97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1936

 

Introduced , by Rep. William Cunningham

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
725 ILCS 5/108B-1  from Ch. 38, par. 108B-1
725 ILCS 5/108B-3  from Ch. 38, par. 108B-3
725 ILCS 5/108B-9  from Ch. 38, par. 108B-9

    Amends the Electronic Criminal Surveillance Article of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Includes in the definition of "electronic criminal surveillance officer" an individual operating under contract with a law enforcement agency who is acting under the supervision of an investigative or law enforcement officer authorized to conduct the interception. Provides that the State's Attorney, or a person designated in writing or by law to act for him or her and to perform his or her duties during his or her absence or disability, may authorize, in writing, an ex parte application to the chief judge of a court of competent jurisdiction for an order authorizing the interception of a private communication when no party has consented to the interception and the interception may provide evidence of, or may assist in the apprehension of a person who has committed, is committing or is about to commit the offense of knowingly manufacturing or delivering cannabis, possessing cannabis with intent to deliver or manufacture cannabis or the offense of cannabis trafficking. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
5amended by changing Sections 108B-1, 108B-3, and 108B-9 as
6follows:
 
7    (725 ILCS 5/108B-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 108B-1)
8    Sec. 108B-1. Definitions. For the purpose of this Article:
9    (a) "Aggrieved person" means a person who was a party to
10any intercepted private communication or any person against
11whom the intercept was directed.
12    (b) "Chief Judge" means, when referring to a judge
13authorized to receive application for, and to enter orders
14authorizing, interceptions of private communications, the
15Chief Judge of the Circuit Court wherein the application for
16order of interception is filed, or a Circuit Judge designated
17by the Chief Judge to enter these orders. In circuits other
18than the Cook County Circuit, "Chief Judge" also means, when
19referring to a judge authorized to receive application for, and
20to enter orders authorizing, interceptions of private
21communications, an Associate Judge authorized by Supreme Court
22Rule to try felony cases who is assigned by the Chief Judge to
23enter these orders. After assignment by the Chief Judge, an

 

 

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1Associate Judge shall have plenary authority to issue orders
2without additional authorization for each specific application
3made to him by the State's Attorney until the time the
4Associate Judge's power is rescinded by the Chief Judge.
5    (c) "Communications common carrier" means any person
6engaged as a common carrier in the transmission of
7communications by wire or radio, not including radio
8broadcasting.
9    (d) "Contents" includes information obtained from a
10private communication concerning the existence, substance,
11purport or meaning of the communication, or the identity of a
12party of the communication.
13    (e) "Court of competent jurisdiction" means any circuit
14court.
15    (f) "Department" means Illinois Department of State
16Police.
17    (g) "Director" means Director of the Illinois Department of
18State Police.
19    (g-1) "Electronic communication" means any transfer of
20signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, data, or intelligence
21of any nature transmitted in whole or part by a wire, radio,
22pager, computer, or electromagnetic, photo electronic, or
23photo optical system where the sending and receiving parties
24intend the electronic communication to be private and the
25interception, recording, or transcription of the electronic
26communication is accomplished by a device in a surreptitious

 

 

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1manner contrary to the provisions of this Article. "Electronic
2communication" does not include:
3        (1) any wire or oral communication; or
4        (2) any communication from a tracking device.
5    (h) "Electronic criminal surveillance device" or
6"eavesdropping device" means any device or apparatus, or
7computer program including an induction coil, that can be used
8to intercept private communication other than:
9        (1) Any telephone, telegraph or telecommunication
10    instrument, equipment or facility, or any component of it,
11    furnished to the subscriber or user by a communication
12    common carrier in the ordinary course of its business, or
13    purchased by any person and being used by the subscriber,
14    user or person in the ordinary course of his business, or
15    being used by a communications common carrier in the
16    ordinary course of its business, or by an investigative or
17    law enforcement officer in the ordinary course of his
18    duties; or
19        (2) A hearing aid or similar device being used to
20    correct subnormal hearing to not better than normal.
21    (i) "Electronic criminal surveillance officer" means any
22law enforcement officer or retired law enforcement officer of
23the United States or of the State or political subdivision of
24it, or of another State, or of a political subdivision of it,
25who is certified by the Illinois Department of State Police to
26intercept private communications, or an individual operating

