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90_SB1688

      720 ILCS 5/9-1            from Ch. 38, par. 9-1
      720 ILCS 5/12-4.1         from Ch. 38, par. 12-4.1
      720 ILCS 5/12-4.2-5 new
      720 ILCS 5/20-2           from Ch. 38, par. 20-2
      720 ILCS 5/Art. 20.5 heading new
      720 ILCS 5/20.5-5 new
      720 ILCS 5/24-1.2-5 new
      720 ILCS 5/26-1           from Ch. 38, par. 26-1
      730 ILCS 5/3-6-3          from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-3
          Amends the Criminal Code of  1961.   Establishes  various
      penalties  for possession of firearms equipped with silencers
      and possession of deadly substances. Increases from a Class 4
      felony to a Class 3  felony,  the  transmission  of  a  false
      report  of  a  bomb or explosive being concealed in the place
      that would endanger human life. Amends the  Unified  Code  of
      Corrections.   Provides  that  persons  convicted  of certain
      firearms violations serve at least 85%  of  their  sentences.
      Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT in relation to criminal law, amending named Acts.
 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  9-1,  12-4.1,  20-2,  and 26-1 and adding
 6    Sections 12-4.2-5 and 24-1.2-5 and Article 20.5 as follows:
 7        (720 ILCS 5/9-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 9-1)
 8        Sec.  9-1.  First  degree  Murder  -  Death  penalties  -
 9    Exceptions - Separate Hearings - Proof - Findings - Appellate
10    procedures - Reversals.
11        (a)  A person who  kills  an  individual  without  lawful
12    justification  commits  first degree murder if, in performing
13    the acts which cause the death:
14             (1)  he either intends to kill or  do  great  bodily
15        harm  to  that  individual or another, or knows that such
16        acts will cause death to that individual or another; or
17             (2)  he  knows  that  such  acts  create  a   strong
18        probability  of  death  or  great  bodily  harm  to  that
19        individual or another; or
20             (3)  he  is  attempting  or  committing  a  forcible
21        felony other than second degree murder.
22        (b)  Aggravating Factors.  A defendant who at the time of
23    the  commission  of the offense has attained the age of 18 or
24    more and who has been found guilty of first degree murder may
25    be sentenced to death if:
26             (1)  the murdered individual was a peace officer  or
27        fireman  killed  in the course of performing his official
28        duties,  to  prevent  the  performance  of  his  official
29        duties, or in retaliation  for  performing  his  official
30        duties,  and the defendant knew or should have known that
31        the murdered individual was a peace officer  or  fireman;
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 1        or
 2             (2)  the  murdered  individual was an employee of an
 3        institution or facility of the Department of Corrections,
 4        or any similar local correctional agency, killed  in  the
 5        course  of performing his official duties, to prevent the
 6        performance of his official duties, or in retaliation for
 7        performing  his  official   duties,   or   the   murdered
 8        individual  was an inmate at such institution or facility
 9        and was killed on the grounds thereof,  or  the  murdered
10        individual  was  otherwise present in such institution or
11        facility with the knowledge and  approval  of  the  chief
12        administrative officer thereof; or
13             (3)  the  defendant  has been convicted of murdering
14        two or more individuals  under  subsection  (a)  of  this
15        Section  or  under any law of the United States or of any
16        state which is substantially similar to subsection (a) of
17        this Section regardless  of whether the  deaths  occurred
18        as  the  result  of the same act or of several related or
19        unrelated acts so long as the deaths were the  result  of
20        either  an  intent  to  kill  more  than one person or of
21        separate acts which the defendant knew would cause  death
22        or  create  a strong probability of death or great bodily
23        harm to the murdered individual or another; or
24             (4)  the murdered individual was killed as a  result
25        of  the  hijacking  of  an  airplane, train, ship, bus or
26        other public conveyance; or
27             (5)  the defendant committed the murder pursuant  to
28        a contract, agreement or understanding by which he was to
29        receive   money  or  anything  of  value  in  return  for
30        committing the murder or procured another to  commit  the
31        murder for money or anything of value; or
32             (6)  the  murdered  individual  was  killed  in  the
33        course of another felony if:
34                  (a)  the murdered individual:
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 1                       (i)  was actually killed by the defendant,
 2                  or
 3                       (ii)  received      physical      injuries
 4                  personally    inflicted    by   the   defendant
 5                  substantially contemporaneously  with  physical
