Rep. Michael J. Zalewski

Filed: 3/7/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1907

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1907 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding
5Article 33G as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/Art. 33G heading new)
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ARTICLE 33G.
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ILLINOIS STREET GANG AND RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT
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ORGANIZATIONS LAW

 
10    (720 ILCS 5/33G-1 new)
11    Sec. 33G-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the
12Illinois Street Gang and Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt
13Organizations Law (or "RICO").
 
14    (720 ILCS 5/33G-2 new)

 

 

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1    Sec. 33G-2. Legislative declaration. The substantial harm
2inflicted on the people and economy of this State by pervasive
3violent street gangs and other forms of enterprise criminality,
4is legitimately a matter of grave concern to the people of this
5State who have a basic right to be protected from such criminal
6activity and to be given adequate remedies to redress its
7harms. Whereas the current laws of this State provide
8inadequate remedies, procedures and punishments, the Illinois
9General Assembly hereby gives the supplemental remedies of the
10Illinois Street Gang and Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt
11Organizations Law full force and effect under law for the
12common good of this State and its people.
 
13    (720 ILCS 5/33G-3 new)
14    Sec. 33G-3. Definitions. As used in this Article:
15    (a) "Another state" means any State of the United States
16(other than the State of Illinois), or the District of
17Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory
18or possession of the United States, or any political
19subdivision, or any department, agency, or instrumentality
20thereof.
21    (b) "Enterprise" includes (1) any individual, sole
22proprietorship, partnership, corporation, association,
23business or charitable trust or other legal entity, and (2) any
24group of individuals or other legal entities, or any
25combination thereof, associated in fact although not itself a

 

 

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1legal entity. An association in fact must be held together by a
2common purpose, apart from an individual purpose or purposes,
3but it need not be hierarchically structured or otherwise
4specially configured. As used in this Article, "enterprise"
5includes licit and illicit enterprises.
6    (c) "Predicate activity" means:
7        (1) any act, attempt, endeavor, solicitation, or
8    conspiracy that is punishable by imprisonment for more than
9    one year, and constitutes a violation or violations of any
10    of the following provisions of the laws of the State of
11    Illinois (as amended or revised as of the date the activity
12    occurred or, in the instance of a continuing offense, the
13    date that charges under this Article are filed in a
14    particular matter in the State of Illinois):
15            (i) under the Criminal Code of 1961: 8-1.2
16        (solicitation of murder for hire), 9-1 (first degree
17        murder), 9-3.1 (concealment of homicidal death), 9-3.3
18        (drug-induced homicide), 10-1 (kidnapping), 10-2
19        (aggravated kidnapping), 10-3 (unlawful restraint),
20        10-3.1 (aggravated unlawful restraint), 10-4 (forcible
21        detention), 10-5 (child abduction), 10-7 (aiding and
22        abetting child abduction), 10-9 (trafficking of
23        persons, involuntary servitude, and related offenses),
24        11-6 (indecent solicitation of a child), 11-6.5
25        (indecent solicitation of an adult), 11-9.1 (sexual
26        exploitation of a child), 11-9.2 (custodial sexual

 

 

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1        misconduct), 11-15.1 (soliciting for a juvenile
2        prostitute), 11-16 (pandering), 11-17.1 (keeping a
3        place of juvenile prostitution), 11-18.1 (patronizing
4        a juvenile prostitute), 11-19.1 (juvenile pimping and
5        aggravated juvenile pimping), 11-19.2 (exploitation of
6        a child), 12-2 (aggravated assault), 12-4 (aggravated
7        battery), 12-4.1 (heinous battery), 12-4.2 (aggravated
8        battery with a firearm), 12-4.2-5 (aggravated battery
9        with a machine gun or silencer-equipped firearm),
10        12-4.7 (drug-induced infliction of great bodily harm),
11        12-6.1 (compelling organization membership of
12        persons), 12-6.4 (criminal street gang recruitment),
13        12-7.3 (stalking), 12-7.4 (aggravated stalking),
14        12-7.5 (cyber-stalking), 12-11 (home invasion),
15        12-11.1 (vehicular invasion), 12-13 (criminal sexual
16        assault), 12-14 (aggravated criminal sexual assault),
17        12-14.1 (predatory criminal sexual assault of a
18        child), 12-16 (aggravated criminal sexual abuse),
19        16-16.1 (aggravated possession of a stolen firearm),
20        18-1 (robbery), 18-2 (armed robbery), 18-3 (vehicular
21        hijacking), 18-4 (aggravated vehicular hijacking),
22        18-5 (aggravated robbery), 19-1 (burglary), 19-2
23        (possession of burglary tools), 19-3 (residential
24        burglary), 20-1 (arson), 20-1.1 (aggravated arson),
25        20-1.2 (residential arson), 20-1.3 (place of worship
26        arson), 20-2 (possession of explosives), 20.5-5

