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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 1961 is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 16D-3 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/16D-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 16D-3)
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7 | Sec. 16D-3. Computer Tampering.
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8 | (a) A person commits the offense of
computer tampering when | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | he knowingly and without the authorization of a
computer's | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | owner, as defined in Section 15-2 of this Code, or in excess of
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11 | the authority granted to him:
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12 | (1) Accesses or causes to be accessed a computer or any | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | part thereof, a computer network, or
a program or data;
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14 | (2) Accesses or causes to be accessed a computer or any | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | part thereof, a computer network, or
a program or data, and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | obtains data or services;
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17 | (3) Accesses or causes to be accessed a computer or any
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18 | part thereof, a computer network, or a program or data, and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | damages or destroys the computer or
alters, deletes or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | removes a computer program or data;
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21 | (4) Inserts or attempts to insert a "program" into a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | computer or
computer program knowing or having reason to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | believe that such "program" contains
information or |
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1 | commands that will or may damage or destroy that computer,
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2 | or any other computer subsequently accessing or being | ||||||
3 | accessed by that
computer, or that will or may alter, | ||||||
4 | delete or remove a computer program or
data from that | ||||||
5 | computer, or any other computer program or data in a
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6 | computer subsequently accessing or being accessed by that | ||||||
7 | computer, or that
will or may cause loss to the users of | ||||||
8 | that computer or the users of a
computer which accesses or | ||||||
9 | which is accessed by such "program";
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10 | (5) Falsifies or forges electronic mail transmission | ||||||
11 | information or
other
routing information in any manner in | ||||||
12 | connection with the transmission of
unsolicited bulk | ||||||
13 | electronic mail through or into the computer network of an
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14 | electronic mail service provider or its subscribers;
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15 | (a-5) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to | ||||||
16 | sell, give, or
otherwise
distribute or possess with the intent | ||||||
17 | to sell, give, or distribute software
which
(1) is primarily | ||||||
18 | designed or produced for the purpose of facilitating or
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19 | enabling the falsification of electronic mail transmission | ||||||
20 | information or
other routing information; (2) has only a | ||||||
21 | limited commercially significant
purpose or use other than to | ||||||
22 | facilitate or enable the falsification of
electronic
mail | ||||||
23 | transmission information or other routing information; or (3) | ||||||
24 | is
marketed by that person or another acting in concert with | ||||||
25 | that person with
that person's knowledge for use in | ||||||
26 | facilitating or enabling the falsification
of
electronic mail |
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1 | transmission information or other routing information.
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2 | (a-7) It is unlawful for any person knowingly to sell, | ||||||
3 | give, possess, use, or
otherwise
distribute or possess with the | ||||||
4 | intent to sell, give, or distribute software
that is primarily | ||||||
5 | designed or produced for the purpose of interfering with the | ||||||
6 | operations of any person or entity that sells, over the | ||||||
7 | Internet, tickets of
admission to a sporting event, theater, | ||||||
8 | musical performance, or place of public entertainment or | ||||||
9 | amusement of any kind by circumventing any security measures on | ||||||
10 | the ticket seller's website, circumventing any access control | ||||||
11 | systems of the ticket seller's website, or circumventing any | ||||||
12 | controls or measures that are instituted by the ticket seller | ||||||
13 | on its website to ensure an equitable ticket buying process. | ||||||
14 | (a-10) For purposes of subsection (a), accessing a computer | ||||||
15 | network is deemed to be with the authorization of a
computer's | ||||||
16 | owner if: | ||||||
17 | (1) the owner authorizes patrons, customers, or guests | ||||||
18 | to access the computer network and the person accessing the | ||||||
19 | computer network is an authorized patron, customer, or | ||||||
20 | guest and complies with all terms or conditions for use of | ||||||
21 | the computer network that are imposed by the owner; or | ||||||
22 | (2) the owner authorizes the public to access the | ||||||
23 | computer network and the person accessing the computer | ||||||
24 | network complies with all terms or conditions for use of | ||||||
25 | the computer network that are imposed by the owner.
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26 | (b) Sentence.
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1 | (1) A person who commits the offense of computer
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2 | tampering as set forth in subsection (a)(1), (a)(5), or | ||||||
3 | (a-5) , or (a-7) of this
Section shall be guilty
of a Class | ||||||
4 | B misdemeanor.
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5 | (2) A person who commits the offense of computer | ||||||
6 | tampering as set forth
in subsection (a)(2) of this Section | ||||||
7 | shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor
and a Class 4 | ||||||
8 | felony for the second or subsequent offense.
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9 | (3) A person who commits the offense of computer | ||||||
10 | tampering as set forth
in subsection (a)(3) or subsection | ||||||
11 | (a)(4) of this Section
shall
be guilty of a Class 4 felony
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12 | and a Class 3 felony for the second or subsequent offense.
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13 | (4) If the injury arises from the transmission of | ||||||
14 | unsolicited bulk
electronic
mail, the injured person, | ||||||
15 | other than an electronic mail service
provider, may also | ||||||
16 | recover attorney's fees and costs, and may elect, in lieu | ||||||
17 | of
actual damages, to recover the lesser of $10 for each | ||||||
18 | and every unsolicited
bulk electronic mail message | ||||||
19 | transmitted in violation of this Section, or
$25,000 per | ||||||
20 | day. The injured person shall not have a cause of action
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21 | against the electronic mail service provider that merely | ||||||
22 | transmits the
unsolicited bulk electronic mail over its | ||||||
23 | computer network.
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24 | (5) If the injury arises from the transmission of | ||||||
25 | unsolicited bulk
electronic
mail,
an injured electronic | ||||||
26 | mail service provider may also recover
attorney's fees and |
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1 | costs, and may elect, in lieu of actual damages, to recover
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2 | the greater of $10 for each and every unsolicited | ||||||
3 | electronic mail
advertisement transmitted in violation of | ||||||
4 | this Section, or $25,000 per day.
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5 | (6) The provisions of this Section shall not be | ||||||
6 | construed to limit any
person's
right to pursue any | ||||||
7 | additional civil remedy otherwise allowed by law.
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8 | (c) Whoever suffers loss by reason of a violation of | ||||||
9 | subsection (a)(4)
of this Section may, in a civil action | ||||||
10 | against the violator, obtain
appropriate relief. In
a civil | ||||||
11 | action under this Section, the court may award to the | ||||||
12 | prevailing
party reasonable attorney's fees and other | ||||||
13 | litigation expenses.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 95-326, eff. 1-1-08.)
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