 6                  injuries  caused  by  one  or  more persons for
 7                  whose  conduct   the   defendant   is   legally
 8                  accountable under Section 5-2 of this Code, and
 9                  the  physical  injuries inflicted by either the
10                  defendant or the other person  or  persons  for
11                  whose  conduct he is legally accountable caused
12                  the death of the murdered individual; and
13                  (b)  in performing the acts  which  caused  the
14             death  of  the murdered individual or which resulted
15             in physical injuries  personally  inflicted  by  the
16             defendant  on  the  murdered  individual  under  the
17             circumstances  of  subdivision  (ii) of subparagraph
18             (a) of paragraph  (6)  of  subsection  (b)  of  this
19             Section, the defendant acted with the intent to kill
20             the  murdered  individual or with the knowledge that
21             his acts created a strong probability  of  death  or
22             great  bodily  harm  to  the  murdered individual or
23             another; and
24                  (c)  the other felony was one of the following:
25             armed robbery, armed  violence,  robbery,  predatory
26             criminal  sexual  assault  of  a  child,  aggravated
27             criminal   sexual  assault,  aggravated  kidnapping,
28             aggravated vehicular hijacking, forcible  detention,
29             arson,   aggravated   arson,   aggravated  stalking,
30             burglary,  residential  burglary,   home   invasion,
31             calculated  criminal  drug  conspiracy as defined in
32             Section 405 of the  Illinois  Controlled  Substances
33             Act,  streetgang criminal drug conspiracy as defined
34             in  Section  405.2  of   the   Illinois   Controlled
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 1             Substances  Act, or the attempt to commit any of the
 2             felonies listed in this subsection (c); or
 3             (7)  the murdered individual was under 12  years  of
 4        age  and  the death resulted from exceptionally brutal or
 5        heinous behavior indicative of wanton cruelty; or
 6             (8)  the defendant committed the murder with  intent
 7        to prevent the murdered individual from testifying in any
 8        criminal prosecution or giving material assistance to the
 9        State in any investigation or prosecution, either against
10        the  defendant or another; or the defendant committed the
11        murder because the murdered individual was a  witness  in
12        any  prosecution or gave material assistance to the State
13        in any investigation or prosecution, either  against  the
14        defendant or another; or
15             (9)  the  defendant,  while  committing  an  offense
16        punishable  under Sections 401, 401.1, 401.2, 405, 405.2,
17        407 or 407.1 or subsection (b)  of  Section  404  of  the
18        Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or while engaged in a
19        conspiracy   or  solicitation  to  commit  such  offense,
20        intentionally  killed   an   individual   or   counseled,
21        commanded,  induced,  procured  or caused the intentional
22        killing of the murdered individual; or
23             (10)  the   defendant   was   incarcerated   in   an
24        institution or facility of the Department of  Corrections
25        at  the  time  of  the  murder,  and  while committing an
26        offense punishable as a felony  under  Illinois  law,  or
27        while  engaged  in a conspiracy or solicitation to commit
28        such  offense,  intentionally  killed  an  individual  or
29        counseled, commanded, induced,  procured  or  caused  the
30        intentional killing of the murdered individual; or
31             (11)  the murder was committed in a cold, calculated
32        and  premeditated manner pursuant to a preconceived plan,
33        scheme or design to take a human life by unlawful  means,
34        and  the  conduct  of  the defendant created a reasonable
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 1        expectation that the death of a human being would  result
 2        therefrom; or
 3             (12)  the   murdered  individual  was  an  emergency
 4        medical  technician  -   ambulance,   emergency   medical
 5        technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
 6        paramedic,  ambulance driver, or other medical assistance
 7        or first aid personnel, employed  by  a  municipality  or
 8        other   governmental   unit,  killed  in  the  course  of
 9        performing  his   official   duties,   to   prevent   the
10        performance of his official duties, or in retaliation for
11        performing his official duties, and the defendant knew or
12        should  have  known  that  the murdered individual was an
13        emergency  medical  technician  -  ambulance,   emergency
14        medical  technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical
15        technician   -  paramedic,  ambulance  driver,  or  other
16        medical assistance or first aid personnel; or
17             (13)  the defendant was a  principal  administrator,
18        organizer,  or  leader  of  a  calculated  criminal  drug
