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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 12-7.1 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/12-7.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-7.1)
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7 | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 99-77 )
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8 | Sec. 12-7.1. Hate crime.
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9 | (a) A person commits hate crime when, by reason of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | actual or
perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | gender, sexual orientation,
physical or mental disability, or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | national origin of another individual or
group of individuals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | or because that other individual or group of individuals was | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | wearing a uniform of a member of the United States Armed Forces | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | or National Guard or was wearing United States veterans' | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | organization regalia , regardless of the existence of any other | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | motivating
factor or factors, he or she commits assault, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | battery, aggravated assault, misdemeanor
theft, criminal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | trespass to residence, misdemeanor criminal damage
to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | property, criminal trespass to vehicle, criminal trespass to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | real property,
mob action, disorderly conduct, harassment by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | telephone, or harassment through electronic
communications as | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | these crimes are defined in Sections 12-1,
12-2, 12-3(a), 16-1, |
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1 | 19-4, 21-1, 21-2, 21-3, 25-1, 26-1, 26.5-2, and paragraphs | ||||||
2 | (a)(2) and (a)(5) of Section 26.5-3 of this Code,
respectively.
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3 | (b) Except as provided in subsection (b-5), hate crime is a | ||||||
4 | Class 4
felony for a first offense and a Class 2 felony for a | ||||||
5 | second or subsequent
offense.
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6 | (b-5) Hate crime is a Class 3 felony for a first offense | ||||||
7 | and a Class 2
felony for a second or subsequent offense if | ||||||
8 | committed:
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9 | (1) in a church, synagogue, mosque, or other building, | ||||||
10 | structure, or place
used for religious worship or other | ||||||
11 | religious purpose;
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12 | (2) in a cemetery, mortuary, or other facility used for | ||||||
13 | the purpose of
burial or memorializing the dead;
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14 | (3) in a school or other educational facility, | ||||||
15 | including an administrative facility or public or private | ||||||
16 | dormitory facility of or associated with the school or | ||||||
17 | other educational facility;
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18 | (4) in a public park or an ethnic or religious | ||||||
19 | community center;
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20 | (5) on the real property comprising any location | ||||||
21 | specified in
clauses (1) through (4) of this subsection | ||||||
22 | (b-5); or
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23 | (6) on a public way within 1,000 feet of the real | ||||||
24 | property comprising any
location specified in clauses (1) | ||||||
25 | through (4) of this subsection (b-5).
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26 | (b-10) Upon imposition of any sentence,
the trial
court |
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1 | shall also either order restitution paid to the victim
or | ||||||
2 | impose a fine up to $1,000. In addition, any order of probation | ||||||
3 | or
conditional discharge entered following a conviction or an | ||||||
4 | adjudication of
delinquency shall include a condition that the | ||||||
5 | offender perform public or
community service of no less than | ||||||
6 | 200 hours if that service is established in
the county where | ||||||
7 | the offender was convicted of hate crime. In addition, any | ||||||
8 | order of probation or
conditional discharge entered following a | ||||||
9 | conviction or an adjudication of
delinquency shall include a | ||||||
10 | condition that the offender enroll in an educational program | ||||||
11 | discouraging hate crimes if the offender caused criminal damage
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12 | to property consisting of religious fixtures, objects, or | ||||||
13 | decorations. The educational program may be administered, as | ||||||
14 | determined by the court, by a university, college, community | ||||||
15 | college, non-profit organization, or the Holocaust and | ||||||
16 | Genocide Commission. Nothing in this subsection (b-10) | ||||||
17 | prohibits courses discouraging hate crimes from being made | ||||||
18 | available online. The court may also
impose any other condition | ||||||
19 | of probation or conditional discharge under this
Section.
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20 | (c) Independent of any criminal prosecution or the result
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21 | thereof, any
person suffering injury to his person or damage to | ||||||
22 | his property as a result
of hate crime may bring a civil action | ||||||
23 | for damages, injunction
or other appropriate relief. The court | ||||||
24 | may award actual damages, including
damages for emotional | ||||||
25 | distress, or punitive damages. A judgment may include
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26 | attorney's fees and costs. The parents or legal guardians, |
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1 | other than
guardians appointed pursuant to the Juvenile Court | ||||||
2 | Act or the Juvenile
Court Act of 1987, of an unemancipated | ||||||
3 | minor shall be liable for the amount
of any judgment for actual | ||||||
4 | damages rendered against such minor under this
subsection (c) | ||||||
5 | in any amount not exceeding the amount provided under
Section 5 | ||||||
6 | of the Parental Responsibility Law.
