Illinois Compiled Statutes
Chapter 725 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
725 ILCS 173/ - Violent Crime Witness Protection Act.

(725 ILCS 173/1)
Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Violent Crime
Witness
Protection Act.

(Source: P.A. 102-756, eff. 5-10-22.)

(725 ILCS 173/5)
Sec. 5. Definition. As used in this Act, "violent crime" means a violent crime as that term is defined in Section 3 of the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act.

(Source: P.A. 102-756, eff. 5-10-22.)

(725 ILCS 173/10)
Sec. 10. Financial Assistance Program. No later than January 1, 2023, the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General, shall establish
a program to assist victims and witnesses who are actively
aiding in the prosecution of perpetrators of violent crime, and appropriate
related persons or victims and witnesses determined by the Authority to be at risk of a discernible threat of violent crime. The program shall be administered by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. The program shall offer, among other things, financial assistance, including financial assistance on an emergency basis, that may be provided upon application by a
State's Attorney or the Attorney General, or a chief executive of a police
agency from funds deposited in the Violent Crime Witness Protection Program Fund
and appropriated from that Fund for the purposes of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 102-756, eff. 5-10-22.)

(725 ILCS 173/15)
Sec. 15. Funding. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, in consultation with
the Office of the Attorney General, shall adopt rules for the implementation of the Violent
Crime Witness Protection Program. Assistance shall be subject to the following
limitations:
(Source: P.A. 102-756, eff. 5-10-22.)

(725 ILCS 173/20)
Sec. 20. Violent Crime Witness Protection Program Fund. There is created in the
State treasury the Violent Crime Witness Protection Program Fund into which shall be
deposited appropriated funds, grants, or other funds made available to the
Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority to assist State's Attorneys and the Attorney General
in protecting victims and witnesses who are aiding in the prosecution of
perpetrators of violent crime, and appropriate related persons or victims and witnesses determined by the Authority to be at risk of a discernible threat of violent crime.

(Source: P.A. 102-756, eff. 5-10-22.)

(725 ILCS 173/25)
Sec. 25. Beginning of operation. Subject to appropriation, the program created by this Act shall
begin operation on January 1, 2023.

(Source: P.A. 102-756, eff. 5-10-22.)

(725 ILCS 173/90)
Sec. 90. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted).

(Source: P.A. 98-58, eff. 7-8-13; text omitted.)

(725 ILCS 173/99)
Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2013.

(Source: P.A. 98-58, eff. 7-8-13.)