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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 | Sections 31A-0.1, 31A-1.1, and 31A-1.2 as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | (720 ILCS 5/31A-0.1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 31A-0.1. Definitions. For the purposes of this | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Article: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | "Deliver" or "delivery" means the actual, constructive or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | attempted
transfer of possession of an item of contraband, with | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | or without consideration,
whether or not there is an agency | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | relationship. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | "Employee" means any elected or appointed officer, trustee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | or
employee of a penal institution or of the governing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | authority of the penal
institution, or any person who performs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | services for the penal institution
pursuant to contract with | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | the penal institution or its governing
authority. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | "Item of contraband" means any of the following: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | (i) "Alcoholic liquor" as that term is defined in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Section 1-3.05 of the
Liquor Control Act of 1934. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | (i-a) "Broadcast equipment" means, but is not limited | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | to, any hardware, instrument, apparatus, software, or item | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | that contains a camera or recording device of any type, or |
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1 | is capable of capturing, transmitting, intercepting, or | ||||||
2 | projecting any sound, image, pulse wave, radio signal, | ||||||
3 | television signal, or radio signal and television signal. | ||||||
4 | (ii) "Cannabis" as that term is defined in subsection | ||||||
5 | (a) of Section 3
of the Cannabis Control Act. | ||||||
6 | (iii) "Controlled substance" as that term is defined in | ||||||
7 | the Illinois
Controlled Substances Act. | ||||||
8 | (iii-a) "Methamphetamine" as that term is defined in | ||||||
9 | the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or the | ||||||
10 | Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act. | ||||||
11 | (iv) "Hypodermic syringe" or hypodermic needle, or any | ||||||
12 | instrument
adapted for use of controlled substances or | ||||||
13 | cannabis by subcutaneous injection. | ||||||
14 | (v) "Weapon" means any knife, dagger, dirk, billy, | ||||||
15 | razor, stiletto,
broken bottle, or other piece of glass | ||||||
16 | which could be used as a dangerous
weapon. This term | ||||||
17 | includes any of the devices or implements designated in
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18 | subsections (a)(1), (a)(3) and (a)(6) of Section 24-1 of | ||||||
19 | this
Code, or any other dangerous weapon or instrument of | ||||||
20 | like character. | ||||||
21 | (vi) "Firearm" means any device, by whatever name | ||||||
22 | known, which is
designed to expel a projectile or | ||||||
23 | projectiles by the action of an
explosion, expansion of gas | ||||||
24 | or escape of gas, including but not limited to: | ||||||
25 | (A) any pneumatic gun, spring gun, or B-B gun which | ||||||
26 | expels a single
globular projectile not exceeding .18 |
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1 | inch in diameter; or | ||||||
2 | (B) any device used exclusively for signaling or | ||||||
3 | safety and required
as
recommended by the United States | ||||||
4 | Coast Guard or the Interstate Commerce
Commission; or | ||||||
5 | (C) any device used exclusively for the firing of | ||||||
6 | stud cartridges,
explosive rivets or industrial | ||||||
7 | ammunition; or | ||||||
8 | (D) any device which is powered by electrical | ||||||
9 | charging units, such as
batteries, and which fires one | ||||||
10 | or several barbs attached to a length of
wire and | ||||||
11 | which, upon hitting a human, can send out current | ||||||
12 | capable of
disrupting the person's nervous system in | ||||||
13 | such a manner as to render him or her incapable of | ||||||
14 | normal functioning, commonly referred to as a stun gun | ||||||
15 | or taser. | ||||||
16 | (vii) "Firearm ammunition" means any self-contained | ||||||
17 | cartridge or shotgun
shell, by whatever name known, which | ||||||
18 | is designed to be used or adaptable to
use in a firearm, | ||||||
19 | including but not limited to: | ||||||
20 | (A) any ammunition exclusively designed for use | ||||||
21 | with a device used
exclusively for signaling or safety | ||||||
22 | and required or recommended by the
United States Coast | ||||||
23 | Guard or the Interstate Commerce Commission; or | ||||||
24 | (B) any ammunition designed exclusively for use | ||||||
25 | with a stud or rivet
driver or other similar industrial | ||||||
26 | ammunition. |
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1 | (viii) "Explosive" means, but is not limited to, bomb, | ||||||
2 | bombshell,