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7 | (d) In this Section: | ||||||
8 | "Sexual orientation" means heterosexuality, | ||||||
9 | homosexuality,
or bisexuality.
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10 | "Veterans' organization" means an organization | ||||||
11 | comprised of members of
which substantially all are | ||||||
12 | individuals who are veterans or spouses,
widows, or | ||||||
13 | widowers of veterans, the primary purpose of which is to
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14 | promote the welfare of its members and to provide | ||||||
15 | assistance to the general
public in such a way as to confer | ||||||
16 | a public benefit. | ||||||
17 | (Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-161, eff. 1-1-12; | ||||||
18 | 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1109, eff. 1-1-13.)
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19 | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 99-77 )
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20 | Sec. 12-7.1. Hate crime.
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21 | (a) A person commits hate crime when, by reason of the | ||||||
22 | actual or
perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, | ||||||
23 | gender, sexual orientation,
physical or mental disability, or | ||||||
24 | national origin of another individual or
group of individuals | ||||||
25 | or because that other individual or group of individuals was |
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1 | wearing a uniform of a member of the United States Armed Forces | ||||||
2 | or National Guard or was wearing United States veterans' | ||||||
3 | organization regalia , regardless of the existence of any other | ||||||
4 | motivating
factor or factors, he or she commits assault, | ||||||
5 | battery, aggravated assault, misdemeanor
theft, criminal | ||||||
6 | trespass to residence, misdemeanor criminal damage
to | ||||||
7 | property, criminal trespass to vehicle, criminal trespass to | ||||||
8 | real property,
mob action, disorderly conduct, harassment by | ||||||
9 | telephone, or harassment through electronic
communications as | ||||||
10 | these crimes are defined in Sections 12-1,
12-2, 12-3(a), 16-1, | ||||||
11 | 19-4, 21-1, 21-2, 21-3, 25-1, 26-1, 26.5-2, and paragraphs | ||||||
12 | (a)(2) and (a)(5) of Section 26.5-3 of this Code,
respectively.
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13 | (b) Except as provided in subsection (b-5), hate crime is a | ||||||
14 | Class 4
felony for a first offense and a Class 2 felony for a | ||||||
15 | second or subsequent
offense.
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16 | (b-5) Hate crime is a Class 3 felony for a first offense | ||||||
17 | and a Class 2
felony for a second or subsequent offense if | ||||||
18 | committed:
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19 | (1) in a church, synagogue, mosque, or other building, | ||||||
20 | structure, or place
used for religious worship or other | ||||||
21 | religious purpose;
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22 | (2) in a cemetery, mortuary, or other facility used for | ||||||
23 | the purpose of
burial or memorializing the dead;
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24 | (3) in a school or other educational facility, | ||||||
25 | including an administrative facility or public or private | ||||||
26 | dormitory facility of or associated with the school or |
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1 | other educational facility;
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2 | (4) in a public park or an ethnic or religious | ||||||
3 | community center;
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4 | (5) on the real property comprising any location | ||||||
5 | specified in
clauses (1) through (4) of this subsection | ||||||
6 | (b-5); or
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7 | (6) on a public way within 1,000 feet of the real | ||||||
8 | property comprising any
location specified in clauses (1) | ||||||
9 | through (4) of this subsection (b-5).
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10 | (b-10) Upon imposition of any sentence,
the trial
court | ||||||
11 | shall also either order restitution paid to the victim
or | ||||||
12 | impose a fine up to $1,000. In addition, any order of probation | ||||||
13 | or
conditional discharge entered following a conviction or an | ||||||
14 | adjudication of
delinquency shall include a condition that the | ||||||
15 | offender perform public or
community service of no less than | ||||||
16 | 200 hours if that service is established in
the county where | ||||||
17 | the offender was convicted of hate crime. In addition, any | ||||||
18 | order of probation or
conditional discharge entered following a | ||||||
19 | conviction or an adjudication of
delinquency shall include a | ||||||
20 | condition that the offender enroll in an educational program | ||||||
21 | discouraging hate crimes if the offender caused criminal damage
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22 | to property consisting of religious fixtures, objects, or | ||||||
23 | decorations. The educational program may be administered, as | ||||||
24 | determined by the court, by a university, college, community | ||||||
25 | college, non-profit organization, or the Holocaust and | ||||||
26 | Genocide Commission. Nothing in this subsection (b-10) |
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1 | prohibits courses discouraging hate crimes from being made | ||||||
2 | available online. The court may also
impose any other condition | ||||||
3 | of probation or conditional discharge under this
Section.
