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90_SB0007

      720 ILCS 5/12-13          from Ch. 38, par. 12-13
      720 ILCS 5/12-14          from Ch. 38, par. 12-14
      720 ILCS 5/12-14.1
      730 ILCS 5/5-8-1          from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-1
          Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 and the Unified Code  of
      Corrections.  Provides that a person convicted of a second or
      subsequent  offense  of  criminal  sexual assault, aggravated
      criminal sexual assault, or predatory criminal sexual assault
      of a child, or convicted  of  one  of  these  offenses  after
      having  been  previously  convicted  of  another one of these
      offenses or an offense of another state that is substantially
      equivalent shall be sentenced  to  a  term  of  natural  life
      imprisonment.
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                                               LRB9000807RCcd
 1        AN ACT in relation to certain sex offenses.
 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  1961  is  amended  by
 5    changing Sections 12-13, 12-14, and 12-14.1 as follows:
 6        (720 ILCS 5/12-13) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-13)
 7        Sec.  12-13.   Criminal  Sexual Assault.  (a) The accused
 8    commits criminal sexual assault if he or she:
 9        (1)  commits an act of sexual penetration by the  use  of
10    force or threat of force; or
11        (2)  commits an act of sexual penetration and the accused
12    knew  that  the victim was unable to understand the nature of
13    the act or was unable to give knowing consent; or
14        (3)  commits an act of sexual penetration with  a  victim
15    who  was under 18 years of age when the act was committed and
16    the accused was a family member; or
17        (4)  commits an act of sexual penetration with  a  victim
18    who  was  at  least 13 years of age but under 18 years of age
19    when the act was committed and the accused was  17  years  of
20    age  or  over  and  held  a  position  of trust, authority or
21    supervision in relation to the victim.
22        (b)  Sentence.
23             (1)   Criminal sexual assault is a Class  1  felony.
24             (2)     A  person  who  is  convicted of a second or
25        subsequent offense of criminal sexual assault as  defined
26        in paragraph (a)(1) or (a)(2), or who is convicted of the
27        offense   of   criminal   sexual   assault  after  having
28        previously been convicted of the  offense  of  aggravated
29        criminal  sexual  assault  or  the  offense  of predatory
30        criminal sexual assault of a child, or who  is  convicted
31        of  the  offense  of criminal sexual assault after having
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 1        previously been convicted under the laws of this State or
 2        any other state  of  an  offense  that  is  substantially
 3        equivalent to the offense of criminal sexual assault, the
 4        offense  of  aggravated  criminal  sexual  assault or the
 5        offense of predatory criminal sexual assault of a  child,
 6        shall   be   sentenced   to   a   term  of  natural  life
 7        imprisonment.   A second or subsequent conviction  for  a
 8        violation  of  paragraph (a)(3) or (a)(4) this Section or
 9        under any similar statute of  this  State  or  any  other
10        state  for  any offense involving criminal sexual assault
11        that is substantially equivalent to or more serious  than
12        the  sexual  assault prohibited under paragraph (a)(3) or
13        (a)(4) this Section is a Class X felony.  When  a  person
14        has   any  such  prior  conviction,  the  information  or
15        indictment charging that person shall  state  such  prior
16        conviction  so as to give notice of the State's intention
17        to treat the charge as a Class X  felony.   The  fact  of
18        such  prior  conviction  is not an element of the offense
19        and may not be disclosed to the jury during trial  unless
20        otherwise permitted by issues properly raised during such
21        trial.
22    (Source: P.A. 85-1440.)
23        (720 ILCS 5/12-14) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-14)
24        Sec. 12-14.  Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault.
25        (a)  The   accused  commits  aggravated  criminal  sexual
26    assault if he or she commits criminal sexual assault and  any
27    of the following aggravating circumstances existed during the
28    commission of the offense:
29             (1)  the  accused  displayed,  threatened to use, or
30        used a  dangerous  weapon  or  any  object  fashioned  or
31        utilized in such a manner as to lead the victim under the
32        circumstances  reasonably to believe it to be a dangerous
33        weapon; or
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 1             (2)  the accused caused bodily harm to  the  victim;
 2        or
 3             (3)  the  accused  acted  in  such  a  manner  as to
 4        threaten or endanger the life of the victim or any  other
 5        person; or
 6             (4)  the  criminal  sexual  assault  was perpetrated
 7        during  the  course  of  the  commission   or   attempted
 8        commission of any other felony by the accused; or
 9             (5)  the victim was 60 years of age or over when the
10        offense was committed; or
11             (6)  the victim was a physically handicapped person.