 

 

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1under contract with a law enforcement agency who is acting
2under the supervision of an investigative or law enforcement
3officer authorized to conduct the interception. A retired law
4enforcement officer may be certified by the Illinois State
5Police only to (i) prepare petitions for the authority to
6intercept private communications in accordance with the
7provisions of this Act; (ii) intercept and supervise the
8interception of private communications; (iii) handle,
9safeguard, and use evidence derived from such private
10communications; and (iv) operate and maintain equipment used to
11intercept private communications.
12    (j) "In-progress trace" means to determine the origin of a
13wire communication to a telephone or telegraph instrument,
14equipment or facility during the course of the communication.
15    (k) "Intercept" means the aural or other acquisition of the
16contents of any private communication through the use of any
17electronic criminal surveillance device.
18    (l) "Journalist" means a person engaged in, connected with,
19or employed by news media, including newspapers, magazines,
20press associations, news agencies, wire services, radio,
21television or other similar media, for the purpose of
22gathering, processing, transmitting, compiling, editing or
23disseminating news for the general public.
24    (m) "Law enforcement agency" means any law enforcement
25agency of the United States, or the State or a political
26subdivision of it.

 

 

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1    (n) "Oral communication" means human speech used to
2communicate by one party to another, in person, by wire
3communication or by any other means.
4    (o) "Private communication" means a wire, oral, or
5electronic communication uttered or transmitted by a person
6exhibiting an expectation that the communication is not subject
7to interception, under circumstances reasonably justifying the
8expectation. Circumstances that reasonably justify the
9expectation that a communication is not subject to interception
10include the use of a cordless telephone or cellular
11communication device.
12    (p) "Wire communication" means any human speech used to
13communicate by one party to another in whole or in part through
14the use of facilities for the transmission of communications by
15wire, cable or other like connection between the point of
16origin and the point of reception furnished or operated by a
17communications common carrier.
18    (q) "Privileged communications" means a private
19communication between:
20        (1) a licensed and practicing physician and a patient
21    within the scope of the profession of the physician;
22        (2) a licensed and practicing psychologist to a patient
23    within the scope of the profession of the psychologist;
24        (3) a licensed and practicing attorney-at-law and a
25    client within the scope of the profession of the lawyer;
26        (4) a practicing clergyman and a confidant within the

 

 

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1    scope of the profession of the clergyman;
2        (5) a practicing journalist within the scope of his
3    profession;
4        (6) spouses within the scope of their marital
5    relationship; or
6        (7) a licensed and practicing social worker to a client
7    within the scope of the profession of the social worker.
8    (r) "Retired law enforcement officer" means a person: (1)
9who is a graduate of a police training institute or academy,
10who after graduating served for at least 15 consecutive years
11as a sworn, full-time peace officer qualified to carry firearms
12for any federal or State department or agency or for any unit
13of local government of Illinois; (2) who has retired as a
14local, State, or federal peace officer in a publicly created
15peace officer retirement system; and (3) whose service in law
16enforcement was honorably terminated through retirement or
17disability and not as a result of discipline, suspension, or
18discharge.
19(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
20    (725 ILCS 5/108B-3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 108B-3)
21    Sec. 108B-3. Authorization for the interception of private
22communication.
23    (a) The State's Attorney, or a person designated in writing
24or by law to act for him and to perform his duties during his
25absence or disability, may authorize, in writing, an ex parte

 

 

