Illinois Administrative Code › Title 20 - CORRECTIONS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT › Part 1590 - VIOLENT CRIME WITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 1590.20 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Unless specified otherwise, all terms shall have the meanings
				  set forth in Section 5 of the Violent Crime Witness Protection Act
				  [725 ILCS
				  173 ]. For purposes of this Part, the following
				  additional definitions apply:
"Act" means the Violent Crime Witness Protection Act.
				  [725 ILCS
				  173 ]
"Actively aid prosecution" means to assist the Office of the
				  Attorney General or a State's Attorney's Office in the prosecution of violent
				  crime, including, but not limited to providing a witness statement to law
				  enforcement, providing testimony necessary for the issuance of a warrant, or
				  testifying during a criminal trial.
"Appropriate related persons" means persons, children,
				  parents, or guardians of a victim or witness actively aiding in the prosecution
				  of a violent crime.
"Attorney General" means the Attorney General of the State of
				  Illinois.
"Awardee" means a recipient of financial assistance pursuant
				  to the Act.
"County Applicants" means State's Attorney's Offices and
				  county sheriff departments.
"Eligible Persons"
means victims and witnesses who
				  are actively aiding in the prosecution of perpetrators of violent crime, and
				  appropriate
ly
related persons or victims and witnesses
				  determined by the
Illinois Criminal Justice Information
Authority to be at risk of a discernible threat of violent
				  crime
. [725 ILCS 173/10 ]
"Financial assistance" means financial support to a program
				  participant in the form of a grant or expense reimbursement.
"GATA" means the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act.
				  [30 ILCS
				  708 ]
"GATA rules" means 44 Ill. Adm. Code 7000.
"ICJIA" means the Illinois Criminal Justice Information
				  Authority.
"Illinois police agency" means any law enforcement unit of
				  government or municipal corporation in the State of Illinois. It does not
				  include law enforcement divisions of the Illinois State Police, the Secretary
				  of State, or any other office, department, division, bureau, board, commission
				  or agency of the State of Illinois or any university, college or community
				  college police departments. See also "local law enforcement agencies".
"Local law enforcement agencies" means any law enforcement
				  unit of government or municipal corporation in the State of Illinois. It does
				  not include law enforcement divisions of the Illinois State Police, the
				  Secretary of State, or any other office, department, division, bureau, board,
				  commission or agency of the State of Illinois or any university, college or
				  community college police departments. See also "Illinois police agency".
"Moving expenses" means expenses necessary to move household
				  goods and personal effects from a former residence to a new residence or
				  expenses necessary to travel from a former residence to a new place of
				  residence. "Moving expenses" shall include reasonable and necessary lodging
				  expenses as determined by the agency seeking reimbursement.
"Program Participant" means the Illinois Attorney General or
				  a State's Attorney's Office or Illinois police agency that receives financial
				  assistance under the Program.
"State's Attorney's Office" means a State's Attorney's Office
				  located in Illinois.
"Uniform Guidance" means the Uniform Administrative
				  Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards
				  ("Uniform Guidance"), codified at
				  2 CFR
				  200.
"Utilities" means service provided by a public utility for
				  essential services such as light, power or water.
"Victim" means:
any natural person determined by the victim service
				  coordinator or victim coordinator, prosecutor, or the court to have suffered
				  direct physical or psychological harm as a result of a violent crime
				  perpetrated or attempted against that person or direct physical or
				  psychological harm as a result of
a violation of Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or
				  similar provision of a local ordinance or
a violation of Section 9-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or
				  the Criminal Code of 2012;
in the case of a crime victim who is under 18 years of age or
				  an adult victim who is incompetent or incapacitated, both parents, legal
				  guardians, foster parents, or a single adult representative;
in the case of an adult deceased victim, 2 representatives
				  who may be the spouse, parent, child or sibling of the victim, or the
				  representative of the victim's estate; or
an immediate family member of a victim that is chosen by the
				  victim. If the victim is 18 years of age or over, the victim may choose any
				  person to be the victim's representative. In no event shall the defendant or
				  any person who aided and abetted in the commission of the crime be considered a
				  victim, a crime victim, or a representative of the victim.
"Witness" means:
any person who personally observed the commission of a crime
				  and who may be called to testify on behalf of the prosecution or a person who
				  will be called by the prosecution to give testimony establishing a necessary
				  nexus between the offender and the violent crime.