12        (b)  The   accused  commits  aggravated  criminal  sexual
13    assault if the accused was under 17  years  of  age  and  (i)
14    commits  an  act  of sexual penetration with a victim who was
15    under 9 years of age when the  act  was  committed;  or  (ii)
16    commits an act of sexual penetration with a victim who was at
17    least  9  years of age but under 13 years of age when the act
18    was committed and the accused used force or threat  of  force
19    to commit the act.
20        (c)  The   accused  commits  aggravated  criminal  sexual
21    assault if he or she commits an  act  of  sexual  penetration
22    with  a  victim  who  was  an  institutionalized  severely or
23    profoundly mentally retarded person at the time the  act  was
24    committed.
25        (d)  Sentence.
26             (1)    Aggravated criminal sexual assault is a Class
27        X felony.
28             (2)   A person who  is  convicted  of  a  second  or
29        subsequent offense of aggravated criminal sexual assault,
30        or who is convicted of the offense of aggravated criminal
31        sexual  assault after having previously been convicted of
32        the offense of criminal sexual assault or the offense  of
33        predatory  criminal  sexual assault of a child, or who is
34        convicted of the offense of  aggravated  criminal  sexual
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 1        assault  after having previously been convicted under the
 2        laws of this or any other state of  an  offense  that  is
 3        substantially  equivalent  to  the  offense  of  criminal
 4        sexual assault, the offense of aggravated criminal sexual
 5        assault  or  the  offense  of  predatory  criminal sexual
 6        assault of a child, shall  be  sentenced  to  a  term  of
 7        natural life imprisonment.
 8    (Source: P.A. 89-428, eff. 12-13-95; 89-462, eff. 5-29-96.)
 9        (720 ILCS 5/12-14.1)
10        Sec.  12-14.1.   Predatory  criminal  sexual assault of a
11    child.
12        (a)  The  accused  commits  predatory   criminal   sexual
13    assault of a child if:
14             (1)  the  accused  was  17  years of age or over and
15        commits an act of sexual penetration with  a  victim  who
16        was under 13 years of age when the act was committed; or
17             (2)  the  accused  was  17  years of age or over and
18        commits an act of sexual penetration with  a  victim  who
19        was  under 13 years of age when the act was committed and
20        the accused caused great bodily harm to the victim that:
21                  (A)  resulted in permanent disability; or
22                  (B)  was life threatening.
23        (b)  Sentence.
24             (1)     A  person  convicted  of  a   violation   of
25        subsection  (a)(1)  commits  a  Class X felony.  A person
26        convicted of a violation of subsection (a)(2)  commits  a
27        Class X felony for which the person shall be sentenced to
28        a  term of imprisonment of not less than 50 years and not
29        more than 60 years.
30             (2)   A person who  is  convicted  of  a  second  or
31        subsequent  offense  of predatory criminal sexual assault
32        of a child,  or  who  is  convicted  of  the  offense  of
33        predatory criminal sexual assault of a child after having
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 1        previously  been  convicted  of  the  offense of criminal
 2        sexual assault or  the  offense  of  aggravated  criminal
 3        sexual  assault,  or  who  is convicted of the offense of
 4        predatory criminal sexual assault of a child after having
 5        previously been convicted under the laws of this State or
 6        any other state  of  an  offense  that  is  substantially
 7        equivalent  to  the  offense of predatory criminal sexual
 8        assault of a child, the offense  of  aggravated  criminal
 9        sexual assault or the offense of criminal sexual assault,
10        shall   be   sentenced   to   a   term  of  natural  life
11        imprisonment.
12    (Source: P.A. 89-428, eff. 12-13-95; 89-462, eff. 5-29-96.)
13        Section 10.  The Unified Code of Corrections  is  amended
14    by changing Section 5-8-1 as follows:
15        (730 ILCS 5/5-8-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-1)