19        conspiracy  consisting  of  a  hierarchical  position  of
20        authority  superior  to  that of all other members of the
21        conspiracy,  and  the  defendant  counseled,   commanded,
22        induced,  procured,  or caused the intentional killing of
23        the murdered person; or
24             (14)  the murder was intentional  and  involved  the
25        infliction  of  torture.  For the purpose of this Section
26        torture means the infliction of or subjection to  extreme
27        physical  pain,  motivated  by  an  intent to increase or
28        prolong the pain, suffering or agony of the victim; or
29             (15)  the murder was committed as a  result  of  the
30        intentional  discharge of a firearm by the defendant from
31        a motor vehicle and the victim was not present within the
32        motor vehicle; or
33             (16)  the murdered individual was 60 years of age or
34        older and the death resulted from exceptionally brutal or
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 1        heinous behavior indicative of wanton cruelty; or
 2             (17)  the murdered individual was a disabled  person
 3        and  the  defendant  knew  or  should have known that the
 4        murdered individual was disabled.  For purposes  of  this
 5        paragraph  (17),  "disabled  person"  means  a person who
 6        suffers from a permanent physical  or  mental  impairment
 7        resulting from disease, an injury, a functional disorder,
 8        or   a  congenital  condition  that  renders  the  person
 9        incapable of adequately providing  for  his  or  her  own
10        health or personal care; or
11             (18)  the  murdered  individual  was  killed  as the
12        result of the intentional explosion of a  bomb  or  other
13        explosive  device  or  as  the  result of the intentional
14        igniting of any incendiary device or flammable substance;
15        or
16             (19)  the murdered  individual  was  killed  as  the
17        result of the intentional release of poisonous or noxious
18        gas  other  than a non-lethal noxious liquid gas designed
19        solely for personal defense; or
20             (20)  the murdered  individual  was  killed  as  the
21        result  of  the intentional discharge of a machine gun as
22        defined in clause (i) of paragraph (7) of subsection  (a)
23        of Section 24-1 of this Code; or
24             (21)  the  murdered  individual  was  killed  as the
25        result of the intentional discharge of a firearm that, at
26        the time of the discharge, was equipped with  any  device
27        or  attachment  designed or used for silencing the report
28        of the firearm; or
29             (22)  the murdered  individual  was  killed  as  the
30        result   of   the   intentional  release  of  any  deadly
31        biological  or  chemical  contaminant  or  agent  or  the
32        intentional exposure  of  any  person  to  a  radioactive
33        substance.
34        (c)  Consideration   of   factors   in   Aggravation  and
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 1    Mitigation.
 2        The court shall consider, or shall instruct the  jury  to
 3    consider any aggravating and any mitigating factors which are
 4    relevant to the imposition of the death penalty.  Aggravating
 5    factors  may include but need not be limited to those factors
 6    set forth in subsection (b). Mitigating factors  may  include
 7    but need not be limited to the following:
 8             (1)  the  defendant  has  no  significant history of
 9        prior criminal activity;
10             (2)  the murder was committed  while  the  defendant
11        was  under  the  influence of extreme mental or emotional
12        disturbance, although not such as to constitute a defense
13        to prosecution;
14             (3)  the murdered individual was  a  participant  in
15        the  defendant's  homicidal  conduct  or consented to the
16        homicidal act;
17             (4)  the defendant acted  under  the  compulsion  of
18        threat  or  menace of the imminent infliction of death or
19        great bodily harm;
20             (5)  the defendant was not personally present during
21        commission of the act or acts causing death.
22        (d)  Separate sentencing hearing.
23        Where requested by the State, the court shall  conduct  a
24    separate  sentencing proceeding to determine the existence of
25    factors set forth in  subsection  (b)  and  to  consider  any
26    aggravating  or mitigating factors as indicated in subsection
27    (c).  The proceeding shall be conducted:
28             (1)  before the jury that determined the defendant's
29        guilt; or
30             (2)  before a jury impanelled for the purpose of the
31        proceeding if:
32                  A.  the defendant was convicted upon a plea  of
33             guilty; or
34                  B.  the  defendant  was convicted after a trial
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 1             before the court sitting without a jury; or
 2                  C.  the court for good cause  shown  discharges
 3             the jury that determined the defendant's guilt; or
 4             (3)  before  the court alone if the defendant waives
 5        a jury for the separate proceeding.
