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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 | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 21-2.5 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | (720 ILCS 5/21-2.5) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 21-2.5. Electronic tracking devices prohibited. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) As used in this Section: | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | "Electronic tracking device" means any device attached | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | to a vehicle that reveals its location or movement by the | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | transmission of electronic signals. | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | "State agency" means all departments, officers, | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | commissions, boards, institutions, and bodies politic and | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | corporate of the State. The term, however, does not mean | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | the judicial branch, including, without limitation, the | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | several courts of the State, the offices of the clerk of | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | the supreme court and the clerks of the appellate court, | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | and the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, nor | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | does it mean the legislature or its committees or | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | commissions. | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | "Telematics" includes, but is not limited to, | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | automatic airbag deployment and crash notification, remote | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | diagnostics, navigation, stolen vehicle location, remote |
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1 | door unlock, transmitting emergency and vehicle location | ||||||
2 | information to public safety answering points, and any | ||||||
3 | other service integrating vehicle location technology and | ||||||
4 | wireless communications. | ||||||
5 | "Vehicle" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section | ||||||
6 | 1-217 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. | ||||||
7 | (b) A person or entity in this State may not use an | ||||||
8 | electronic tracking device to determine the location or | ||||||
9 | movement of a person. | ||||||
10 | (c) This Section does not apply: | ||||||
11 | (1) when the registered owner, lessor, or lessee of a | ||||||
12 | vehicle has consented to the use of the electronic | ||||||
13 | tracking device with respect to that vehicle; | ||||||
14 | (2) to the lawful use of an electronic tracking device | ||||||
15 | by a law enforcement agency; | ||||||
16 | (3) when the vehicle is owned or leased by a business | ||||||
17 | that is authorized to transact business in this State and | ||||||
18 | the tracking device is used by the business for the | ||||||
19 | purpose of tracking
vehicles driven by employees of that | ||||||
20 | business, its affiliates, or contractors of that business | ||||||
21 | or its affiliates; | ||||||
22 | (4) when the vehicle is under the control of a State | ||||||
23 | agency and the electronic tracking device is used by the | ||||||
24 | agency, or the Inspector General appointed under the State | ||||||
25 | Officials and Employees Ethics Act who has jurisdiction | ||||||
26 | over that State agency, for the purpose of tracking |
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1 | vehicles driven by employees or contractors of that State | ||||||
2 | agency; or | ||||||
3 | (5) telematic services that were installed by the | ||||||
4 | manufacturer, or installed by or with the consent of the | ||||||
5 | owner or lessee of
the vehicle and to which the owner or | ||||||
6 | lessee has subscribed. Consent by the owner or lessee of | ||||||
7 | the vehicle constitutes consent for any other driver or | ||||||
8 | passenger of that vehicle ; or | ||||||
9 | (6) to a private detective licensed under the Private | ||||||
10 | Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint | ||||||
11 | Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004 or a registered employee | ||||||
12 | of a licensed private detective agency who: | ||||||
13 | (A) installs the tracking device for a legitimate
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14 | business purpose and installs the tracking device on a | ||||||
15 | vehicle that is not: | ||||||
16 | (i) owned or leased by an individual under the | ||||||
17 | protection of a protective order; or | ||||||
18 | (ii) operated by an individual under the | ||||||
19 | protection of a protective order who resides
with, | ||||||
20 | or is an immediate family member of, the owner or | ||||||
21 | lessee of the vehicle; or | ||||||
22 | (B) installs the tracking device pursuant to a | ||||||
23 | court order. | ||||||
24 | In this paragraph (6): | ||||||
25 | "Immediate family member" means a spouse, parent, son, | ||||||
26 | daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother, or sister. |
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1 | "Protective order" means any order of protection | ||||||
2 | issued under Article 112A of the Code of Criminal | ||||||
3 | Procedure of 1963, the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of | ||||||
4 | 1986, a stalking no contact order issued under the | ||||||
5 | Stalking No Contact Order Act, a civil no contact order | ||||||
6 | issued under the Civil No Contact Order Act, or a firearms | ||||||
7 | restraining order issued under the Firearms Restraining | ||||||
8 | Order Act . | ||||||
9 | (c-5) Before installing a tracking device on a vehicle | ||||||
10 | under paragraph (6) of subsection (c), a
licensed private | ||||||
11 | detective or registered employee of a licensed private | ||||||
12 | detective agency shall request confirmation from the Illinois | ||||||
13 | State Police, that: | ||||||
14 | (1) the owner or lessee of the vehicle is not under the | ||||||
15 | protection of a protective order; and | ||||||
16 | (2)
an individual who resides with, or is an immediate | ||||||
17 | family member of, the owner or
lessee of the motor vehicle | ||||||
18 | is not under the protection of a protective order. | ||||||
19 | (c-6) On request from a licensed private detective, the | ||||||
20 | Illinois State Police, with access to protective order | ||||||
21 | records, shall confirm or deny the existence
of a protective | ||||||
22 | order, disclosing only whether an individual named by the | ||||||
23 | private detective is
under the protection of a protective | ||||||
24 | order issued in any jurisdiction. | ||||||
25 | (c-7) A licensed private detective or registered employee | ||||||
26 | of a licensed private detective agency may not disclose the |
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1 | information obtained under subsection (c-6) to any person, | ||||||
2 | except as permitted by law. | ||||||
3 | (c-8) On request from the Illinois State Police, a | ||||||
4 | licensed private detective or registered employee of a | ||||||
5 | licensed private detective agency who
installs a tracking | ||||||
6 | device on a vehicle shall disclose the purpose of the tracking | ||||||
7 | device to the Illinois State Police. | ||||||
8 | (d) Sentence. A violation of this Section is a Class A | ||||||
9 | misdemeanor.
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10 | (Source: P.A. 98-381, eff. 1-1-14.)
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