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4 | (c) Independent of any criminal prosecution or the result
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5 | thereof, any
person suffering injury to his person or damage to | ||||||
6 | his property as a result
of hate crime may bring a civil action | ||||||
7 | for damages, injunction
or other appropriate relief. The court | ||||||
8 | may award actual damages, including
damages for emotional | ||||||
9 | distress, or punitive damages. A judgment may include
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10 | attorney's fees and costs. The parents or legal guardians, | ||||||
11 | other than
guardians appointed pursuant to the Juvenile Court | ||||||
12 | Act or the Juvenile
Court Act of 1987, of an unemancipated | ||||||
13 | minor shall be liable for the amount
of any judgment for actual | ||||||
14 | damages rendered against such minor under this
subsection (c) | ||||||
15 | in any amount not exceeding the amount provided under
Section 5 | ||||||
16 | of the Parental Responsibility Law.
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17 | (d) In this Section: | ||||||
18 | "Sexual orientation" has the meaning ascribed to it in | ||||||
19 | paragraph (O-1) of Section 1-103 of the Illinois Human | ||||||
20 | Rights Act.
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21 | "Veterans' organization" means an organization | ||||||
22 | comprised of members of
which substantially all are | ||||||
23 | individuals who are veterans or spouses,
widows, or | ||||||
24 | widowers of veterans, the primary purpose of which is to
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25 | promote the welfare of its members and to provide | ||||||
26 | assistance to the general
public in such a way as to confer |
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1 | a public benefit. | ||||||
2 | (Source: P.A. 99-77, eff. 1-1-16.)
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3 | Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | ||||||
4 | changing Section 5-5-3.2 as follows:
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5 | (730 ILCS 5/5-5-3.2)
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6 | Sec. 5-5-3.2. Factors in Aggravation and Extended-Term | ||||||
7 | Sentencing.
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8 | (a) The following factors shall be accorded weight in favor | ||||||
9 | of
imposing a term of imprisonment or may be considered by the | ||||||
10 | court as reasons
to impose a more severe sentence under Section | ||||||
11 | 5-8-1 or Article 4.5 of Chapter V:
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12 | (1) the defendant's conduct caused or threatened | ||||||
13 | serious harm;
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14 | (2) the defendant received compensation for committing | ||||||
15 | the offense;
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16 | (3) the defendant has a history of prior delinquency or | ||||||
17 | criminal activity;
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18 | (4) the defendant, by the duties of his office or by | ||||||
19 | his position,
was obliged to prevent the particular offense | ||||||
20 | committed or to bring
the offenders committing it to | ||||||
21 | justice;
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22 | (5) the defendant held public office at the time of the | ||||||
23 | offense,
and the offense related to the conduct of that | ||||||
24 | office;
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1 | (6) the defendant utilized his professional reputation | ||||||
2 | or
position in the community to commit the offense, or to | ||||||
3 | afford
him an easier means of committing it;
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4 | (7) the sentence is necessary to deter others from | ||||||
5 | committing
the same crime;
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6 | (8) the defendant committed the offense against a | ||||||
7 | person 60 years of age
or older or such person's property;
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8 | (9) the defendant committed the offense against a | ||||||
9 | person who is
physically handicapped or such person's | ||||||
10 | property;
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11 | (10) by reason of another individual's actual or | ||||||
12 | perceived race, color,
creed, religion, ancestry, gender, | ||||||
13 | sexual orientation, physical or mental
disability, or | ||||||
14 | national origin or because that individual was wearing a | ||||||
15 | uniform of a member of the United States Armed Forces or | ||||||
16 | National Guard or was wearing United States veterans' | ||||||
17 | organization regalia , the defendant committed the offense | ||||||
18 | against (i)
the person or property
of that individual; (ii) | ||||||
19 | the person or property of a person who has an
association | ||||||
20 | with, is married to, or has a friendship with the other | ||||||
21 | individual;
or (iii) the person or property of a relative | ||||||
22 | (by blood or marriage) of a
person described in clause (i) | ||||||
23 | or (ii). For the purposes of this Section,
"sexual | ||||||