 6        (e)  Evidence and Argument.
 7        During the proceeding any information relevant to any  of
 8    the  factors  set forth in subsection (b) may be presented by
 9    either the State or the defendant under the  rules  governing
10    the   admission   of   evidence   at  criminal  trials.   Any
11    information relevant to any additional aggravating factors or
12    any mitigating factors indicated in  subsection  (c)  may  be
13    presented  by  the  State  or  defendant  regardless  of  its
14    admissibility  under  the  rules  governing  the admission of
15    evidence at criminal trials.  The  State  and  the  defendant
16    shall  be  given  fair  opportunity  to rebut any information
17    received at the hearing.
18        (f)  Proof.
19        The burden of proof of establishing the existence of  any
20    of  the  factors  set forth in subsection (b) is on the State
21    and shall  not  be  satisfied  unless  established  beyond  a
22    reasonable doubt.
23        (g)  Procedure - Jury.
24        If  at  the separate sentencing proceeding the jury finds
25    that none of the factors set forth in subsection (b)  exists,
26    the   court  shall  sentence  the  defendant  to  a  term  of
27    imprisonment  under  Chapter  V  of  the  Unified   Code   of
28    Corrections.   If  there  is  a unanimous finding by the jury
29    that one or more of the factors set forth in  subsection  (b)
30    exist,  the  jury  shall  consider aggravating and mitigating
31    factors as  instructed  by  the  court  and  shall  determine
32    whether  the sentence of death shall be imposed.  If the jury
33    determines unanimously that there are no  mitigating  factors
34    sufficient  to preclude the imposition of the death sentence,
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 1    the court shall sentence the defendant to death.
 2        Unless the jury  unanimously  finds  that  there  are  no
 3    mitigating  factors  sufficient to preclude the imposition of
 4    the death sentence the court shall sentence the defendant  to
 5    a term of imprisonment under Chapter V of the Unified Code of
 6    Corrections.
 7        (h)  Procedure - No Jury.
 8        In  a  proceeding  before  the  court alone, if the court
 9    finds that none  of  the  factors  found  in  subsection  (b)
10    exists,  the  court shall sentence the defendant to a term of
11    imprisonment  under  Chapter  V  of   the  Unified  Code   of
12    Corrections.
13        If  the  Court determines that one or more of the factors
14    set forth in subsection (b) exists, the Court shall  consider
15    any  aggravating  and  mitigating  factors  as  indicated  in
16    subsection  (c).   If  the Court determines that there are no
17    mitigating factors sufficient to preclude the  imposition  of
18    the death sentence, the Court shall sentence the defendant to
19    death.
20        Unless  the  court  finds  that  there  are no mitigating
21    factors sufficient to preclude the imposition of the sentence
22    of death, the court shall sentence the defendant to a term of
23    imprisonment  under  Chapter  V  of  the  Unified   Code   of
24    Corrections.
25        (i)  Appellate Procedure.
26        The  conviction and sentence of death shall be subject to
27    automatic review by the Supreme Court.  Such review shall  be
28    in accordance with rules promulgated by the Supreme Court.
29        (j)  Disposition of reversed death sentence.
30        In  the  event that the death penalty in this Act is held
31    to be unconstitutional by the Supreme  Court  of  the  United
32    States  or  of the State of Illinois, any person convicted of
33    first degree murder shall be sentenced by the court to a term
34    of imprisonment under  Chapter  V  of  the  Unified  Code  of
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 1    Corrections.
 2        In  the  event  that  any  death sentence pursuant to the
 3    sentencing   provisions   of   this   Section   is   declared
 4    unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States or
 5    of the State of Illinois, the court having jurisdiction  over
 6    a  person  previously  sentenced  to  death  shall  cause the
 7    defendant to be brought before the court, and the court shall
 8    sentence the  defendant  to  a  term  of  imprisonment  under
 9    Chapter V of the Unified Code of Corrections.
10    (Source: P.A. 89-235, eff.  8-4-95;  89-428,  eff.  12-13-95;
11    89-462,  eff.  5-29-96;  89-498,  eff.  6-27-96; 90-213, eff.