grenade, bottle or other container containing | ||||||
3 | an explosive substance of
over one-quarter ounce for like | ||||||
4 | purposes such as black powder bombs and
Molotov cocktails | ||||||
5 | or artillery projectiles. | ||||||
6 | (ix) "Tool to defeat security mechanisms" means, but is | ||||||
7 | not limited to,
handcuff or security restraint key, tool | ||||||
8 | designed to pick locks, popper, or any device or
instrument | ||||||
9 | used to or capable of unlocking or preventing from locking | ||||||
10 | any handcuff or security restraints, doors to
cells, rooms, | ||||||
11 | gates or other areas of the penal institution. | ||||||
12 | (x) "Cutting tool" means, but is not limited to, | ||||||
13 | hacksaw blade,
wirecutter,
or device, instrument or file | ||||||
14 | capable of cutting through metal. | ||||||
15 | (xi) "Electronic contraband" for the purposes of | ||||||
16 | Section 31A-1.1 of this Article means, but is not limited | ||||||
17 | to, any
electronic, software operated device, video | ||||||
18 | recording device, computer, radio or radio-operated | ||||||
19 | device, or cellular communications
equipment, including, | ||||||
20 | but not
limited to, cellular telephones, cellular | ||||||
21 | telephone batteries, videotape
recorders, pagers,
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22 | computers, and computer peripheral equipment brought into | ||||||
23 | or possessed in a
penal institution without the written | ||||||
24 | authorization of the Chief Administrative
Officer. | ||||||
25 | "Electronic contraband" for the purposes of Section | ||||||
26 | 31A-1.2 of this Article, means, but is not limited to, any
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1 | electronic, software operated device, video recording | ||||||
2 | device, computer, radio or radio-operated device, or | ||||||
3 | cellular communications
equipment, including, but not
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4 | limited to, cellular telephones, cellular telephone | ||||||
5 | batteries, videotape
recorders, pagers,
computers, and | ||||||
6 | computer peripheral equipment. | ||||||
7 | (xii) "Recording device" means, but is not limited to, | ||||||
8 | any instrument, apparatus, method, or device that is | ||||||
9 | capable of receiving, recording, intercepting, or | ||||||
10 | capturing any sounds or images, including, but not limited | ||||||
11 | to, magnetic, digital, chemical, thermodynamic, | ||||||
12 | photochemical, mechanical, magnetic, optical, electrical, | ||||||
13 | or emulsion. | ||||||
14 | "Penal institution" means any penitentiary, State farm,
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15 | reformatory, prison, jail, house of correction, police | ||||||
16 | detention area,
half-way house or other institution or place | ||||||
17 | for the incarceration or
custody of persons under sentence for | ||||||
18 | offenses awaiting trial or sentence
for offenses, under arrest | ||||||
19 | for an offense, a violation of probation, a
violation of | ||||||
20 | parole, a violation of aftercare release, or a violation of | ||||||
21 | mandatory supervised release, or
awaiting a bail setting | ||||||
22 | hearing or preliminary hearing; provided that where
the place | ||||||
23 | for incarceration or custody is housed within another public
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24 | building this Article shall not apply to that part of the | ||||||
25 | building unrelated
to the incarceration or custody of persons.
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26 | (Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13; 98-558, eff. 1-1-14.) |
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1 | (720 ILCS 5/31A-1.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 31A-1.1) | ||||||
2 | Sec. 31A-1.1. Bringing Contraband into a Penal | ||||||
3 | Institution;
Possessing Contraband in a Penal Institution. | ||||||
4 | (a) A person commits bringing contraband into a penal
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5 | institution when he or she knowingly and without authority of | ||||||
6 | any person designated
or authorized to grant this authority | ||||||
7 | (1) brings an item of contraband into
a penal | ||||||
8 | institution ; or | ||||||
9 | (2) causes another to bring an item of
contraband into | ||||||
10 | a penal institution ; or | ||||||
11 | (3) places an item of
contraband in such proximity to a | ||||||
12 | penal institution as to give an
inmate access to the | ||||||
13 | contraband ; or . | ||||||
14 | (4) places or causes to be placed a recording device, | ||||||
15 | broadcast
equipment, or electronic contraband on penal | ||||||
16 | institution property, or
within the proximity of penal | ||||||
17 | institution property with the intent to
disrupt safety, | ||||||
18 | security, or operations of the penal institution. | ||||||
19 | (b) A person commits possessing contraband in a
penal | ||||||
20 | institution when he or she knowingly and without authority | ||||||
21 | possesses contraband in a penal institution,
regardless of the | ||||||
22 | intent with which he or she possesses it. | ||||||
23 | (c) (Blank). | ||||||
24 | (d) Sentence. | ||||||
25 | (1) Bringing into or possessing alcoholic liquor in a |
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1 | penal institution is a Class 4
felony. | ||||||
2 | (2) Bringing into or possessing cannabis in a penal | ||||||
3 | institution is a Class 3 felony.