16        Sec. 5-8-1. Sentence of Imprisonment for Felony.
17        (a)  Except as otherwise provided in the statute defining
18    the offense, a sentence of imprisonment for a felony shall be
19    a  determinate  sentence set by the court under this Section,
20    according to the following limitations:
21             (1)  for first degree murder,
22                  (a)  a term shall be not less than 20 years and
23             not more than 60 years, or
24                  (b)  if the court finds  that  the  murder  was
25             accompanied   by  exceptionally  brutal  or  heinous
26             behavior indicative of wanton cruelty or, except  as
27             set  forth  in subsection (a)(1)(c) of this Section,
28             that  any  of  the  aggravating  factors  listed  in
29             subsection (b) of Section 9-1 of the  Criminal  Code
30             of  1961  are  present,  the  court may sentence the
31             defendant to a term of natural life imprisonment, or
32                  (c)  the court shall sentence the defendant  to
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 1             a  term  of natural life imprisonment when the death
 2             penalty is not imposed if the defendant,
 3                       (i)  has  previously  been  convicted   of
 4                  first  degree murder under any state or federal
 5                  law, or
 6                       (ii)  is a person who, at the time of  the
 7                  commission  of the murder, had attained the age
 8                  of 17 or more and is found guilty of  murdering
 9                  an  individual  under  12  years  of  age;  or,
10                  irrespective of the defendant's age at the time
11                  of  the  commission  of  the  offense, is found
12                  guilty of murdering more than one victim, or
13                       (iii)  is  found  guilty  of  murdering  a
14                  peace officer or fireman when the peace officer
15                  or  fireman  was  killed  in  the   course   of
16                  performing  his  official duties, or to prevent
17                  the peace officer or  fireman  from  performing
18                  his  official duties, or in retaliation for the
19                  peace  officer  or   fireman   performing   his
20                  official  duties,  and  the  defendant  knew or
21                  should have known that the murdered  individual
22                  was a peace officer or fireman, or
23                       (iv)  is  found  guilty  of  murdering  an
24                  employee  of  an institution or facility of the
25                  Department of Corrections, or any similar local
26                  correctional  agency,  when  the  employee  was
27                  killed in the course of performing his official
28                  duties,  or  to  prevent  the   employee   from
29                  performing   his   official   duties,   or   in
30                  retaliation  for  the  employee  performing his
31                  official duties, or
32                       (v)  is  found  guilty  of  murdering   an
33                  emergency   medical   technician  -  ambulance,
34                  emergency medical  technician  -  intermediate,
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 1                  emergency   medical   technician  -  paramedic,
 2                  ambulance driver or other medical assistance or
 3                  first  aid   person   while   employed   by   a
 4                  municipality  or  other  governmental unit when
 5                  the  person  was  killed  in  the   course   of
 6                  performing  official  duties  or to prevent the
 7                  person from performing official  duties  or  in
 8                  retaliation  for performing official duties and
 9                  the defendant knew or should  have  known  that
10                  the   murdered   individual  was  an  emergency
11                  medical  technician  -   ambulance,   emergency
12                  medical  technician  -  intermediate, emergency
13                  medical  technician  -   paramedic,   ambulance
14                  driver, or other medical assistant or first aid
15                  personnel, or
16                       (vi)  is  a person who, at the time of the
17                  commission of the murder, had not attained  the
18                  age  of  17, and is found guilty of murdering a
19                  person under 12 years of age and the murder  is
20                  committed   during  the  course  of  aggravated
21                  criminal  sexual   assault,   criminal   sexual
22                  assault, or aggravated kidnaping.
23                  For  purposes of clause (v), "emergency medical
24             technician   -   ambulance",   "emergency    medical
25             technician   -   intermediate",  "emergency  medical
26             technician - paramedic", have the meanings  ascribed
27             to  them  in  the  Emergency  Medical Services (EMS)
28             Systems Act.
29             (1.5)  for second degree murder, a term shall be not
30        less than 4 years and not more than 20 years;
31             (2)  for a person adjudged a habitual criminal under
32        Article 33B of the Criminal Code of 1961, as amended, the
33        sentence shall be a term of natural life imprisonment;.
34             (2.5)  for   a   person    convicted    under    the
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 1        circumstances  described  in  paragraph (2) of subsection
 2        (b) of Section 12-13, paragraph (2) of subsection (d)  of
 3        Section  12-14,  or  paragraph  (2)  of subsection (b) of
 4        Section  12-14.1  of  the  Criminal  Code  of  1961,  the
 5        sentence shall be a term of natural life imprisonment;
 6             (3)  except as otherwise  provided  in  the  statute
 7        defining  the offense, for a Class X felony, the sentence
 8        shall be not less than 6  years  and  not  more  than  30
 9        years;
10             (4)  for  a Class 1 felony, other than second degree
11        murder, the sentence shall be not less than 4  years  and
12        not more than 15 years;
13             (5)  for a Class 2 felony, the sentence shall be not
14        less than 3 years and not more than 7 years;
15             (6)  for a Class 3 felony, the sentence shall be not
16        less than 2 years and not more than 5 years;
17             (7)  for a Class 4 felony, the sentence shall be not
18        less than 1 year and not more than 3 years.
