96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0555


 
Introduced 2/4/2009, by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














720 ILCS 5/25-1.1









    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 relating to the offense of unlawful contact with streetgang members. Provides that a person convicted of a third or subsequent violation of the offense is guilty of a Class 4 felony.

















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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 25-1.1 as follows:
 
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    (720 ILCS 5/25-1.1)

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    Sec. 25-1.1. Unlawful contact with streetgang members.

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    (a) A person commits the offense of unlawful contact with 
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streetgang members
when:


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        (1) He or she knowingly has direct or indirect contact 
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    with a streetgang
member as defined in Section 10 of the 
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    Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus
Prevention Act after 
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    having been sentenced to probation, conditional discharge,

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    or supervision for a criminal offense with a condition of 
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    such sentence being
to refrain from direct or indirect 
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    contact with a streetgang member or members;



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        (2) He or she knowingly has direct or indirect contact 
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    with a streetgang
member as defined in Section 10 of the 
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    Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus
Prevention Act after 
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    having been released on bond for any criminal offense with

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    a condition of such bond being to refrain from direct or 
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    indirect contact with
a streetgang member or members;


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        (3) He or she knowingly has direct or indirect contact 
 


 






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    with a streetgang
member
as defined in Section 10 of the 
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    Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus
Prevention Act
after 
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    having been ordered by a judge in any non-criminal 
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    proceeding to refrain
from
direct or indirect contact with 
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    a streetgang member or members; or

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        (4) He or she knowingly has direct or indirect contact 
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    with a streetgang
member
as defined in Section 10 of the 
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    Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act
after
having 
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    been released from the Illinois Department of Corrections 
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    on a condition
of parole
or mandatory supervised release 
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    that he or she refrain from direct or indirect
contact with

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    a streetgang member or members.


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    (b) Unlawful contact with streetgang members is a Class A 
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misdemeanor.
A person convicted of a third or subsequent 
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violation of this Section is guilt of a Class 4 felony. 

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    (c) This Section does not apply to a person when the only 
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streetgang member
or members he or she is with is a family or 
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household member or members as
defined in paragraph (3) of 
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Section 112A-3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure
of 1963 and 
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the streetgang members are not engaged in any streetgang 
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related
activity.


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(Source: P.A. 95-45, eff. 1-1-08.)