24 | orientation" means heterosexuality, homosexuality, or | ||||||
25 | bisexuality;
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26 | (11) the offense took place in a place of worship or on |
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1 | the
grounds of a place of worship, immediately prior to, | ||||||
2 | during or immediately
following worship services. For | ||||||
3 | purposes of this subparagraph, "place of
worship" shall | ||||||
4 | mean any church, synagogue or other building, structure or
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5 | place used primarily for religious worship;
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6 | (12) the defendant was convicted of a felony committed | ||||||
7 | while he was
released on bail or his own recognizance | ||||||
8 | pending trial for a prior felony
and was convicted of such | ||||||
9 | prior felony, or the defendant was convicted of a
felony | ||||||
10 | committed while he was serving a period of probation,
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11 | conditional discharge, or mandatory supervised release | ||||||
12 | under subsection (d)
of Section 5-8-1
for a prior felony;
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13 | (13) the defendant committed or attempted to commit a | ||||||
14 | felony while he
was wearing a bulletproof vest. For the | ||||||
15 | purposes of this paragraph (13), a
bulletproof vest is any | ||||||
16 | device which is designed for the purpose of
protecting the | ||||||
17 | wearer from bullets, shot or other lethal projectiles;
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18 | (14) the defendant held a position of trust or | ||||||
19 | supervision such as, but
not limited to, family member as | ||||||
20 | defined in Section 11-0.1 of the Criminal Code
of 2012, | ||||||
21 | teacher, scout leader, baby sitter, or day care worker, in
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22 | relation to a victim under 18 years of age, and the | ||||||
23 | defendant committed an
offense in violation of Section | ||||||
24 | 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 11-6, 11-11, | ||||||
25 | 11-14.4 except for an offense that involves keeping a place | ||||||
26 | of juvenile prostitution, 11-15.1, 11-19.1, 11-19.2,
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1 | 11-20.1, 11-20.1B, 11-20.3, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15 | ||||||
2 | or 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code | ||||||
3 | of 2012
against
that victim;
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4 | (15) the defendant committed an offense related to the | ||||||
5 | activities of an
organized gang. For the purposes of this | ||||||
6 | factor, "organized gang" has the
meaning ascribed to it in | ||||||
7 | Section 10 of the Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus
Prevention | ||||||
8 | Act;
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9 | (16) the defendant committed an offense in violation of | ||||||
10 | one of the
following Sections while in a school, regardless | ||||||
11 | of the time of day or time of
year; on any conveyance | ||||||
12 | owned, leased, or contracted by a school to transport
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13 | students to or from school or a school related activity; on | ||||||
14 | the real property
of a school; or on a public way within | ||||||
15 | 1,000 feet of the real property
comprising any school: | ||||||
16 | Section 10-1, 10-2, 10-5, 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, | ||||||
17 | 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 11-14.4, 11-15.1, 11-17.1, 11-18.1,
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18 | 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 12-2, 12-4, 12-4.1, 12-4.2, 12-4.3, | ||||||
19 | 12-6, 12-6.1, 12-6.5, 12-13,
12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, 12-16, | ||||||
20 | 18-2, or 33A-2, or Section 12-3.05 except for subdivision | ||||||
21 | (a)(4) or (g)(1), of the Criminal Code of
1961 or the | ||||||
22 | Criminal Code of 2012;
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23 | (16.5) the defendant committed an offense in violation | ||||||
24 | of one of the
following Sections while in a day care | ||||||
25 | center, regardless of the time of day or
time of year; on | ||||||
26 | the real property of a day care center, regardless of the |
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1 | time
of day or time of year; or on a public
way within | ||||||
2 | 1,000 feet of the real property comprising any day care | ||||||
3 | center,
regardless of the time of day or time of year:
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4 | Section 10-1, 10-2, 10-5, 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, | ||||||
5 | 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 11-14.4, 11-15.1, 11-17.1, 11-18.1, | ||||||
6 | 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 12-2,
12-4, 12-4.1, 12-4.2, 12-4.3, | ||||||
7 | 12-6,
12-6.1, 12-6.5, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, 12-16, | ||||||
8 | 18-2, or 33A-2, or Section 12-3.05 except for subdivision | ||||||
