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HB 1455 Elderly or incapacitated adults; financial exploitation, penalty is a Class 3 felony.
Introduced by: Vivian E. Watts | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Financial exploitation of elderly and incapacitated; penalty. Provides that any person who knowingly exploits the impaired mental capacity or the physical capacity of an incapacitated adult or an adult (defined for the purposes of the bill as 60 years old or older) by deception, intimidation, undue influence, coercion, harassment, duress, or misrepresentation to use, obtain, convert, or take control of or endeavor to use, obtain, convert, or take control of the incapacitated adult's or adult's money, assets, property, or financial resources with the intent to deprive the incapacitated adult or adult of the use, benefit, or possession of the money, assets, property, or financial resources and to convert such money, assets, property, or financial resources to the perpetrator's own use or benefit is guilty of a Class 5 felony. However, any responsible person or a person who has a fiduciary relationship with the incapacitated adult or adult who commits such a violation is guilty of a Class 3 felony. It is not a defense that the accused did not know the age of the victim. This bill was incorporated into HB 1682.
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HISTORY
- 12/27/12 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13102365D
- 12/27/12 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/22/13 House: Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal
- 01/25/13 House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB1682-Bell, Robert B.) by voice vote