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4 | (3) Bringing into or possessing any amount of a | ||||||
5 | controlled substance classified in
Schedules III, IV or V | ||||||
6 | of Article II of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act in | ||||||
7 | a
penal institution is a Class 2 felony. | ||||||
8 | (4) Bringing into or possessing any amount of a | ||||||
9 | controlled substance classified in
Schedules I or II of | ||||||
10 | Article II of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act in a
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11 | penal institution is a Class 1 felony. | ||||||
12 | (5) Bringing into or possessing a hypodermic syringe in | ||||||
13 | a penal institution is a Class 1 felony. | ||||||
14 | (6) Bringing into or possessing a weapon, tool to | ||||||
15 | defeat security mechanisms, cutting tool, or electronic | ||||||
16 | contraband , recording
device, broadcast equipment, or | ||||||
17 | electronic contraband in a penal
institution, on penal | ||||||
18 | institution property, or within the proximity of
penal | ||||||
19 | institution property with the intent to disrupt safety, | ||||||
20 | security,
or operations of the penal institution in a penal | ||||||
21 | institution is a Class 1 felony. | ||||||
22 | (7) Bringing into or possessing a firearm, firearm | ||||||
23 | ammunition, or explosive in a penal institution is a Class | ||||||
24 | X felony.
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25 | (e) It shall be an affirmative defense to subsection
(b), | ||||||
26 | that
the possession was specifically authorized by rule, |
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1 | regulation, or
directive of the governing authority of the | ||||||
2 | penal institution or order
issued under it. | ||||||
3 | (f) It shall be an affirmative defense to subsection (a)(1) | ||||||
4 | and
subsection (b) that the person bringing into or possessing
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5 | contraband in a penal institution had been arrested, and that | ||||||
6 | person
possessed the contraband at the time of his
or her | ||||||
7 | arrest, and that the contraband was brought into or possessed | ||||||
8 | in the penal
institution by that person as a direct and | ||||||
9 | immediate result of his or her arrest. | ||||||
10 | (g) Items confiscated may be retained for use by the | ||||||
11 | Department of
Corrections or disposed of as deemed appropriate | ||||||
12 | by the Chief Administrative
Officer in accordance with | ||||||
13 | Department rules or disposed of as required by
law. | ||||||
14 | (Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.) | ||||||
15 | (720 ILCS 5/31A-1.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 31A-1.2) | ||||||
16 | Sec. 31A-1.2. Unauthorized bringing of contraband into a | ||||||
17 | penal institution
by an employee; unauthorized possessing of | ||||||
18 | contraband in a penal institution by
an employee; unauthorized | ||||||
19 | delivery of contraband in a penal institution by an
employee. | ||||||
20 | (a) A person commits unauthorized bringing of contraband | ||||||
21 | into
a penal institution by an employee when a person who is an | ||||||
22 | employee knowingly
and without authority of
any person | ||||||
23 | designated or authorized to grant this
authority: | ||||||
24 | (1) brings or attempts to bring an item of contraband | ||||||
25 | into a penal institution ; , or |
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1 | (2) causes or permits another to bring an item of | ||||||
2 | contraband into a penal
institution ; or . | ||||||
3 | (3) places or causes to be placed, or permits another | ||||||
4 | to place or cause to
be placed, any item of contraband on | ||||||
5 | penal institution property, or
within the proximity of | ||||||
6 | penal institution property, with the intent to
disrupt | ||||||
7 | safety, security, or operations of the penal institution. | ||||||
8 | (b) A person commits unauthorized possession of contraband | ||||||
9 | in
a penal institution by an employee when a person who is an | ||||||
10 | employee knowingly
and without authority of any person | ||||||
11 | designated or authorized to grant this
authority possesses an | ||||||
12 | item of contraband in a penal institution, regardless of the | ||||||
13 | intent with which
he or she possesses it. | ||||||
14 | (c) A person commits unauthorized delivery of contraband
in | ||||||
15 | a penal institution by an employee when a person who is an | ||||||
16 | employee
knowingly and without authority of any person | ||||||
17 | designated or authorized to grant
this authority: | ||||||
18 | (1) delivers or possesses with intent to deliver an | ||||||
19 | item of contraband
to any inmate of a penal institution ; , | ||||||
20 | or | ||||||
21 | (2) conspires to deliver or solicits the delivery of an | ||||||
22 | item of
contraband to any inmate of a penal institution ; , | ||||||
23 | or | ||||||
24 | (3) causes or permits the delivery of an item of | ||||||
25 | contraband to any
inmate of a penal institution ; , or | ||||||
26 | (4) permits another person to attempt to deliver an |
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1 | item of contraband to
any inmate of a penal institution ; | ||||||
2 | or . | ||||||
3 | (5) delivers, possesses, conspires to deliver or | ||||||
4 | solicits delivery, causes
or permits delivery, or permits | ||||||
