Illinois Compiled Statutes 740 Civil Liabilities: Article -

• Illinois Crime Victims Compensation Act. - 740 ILCS 45, Section 1
  This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Crime Victims Compensation Act". (Source: P.A. 78-359.)
• Illinois Crime Victims Compensation Act. - 740 ILCS 45, Section 2
  Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Applicant" means any person who applies for compensation under this Act or any...
• Illinois Crime Victims Compensation Act. - 740 ILCS 45, Section 2.5
  Felon as victim. Notwithstanding paragraph (d) of Section 2, "victim" does not include a person who is convicted of a felony until that person is...
• Illinois Crime Victims Compensation Act. - 740 ILCS 45, Section 3.1
  In addition to other powers and duties set forth in the Court of Claims Act and this Act, the Court of Claims shall have...
• Illinois Crime Victims Compensation Act. - 740 ILCS 45, Section 4.1
  In addition to other powers and duties set forth in this Act and other powers exercised by the Attorney General, the Attorney General shall investigate...
• Illinois Crime Victims Compensation Act. - 740 ILCS 45, Section 5.1
  (a) Every hospital licensed under the laws of this State shall display prominently in its emergency room posters giving notification of the existence and...
• Illinois Crime Victims Compensation Act. - 740 ILCS 45, Section 6.1
  Right to compensation. A person is entitled to compensation under this Act if: (a) Within 2 years of the occurrence of the crime, or within...
• Illinois Crime Victims Compensation Act. - 740 ILCS 45, Section 7.1
  (a) The application shall set out: (1) the name and address of the victim; (2) if the victim is deceased, the name and address of...
• Illinois Crime Victims Compensation Act. - 740 ILCS 45, Section 8.1
  If an applicant does not submit all materials substantiating his claim as requested of him by the Attorney General, the Attorney General shall notify...
• Illinois Crime Victims Compensation Act. - 740 ILCS 45, Section 9.1
  In determining whether an applicant is entitled to compensation, the Court of Claims shall consider the facts stated in the application and other material...
• Illinois Crime Victims Compensation Act. - 740 ILCS 45, Section 10.1
  Amount of compensation. The amount of compensation to which an applicant and other persons are entitled shall be based on the following factors: (a) A...
• Illinois Crime Victims Compensation Act. - 740 ILCS 45, Section 10.2
  Emergency awards. (a) If it appears, prior to taking action on an application, that the claim is one for which compensation is probable, and undue...
• Illinois Crime Victims Compensation Act. - 740 ILCS 45, Section 11.1
  The Court of Claims may provide for the payment of an award in a lump sum or in installments. (Source: P.A. 81-1013.)
• Illinois Crime Victims Compensation Act. - 740 ILCS 45, Section 12
  No fee may be charged to the applicant in any proceeding under this Act except as provided in this Act. If the applicant is...
• Illinois Crime Victims Compensation Act. - 740 ILCS 45, Section 12.1
  The Court of Claims may, without a hearing, make an award to a person who has filed an application or any other person it...
• Illinois Crime Victims Compensation Act. - 740 ILCS 45, Section 13.1
  (a) A hearing before a Commissioner of the Court of Claims shall be held for those claims in which: (1) the Court of Claims on...
• Illinois Crime Victims Compensation Act. - 740 ILCS 45, Section 14.1
  (a) Hearings shall be open to the public unless the Court of Claims determines that a closed hearing should be held because: (1) the alleged...
• Illinois Crime Victims Compensation Act. - 740 ILCS 45, Section 15
  When disposition is made without a hearing or at the conclusion of a hearing held under this Act, the Court of Claims shall enter...
• Illinois Crime Victims Compensation Act. - 740 ILCS 45, Section 16
  The Court of Claims, on its own motion or upon the written request of any applicant, may modify an award of compensation made under...
• Illinois Crime Victims Compensation Act. - 740 ILCS 45, Section 17
  Subrogation. (a) The Court of Claims may award compensation on the condition that the applicant subrogate to the State his rights to collect damages from...
• Illinois Crime Victims Compensation Act. - 740 ILCS 45, Section 18
  Claims against awards. (a) An award is not subject to enforcement, attachment, garnishment, or other process, except that an award is not exempt from a...
• Illinois Crime Victims Compensation Act. - 740 ILCS 45, Section 20
  (a) In addition to any other civil liability or criminal penalties provided by law, a person who the Court of Claims finds has willfully...

Last modified: February 18, 2015