Public Act 097-0231
 
SB2027 EnrolledLRB097 05774 RLC 45841 b


  
    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended  by changing 
Section 17-3 as follows:
 



    (720 ILCS 5/17-3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 17-3)



    Sec. 17-3. Forgery. 

    (a) A person commits forgery when, with intent to defraud, 
he or she knowingly:


        (1) makes a false document or alters any document to 
    make it false and that document is apparently capable of 
    defrauding
another in such manner that it purports to have 
    been made by another or at
another time, or with different 
    provisions, or by authority of one who did
not give such 
    authority; or


        (2) issues or delivers such document knowing it to have 
    been thus
made or altered; or


        (3) possesses, with intent to issue or deliver, any 
    such document
knowing it to have been thus made or altered; 
    or


        (4) unlawfully uses the digital signature, as defined 
    in the Financial
Institutions Electronic Documents and 
    Digital Signature Act, of another; or


        (5) unlawfully uses the signature device of another to 
    create
an electronic signature of that other person, as 
    those terms are defined in the
Electronic Commerce Security 
    Act.

    (b) An intent to defraud means an intention to cause 
another to assume,
create, transfer, alter or terminate any 
right, obligation or power with
reference to any person or 
property.
As used in this Section, "document" includes, but is 
not limited to, any
document, representation, or image produced 
manually, electronically, or by
computer.

    (c) A document apparently capable of defrauding another 
includes, but is
not limited to, one by which any right, 
obligation or power with reference
to any person or property 
may be created, transferred, altered or
terminated.  A document 
includes any record or electronic record as those
terms are 
defined in the Electronic Commerce Security Act.

    (c-5) For purposes of this Section, "false document" or 
"document that is false" includes, but is not limited to, a 
document whose contents are false in some material way, or that 
purports to have been made by another or at another time, or 
with different provisions, or by authority of one who did not 
give such authority. 
    (d) Sentence.

    Forgery is a Class 3 felony.

(Source: P.A. 94-458, eff. 8-4-05.)