94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB2067


 
Introduced 2/14/2005, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Monique D. Davis and Robert S. Molaro
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













720 ILCS 5/16G-15









    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning the offense of financial identity theft.
















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A BILL FOR









 











HB2067

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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 changing 
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Section 16G-15 as follows:
 



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    (720 ILCS 5/16G-15)



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    Sec. 16G-15. Identity theft. 

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    (a) A person commits the
the offense of identity theft when 
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he or
she
knowingly:

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        (1) uses any personal
identifying information or 
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    personal identification document of another
person to 
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    fraudulently obtain credit, money, goods, services, or 
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    other
property, or


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        (2) uses any personal identification information or 
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    personal
identification document of another with intent to 
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    commit any felony theft
or other felony violation of State 
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    law not set forth in
paragraph (1) of this subsection (a), 
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    or


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        (3) obtains, records, possesses, sells, transfers, 
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    purchases, or
manufactures any personal identification 
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    information or personal
identification document of another 
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    with intent to commit or to aid or abet
another in 
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    committing any felony theft or other felony violation of

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    State law, or


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        (4) uses, obtains, records, possesses, sells, 
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    transfers, purchases,
or manufactures any personal 
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    identification information or
personal identification 
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    document of another knowing that such
personal 
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    identification information or personal identification

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    documents were stolen or produced without lawful 
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    authority, or


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        (5) uses, transfers, or possesses document-making 
 


 






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    implements to
produce false identification or false 
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    documents with knowledge that
they will be used by the 
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    person or another to commit any felony theft or other

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    felony violation of State law.

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    (b) Knowledge shall be determined by an evaluation of all 
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circumstances
surrounding the use of the other
person's 
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identifying information or document.

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    (c) When a charge of identity theft of credit, money, 
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goods,
services, or other property
exceeding a specified value 
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is brought the value of the credit, money, goods,
services, or 
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other property is
an element of the offense to be resolved by 
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the trier of fact as either
exceeding or not exceeding the

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specified value.

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    (d) Sentence.


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          (1) A person convicted of identity theft in violation 
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    of paragraph (1)
of subsection (a) shall be sentenced as 
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    follows:


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            (A) identity theft of credit, money, goods, 
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        services, or
other
property not exceeding $300 in
value 
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        is a Class A misdemeanor. A person who has been 
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        previously convicted of
identity theft of
less than 
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        $300 who is convicted of a second or subsequent offense 
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        of
identity theft of less than
$300 is guilty of a 
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        Class 4 felony. A person who has been convicted of 
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        identity
theft of less than
$300 who has been 
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        previously convicted of any type of theft, robbery, 
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        armed
robbery, burglary, residential
burglary, 
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        possession of burglary tools, home invasion, home 
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        repair fraud,
aggravated home repair fraud, or

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        financial exploitation of an elderly or disabled 
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        person is guilty of a Class 4
felony.  When a person has 
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        any
such prior conviction, the information or 
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        indictment charging that person shall
state the prior 
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        conviction so
as to give notice of the State's 
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        intention to treat the charge as a felony. The
fact of 
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        the prior conviction is
not an element of the offense 
 


 






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        and may not be disclosed to the jury during trial

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        unless otherwise permitted
by issues properly raised 
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        during the trial.


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            (B) Identity theft of credit, money, goods,

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        services, or other
property exceeding $300 and not

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        exceeding $2,000 in value is a Class 4 felony.


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            (C) Identity theft of credit, money, goods,

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        services, or other
property exceeding $2,000 and not

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        exceeding $10,000 in value is a Class 3 felony.


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            (D) Identity theft of credit, money, goods,

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        services, or other
property exceeding $10,000 and
not 
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        exceeding $100,000 in value is a Class 2 felony.


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            (E) Identity theft of credit, money, goods,

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        services, or
other property exceeding $100,000 in

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        value is a Class 1 felony.


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        (2) A person convicted of any offense enumerated in 
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    paragraphs
(2) through (5) of subsection (a) is guilty of a 
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    Class 4 felony.


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        (3) A person convicted of any offense enumerated in 
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    paragraphs
(2) through (5) of subsection (a) a second or 
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    subsequent time is
guilty of a Class 3 felony.


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        (4) A person who, within a 12 month period, is found in 
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    violation
of any offense enumerated in paragraphs (2) 
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    through (5) of
subsection (a) with respect to the 
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    identifiers of 3 or more
separate individuals, at the same 
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    time or consecutively, is guilty
of a Class 3 felony.

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(Source: P.A. 92-792, eff. 8-6-02; 93-401, eff. 7-31-03.)