9 | (a)(4) or (g)(1), of the Criminal
Code of 1961 or the | ||||||
10 | Criminal Code of 2012;
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11 | (17) the defendant committed the offense by reason of | ||||||
12 | any person's
activity as a community policing volunteer or | ||||||
13 | to prevent any person from
engaging in activity as a | ||||||
14 | community policing volunteer. For the purpose of
this | ||||||
15 | Section, "community policing volunteer" has the meaning | ||||||
16 | ascribed to it in
Section 2-3.5 of the Criminal Code of | ||||||
17 | 2012;
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18 | (18) the defendant committed the offense in a nursing | ||||||
19 | home or on the
real
property comprising a nursing home. For | ||||||
20 | the purposes of this paragraph (18),
"nursing home" means a | ||||||
21 | skilled nursing
or intermediate long term care facility | ||||||
22 | that is subject to license by the
Illinois Department of | ||||||
23 | Public Health under the Nursing Home Care
Act, the | ||||||
24 | Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, or | ||||||
25 | the ID/DD Community Care Act;
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26 | (19) the defendant was a federally licensed firearm |
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1 | dealer
and
was
previously convicted of a violation of | ||||||
2 | subsection (a) of Section 3 of the
Firearm Owners | ||||||
3 | Identification Card Act and has now committed either a | ||||||
4 | felony
violation
of the Firearm Owners Identification Card | ||||||
5 | Act or an act of armed violence while
armed
with a firearm; | ||||||
6 | (20) the defendant (i) committed the offense of | ||||||
7 | reckless homicide under Section 9-3 of the Criminal Code of | ||||||
8 | 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 or the offense of driving | ||||||
9 | under the influence of alcohol, other drug or
drugs, | ||||||
10 | intoxicating compound or compounds or any combination | ||||||
11 | thereof under Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code | ||||||
12 | or a similar provision of a local ordinance and (ii) was | ||||||
13 | operating a motor vehicle in excess of 20 miles per hour | ||||||
14 | over the posted speed limit as provided in Article VI of | ||||||
15 | Chapter 11 of the Illinois Vehicle Code;
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16 | (21) the defendant (i) committed the offense of | ||||||
17 | reckless driving or aggravated reckless driving under | ||||||
18 | Section 11-503 of the Illinois Vehicle Code and (ii) was | ||||||
19 | operating a motor vehicle in excess of 20 miles per hour | ||||||
20 | over the posted speed limit as provided in Article VI of | ||||||
21 | Chapter 11 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; | ||||||
22 | (22) the defendant committed the offense against a | ||||||
23 | person that the defendant knew, or reasonably should have | ||||||
24 | known, was a member of the Armed Forces of the United | ||||||
25 | States serving on active duty. For purposes of this clause | ||||||
26 | (22), the term "Armed Forces" means any of the Armed Forces |
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1 | of the United States, including a member of any reserve | ||||||
2 | component thereof or National Guard unit called to active | ||||||
3 | duty;
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4 | (23)
the defendant committed the offense against a | ||||||
5 | person who was elderly, disabled, or infirm by taking | ||||||
6 | advantage of a family or fiduciary relationship with the | ||||||
7 | elderly, disabled, or infirm person;
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8 | (24)
the defendant committed any offense under Section | ||||||
9 | 11-20.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code | ||||||
10 | of 2012 and possessed 100 or more images;
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11 | (25) the defendant committed the offense while the | ||||||
12 | defendant or the victim was in a train, bus, or other | ||||||
13 | vehicle used for public transportation; | ||||||
14 | (26) the defendant committed the offense of child | ||||||
15 | pornography or aggravated child pornography, specifically | ||||||
16 | including paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or (7) of | ||||||
17 | subsection (a) of Section 11-20.1 of the Criminal Code of | ||||||
18 | 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 where a child engaged in, | ||||||
19 | solicited for, depicted in, or posed in any act of sexual | ||||||
20 | penetration or bound, fettered, or subject to sadistic, | ||||||
21 | masochistic, or sadomasochistic abuse in a sexual context | ||||||
22 | and specifically including paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), | ||||||
23 | (5), or (7) of subsection (a) of Section 11-20.1B or | ||||||
24 | Section 11-20.3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 where a child | ||||||
25 | engaged in, solicited for, depicted in, or posed in any act | ||||||
26 | of sexual penetration or bound, fettered, or subject to |
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1 | sadistic, masochistic, or sadomasochistic abuse in a | ||||||