5 | another to attempt to deliver, any item
of contraband | ||||||
6 | within the proximity of penal institution property with
the | ||||||
7 | intent to disrupt safety, security, or operations of the | ||||||
8 | penal
institution. | ||||||
9 | (d) For a violation of subsection (a) or (b) involving a | ||||||
10 | cellular telephone or cellular telephone battery, the | ||||||
11 | defendant must intend to provide the cellular telephone or | ||||||
12 | cellular telephone battery to any inmate in a penal | ||||||
13 | institution, or to use the cellular telephone or cellular | ||||||
14 | telephone battery at the direction of an inmate or for the | ||||||
15 | benefit of any inmate of a penal institution. | ||||||
16 | (e) Sentence. | ||||||
17 | (1) A violation of paragraphs (a) or (b) of this | ||||||
18 | Section involving alcohol
is a Class 4 felony. A violation | ||||||
19 | of paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section
involving cannabis | ||||||
20 | is a Class 2 felony. A violation of paragraph (a) or (b)
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21 | involving any amount of a controlled substance classified | ||||||
22 | in Schedules III, IV
or V of Article II of the Illinois | ||||||
23 | Controlled Substances Act is a Class 1
felony. A
violation | ||||||
24 | of paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section involving any | ||||||
25 | amount of a
controlled substance classified in Schedules I | ||||||
26 | or II of Article II of the
Illinois Controlled Substances |
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1 | Act is a Class X felony. A violation of
paragraph (a) or
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2 | (b) involving a hypodermic syringe is a Class X felony. A | ||||||
3 | violation of
paragraph (a) or (b) involving placing or | ||||||
4 | causing to be placed, or
allowing another to place or cause | ||||||
5 | to place a recording device,
broadcast equipment, or | ||||||
6 | electronic contraband on penal institution
property or | ||||||
7 | within the proximity of penal institution property with
the | ||||||
8 | intent to disrupt safety, security, or operations of the | ||||||
9 | penal
institution is a Class 2 felony. A violation of | ||||||
10 | paragraph (a) or (b) involving a weapon, tool to defeat | ||||||
11 | security mechanisms, cutting tool, or electronic | ||||||
12 | contraband is
a Class 1
felony. A violation of paragraph | ||||||
13 | (a) or (b) involving a firearm, firearm ammunition, or | ||||||
14 | explosive is a Class X
felony. | ||||||
15 | (2) A violation of paragraph (c) of this Section | ||||||
16 | involving alcoholic
liquor is a Class 3 felony. A violation | ||||||
17 | of paragraph (c) involving cannabis
is a Class 1 felony. A | ||||||
18 | violation of paragraph (c) involving any amount of a
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19 | controlled substance classified in Schedules III, IV or V | ||||||
20 | of Article II of the
Illinois Controlled Substances Act is | ||||||
21 | a Class X felony. A violation of
paragraph (c)
involving | ||||||
22 | any amount of a controlled substance classified in | ||||||
23 | Schedules I or II
of Article II of the Illinois Controlled | ||||||
24 | Substances Act is a Class X felony
for which
the minimum | ||||||
25 | term of imprisonment shall be 8 years. A violation of | ||||||
26 | paragraph
(c) involving a hypodermic syringe is a Class X |
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1 | felony for which the minimum term of imprisonment shall be
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2 | 8 years. A violation of paragraph (c) involving a weapon, | ||||||
3 | tool to defeat security mechanisms, cutting tool, or | ||||||
4 | electronic contraband is a Class X felony for
which the | ||||||
5 | minimum
term of imprisonment shall be 10 years. A violation | ||||||
6 | of paragraph (c) involving
placing or causing to be placed, | ||||||
7 | or allowing another to place or cause to
place a recording | ||||||
8 | device, broadcast equipment, or electronic
contraband on | ||||||
9 | penal institution property or within the proximity of
penal | ||||||
10 | institution property with the intent to disrupt safety, | ||||||
11 | security,
or operations of the penal institution is a Class | ||||||
12 | 4 felony. A violation of paragraph (c) involving
a firearm, | ||||||
13 | firearm ammunition, or explosive is a Class X felony for | ||||||
14 | which the minimum term of imprisonment shall be
12 years. | ||||||
15 | (f) Items confiscated may be retained for use by the | ||||||
16 | Department of
Corrections or disposed of as deemed appropriate | ||||||
17 | by the Chief Administrative
Officer in accordance with | ||||||
18 | Department rules or disposed of as required by
law. | ||||||
19 | (g) For a violation of subsection (a) or (b) involving | ||||||
20 | alcoholic liquor, a weapon, firearm, firearm ammunition, tool | ||||||
21 | to defeat security mechanisms, cutting tool, or electronic | ||||||
22 | contraband, the items shall not be considered to be in a penal | ||||||
23 | institution when they are secured in an employee's locked, | ||||||
24 | private motor vehicle parked on the grounds of a penal | ||||||
25 | institution. | ||||||
26 | (Source: P.A. 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 96-1112, eff. 1-1-11; |
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