 

 

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1        (causing a catastrophe), 20.5-6 (possession of a
2        deadly substance), 24-1.2 (aggravated discharge of a
3        firearm), 24-1.2-5 (aggravated discharge of a machine
4        gun or silencer equipped firearm), 24-1.6 (aggravated
5        unlawful use of a weapon), 24-1.8 (unlawful possession
6        of a firearm by a street gang member), 24-2.2 (unlawful
7        ammunition), 24-3 (unlawful sale of firearms), 24-3.2
8        (unlawful discharge of firearm projectiles), 24-3A
9        (gunrunning), 24-5 (defacing a firearm), 26-5
10        (dog-fighting), 29D-15 (soliciting support for
11        terrorism), 29D-20 (making a terrorist threat), 29D-25
12        (falsely making a terrorist threat), 29D-30
13        (terrorism), 29D-35 (hindering prosecution of
14        terrorism), 31A-1.2 (unauthorized contraband in a
15        penal institution), or 33A-3 (armed violence).
16            (ii) under the Cannabis Control Act: Sections 5
17        (manufacture or delivery of cannabis), 5.1 (cannabis
18        trafficking), or 8 (production or possession of
19        cannabis plants).
20            (iii) under the Illinois Controlled Substances
21        Act: Sections 401 (manufacture or delivery of a
22        controlled substance), 401.1 (controlled substance
23        trafficking), 405 (calculated criminal drug
24        conspiracy), 405.1 (criminal drug conspiracy), 405.2
25        (street gang criminal drug conspiracy), or 406.1
26        (unlawful use of buildings to produce controlled

 

 

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1        substances).
2            (iv) under the Methamphetamine Control and
3        Community Protection Act: Sections 15 (methamphetamine
4        manufacturing), or 55 (methamphetamine delivery); or
5        (2) any act, attempt, endeavor, solicitation, or
6    conspiracy involving murder, kidnapping, illegal gambling,
7    arson, robbery, or dealing in a controlled substance or
8    listed chemical (as defined under the laws of the United
9    States in Title 21, United States Code, Section 802), that
10    is chargeable under the laws of another state and
11    punishable by imprisonment for more than one year. Under
12    this Article, the term "chargeable" means the act, attempt
13    or endeavor, solicitation, or conspiracy constitutes an
14    offense under the substantive criminal law of another
15    state, as such laws exist as of the date the activity
16    occurred or, in the instance of a continuing offense, the
17    date that charges under this Article are filed in a
18    particular matter in the State of Illinois, but it does not
19    include any procedural defenses under the laws of another
20    state.
21    (d) "Pattern of predicate activity" means:
22        (1) at least 2 occurrences of predicate activity
23    related to the affairs of an enterprise in the form of an
24    act, attempt, endeavor, solicitation, or conspiracy, or
25    any combination thereof; and
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1    date of this Article, and the last of which falls within 10
2    years (excluding any period of imprisonment) after the
3    prior occurrence of predicate activity;
4    (e) "Unlawful debt" means a debt:
5        (1) incurred or contracted in the business of gambling
6    activity that was in violation of the law of the United
7    States, or the State of Illinois or another state, or any
8    political subdivision thereof, and that is unenforceable
9    under federal law, or the laws of the State of Illinois or
10    another state, in whole or in part as to principal or
11    interest, or
12        (2) that was incurred in connection with the business
13    of lending money or other things of value in violation of
14    the law of the United States, or the laws of the State of
15    Illinois or another state, or political subdivision
16    thereof at a rate usurious under federal law, or the laws
17    of the State of Illinois or another state, where the
18    usurious rate is at least twice the enforceable rate;
19    (f) "Unlawful death" includes the following offenses:
20under the Criminal Code of 1961: Sections 9-1 (first degree
21murder), 9-2 (second degree murder), 9-3 (voluntary
22manslaughter and reckless homicide), or 9-3.2 (involuntary
23manslaughter).
 