2 | sexual context; | ||||||
3 | (27) the defendant committed the offense of first | ||||||
4 | degree murder, assault, aggravated assault, battery, | ||||||
5 | aggravated battery, robbery, armed robbery, or aggravated | ||||||
6 | robbery against a person who was a veteran and the | ||||||
7 | defendant knew, or reasonably should have known, that the | ||||||
8 | person was a veteran performing duties as a representative | ||||||
9 | of a veterans' organization. For the purposes of this | ||||||
10 | paragraph (27), "veteran" means an Illinois resident who | ||||||
11 | has served as a member of the United States Armed Forces, a | ||||||
12 | member of the Illinois National Guard, or a member of the | ||||||
13 | United States Reserve Forces; and "veterans' organization" | ||||||
14 | means an organization comprised of members of
which | ||||||
15 | substantially all are individuals who are veterans or | ||||||
16 | spouses,
widows, or widowers of veterans, the primary | ||||||
17 | purpose of which is to
promote the welfare of its members | ||||||
18 | and to provide assistance to the general
public in such a | ||||||
19 | way as to confer a public benefit; or | ||||||
20 | (28) the defendant committed the offense of assault, | ||||||
21 | aggravated assault, battery, aggravated battery, robbery, | ||||||
22 | armed robbery, or aggravated robbery against a person that | ||||||
23 | the defendant knew or reasonably should have known was a | ||||||
24 | letter carrier or postal worker while that person was | ||||||
25 | performing his or her duties delivering mail for the United | ||||||
26 | States Postal Service. |
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1 | For the purposes of this Section:
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2 | "School" is defined as a public or private
elementary or | ||||||
3 | secondary school, community college, college, or university.
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4 | "Day care center" means a public or private State certified | ||||||
5 | and
licensed day care center as defined in Section 2.09 of the | ||||||
6 | Child Care Act of
1969 that displays a sign in plain view | ||||||
7 | stating that the
property is a day care center.
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8 | "Public transportation" means the transportation
or | ||||||
9 | conveyance of persons by means available to the general public, | ||||||
10 | and includes paratransit services. | ||||||
11 | "Veterans' organization" means an organization comprised | ||||||
12 | of members of
which substantially all are individuals who are | ||||||
13 | veterans or spouses,
widows, or widowers of veterans, the | ||||||
14 | primary purpose of which is to
promote the welfare of its | ||||||
15 | members and to provide assistance to the general
public in such | ||||||
16 | a way as to confer a public benefit. | ||||||
17 | (b) The following factors, related to all felonies, may be | ||||||
18 | considered by the court as
reasons to impose an extended term | ||||||
19 | sentence under Section 5-8-2
upon any offender:
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20 | (1) When a defendant is convicted of any felony, after | ||||||
21 | having
been previously convicted in Illinois or any other | ||||||
22 | jurisdiction of the
same or similar class felony or greater | ||||||
23 | class felony, when such conviction
has occurred within 10 | ||||||
24 | years after the
previous conviction, excluding time spent | ||||||
25 | in custody, and such charges are
separately brought and | ||||||
26 | tried and arise out of different series of acts; or
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1 | (2) When a defendant is convicted of any felony and the | ||||||
2 | court
finds that the offense was accompanied by | ||||||
3 | exceptionally brutal
or heinous behavior indicative of | ||||||
4 | wanton cruelty; or
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5 | (3) When a defendant is convicted of any felony | ||||||
6 | committed against:
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7 | (i) a person under 12 years of age at the time of | ||||||
8 | the offense or such
person's property;
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9 | (ii) a person 60 years of age or older at the time | ||||||
10 | of the offense or
such person's property; or
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11 | (iii) a person physically handicapped at the time | ||||||
12 | of the offense or
such person's property; or
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13 | (4) When a defendant is convicted of any felony and the | ||||||
14 | offense
involved any of the following types of specific | ||||||
15 | misconduct committed as
part of a ceremony, rite, | ||||||
16 | initiation, observance, performance, practice or
activity | ||||||
17 | of any actual or ostensible religious, fraternal, or social | ||||||
18 | group:
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19 | (i) the brutalizing or torturing of humans or | ||||||
20 | animals;
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21 | (ii) the theft of human corpses;
