Full Text of HB2412 94th General Assembly
HB2412ham001 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
Filed: 3/10/2005
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2412
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2412 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by | 5 |
| changing Sections 31A-1.1 and 31A-1.2 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/31A-1.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 31A-1.1)
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| Sec. 31A-1.1. Bringing Contraband into a Penal | 8 |
| Institution;
Possessing Contraband in a Penal Institution.
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| (a) A person commits the offense of bringing contraband | 10 |
| into a penal
institution when he knowingly and without | 11 |
| authority of any person designated
or authorized to grant such | 12 |
| authority (1) brings an item of contraband into
a penal | 13 |
| institution or (2) causes another to bring an item of
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| contraband into a penal institution or (3) places an item of
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| contraband in such proximity to a penal institution as to give | 16 |
| an
inmate access to the contraband.
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| (b) A person commits the offense of possessing contraband | 18 |
| in a
penal institution when he possesses contraband in a penal | 19 |
| institution,
regardless of the intent with which he possesses | 20 |
| it.
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| (c) For the purposes of this Section, the words and phrases
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| listed below shall be defined as follows:
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| (1) "Penal institution" for the purposes of items of | 24 |
| contraband specified in clauses (i) through (xi) of |
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| subsection (c)(2) means any penitentiary, State farm,
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| reformatory, prison, jail, house of correction, police | 3 |
| detention area,
half-way house or other institution or | 4 |
| place for the incarceration or
custody of persons under | 5 |
| sentence for offenses awaiting trial or sentence
for | 6 |
| offenses, under arrest for an offense, a violation of | 7 |
| probation, a
violation of parole, or a violation of | 8 |
| mandatory supervised release, or
awaiting a bail setting | 9 |
| hearing or preliminary hearing; provided that where
the | 10 |
| place for incarceration or custody is housed within another | 11 |
| public
building this Act shall not apply to that part of | 12 |
| such building unrelated
to the incarceration or custody of | 13 |
| persons. "Penal institution" for purposes of items of | 14 |
| contraband specified in paragraph (xii) of subsection | 15 |
| (c)(2) means an institution or facility of the Illinois | 16 |
| Department of Corrections.
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| (2) "Item of contraband" means any of the following:
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| (i) "Alcoholic liquor" as such term is defined in | 19 |
| Section 1-3.05 of The
Liquor Control Act of 1934 as | 20 |
| such Act may be now or hereafter amended.
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| (ii) "Cannabis" as such term is defined in | 22 |
| subsection (a) of Section 3
of the "Cannabis Control | 23 |
| Act", approved August 16, 1971, as
now or hereafter | 24 |
| amended.
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| (iii) "Controlled substance" as such term is | 26 |
| defined in the "Illinois
Controlled Substances Act", | 27 |
| approved August 16, 1971, as
now or hereafter amended.
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| (iv) "Hypodermic syringe" or hypodermic needle, or | 29 |
| any instrument
adapted for use of controlled | 30 |
| substances or cannabis by subcutaneous injection.
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| (v) "Weapon" means any knife, dagger, dirk, billy, | 32 |
| razor, stiletto,
broken bottle, or other piece of glass | 33 |
| which could be used as a dangerous
weapon. Such term | 34 |
| includes any of the devices or implements designated in
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| subsections (a)(1), (a)(3) and (a)(6) of Section 24-1 | 2 |
| of this
Act, or any other dangerous weapon or | 3 |
| instrument of like character.
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| (vi) "Firearm" means any device, by whatever name | 5 |
| known, which is
designed to expel a projectile or | 6 |
| projectiles by the action of an
explosion, expansion of | 7 |
| gas or escape of gas, including but not limited to:
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| (A) any pneumatic gun, spring gun, or B-B gun | 9 |
| which expels a single
globular projectile not | 10 |
| exceeding .18 inch in diameter, or;
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| (B) any device used exclusively for signaling | 12 |
| or safety and required
as
recommended by the United | 13 |
| States Coast Guard or the Interstate Commerce
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| Commission; or
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| (C) any device used exclusively for the firing | 16 |
| of stud cartridges,
explosive rivets or industrial | 17 |
| ammunition; or
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| (D) any device which is powered by electrical | 19 |
| charging units, such as
batteries, and which fires | 20 |
| one or several barbs attached to a length of
wire | 21 |
| and which, upon hitting a human, can send out | 22 |
| current capable of
disrupting the person's nervous | 23 |
| system in such a manner as to render him
incapable | 24 |
| of normal functioning, commonly referred to as a | 25 |
| stun gun or taser.