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1application to the chief judge of a court of competent
2jurisdiction for an order authorizing the interception of a
3private communication when no party has consented to the
4interception and (i) the interception may provide evidence of,
5or may assist in the apprehension of a person who has
6committed, is committing or is about to commit, a violation of
7Section 8-1(b) (solicitation of murder), 8-1.2 (solicitation
8of murder for hire), 9-1 (first degree murder), 10-9
9(involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a
10minor, or trafficking in persons for forced labor or services),
1111-15.1 (soliciting for a minor engaged in prostitution), 11-16
12(pandering), 11-17.1 (keeping a place of juvenile
13prostitution), 11-18.1 (patronizing a minor engaged in
14prostitution), 11-19.1 (juvenile pimping and aggravated
15juvenile pimping), or 29B-1 (money laundering) of the Criminal
16Code of 1961, Section 5 or 5.1 of the Cannabis Control Act,
17Section 401, 401.1 (controlled substance trafficking), 405,
18405.1 (criminal drug conspiracy) or 407 of the Illinois
19Controlled Substances Act or any Section of the Methamphetamine
20Control and Community Protection Act, a violation of Section
2124-2.1, 24-2.2, 24-3, 24-3.1, 24-3.3, 24-3.4, 24-4, or 24-5 or
22subsection 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(6), 24-1(a)(7), 24-1(a)(9),
2324-1(a)(10), or 24-1(c) of the Criminal Code of 1961 or
24conspiracy to commit money laundering or conspiracy to commit
25first degree murder; (ii) in response to a clear and present
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1resulting from: (1) a kidnapping or the holding of a hostage by
2force or the threat of the imminent use of force; or (2) the
3occupation by force or the threat of the imminent use of force
4of any premises, place, vehicle, vessel or aircraft; (iii) to
5aid an investigation or prosecution of a civil action brought
6under the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act
7when there is probable cause to believe the interception of the
8private communication will provide evidence that a streetgang
9is committing, has committed, or will commit a second or
10subsequent gang-related offense or that the interception of the
11private communication will aid in the collection of a judgment
12entered under that Act; or (iv) upon information and belief
13that a streetgang has committed, is committing, or is about to
14commit a felony.
15    (b) The State's Attorney or a person designated in writing
16or by law to act for the State's Attorney and to perform his or
17her duties during his or her absence or disability, may
18authorize, in writing, an ex parte application to the chief
19judge of a circuit court for an order authorizing the
20interception of a private communication when no party has
21consented to the interception and the interception may provide
22evidence of, or may assist in the apprehension of a person who
23has committed, is committing or is about to commit, a violation
24of an offense under Article 29D of the Criminal Code of 1961.
25    (b-1) Subsection (b) is inoperative on and after January 1,
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1    (b-2) No conversations recorded or monitored pursuant to
2subsection (b) shall be made inadmissible in a court of law by
3virtue of subsection (b-1).
4    (c) As used in this Section, "streetgang" and
5"gang-related" have the meanings ascribed to them in Section 10
6of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
7(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-710, eff. 1-1-10;
896-1464, eff. 8-20-10.)
 
9    (725 ILCS 5/108B-9)  (from Ch. 38, par. 108B-9)
10    Sec. 108B-9. Recordings, records and custody.
11    (a) Any private communication intercepted in accordance
12with this Article shall, if practicable, be recorded by tape or
13other comparable method. The recording shall, if practicable,
14be done in such a way as will protect it from editing or other
15alteration. During an interception, the interception shall be
16carried out by an electronic criminal surveillance officer,
17and, if practicable, such officer shall keep a signed, written
18record, including:
19        (1) the date and hours of surveillance;
20        (2) the time and duration of each intercepted
21    communication;
22        (3) the parties, if known, to each intercepted
23    conversation; and
24        (4) a summary of the contents of each intercepted
25    communication.

 

 

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1    (b) Immediately upon the expiration of the order or its
2extensions, the tapes and other recordings shall be transferred
3to the chief judge issuing the order and sealed under his
4direction. Custody of the tapes, or other recordings, shall be
5maintained wherever the chief judge directs. They shall not be
6destroyed except upon an order of a court of competent
7jurisdiction and in any event shall be kept for 10 years.
8Duplicate tapes or other recordings may be made for disclosure
9or use under paragraph (a) or (b) of Section 108B-2a of this
10Article. The presence of the seal provided by this Section, or
11a satisfactory explanation for its absence, shall be a
12prerequisite for the disclosure of the contents of any private
13communication, or evidence derived from it, under paragraph (b)
14of Section 108B-2a of this Article.
15(Source: P.A. 92-854, eff. 12-5-02.)
 
16    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17becoming law.