93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB2167


 
Introduced 1/14/2004, by Patrick Welch
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













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    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961.  Creates the offense of bribery to obtain driving privileges.  Provides that the penalty for a violation is a Class 2 felony.



















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SB2167

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    AN ACT concerning criminal law.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended  by adding 
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Section 33-6 as follows:
 
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    (720 ILCS 5/33-6  new)
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    Sec. 33-6. Bribery to obtain driving privileges.

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    (a) A person commits the offense of bribery to obtain 
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driving privileges when:
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        (1) with intent to influence any act related to the 
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    issuance of any driver's license or permit by an employee 
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    of the Illinois Secretary of State's Office, or the owner 
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    or employee of any commercial driver training school 
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    licensed by the Illinois Secretary of State, or any other 
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    individual authorized by the laws of this State to give 
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    driving instructions or administer all or part of a 
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    driver's license examination, he or she promises or tenders 
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    to that person any property or personal advantage which 
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    that person is not authorized by law to accept; or
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        (2) with intent to cause any person to influence any 
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    act related to the issuance of any driver's license or 
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    permit by an employee of the Illinois Secretary of State's 
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    Office, or the owner or employee of any commercial driver 
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    training school licensed by the Illinois Secretary of 
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    State, or any other individual authorized by the laws of 
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    this State to give driving instructions or administer all 
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    or part of a driver's license examination, he or she 
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    promises or tenders to that person any property or personal 
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    advantage which that person is not authorized by law to 
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    accept; or
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        (3) as an employee of the Illinois Secretary of State's 
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    Office, or the owner or employee of any commercial driver 
 


 









SB2167
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    training school licensed by the Illinois Secretary of 
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    State, or any other individual authorized by the laws of 
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    this State to give driving instructions or administer all 
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    or part of a driver's license examination, solicits, 
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    receives, retains, or agrees to accept any property or 
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    personal advantage that he or she is not authorized by law 
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    to accept knowing that such property or personal advantage 
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    was promised or tendered with intent to influence the 
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    performance of any act related to the issuance of any 
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    driver's license or permit; or
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        (4) as an employee of the Illinois Secretary of State's 
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    Office, or the owner or employee of any commercial driver 
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    training school licensed by the Illinois Secretary of 
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    State, or any other individual authorized by the laws of 
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    this State to give driving instructions or administer all 
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    or part of a driver's license examination, solicits, 
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    receives, retains, or agrees to accept any property or 
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    personal advantage pursuant to an understanding that he or 
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    she shall improperly influence or attempt to influence the 
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    performance of any act related to the issuance of any 
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    driver's license or permit.
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    (b) Sentence.
Bribery to obtain driving privileges is a 
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    Class 2 felony.