24    (720 ILCS 5/33G-4 new)
25    Sec. 33G-4. Prohibited activities. Under this Article:

 

 

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1    (a) It is unlawful for any person:
2        (1) who is employed by or associated with any
3    enterprise, knowingly to conduct or participate, directly
4    or indirectly, in such enterprise's affairs through either
5    a pattern of predicate activity or the collection of
6    unlawful debt; or
7        (2) knowingly to acquire or maintain, directly or
8    indirectly, through either a pattern of predicate activity
9    or the collection of unlawful debt, any interest in, or
10    control of, to any degree, of any enterprise, real
11    property, or personal property of any character, including
12    money.
13    (b) It is unlawful for any person knowingly to attempt to
14violate, or knowingly conspire to violate, this Article.
15Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any prosecution
16for a conspiracy to violate this Article, no person may be
17convicted of such conspiracy unless an overt act in furtherance
18of such agreement is alleged and proved to have been committed
19by him or by a coconspirator, but the commission of such overt
20act need not itself constitute predicate activity underlying
21the specific violation of this Article.
22    (c) The application of a remedy under this Article does not
23preclude the application of other criminal, civil, or
24administrative remedies under this Article or any other
25provision of law. Any person prosecuted under this Article may
26be convicted and sentenced either:

 

 

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1        (1) for the offense of conspiring to violate this
2    Article, and for any other particular offense or offenses
3    that may be one of the objects of a conspiracy to violate
4    this Article; or
5        (2) for the offense of violating this Article, and for
6    any other particular offense or offenses that may
7    constitute predicate activity underlying a violation of
8    this Article.
9    (d) It is not a defense to any violation of this Article
10that a defendant has been formerly prosecuted for an offense
11based upon the same facts, within the meaning of Section 3-4 of
12this Code, that thereafter serves as any portion of the
13underlying predicate activity in a subsequent prosecution
14under this Article, unless the former prosecution was
15terminated by a final order or judgment, even if entered before
16trial, which required a determination inconsistent with any
17fact necessary to a conviction in the subsequent prosecution
18under this Article.
19    (e) In any criminal prosecution under this Article, the
20court may permit the introduction into evidence, as an
21admission or self-incriminating verbal act by a defendant, any
22certified court document relating to that defendant, including
23charging instruments, judgments of conviction, or transcripts
24of previous court proceedings underlying any prior conviction
25of that defendant, that may otherwise constitute evidence of a
26violation of this Article. The finder of fact may consider such

 

 

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1court documents against that defendant, but the admission of
2the court documents shall not estop the defendant from
3challenging, in the criminal prosecution under this Article,
4any factual matters asserted in the court documents or any
5inferences to be drawn therefrom.
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/33G-5 new)
7    Sec. 33G-5. Penalties. Under this Article, notwithstanding
8any other provision of law:
9    (a) Any violation of subsection (a) of Section 33G-4 of
10this Article shall be sentenced as a Class X felony with a
11special term of imprisonment of not less than 10 years and not
12more than 30 years, or the sentence applicable to the
13underlying predicate activity, whichever is higher, and the
14sentence imposed shall also include restitution, and or a
15criminal fine, jointly and severally, up to $250,000 or twice
16the gross amount of any intended proceeds of the violation, if
17any, whichever is higher.
18    (b) Any violation of subsection (b) of Section 33G-4 of
19this Article shall be sentenced as a Class X felony with a
20special term of imprisonment of not less than 7 years and not
21more than 30 years, and the sentence imposed shall also include
22restitution, and or a criminal fine, jointly and severally, up
23to $250,000 or twice the gross amount of any intended proceeds
24of the violation, if any, whichever is higher.
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1results as a necessary or natural consequence of any violation
2of this Article, the sentence imposed on the defendant shall
3include an enhanced term of imprisonment of at least 25 years
4up to natural life, in addition to any other penalty imposed by
5the court, provided:
6        (1) the death or deaths were reasonably foreseeable to
7    the defendant to be sentenced; and
8        (2) the death or deaths occurred when such defendant
9    was otherwise engaged in the violation of this Article as a
10    whole.
11    (d) A sentence of probation, periodic imprisonment,
12conditional discharge, impact incarceration or county impact
13incarceration, court supervision, withheld adjudication, or
14any pretrial diversionary sentence or suspended sentence, is
15not authorized for a violation of this Article.
 
