Full Text of HB4624 98th General Assembly
HB4624 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB4624 Introduced , by Rep. Tom Demmer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 720 ILCS 5/17-3 | from Ch. 38, par. 17-3 |
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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that forgery is a Class 2 felony when a document purporting to be an invoice or receipt issued by any unit of government is forged. Defines "unit of government".
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 17-3 as follows:
| 6 | | (720 ILCS 5/17-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 17-3)
| 7 | | Sec. 17-3. Forgery.
| 8 | | (a) A person commits forgery when, with intent to defraud, | 9 | | he or she knowingly:
| 10 | | (1) makes a false document or alters any document to | 11 | | make it false and that document is apparently capable of | 12 | | defrauding
another; or
| 13 | | (2) issues or delivers such document knowing it to have | 14 | | been thus
made or altered; or
| 15 | | (3) possesses, with intent to issue or deliver, any | 16 | | such document
knowing it to have been thus made or altered; | 17 | | or
| 18 | | (4) unlawfully uses the digital signature, as defined | 19 | | in the Financial
Institutions Electronic Documents and | 20 | | Digital Signature Act, of another; or
| 21 | | (5) unlawfully uses the signature device of another to | 22 | | create
an electronic signature of that other person, as | 23 | | those terms are defined in the
Electronic Commerce Security |
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| 1 | | Act.
| 2 | | (b) (Blank).
| 3 | | (c) A document apparently capable of defrauding another | 4 | | includes, but is
not limited to, one by which any right, | 5 | | obligation or power with reference
to any person or property | 6 | | may be created, transferred, altered or
terminated. A document | 7 | | includes any record or electronic record as those
terms are | 8 | | defined in the Electronic Commerce Security Act. For purposes | 9 | | of this Section, a document also includes a Universal Price | 10 | | Code Label or coin.
| 11 | | (c-5) For purposes of this Section, "false document" or | 12 | | "document that is false" includes, but is not limited to, a | 13 | | document whose contents are false in some material way, or that | 14 | | purports to have been made by another or at another time, or | 15 | | with different provisions, or by authority of one who did not | 16 | | give such authority. | 17 | | (d) Sentence.
| 18 | | (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) , and (3), and | 19 | | (4), forgery is a Class 3 felony. | 20 | | (2) Forgery is a Class 4 felony when only one Universal | 21 | | Price Code Label is forged. | 22 | | (3) Forgery is a Class A misdemeanor when an academic | 23 | | degree or coin is forged.
| 24 | | (4) Forgery is a Class 2 felony when a document | 25 | | purporting to be an invoice or receipt issued by any unit | 26 | | of government is forged. For the purposes of this paragraph |
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| 1 | | (4) only, the term "unit of government" means the federal | 2 | | government, the State, a unit of local government, a school | 3 | | district, or any agency or instrumentality, office, | 4 | | officer, department, division, bureau, commission, | 5 | | college, or university thereof. | 6 | | (e) It is not a violation of this Section if a false | 7 | | academic degree explicitly states "for novelty purposes only". | 8 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-231, eff. 1-1-12; | 9 | | 97-1109, eff. 1-1-13.)
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