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22 | (iii) the kidnapping of humans;
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23 | (iv) the desecration of any cemetery, religious, | ||||||
24 | fraternal, business,
governmental, educational, or | ||||||
25 | other building or property; or
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26 | (v) ritualized abuse of a child; or
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1 | (5) When a defendant is convicted of a felony other | ||||||
2 | than conspiracy and
the court finds that
the felony was | ||||||
3 | committed under an agreement with 2 or more other persons
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4 | to commit that offense and the defendant, with respect to | ||||||
5 | the other
individuals, occupied a position of organizer, | ||||||
6 | supervisor, financier, or any
other position of management | ||||||
7 | or leadership, and the court further finds that
the felony | ||||||
8 | committed was related to or in furtherance of the criminal
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9 | activities of an organized gang or was motivated by the | ||||||
10 | defendant's leadership
in an organized gang; or
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11 | (6) When a defendant is convicted of an offense | ||||||
12 | committed while using a firearm with a
laser sight attached | ||||||
13 | to it. For purposes of this paragraph, "laser sight"
has | ||||||
14 | the meaning ascribed to it in Section 26-7 of the Criminal | ||||||
15 | Code of
2012; or
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16 | (7) When a defendant who was at least 17 years of age | ||||||
17 | at the
time of
the commission of the offense is convicted | ||||||
18 | of a felony and has been previously
adjudicated a | ||||||
19 | delinquent minor under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for | ||||||
20 | an act
that if committed by an adult would be a Class X or | ||||||
21 | Class 1 felony when the
conviction has occurred within 10 | ||||||
22 | years after the previous adjudication,
excluding time | ||||||
23 | spent in custody; or
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24 | (8) When a defendant commits any felony and the | ||||||
25 | defendant used, possessed, exercised control over, or | ||||||
26 | otherwise directed an animal to assault a law enforcement |
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1 | officer engaged in the execution of his or her official | ||||||
2 | duties or in furtherance of the criminal activities of an | ||||||
3 | organized gang in which the defendant is engaged; or
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4 | (9) When a defendant commits any felony and the | ||||||
5 | defendant knowingly video or audio records the offense with | ||||||
6 | the intent to disseminate the recording. | ||||||
7 | (c) The following factors may be considered by the court as | ||||||
8 | reasons to impose an extended term sentence under Section 5-8-2 | ||||||
9 | (730 ILCS 5/5-8-2) upon any offender for the listed offenses: | ||||||
10 | (1) When a defendant is convicted of first degree | ||||||
11 | murder, after having been previously convicted in Illinois | ||||||
12 | of any offense listed under paragraph (c)(2) of Section | ||||||
13 | 5-5-3 (730 ILCS 5/5-5-3), when that conviction has occurred | ||||||
14 | within 10 years after the previous conviction, excluding | ||||||
15 | time spent in custody, and the charges are separately | ||||||
16 | brought and tried and arise out of different series of | ||||||
17 | acts. | ||||||
18 | (1.5) When a defendant is convicted of first degree | ||||||
19 | murder, after having been previously convicted of domestic | ||||||
20 | battery (720 ILCS 5/12-3.2) or aggravated domestic battery | ||||||
21 | (720 ILCS 5/12-3.3) committed on the same victim or after | ||||||
22 | having been previously convicted of violation of an order | ||||||
23 | of protection (720 ILCS 5/12-30) in which the same victim | ||||||
24 | was the protected person. | ||||||
25 | (2) When a defendant is convicted of voluntary | ||||||
26 | manslaughter, second degree murder, involuntary |
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1 | manslaughter, or reckless homicide in which the defendant | ||||||
2 | has been convicted of causing the death of more than one | ||||||
3 | individual. | ||||||
4 | (3) When a defendant is convicted of aggravated | ||||||
5 | criminal sexual assault or criminal sexual assault, when | ||||||
6 | there is a finding that aggravated criminal sexual assault | ||||||
7 | or criminal sexual assault was also committed on the same | ||||||
8 | victim by one or more other individuals, and the defendant | ||||||
9 | voluntarily participated in the crime with the knowledge of | ||||||
10 | the participation of the others in the crime, and the | ||||||
11 | commission of the crime was part of a single course of | ||||||
12 | conduct during which there was no substantial change in the | ||||||
13 | nature of the criminal objective. | ||||||
14 | (4) If the victim was under 18 years of age at the time | ||||||
15 | of the commission of the offense, when a defendant is | ||||||
