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Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
Filed: 3/11/2010
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5749
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5749 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by |
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| changing Section 17-3 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/17-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 17-3) |
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| Sec. 17-3. Forgery. |
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| (a) A person commits forgery when, with intent to defraud, |
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| he knowingly: |
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| (1) makes or alters any document apparently capable of |
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| defrauding
another in such manner that it: (A) purports to |
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| have been made by another or at
another time, or with |
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| different provisions, or by authority of one who did
not |
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| give such authority, or (B) contains materially false |
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| information; or |
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| (2) issues or delivers such document knowing it to have |
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| been thus
made or altered; or |
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| (3) possesses, with intent to issue or deliver, any |
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| such document
knowing it to have been thus made or altered; |
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| or |
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| (4) unlawfully uses the digital signature, as defined |
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| in the Financial
Institutions Electronic Documents and |
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| Digital Signature Act, of another; or |
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| (5) unlawfully uses the signature device of another to |
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| create
an electronic signature of that other person, as |
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| those terms are defined in the
Electronic Commerce Security |
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| Act. |
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| (b) An intent to defraud means an intention to cause |
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| another to assume,
create, transfer, alter or terminate any |
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| right, obligation or power with
reference to any person or |
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| property.
As used in this Section, "document" includes, but is |
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| not limited to, any
document, representation, or image produced |
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| manually, electronically, or by
computer. |
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| (c) A document apparently capable of defrauding another |
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| includes, but is
not limited to, one by which any right, |
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| obligation or power with reference
to any person or property |
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| may be created, transferred, altered or
terminated. A document |
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| includes any record or electronic record as those
terms are |
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| defined in the Electronic Commerce Security Act. |
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| (d) Sentence. |
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| Forgery is a Class 3 felony. |
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| (Source: P.A. 94-458, eff. 8-4-05.)".
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