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 1        AN ACT in relation to criminal law.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The Code of Criminal Procedure  of  1963  is
 5    amended   by  changing  Section  108B-1  and  adding  Section
 6    108B-1.5 as follows:

 7        (725 ILCS 5/108B-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 108B-1)
 8        Sec. 108B-1.   Definitions.   For  the  purpose  of  this
 9    Article:
10        (a)  "Aggrieved person" means a person who was a party to
11    any  intercepted  wire  or  oral  communication or any person
12    against whom the intercept was directed.
13        (b)  "Chief Judge"  means,  when  referring  to  a  judge
14    authorized  to  receive  application for, and to enter orders
15    authorizing, interceptions of  private  oral  communications,
16    the  Chief Judge of the Circuit Court wherein the application
17    for order of  interception  is  filed,  or  a  Circuit  Judge
18    designated  by  the  Chief  Judge  to  enter these orders. In
19    circuits other than the Cook County  Circuit,  "Chief  Judge"
20    also  means,  when referring to a judge authorized to receive
21    application   for,   and   to   enter   orders   authorizing,
22    interceptions of private oral  communications,  an  Associate
23    Judge  authorized  by  Supreme Court Rule to try felony cases
24    who is assigned by the Chief Judge  to  enter  these  orders.
25    After assignment by the Chief Judge, an Associate Judge shall
26    have  plenary  authority  to  issue orders without additional
27    authorization for each specific application made  to  him  by
28    the  State's  Attorney  until  the time the Associate Judge's
29    power is rescinded by the Chief Judge.
30        (c)  "Communications common  carrier"  means  any  person
31    engaged  as  a common carrier for hire in the transmission of
 
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 1    communications  by  wire  or  radio,  not   including   radio
 2    broadcasting.
 3        (d)  "Contents"  includes  information  obtained  from  a
 4    private   oral   communication   concerning   the  existence,
 5    substance, purport or meaning of the  communication,  or  the
 6    identity of a party of the communication.
 7        (e)  "Court  of competent jurisdiction" means any circuit
 8    court.
 9        (f)  "Department"  means  Illinois  Department  of  State
10    Police.
11        (g)  "Director" means Director of the Illinois Department
12    of State Police.
13        (h)  "Electronic   criminal   surveillance   device"   or
14    "eavesdropping  device"  means  any  device   or   apparatus,
15    including  an  induction  coil, that can be used to intercept
16    human speech other than:
17             (1)  Any telephone, telegraph  or  telecommunication
18        instrument,  equipment  or  facility, or any component of
19        it,  furnished  to  the   subscriber   or   user   by   a
20        communication  common  carrier  in the ordinary course of
21        its business, or purchased by any person and  being  used
22        by  the subscriber, user or person in the ordinary course
23        of his business, or being used by a communications common
24        carrier in the ordinary course of its business, or by  an
25        investigative  or law enforcement officer in the ordinary
26        course of his duties; or
27             (2)  A hearing aid or similar device being  used  to
28        correct subnormal hearing to not better than normal.
29        (i)  "Electronic criminal surveillance officer" means any
30    law enforcement officer or retired law enforcement officer of
31    the United States or of the State or political subdivision of
32    it, or of another State, or of a political subdivision of it,
33    who  is  certified by the Illinois Department of State Police
34    to intercept private oral communications.
 
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 1        (j)  "In-progress trace" means to determine the origin of
 2    a wire communication to a telephone or telegraph  instrument,
 3    equipment or facility during the course of the communication.
 4        (k)  "Intercept"  means  the  aural  acquisition  of  the
 5    contents  of  any  oral  communication through the use of any
 6    electronic criminal surveillance device.
 7        (l)  "Journalist" means a person  engaged  in,  connected
 8    with,  or  employed  by  news  media,  including  newspapers,
 9    magazines,  press associations, news agencies, wire services,
10    radio, television or other similar media, for the purpose  of
11    gathering,  processing,  transmitting,  compiling, editing or
12    disseminating news for the general public.
13        (m)  "Law enforcement agency" means any  law  enforcement
14    agency  of  the  United  States,  or the State or a political
15    subdivision of it.
16        (n)  "Oral communication"  means  human  speech  used  to
17    communicate  by  one  party  to  another,  in person, by wire
18    communication or by any other means.
19        (o)  "Private oral communication" means a  wire  or  oral
20    communication  uttered  by a person exhibiting an expectation
21    that the communication is not subject to interception,  under
22    circumstances    reasonably   justifying   the   expectation.
23    Circumstances that reasonably justify the expectation that  a
24    communication  is not subject to interception include the use
25    of a cordless telephone or cellular communication device.
26        (p)  "Wire communication" means any human speech used  to
27    communicate  by  one  party  to  another  in whole or in part
28    through  the  use  of  facilities  for  the  transmission  of
29    communications  by  wire,  cable  or  other  like  connection
30    between the point  of  origin  and  the  point  of  reception
31    furnished or operated by a communications common carrier.
32        (q)  "Privileged  communications"  means  a  private oral
33    communication between:
34             (1)  a  licensed  and  practicing  physician  and  a
 
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 1        patient  within  the  scope  of  the  profession  of  the
 2        physician;
 3             (2)  a licensed and  practicing  psychologist  to  a
 4        patient  within  the  scope  of  the  profession  of  the
 5        psychologist;
 6             (3)  a licensed and practicing attorney-at-law and a
 7        client within the scope of the profession of the lawyer;
 8             (4)  a  practicing  clergyman and a confidant within
 9        the scope of the profession of the clergyman;
10             (5)  a practicing journalist within the scope of his
11        profession;
12             (6)  spouses  within  the  scope  of  their  marital
13        relationship; or
14             (7)  a licensed and practicing social  worker  to  a
15        client  within  the scope of the profession of the social
16        worker.
17        (r)  "Retired law enforcement officer"  means  a  person:
18    (1)  who  is  a  graduate  of  a police training institute or
19    academy,  who  after  graduating  served  for  at  least   15
20    consecutive   years  as  a  sworn,  full-time  peace  officer
21    qualified  to  carry  firearms  for  any  federal  or   State
22    department  or  agency or for any unit of local government of
23    Illinois; (2) who has retired as a local, State,  or  federal
24    peace  officer in a publicly created peace officer retirement
25    system;  and  (3)  whose  service  in  law  enforcement   was
26    honorably terminated through retirement or disability and not
27    as a result of discipline, suspension, or discharge.
28    (Source: P.A. 86-391; 86-763; 86-1028; 86-1206; 87-530.)

29        (725 ILCS 5/108B-1.5 new)
30        Sec.  108B-1.5.  Retired law enforcement officer. Nothing
31    in this Article authorizes a retired law enforcement  officer
32    to display or use a firearm at any time.
 
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 1        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 2    becoming law.

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