16 | convicted of aggravated criminal sexual assault or | ||||||
17 | predatory criminal sexual assault of a child under | ||||||
18 | subsection (a)(1) of Section 11-1.40 or subsection (a)(1) | ||||||
19 | of Section 12-14.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the | ||||||
20 | Criminal Code of 2012 (720 ILCS 5/11-1.40 or 5/12-14.1). | ||||||
21 | (5) When a defendant is convicted of a felony violation | ||||||
22 | of Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the | ||||||
23 | Criminal Code of 2012 (720 ILCS 5/24-1) and there is a | ||||||
24 | finding that the defendant is a member of an organized | ||||||
25 | gang. | ||||||
26 | (6) When a defendant was convicted of unlawful use of |
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1 | weapons under Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or | ||||||
2 | the Criminal Code of 2012 (720 ILCS 5/24-1) for possessing | ||||||
3 | a weapon that is not readily distinguishable as one of the | ||||||
4 | weapons enumerated in Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of | ||||||
5 | 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 (720 ILCS 5/24-1). | ||||||
6 | (7) When a defendant is convicted of an offense | ||||||
7 | involving the illegal manufacture of a controlled | ||||||
8 | substance under Section 401 of the Illinois Controlled | ||||||
9 | Substances Act (720 ILCS 570/401), the illegal manufacture | ||||||
10 | of methamphetamine under Section 25 of the Methamphetamine | ||||||
11 | Control and Community Protection Act (720 ILCS 646/25), or | ||||||
12 | the illegal possession of explosives and an emergency | ||||||
13 | response officer in the performance of his or her duties is | ||||||
14 | killed or injured at the scene of the offense while | ||||||
15 | responding to the emergency caused by the commission of the | ||||||
16 | offense. In this paragraph, "emergency" means a situation | ||||||
17 | in which a person's life, health, or safety is in jeopardy; | ||||||
18 | and "emergency response officer" means a peace officer, | ||||||
19 | community policing volunteer, fireman, emergency medical | ||||||
20 | technician-ambulance, emergency medical | ||||||
21 | technician-intermediate, emergency medical | ||||||
22 | technician-paramedic, ambulance driver, other medical | ||||||
23 | assistance or first aid personnel, or hospital emergency | ||||||
24 | room personnel.
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25 | (8) When the defendant is convicted of attempted mob | ||||||
26 | action, solicitation to commit mob action, or conspiracy to |
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1 | commit mob action under Section 8-1, 8-2, or 8-4 of the | ||||||
2 | Criminal Code of 2012, where the criminal object is a | ||||||
3 | violation of Section 25-1 of the Criminal Code of 2012, and | ||||||
4 | an electronic communication is used in the commission of | ||||||
5 | the offense. For the purposes of this paragraph (8), | ||||||
6 | "electronic communication" shall have the meaning provided | ||||||
7 | in Section 26.5-0.1 of the Criminal Code of 2012. | ||||||
8 | (d) For the purposes of this Section, "organized gang" has | ||||||
9 | the meaning
ascribed to it in Section 10 of the Illinois | ||||||
10 | Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus
Prevention Act.
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11 | (e) The court may impose an extended term sentence under | ||||||
12 | Article 4.5 of Chapter V upon an offender who has been | ||||||
13 | convicted of a felony violation of Section 11-1.20, 11-1.30, | ||||||
14 | 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, or | ||||||
15 | 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 | ||||||
16 | when the victim of the offense is under 18 years of age at the | ||||||
17 | time of the commission of the offense and, during the | ||||||
18 | commission of the offense, the victim was under the influence | ||||||
19 | of alcohol, regardless of whether or not the alcohol was | ||||||
20 | supplied by the offender; and the offender, at the time of the | ||||||
21 | commission of the offense, knew or should have known that the | ||||||
22 | victim had consumed alcohol. | ||||||
23 | (Source: P.A. 97-38, eff. 6-28-11, 97-227, eff. 1-1-12; 97-333, | ||||||
24 | eff. 8-12-11; 97-693, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13; | ||||||
25 | 97-1109, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13; 98-14, eff. | ||||||
26 | 1-1-14; 98-104, eff. 7-22-13; 98-385, eff. 1-1-14; 98-756, eff. |
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1 | 7-16-14.) | ||||||
2 | Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | ||||||
3 | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | ||||||
4 | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | ||||||
5 | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | ||||||
6 | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | ||||||
7 | made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | ||||||
8 | Public Act.
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9 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
10 | becoming law.
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