12    1-1-98.)
13        (720 ILCS 5/12-4.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-4.1)
14        Sec. 12-4.1.  Heinous Battery.
15        (a)  A person who, in  committing  a  battery,  knowingly
16    causes  severe and permanent disability, great bodily harm or
17    disfigurement by means of a caustic or flammable substance, a
18    poisonous or noxious gas  other  than  a  non-lethal  noxious
19    liquid  gas  designed  solely  for personal defense, a deadly
20    biological or chemical contaminant or  agent,  a  radioactive
21    substance,  or  a  bomb or explosive compound commits heinous
22    battery.
23        (b)  Sentence. Heinous battery is a Class  X  felony  for
24    which  a  person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment
25    of no less than 12 years and no more than 45 years.
26    (Source: P.A. 88-285.)
27        (720 ILCS 5/12-4.2-5 new)
28        Sec. 12-4.2-5.  Aggravated battery with a machine gun  or
29    a  firearm equipped with any device or attachment designed or
30    used for silencing the report of a firearm.
31        (a)  A person commits aggravated battery with  a  machine
32    gun  or a firearm equipped with a device designed or used for
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 1    silencing the  report  of  a  firearm  when  he  or  she,  in
 2    committing  a battery, knowingly or intentionally by means of
 3    the discharging of a machine gun or a firearm equipped with a
 4    device designed or used for silencing the report of a firearm
 5    (1) causes any injury to another person, or  (2)  causes  any
 6    injury  to  a person he or she knows to be a peace officer, a
 7    person  summoned  by  a   peace   officer,   a   correctional
 8    institution  employee  or  a  fireman  while  the    officer,
 9    employee or fireman is engaged in the execution of any of his
10    or  her  official duties, or to prevent the officer, employee
11    or fireman from performing his or her official duties, or  in
12    retaliation  for  the officer, employee or fireman performing
13    his or her official duties, or (3) causes  any  injury  to  a
14    person  he or she knows to be an emergency medical technician
15    - ambulance, emergency  medical  technician  -  intermediate,
16    emergency  medical  technician - paramedic, ambulance driver,
17    or other medical assistance or first aid personnel,  employed
18    by  a  municipality  or  other  governmental  unit, while the
19    emergency medical technician - ambulance,  emergency  medical
20    technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical technician -
21    paramedic, ambulance driver, or other medical  assistance  or
22    first aid personnel is engaged in the execution of any of his
23    or  her  official duties, or to prevent the emergency medical
24    technician  -  ambulance,  emergency  medical  technician   -
25    intermediate,   emergency  medical  technician  -  paramedic,
26    ambulance driver, or other medical assistance  or  first  aid
27    personnel  from  performing his or her official duties, or in
28    retaliation for the emergency medical technician - ambulance,
29    emergency  medical  technician  -   intermediate,   emergency
30    medical  technician  -  paramedic, ambulance driver, or other
31    medical assistance or first aid personnel performing  his  or
32    her official duties.
33        (b)  A violation of subsection (a) (1) of this Section is
34    a Class X felony for which the person shall be sentenced to a
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 1    term  of  imprisonment  of  no less than 12 years and no more
 2    than 45  years.    A  violation  of  subsection  (a)  (2)  or
 3    subsection  (a)  (3)  of this Section is a Class X felony for
 4    which the sentence shall be a term of imprisonment of no less
 5    than 20 years and no more than 60 years.
 6        (c)  For purposes of this Section, "firearm"  is  defined
 7    as in the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
 8        (d)  For  purposes of this Section, "machine gun" has the
 9    meaning ascribed to it in clause  (i)  of  paragraph  (7)  of
10    subsection (a) of Section 24-1 of this Code.
11        (720 ILCS 5/20-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 20-2)
12        Sec.  20-2.   Possession  of  explosives  or explosive or
13    incendiary devices. (a)  A  person  commits  the  offense  of
14    possession  of  explosives or explosive or incendiary devices
15    in violation of this Section when he possesses,  manufactures
16    or  transports  any  explosive compound, timing or detonating
17    device for use with  any  explosive  compound  or  incendiary
18    device  and either intends to use such explosive or device to
19    commit any offense or knows that another intends to use  such
20    explosive or device to commit a felony.