16    (720 ILCS 5/33G-6 new)
17    Sec. 33G-6. Remedial proceedings, procedures, and
18forfeiture. Under this Article:
19    (a) The circuit court shall have jurisdiction to prevent
20and restrain violations of this Article by issuing appropriate
21orders, including:
22        (1) ordering any person to disgorge illicit proceeds
23    obtained by a violation of this Article or divest himself
24    or herself of any interest, direct or indirect, in any
25    enterprise or real or personal property of any character,

 

 

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1    including money, obtained, directly or indirectly, by a
2    violation of this Article;
3        (2) imposing reasonable restrictions on the future
4    activities or investments of any person or enterprise,
5    including prohibiting any person or enterprise from
6    engaging in the same type of endeavor as the person or
7    enterprise engaged in, that the violated this Article; or
8        (3) ordering dissolution or reorganization of any
9    enterprise, making due provision for the rights of innocent
10    persons.
11    (b) Any violation of this Article is subject to the
12remedies, procedures, and forfeiture as set forth in
13subsections (f) through (s) of Section 29B-1 of this Code.
 
14    (720 ILCS 5/33G-7 new)
15    Sec. 33G-7. Severability. If any clause, sentence, Section
16or provision, or part of this Article or the application
17thereof to any person or circumstance shall be adjudged to be
18unconstitutional, the remainder of this Article or its
19application to any person or circumstances other than those to
20which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby.
 
21    (720 ILCS 5/33G-8 new)
22    Sec. 33G-8. Construction. In interpreting the provisions
23of this Article, the court, because of their remedial purposes,
24shall construe them liberally. Nothing in this Article shall

 

 

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1preclude the imposition of additional criminal penalties under
2any provision of Federal law, or the laws of the State of
3Illinois or another state, or any other law, or the affording
4of any remedies in addition to those provided for in this
5Article. In addition, the court shall construe this Article in
6light of the provisions contained in Title IX of Public Law
791-452, 84 Stat. 922 (as amended in Title 18, United States
8Code, Section 1961-1968), wherever substantially similar
9language is used in such Title and this Article, but where such
10language indicates an intent to depart from such Title, the
11court shall interpret the language as herein provided.
 
12    (720 ILCS 5/33G-9 new)
13    Sec. 33G-9. Limitations. Under this Article,
14notwithstanding any other provision of law, but otherwise
15subject to the periods of exclusion from limitation as provided
16in Section 3-7 of this Code, the following limitations apply:
17    (a) Any action, proceeding, or prosecution brought under
18this Article must commence within 5 years of one of the
19following dates, whichever is latest:
20        (1) the date of the commission of the last occurrence
21    of predicate activity in a pattern of such activity, in the
22    form of an act, attempt, endeavor, or solicitation,
23    underlying the alleged violation of this Article; or
24        (2) in the case of an action, proceeding, or
25    prosecution, based upon a conspiracy to violate this

 

 

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1    Article, the date that the last objective of the alleged
2    conspiracy was accomplished, defeated or abandoned
3    (whichever is later); or
4        (3) the date any minor victim of the violation attains
5    the age of 18 years or the date any victim of the violation
6    subject to a legal disability thereafter gains legal
7    capacity; or
8        (4) the date that any alleged violation of this
9    Article, including injury, cause, pattern, or identity of
10    the violator or violators, was otherwise discovered in the
11    exercise of good faith.
12    (b) Any action, proceeding, or prosecution brought under
13this Article may be commenced at any time against all
14defendants if the conduct of any defendant, or any part of the
15overall violation, resulted in the unlawful death of any person
16or persons.
 
17    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18becoming law.".