause of action. | ||||||
13 | (a) A victim of the sex trade, involuntary servitude, or | ||||||
14 | human trafficking may bring an action in civil court under this | ||||||
15 | Act. | ||||||
16 | (a-1) A legal guardian, agent of the victim, court | ||||||
17 | appointee, or , with the express written consent of the victim, | ||||||
18 | organization that represents the interests of or serves victims | ||||||
19 | may bring a cause of action on behalf of a victim. An action | ||||||
20 | may also be brought by a government entity responsible for | ||||||
21 | enforcing the laws of this State. | ||||||
22 | (b) A victim of the sex trade has a cause of action against | ||||||
23 | a person or entity who:
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24 | (1) recruits, profits from, or maintains the victim in | ||||||
25 | any sex trade act; |
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1 | (2) intentionally abuses, as defined in Section 103 of | ||||||
2 | the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, or causes | ||||||
3 | bodily harm, as defined in Section 11-0.1 of the Criminal | ||||||
4 | Code of 2012, to a victim of the sex trade; or
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5 | (3) knowingly advertises or publishes advertisements | ||||||
6 | for purposes of recruitment into sex trade activity. | ||||||
7 | (b-1) A victim of involuntary servitude or human | ||||||
8 | trafficking has a cause of action against any person or entity | ||||||
9 | who knowingly subjects, attempts to subject, or engages in a | ||||||
10 | conspiracy to subject the victim to involuntary servitude or | ||||||
11 | human trafficking. | ||||||
12 | (c) This Section shall not be construed to create liability | ||||||
13 | to any person or entity who provides goods or services to the | ||||||
14 | general public, who also provides those goods or services to | ||||||
15 | persons who would be liable under subsection (b) of this | ||||||
16 | Section, absent a showing that the person or entity either:
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17 | (1) knowingly markets or provides its goods or services | ||||||
18 | primarily to persons or entities liable under subsection | ||||||
19 | (b) of this Section;
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20 | (2) knowingly receives a higher level of compensation | ||||||
21 | from persons or entities liable under subsection (b) of | ||||||
22 | this Section than it generally receives from customers; or | ||||||
23 | (3) supervises or exercises control over persons or | ||||||
24 | entities liable under subsection (b) of this Section.
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25 | (d) The standard of proof in any action brought under this | ||||||
26 | Section is a preponderance of the evidence. |
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1 | (Source: P.A. 100-939, eff. 1-1-19.)
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2 | Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | ||||||
3 | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | ||||||
4 | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | ||||||
5 | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | ||||||
6 | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | ||||||
7 | made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | ||||||
8 | Public Act.
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