21        (b)  Sentence.
22        Possession  of  explosives  or  explosive  or  incendiary
23    devices  in  violation  of this Section is a Class 1 2 felony
24    for which a person, if sentenced to a term  of  imprisonment,
25    shall be sentenced to not less than 4 years and not more than
26    30 years.
27    (Source: P.A. 84-1308.)
28        (720 ILCS 5/Art. 20.5 heading new)
29                  ARTICLE 20.5.  DEADLY SUBSTANCES
30        (720 ILCS 5/20.5-5 new)
31        Sec. 20.5-5.  Possession of a deadly substance.
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 1        (a)  A  person  commits  the  offense  of possession of a
 2    deadly substance when he or she  possesses,  manufactures  or
 3    transports   any  poisonous  or  noxious  gas  other  than  a
 4    non-lethal noxious liquid gas designed  solely  for  personal
 5    defense,  deadly biological or chemical contaminant or agent,
 6    or radioactive substance either with the intent to  use  such
 7    gas,   biological   or  chemical  contaminant  or  agent,  or
 8    radioactive substance to  commit  any  offense  or  with  the
 9    knowledge  that  another  person  intends  to  use  such gas,
10    biological or chemical contaminant or agent,  or  radioactive
11    substance to commit a felony.
12        (b)  Sentence.   Possession  of  a  deadly substance is a
13    Class 1 felony for which a person, if sentenced to a term  of
14    imprisonment, shall be sentenced to a term of not less than 4
15    years and not more than 30 years.
16        (720 ILCS 5/24-1.2-5 new)
17        Sec. 24-1.2-5.  Aggravated discharge of a  machine gun or
18    a  firearm  equipped  with  a  device  designed  or  used for
19    silencing the report of a firearm.
20        (a)  A person commits aggravated discharge of a   machine
21    gun  or a firearm equipped with a device designed or used for
22    silencing the report of a firearm when he or she knowingly or
23    intentionally:
24             (1)  Discharges a machine gun or a firearm  equipped
25        with  a  device designed or used for silencing the report
26        of a firearm at or into a building he or she knows to  be
27        occupied and the machine gun or the firearm equipped with
28        a  device  designed or used for silencing the report of a
29        firearm is discharged from a place  or  position  outside
30        that building;
31             (2)  Discharges  a machine gun or a firearm equipped
32        with a device designed or used for silencing  the  report
33        of a firearm in the direction of another person or in the
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 1        direction of a vehicle he or she knows to be occupied;
 2             (3)  Discharges  a machine gun or a firearm equipped
 3        with a device designed or used for silencing  the  report
 4        of a firearm in the direction of a person he or she knows
 5        to be a peace officer, a person summoned or directed by a
 6        peace  officer, a correctional institution employee, or a
 7        fireman while the officer, employee or fireman is engaged
 8        in the execution of any of his or her official duties, or
 9        to  prevent  the  officer,  employee  or   fireman   from
10        performing  his or her official duties, or in retaliation
11        for the officer, employee or fireman  performing  his  or
12        her official duties;
13             (4)  Discharges  a machine gun or a firearm equipped
14        with a device designed or used for silencing  the  report
15        of  a  firearm  in  the  direction of a vehicle he or she
16        knows to  be  occupied  by  a  peace  officer,  a  person
17        summoned  or  directed by a peace officer, a correctional
18        institution employee or  a  fireman  while  the  officer,
19        employee or fireman is engaged in the execution of any of
20        his  or  her  official duties, or to prevent the officer,
21        employee or fireman from performing his or  her  official
22        duties,  or  in  retaliation for the officer, employee or
23        fireman performing his or her official duties;
24             (5)  Discharges a machine gun or a firearm  equipped
25        with  a  device designed or used for silencing the report
26        of a firearm in the direction of a person he or she knows
27        to  be  an  emergency  medical  technician  -  ambulance,
28        emergency medical technician  -  intermediate,  emergency
29        medical  technician  -  paramedic,  ambulance  driver, or
30        other medical assistance or first aid personnel, employed
31        by a municipality or other governmental unit,  while  the
32        emergency   medical  technician  -  ambulance,  emergency
33        medical  technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical
34        technician  -  paramedic,  ambulance  driver,  or   other
