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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. If and only if House Bill 3653 of the 101st | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | General Assembly becomes law, the Criminal Code of 2012 is | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | amended by changing Section 31A-0.1 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | (720 ILCS 5/31A-0.1) | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sec. 31A-0.1. Definitions. For the purposes of this | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | Article: | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | "Deliver" or "delivery" means the actual, constructive or | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | attempted
transfer of possession of an item of contraband, | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | with or without consideration,
whether or not there is an | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | agency relationship. | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | "Employee" means any elected or appointed officer, trustee | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | or
employee of a penal institution or of the governing | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | authority of the penal
institution, or any person who performs | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | services for the penal institution
pursuant to contract with | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | the penal institution or its governing
authority. | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | "Item of contraband" means any of the following: | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | (i) "Alcoholic liquor" as that term is defined in | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | Section 1-3.05 of the
Liquor Control Act of 1934. | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | (ii) "Cannabis" as that term is defined in subsection | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | (a) of Section 3
of the Cannabis Control Act. |
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1 | (iii) "Controlled substance" as that term is defined | ||||||
2 | in the Illinois
Controlled Substances Act. | ||||||
3 | (iii-a) "Methamphetamine" as that term is defined in | ||||||
4 | the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or the | ||||||
5 | Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act. | ||||||
6 | (iv) "Hypodermic syringe" or hypodermic needle, or any | ||||||
7 | instrument
adapted for use of controlled substances or | ||||||
8 | cannabis by subcutaneous injection. | ||||||
9 | (v) "Weapon" means any knife, dagger, dirk, billy, | ||||||
10 | razor, stiletto,
broken bottle, or other piece of glass | ||||||
11 | which could be used as a dangerous
weapon. This term | ||||||
12 | includes any of the devices or implements designated in
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13 | subsections (a)(1), (a)(3) and (a)(6) of Section 24-1 of | ||||||
14 | this
Code, or any other dangerous weapon or instrument of | ||||||
15 | like character. | ||||||
16 | (vi) "Firearm" means any device, by whatever name | ||||||
17 | known, which is
designed to expel a projectile or | ||||||
18 | projectiles by the action of an
explosion, expansion of | ||||||
19 | gas or escape of gas, including but not limited to: | ||||||
20 | (A) any pneumatic gun, spring gun, or B-B gun | ||||||
21 | which expels a single
globular projectile not | ||||||
22 | exceeding .18 inch in diameter; or | ||||||
23 | (B) any device used exclusively for signaling or | ||||||
24 | safety and required
as
recommended by the United | ||||||
25 | States Coast Guard or the Interstate Commerce
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26 | Commission; or |
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1 | (C) any device used exclusively for the firing of | ||||||
2 | stud cartridges,
explosive rivets or industrial | ||||||
3 | ammunition; or | ||||||
4 | (D) (blank) any device which is powered by | ||||||
5 | electrical charging units, such as
batteries, and | ||||||
6 | which fires one or several barbs attached to a length | ||||||
7 | of
wire and which, upon hitting a human, can send out | ||||||
8 | current capable of
disrupting the person's nervous | ||||||
9 | system in such a manner as to render him or her | ||||||
10 | incapable of normal functioning, commonly referred to | ||||||
11 | as a stun gun or taser . | ||||||
12 | (vii) "Firearm ammunition" means any self-contained | ||||||
13 | cartridge or shotgun
shell, by whatever name known, which | ||||||
14 | is designed to be used or adaptable to
use in a firearm, | ||||||
15 | including but not limited to: | ||||||
16 | (A) any ammunition exclusively designed for use | ||||||
17 | with a device used
exclusively for signaling or safety | ||||||
18 | and required or recommended by the
United States Coast | ||||||
19 | Guard or the Interstate Commerce Commission; or | ||||||
20 | (B) any ammunition designed exclusively for use | ||||||
21 | with a stud or rivet
driver or other similar | ||||||
22 | industrial ammunition. | ||||||
23 | (viii) "Explosive" means, but is not limited to, bomb, | ||||||
24 | bombshell,
grenade, bottle or other container containing | ||||||
25 | an explosive substance of
over one-quarter ounce for like | ||||||
26 | purposes such as black powder bombs and
Molotov cocktails |
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1 | or artillery projectiles. | ||||||
2 | (ix) "Tool to defeat security mechanisms" means, but | ||||||
3 | is not limited to,
handcuff or security restraint key, | ||||||
4 | tool designed to pick locks, popper, or any device or
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5 | instrument used to or capable of unlocking or preventing | ||||||
6 | from locking any handcuff or security restraints, doors to
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7 | cells, rooms, gates or other areas of the penal | ||||||
8 | institution. | ||||||
9 | (x) "Cutting tool" means, but is not limited to, | ||||||
10 | hacksaw blade,
wirecutter,
or device, instrument or file | ||||||
11 | capable of cutting through metal. | ||||||
12 | (xi) "Electronic contraband" for the purposes of | ||||||
13 | Section 31A-1.1 of this Article means, but is not limited | ||||||
14 | to, any
electronic, video recording device, computer, or | ||||||
15 | cellular communications
equipment, including, but not
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16 | limited to, cellular telephones, cellular telephone | ||||||
17 | batteries, videotape
recorders, pagers,
computers, and | ||||||
18 | computer peripheral equipment brought into or possessed in | ||||||
19 | a
penal institution without the written authorization of | ||||||
20 | the Chief Administrative
Officer. "Electronic contraband" | ||||||
21 | for the purposes of Section 31A-1.2 of this Article, | ||||||
22 | means, but is not limited to, any
electronic, video | ||||||
23 | recording device, computer, or cellular communications
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24 | equipment, including, but not
limited to, cellular | ||||||
25 | telephones, cellular telephone batteries, videotape
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26 | recorders, pagers,
computers, and computer peripheral |
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1 | equipment. | ||||||
2 | "Penal institution" means any penitentiary, State farm,
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3 | reformatory, prison, jail, house of correction, police | ||||||
4 | detention area,
half-way house or other institution or place | ||||||
5 | for the incarceration or
custody of persons under sentence for | ||||||
6 | offenses awaiting trial or sentence
for offenses, under arrest | ||||||
7 | for an offense, a violation of probation, a
violation of | ||||||
8 | parole, a violation of aftercare release, or a violation of | ||||||
9 | mandatory supervised release, or
awaiting a hearing on the | ||||||
10 | setting of conditions of pretrial release or preliminary | ||||||
11 | hearing; provided that where
the place for incarceration or | ||||||
12 | custody is housed within another public
building this Article | ||||||
13 | shall not apply to that part of the building unrelated
to the | ||||||
14 | incarceration or custody of persons.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13; 98-558, eff. 1-1-14; | ||||||
16 | 10100HB3653enr.)
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17 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
18 | becoming law.
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