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| (vii) "Firearm ammunition" means any | 27 |
| self-contained cartridge or shotgun
shell, by whatever | 28 |
| name known, which is designed to be used or adaptable | 29 |
| to
use in a firearm, including but not limited to:
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| (A) any ammunition exclusively designed for | 31 |
| use with a device used
exclusively for signaling or | 32 |
| safety and required or recommended by the
United | 33 |
| States Coast Guard or the Interstate Commerce | 34 |
| Commission; or
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| (B) any ammunition designed exclusively for | 2 |
| use with a stud or rivet
driver or other similar | 3 |
| industrial ammunition.
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| (viii) "Explosive" means, but is not limited to, | 5 |
| bomb, bombshell,
grenade, bottle or other container | 6 |
| containing an explosive substance of
over one-quarter | 7 |
| ounce for like purposes such as black powder bombs and
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| Molotov cocktails or artillery projectiles.
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| (ix) "Tool to defeat security mechanisms" means, | 10 |
| but is not limited to,
handcuff or security restraint | 11 |
| key, tool designed to pick locks, or device or
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| instrument capable of unlocking handcuff or security | 13 |
| restraints, doors to
cells, rooms, gates or other areas | 14 |
| of the penal institution.
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| (x) "Cutting tool" means, but is not limited to, | 16 |
| hacksaw blade,
wirecutter,
or device, instrument or | 17 |
| file capable of cutting through metal.
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| (xi) "Electronic contraband" means, but is not | 19 |
| limited to, any
electronic, video recording device, | 20 |
| computer, or cellular communications
equipment, | 21 |
| including, but not
limited to, cellular telephones, | 22 |
| cellular telephone batteries, videotape
recorders, | 23 |
| pagers,
computers, and computer peripheral equipment | 24 |
| brought into or possessed in a
penal institution | 25 |
| without the written authorization of the Chief | 26 |
| Administrative
Officer.
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| (xii) With respect to institutions and facilities | 28 |
| of the Illinois Department of Corrections only, video | 29 |
| games.
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| (3) "Video game" means an object or device that stores
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| recorded data or instructions, receives data or | 32 |
| instructions
generated by a person who uses it, and, by | 33 |
| processing the data
or instructions, creates an | 34 |
| interactive game capable of being
played, viewed, or |
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| experienced on or through a computer, gaming
system, | 2 |
| console, or other technology.
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| (c-5) Bringing a video game into an Illinois Department of | 4 |
| Corrections institution or facility is a Class A misdemeanor. | 5 |
| Possessing a video game in an Illinois Department of | 6 |
| Corrections institution or facility is a Class A misdemeanor.
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| (d) Bringing alcoholic liquor into a penal institution is a | 8 |
| Class 4
felony. Possessing alcoholic liquor in a penal | 9 |
| institution is a Class 4
felony.
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| (e) Bringing cannabis into a penal institution is a Class 3 | 11 |
| felony.
Possessing cannabis in a penal institution is a Class 3 | 12 |
| felony.
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| (f) Bringing any amount of a controlled substance | 14 |
| classified in
Schedules III, IV or V of Article II of the | 15 |
| Controlled Substance Act into a
penal institution is a Class 2 | 16 |
| felony. Possessing any amount of a
controlled substance | 17 |
| classified in Schedule III, IV, or V of Article II of
the | 18 |
| Controlled Substance Act in a penal institution is a Class 2 | 19 |
| felony.
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| (g) Bringing any amount of a controlled substance | 21 |
| classified in
Schedules I or II of Article II of the Controlled | 22 |
| Substance Act into a
penal institution is a Class 1 felony. | 23 |
| Possessing any amount of a
controlled substance classified in | 24 |
| Schedules I or II of Article II of the
Controlled Substance Act | 25 |
| in a penal institution is a Class 1 felony.