19        (b)  The sentencing judge in each felony conviction shall
20    set forth his reasons for imposing the particular sentence he
21    enters  in  the  case,  as  provided in Section 5-4-1 of this
22    Code.   Those  reasons  may   include   any   mitigating   or
23    aggravating  factors  specified  in this Code, or the lack of
24    any such circumstances, as well as any other such factors  as
25    the  judge  shall set forth on the record that are consistent
26    with the purposes and principles of  sentencing  set  out  in
27    this Code.
28        (c)  A  motion  to  reduce a sentence may be made, or the
29    court may reduce a sentence without motion,  within  30  days
30    after  the  sentence  is imposed.  A defendant's challenge to
31    the correctness of  a  sentence  or  to  any  aspect  of  the
32    sentencing  hearing  shall  be made by a written motion filed
33    within  30  days  following  the  imposition   of   sentence.
34    However,  the  court  may  not increase a sentence once it is
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 1    imposed.
 2        If a motion filed pursuant to this subsection  is  timely
 3    filed  within  30  days  after  the  sentence is imposed, the
 4    proponent of the  motion  shall  exercise  due  diligence  in
 5    seeking  a  determination  on  the motion and the court shall
 6    thereafter decide such motion within a reasonable time.
 7        If a motion filed pursuant to this subsection  is  timely
 8    filed  within 30 days after the sentence is imposed, then for
 9    purposes of perfecting an appeal, a final judgment shall  not
10    be considered to have been entered until the motion to reduce
11    a  sentence  has  been  decided by order entered by the trial
12    court.
13        A motion filed pursuant to this subsection shall  not  be
14    considered  to have been timely filed unless it is filed with
15    the circuit court clerk within 30 days after the sentence  is
16    imposed  together  with  a  notice of motion, which notice of
17    motion shall set the motion on the court's calendar on a date
18    certain within a reasonable time after the date of filing.
19        (d)  Except where a term  of  natural  life  is  imposed,
20    every sentence shall include as though written therein a term
21    in  addition to the term of imprisonment. For those sentenced
22    under the law in effect prior to February 1, 1978, such  term
23    shall be identified as a parole term.  For those sentenced on
24    or after February 1, 1978, such term shall be identified as a
25    mandatory   supervised  release  term.   Subject  to  earlier
26    termination under Section  3-3-8,  the  parole  or  mandatory
27    supervised release term shall be as follows:
28             (1)  for  first degree murder or a Class X felony, 3
29        years;
30             (2)  for a Class 1 felony or a  Class  2  felony,  2
31        years;
32             (3)  for  a  Class  3  felony or a Class 4 felony, 1
33        year.
34        (e)  A  defendant  who  has  a  previous  and   unexpired
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 1    sentence  of  imprisonment imposed by another state or by any
 2    district court of the United States and who,  after  sentence
 3    for  a  crime in Illinois, must return to serve the unexpired
 4    prior sentence may have his sentence by  the  Illinois  court
 5    ordered to be concurrent with the prior sentence in the other
 6    state.  The  court  may  order  that  any  time served on the
 7    unexpired portion of the sentence in the other  state,  prior
 8    to  his return to Illinois, shall be credited on his Illinois
 9    sentence. The other state shall be furnished with a  copy  of
10    the  order  imposing  sentence which shall provide that, when
11    the offender is released from confinement of the other state,
12    whether by parole or by termination of sentence, the offender
13    shall be transferred by the Sheriff of the committing  county
14    to  the  Illinois  Department of Corrections. The court shall
15    cause the Department of Corrections to be  notified  of  such
16    sentence  at  the  time of commitment and to be provided with
17    copies of all records regarding the sentence.
18        (f)  A  defendant  who  has  a  previous  and   unexpired
19    sentence of imprisonment imposed by an Illinois circuit court
20    for  a  crime in this State and who is subsequently sentenced
21    to a term of imprisonment by another state or by any district
22    court of the United States and  who  has  served  a  term  of
23    imprisonment  imposed by the other state or district court of
24    the United States, and must  return to  serve  the  unexpired
25    prior  sentence  imposed  by  the  Illinois Circuit Court may
26    apply to  the  court  which  imposed  sentence  to  have  his
27    sentence reduced.
28        The  circuit  court may order that any time served on the
29    sentence imposed by the other state or district court of  the
30    United  States  be  credited  on  his Illinois sentence. Such
31    application  for   reduction  of  a   sentence   under   this
32    subsection  (f)  shall  be  made  within  30  days  after the
33    defendant has completed the sentence  imposed  by  the  other
34    state or district court of the United States.
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 1    (Source: P.A.  88-301;  88-311; 88-433; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94;
 2    89-203, eff. 7-21-95; 89-428,  eff.  12-13-95;  89-462,  eff.
 3    5-29-96.)

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