Sen. Ira I. Silverstein

Filed: 3/8/2007

 

 


 

 


 
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1
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 141

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 141 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
5 changing Section 16G-15 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/16G-15)
7     Sec. 16G-15. Identity theft.
8     (a) A person commits the the offense of identity theft when
9 he or she knowingly:
10         (1) uses any personal identifying information or
11     personal identification document of another person to
12     fraudulently obtain credit, money, goods, services, or
13     other property, or
14         (2) uses any personal identification information or
15     personal identification document of another with intent to
16     commit any felony theft or other felony violation of State

 

 

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1     law not set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection (a),
2     or
3         (3) obtains, records, possesses, sells, transfers,
4     purchases, or manufactures any personal identification
5     information or personal identification document of another
6     with intent to commit or to aid or abet another in
7     committing any felony theft or other felony violation of
8     State law, or
9         (4) uses, obtains, records, possesses, sells,
10     transfers, purchases, or manufactures any personal
11     identification information or personal identification
12     document of another knowing that such personal
13     identification information or personal identification
14     documents were stolen or produced without lawful
15     authority, or
16         (5) uses, transfers, or possesses document-making
17     implements to produce false identification or false
18     documents with knowledge that they will be used by the
19     person or another to commit any felony theft or other
20     felony violation of State law, or
21         (6) uses any personal identification information or
22     personal identification document of another to portray
23     himself or herself as that person, or otherwise, for the
24     purpose of gaining access to any personal identification
25     information or personal identification document of that
26     person, without the prior express permission of that

 

 

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1     person, or
2         (7) uses any personal identification information or
3     personal identification document of another for the
4     purpose of gaining access to any record of the actions
5     taken, communications made or received, or other
6     activities or transactions of that person, without the
7     prior express permission of that person.
8     (b) Knowledge shall be determined by an evaluation of all
9 circumstances surrounding the use of the other person's
10 identifying information or document.
11     (c) When a charge of identity theft of credit, money,
12 goods, services, or other property exceeding a specified value
13 is brought the value of the credit, money, goods, services, or
14 other property is an element of the offense to be resolved by
15 the trier of fact as either exceeding or not exceeding the
16 specified value.
17     (d) Sentence.
18         (1) A person convicted of identity theft in violation
19     of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) shall be sentenced as
20     follows:
21             (A) identity theft of credit, money, goods,
22         services, or other property not exceeding $300 in value
23         is a Class 4 felony. A person who has been previously
24         convicted of identity theft of less than $300 who is
25         convicted of a second or subsequent offense of identity
26         theft of less than $300 is guilty of a Class 3 felony.

 

 

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1         A person who has been convicted of identity theft of
2         less than $300 who has been previously convicted of any
3         type of theft, robbery, armed robbery, burglary,
4         residential burglary, possession of burglary tools,
5         home invasion, home repair fraud, aggravated home
6         repair fraud, or financial exploitation of an elderly
7         or disabled person is guilty of a Class 3 felony. When
8         a person has any such prior conviction, the information
9         or indictment charging that person shall state the
10         prior conviction so as to give notice of the State's
11         intention to treat the charge as a Class 3 felony. The
12         fact of the prior conviction is not an element of the
13         offense and may not be disclosed to the jury during
14         trial unless otherwise permitted by issues properly
15         raised during the trial.
16             (B) Identity theft of credit, money, goods,
17         services, or other property exceeding $300 and not
18         exceeding $2,000 in value is a Class 3 felony.
19             (C) Identity theft of credit, money, goods,
20         services, or other property exceeding $2,000 and not
21         exceeding $10,000 in value is a Class 2 felony.
22             (D) Identity theft of credit, money, goods,
23         services, or other property exceeding $10,000 and not
24         exceeding $100,000 in value is a Class 1 felony.
25             (E) Identity theft of credit, money, goods,
26         services, or other property exceeding $100,000 in

 

 

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1         value is a Class X felony.
2         (2) A person convicted of any offense enumerated in
3     paragraphs (2) through (7) of subsection (a) is guilty of a
4     Class 3 felony.
5         (3) A person convicted of any offense enumerated in
6     paragraphs (2) through (5) of subsection (a) a second or
7     subsequent time is guilty of a Class 2 felony.
8         (4) A person who, within a 12 month period, is found in
9     violation of any offense enumerated in paragraphs (2)
10     through (7) of subsection (a) with respect to the
11     identifiers of, or other information relating to, 3 or more
12     separate individuals, at the same time or consecutively, is
13     guilty of a Class 2 felony.
14         (5) A person convicted of identity theft in violation
15     of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) who uses any personal
16     identification information or personal identification
17     document of another to purchase methamphetamine
18     manufacturing material as defined in Section 10 of the
19     Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act with
20     the intent to unlawfully manufacture methamphetamine is
21     guilty of a Class 2 felony for a first offense and a Class
22     1 felony for a second or subsequent offense.
23 (Source: P.A. 93-401, eff. 7-31-03; 94-39, eff. 6-16-05;
24 94-827, eff. 1-1-07; 94-1008, eff. 7-5-06; revised 8-3-06.)".