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| (h) Bringing an item of contraband listed in paragraph (iv) | 27 |
| of
subsection (c)(2) into a penal institution is a Class 1 | 28 |
| felony. Possessing
an item of contraband listed in paragraph | 29 |
| (iv) of subsection (c)(2) in a
penal institution is a Class 1 | 30 |
| felony.
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| (i) Bringing an item of contraband listed in paragraph (v), | 32 |
| (ix),
(x), or (xi)
of subsection
(c)(2) into a penal | 33 |
| institution is a Class 1 felony. Possessing an item of
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| contraband listed in paragraph (v), (ix), (x), or (xi) of
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| subsection (c)(2) in a
penal
institution is a Class 1 felony.
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| (j) Bringing an item of contraband listed in paragraphs | 3 |
| (vi), (vii) or
(viii) of subsection (c)(2) in a penal | 4 |
| institution is a Class X felony.
Possessing an item of | 5 |
| contraband listed in paragraphs (vi), (vii), or
(viii) of | 6 |
| subsection (c)(2) in a penal institution is a Class X felony.
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| (k) It shall be an affirmative defense to subsection
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| hereof, that
such possession was specifically authorized by | 9 |
| rule, regulation, or
directive of the governing authority of | 10 |
| the penal institution or order
issued pursuant thereto.
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| (l) It shall be an affirmative defense to subsection (a)(1) | 12 |
| and
subsection (b) hereof that the person bringing into or | 13 |
| possessing
contraband in a penal institution had been arrested, | 14 |
| and that that person
possessed such contraband at the time of | 15 |
| his
arrest, and that such contraband was brought into or | 16 |
| possessed in the penal
institution by that person as a direct | 17 |
| and immediate result of his arrest.
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| (l-5) The Director of Corrections or chief administrative | 19 |
| officer of a Department of Corrections institution or facility | 20 |
| may not authorize the bringing into or possession of a video | 21 |
| game in a Department of Corrections institution or facility.
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| (m) Items confiscated may be retained for use by the | 23 |
| Department of
Corrections or disposed of as deemed appropriate | 24 |
| by the Chief Administrative
Officer in accordance with | 25 |
| Department rules or disposed of as required by
law.
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| (Source: P.A. 88-678, eff. 7-1-95; 89-688, eff. 6-1-97.)
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| (720 ILCS 5/31A-1.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 31A-1.2)
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| Sec. 31A-1.2. Unauthorized bringing of contraband into a | 29 |
| penal institution
by an employee; unauthorized possessing of | 30 |
| contraband in a penal institution by
an employee; unauthorized | 31 |
| delivery of contraband in a penal institution by an
employee.
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| (a) A person commits the offense of unauthorized bringing | 33 |
| of contraband into
a penal institution by an employee when a |
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| person who is an employee knowingly
and without authority or | 2 |
| any person designated or authorized to grant such
authority:
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| (1) brings or attempts to bring an item of contraband | 4 |
| listed in paragraphs
(i) through (iv) or (xii) of | 5 |
| subsection (d)(4) into a penal institution, or
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| (2) causes or permits another to bring an item of | 7 |
| contraband listed in
paragraphs (i) through (iv) or (xii)
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| of subsection (d)(4) into a penal
institution.
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| (b) A person commits the offense of unauthorized possession | 10 |
| of contraband in
a penal institution by an employee when a | 11 |
| person who is an employee knowingly
and without authority of | 12 |
| any person designated or authorized to grant such
authority | 13 |
| possesses contraband listed in paragraphs (i) through (iv) or | 14 |
| (xii) of
subsection (d)(4) in a penal institution, regardless | 15 |
| of the intent with which
he possesses it.
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| (c) A person commits the offense of unauthorized delivery | 17 |
| of contraband
in a penal institution by an employee when a | 18 |
| person who is an employee
knowingly and without authority of | 19 |
| any person designated or authorized to grant
such authority:
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| (1) delivers or possesses with intent to deliver an | 21 |
| item of contraband
to any inmate of a penal institution, or
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| (2) conspires to deliver or solicits the delivery of an | 23 |
| item of
contraband to any inmate of a penal institution, or
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| (3) causes or permits the delivery of an item of | 25 |
| contraband to any
inmate of a penal institution, or
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| (4) permits another person to attempt to deliver an | 27 |
| item of contraband to
any inmate of a penal institution.
