SB3007 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB094 18888 RLC 54332 b

94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB3007

Introduced 1/20/2006, by Sen. Peter J. Roskam - Adeline Jay Geo-Karis

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/29D-31 new

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of mass transit terrorism. Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she knowingly carries any explosive materials into a mass transit facility. Provides that a violation is a Class X felony with a mandatory term of imprisonment of not less than 30 years and not more than 60 years. Effective immediately.

CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding Section 29D-31 as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/29D-31 new)

Sec. 29D-31. Mass transit terrorism.

(a) A person commits the offense of mass transit terrorism when he or she knowingly carries any explosive materials into a mass transit facility.

(b) Sentence. Mass transit terrorism is a Class X felony for which the offender shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 30 years and not more than 60 years.

(c) Definitions. In this Section:

"Explosive materials" means explosives, blasting agents, and detonators.

"Explosive" means any chemical compound, mixture, or device, the primary or common purpose of which is to function by explosion and includes high or low explosives.

"Mass transit facility" means any public transportation facility, whether buses, trolley-buses, or railway systems, utilized by a substantial number of persons for their daily transportation, and includes not only the public transportation facility itself but ancillary and supporting facilities such as motor vehicle parking facilities.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.