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| (d) For purpose of this Section, the words and phrases | 29 |
| listed below
shall be defined as follows:
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| (1) "Penal Institution" shall have the meaning | 31 |
| ascribed to it in
subsection (c)(1) of Section 31A-1.1 of | 32 |
| this Code;
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| (2) "Employee" means any elected or appointed officer, | 34 |
| trustee or
employee of a penal institution or of the |
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| governing authority of the penal
institution, or any person | 2 |
| who performs services for the penal institution
pursuant to | 3 |
| contract with the penal institution or its governing
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| authority.
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| (3) "Deliver" or "delivery" means the actual, | 6 |
| constructive or attempted
transfer of possession of an item | 7 |
| of contraband, with or without consideration,
whether or | 8 |
| not there is an agency relationship;
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| (4) "Item of contraband" means any of the following:
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| (i) "Alcoholic liquor" as such term is defined in | 11 |
| Section 1-3.05 of the
Liquor Control Act of 1934.
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| (ii) "Cannabis" as such term is defined in | 13 |
| subsection (a) of
Section 3 of the Cannabis Control | 14 |
| Act.
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| (iii) "Controlled substance" as such term is | 16 |
| defined in the Illinois
Controlled Substances Act.
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| (iv) "Hypodermic syringe" or hypodermic needle, or | 18 |
| any instrument
adapted for use of controlled | 19 |
| substances or cannabis by subcutaneous injection.
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| (v) "Weapon" means any knife, dagger, dirk, billy, | 21 |
| razor, stiletto,
broken bottle, or other piece of glass | 22 |
| which could be used as a dangerous
weapon. Such term | 23 |
| includes any of the devices or implements designated in
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| subsections (a)(1), (a)(3) and (a)(6) of Section 24-1 | 25 |
| of this Act, or any
other dangerous weapon or | 26 |
| instrument of like character.
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| (vi) "Firearm" means any device, by whatever name | 28 |
| known, which is
designed to expel a projectile or | 29 |
| projectiles by the action of an explosion,
expansion of | 30 |
| gas or escape of gas, including but not limited to:
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| (A) any pneumatic gun, spring gun, or B-B gun | 32 |
| which expels a single
globular projectile not | 33 |
| exceeding .18 inch in diameter; or
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| (B) any device used exclusively for signaling |
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| or safety and required
or recommended by the United | 2 |
| States Coast Guard or the Interstate Commerce
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| Commission; or
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| (C) any device used exclusively for the firing | 5 |
| of stud cartridges,
explosive rivets or industrial | 6 |
| ammunition; or
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| (D) any device which is powered by electrical | 8 |
| charging units, such as
batteries, and which fires | 9 |
| one or several barbs attached to a length of
wire | 10 |
| and which, upon hitting a human, can send out | 11 |
| current capable of
disrupting the person's nervous | 12 |
| system in such a manner as to render him
incapable | 13 |
| of normal functioning, commonly referred to as a | 14 |
| stun gun or taser.
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| (vii) "Firearm ammunition" means any | 16 |
| self-contained cartridge or shotgun
shell, by whatever | 17 |
| name known, which is designed to be used or adaptable | 18 |
| to
use in a firearm, including but not limited to:
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| (A) any ammunition exclusively designed for | 20 |
| use with a device used
exclusively for signaling or | 21 |
| safety and required or recommended by the
United | 22 |
| States Coast Guard or the Interstate Commerce | 23 |
| Commission; or
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| (B) any ammunition designed exclusively for | 25 |
| use with a stud or rivet
driver or other similar | 26 |
| industrial ammunition.
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| (viii) "Explosive" means, but is not limited to, | 28 |
| bomb, bombshell,
grenade, bottle or other container | 29 |
| containing an explosive substance of
over one-quarter | 30 |
| ounce for like purposes such as black powder bombs and
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| Molotov cocktails or artillery projectiles.
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| (ix) "Tool to defeat security mechanisms" means, | 33 |
| but is not limited
to,
handcuff or security restraint | 34 |
| key, tool designed to pick locks, or device or
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| instrument capable of unlocking handcuff or security | 2 |
| restraints, doors to
cells, rooms, gates or other areas | 3 |
| of the penal institution.
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| (x) "Cutting tool" means, but is not limited to, | 5 |
| hacksaw blade,
wirecutter, or device, instrument or | 6 |
| file capable of cutting through metal.
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| (xi) "Electronic contraband" means, but is not | 8 |
| limited to, any
electronic, video recording device, | 9 |
| computer, or cellular communications
equipment, | 10 |
| including, but not
limited to, cellular telephones, | 11 |
| cellular telephone batteries, videotape
recorders, | 12 |
| pagers,
computers, and computer peripheral equipment.
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| (xii) With respect to institutions and facilities | 14 |
| of the Illinois Department of Corrections only, video | 15 |
| games.
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| (5) "Video game" has the meaning ascribed to it in | 17 |
| Section 31A-1.1 of this Code.
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| (e) A violation of paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section | 19 |
| involving a video game is a Class A misdemeanor. A violation of | 20 |
| paragraphs (a) or (b) of this Section involving alcohol
is a | 21 |
| Class 4 felony. A violation of paragraph (a) or (b) of this | 22 |
| Section
involving cannabis is a Class 2 felony. A violation of | 23 |
| paragraph (a) or (b)
involving any amount of a controlled | 24 |
| substance classified in Schedules III, IV
or V of Article II of | 25 |
| the Illinois Controlled Substances Act is a Class 1
felony. A
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| violation of paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section involving any | 27 |
| amount of a
controlled substance classified in Schedules I or | 28 |
| II of Article II of the
Illinois Controlled Substances Act is a | 29 |
| Class X felony. A violation of
paragraph (a) or
(b) involving | 30 |
| an item of contraband listed in paragraph (iv) of subsection
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| (d)(4) is a Class X felony. A violation of paragraph (a) or (b) | 32 |
| involving an
item of contraband listed in paragraph (v) or (xi) | 33 |
| of subsection (d)(4) is
a Class 1
felony. A violation of | 34 |
| paragraph (a) or (b) involving an item of contraband
listed in |
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| paragraphs (vi), (vii) or (viii) of subsection (d)(4) is a | 2 |
| Class X
felony.
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| (f) A violation of paragraph (c) of this Section involving | 4 |
| a video game is a Class A misdemeanor. A violation of paragraph | 5 |
| (c) of this Section involving alcoholic
liquor is a Class 3 | 6 |
| felony. A violation of paragraph (c) involving cannabis
is a | 7 |
| Class 1 felony. A violation of paragraph (c) involving any | 8 |
| amount of a
controlled substance classified in Schedules III, | 9 |
| IV or V of Article II of the
Illinois Controlled Substances Act | 10 |
| is a Class X felony. A violation of
paragraph (c)
involving any | 11 |
| amount of a controlled substance classified in Schedules I or | 12 |
| II
of Article II of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act is a | 13 |
| Class X felony
for which
the minimum term of imprisonment shall | 14 |
| be 8 years. A violation of paragraph
(c) involving an item of | 15 |
| contraband listed in paragraph (iv) of subsection
(d)(4) is a | 16 |
| Class X felony for which the minimum term of imprisonment shall | 17 |
| be
8 years. A violation of paragraph (c) involving an item of | 18 |
| contraband listed
in paragraph (v), (ix) or (x) of subsection | 19 |
| (d)(4) is a Class X felony for
which the minimum
term of | 20 |
| imprisonment shall be 10 years. A violation of paragraph (c) | 21 |
| involving
an item of contraband listed in paragraphs (vi), | 22 |
| (vii) or (viii) of subsection
(d)(4) is a Class X felony for | 23 |
| which the minimum term of imprisonment shall be
12 years.
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| (f-5) The Director of Corrections or chief administrative | 25 |
| officer of a Department of Corrections institution or facility | 26 |
| may not authorize the bringing into or possession of a video | 27 |
| game by an employee in a Department of Corrections institution | 28 |
| or facility.
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| (g) Items confiscated may be retained for use by the | 30 |
| Department of
Corrections or disposed of as deemed appropriate | 31 |
| by the Chief Administrative
Officer in accordance with | 32 |
| Department rules or disposed of as required by
law.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)".
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