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 1        medical  assistance  or first aid personnel is engaged in
 2        the execution of any of his or her official duties, or to
 3        prevent the emergency  medical  technician  -  ambulance,
 4        emergency  medical  technician  - intermediate, emergency
 5        medical technician  -  paramedic,  ambulance  driver,  or
 6        other  medical  assistance  or  first  aid personnel from
 7        performing his or her official duties, or in  retaliation
 8        for   the   emergency  medical  technician  -  ambulance,
 9        emergency medical technician  -  intermediate,  emergency
10        medical  technician  -  paramedic,  ambulance  driver, or
11        other  medical  assistance   or   first   aid   personnel
12        performing his or her official duties; or
13             (6)  Discharges  a machine gun or a firearm equipped
14        with a device designed or used for silencing  the  report
15        of  a  firearm  in  the  direction of a vehicle he or she
16        knows to be occupied by an emergency medical technician -
17        ambulance, emergency medical technician  -  intermediate,
18        emergency   medical  technician  -  paramedic,  ambulance
19        driver,  or  other  medical  assistance  or   first   aid
20        personnel,   employed   by   a   municipality   or  other
21        governmental unit, while the emergency medical technician
22        - ambulance, emergency medical technician - intermediate,
23        emergency  medical  technician  -  paramedic,   ambulance
24        driver,   or   other  medical  assistance  or  first  aid
25        personnel is engaged in the execution of any  of  his  or
26        her  official duties, or to prevent the emergency medical
27        technician - ambulance, emergency  medical  technician  -
28        intermediate,  emergency  medical technician - paramedic,
29        ambulance driver, or other medical  assistance  or  first
30        aid personnel from performing his or her official duties,
31        or  in retaliation for the emergency medical technician -
32        ambulance, emergency medical technician  -  intermediate,
33        emergency   medical  technician  -  paramedic,  ambulance
34        driver,  or  other  medical  assistance  or   first   aid
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 1        personnel performing his or her official duties.
 2        (b)  A  violation   of  subsection (a) (1) or  subsection
 3    (a) (2) of this Section is a Class X felony.  A violation  of
 4    subsection  (a)  (3),  (a)  (4),  (a) (5), or (a) (6) of this
 5    Section is a Class X felony for which the sentence shall be a
 6    term of imprisonment of no less than 12  years  and  no  more
 7    than 50 years.
 8        (c)  For  the  purpose of this Section, "machine gun" has
 9    the meaning ascribed to it in clause (i) of paragraph (7)  of
10    subsection (a) of Section 24-1 of this Code.
11        (720 ILCS 5/26-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 26-1)
12        Sec. 26-1.  Elements of the Offense.
13        (a)  A   person   commits   disorderly  conduct  when  he
14    knowingly:
15             (1)  Does any act in such unreasonable manner as  to
16        alarm  or  disturb another and to provoke a breach of the
17        peace; or
18             (2)  Transmits or causes to be  transmitted  in  any
19        manner  to the fire department of any city, town, village
20        or fire  protection  district  a  false  alarm  of  fire,
21        knowing at the time of such transmission that there is no
22        reasonable ground for believing that such fire exists; or
23             (3)  Transmits  or  causes  to be transmitted in any
24        manner to another a false alarm to the effect that a bomb
25        or other explosive of any nature  is  concealed  in  such
26        place  that  its  explosion  would  endanger  human life,
27        knowing at the time of such transmission that there is no
28        reasonable  ground  for  believing  that  such  bomb   or
29        explosive is concealed in such place; or
30             (4)  Transmits  or  causes  to be transmitted in any
31        manner to any peace officer,  public  officer  or  public
32        employee  a  report to the effect that an offense will be
33        committed, is being committed,  or  has  been  committed,
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 1        knowing at the time of such transmission that there is no
 2        reasonable ground for believing that such an offense will
 3        be  committed, is being committed, or has been committed;
 4        or
 5             (5)  Enters upon the property of another and  for  a
 6        lewd  or  unlawful  purpose  deliberately  looks  into  a
 7        dwelling  on  the  property  through  any window or other
 8        opening in it; or
 9             (6)  While acting as a collection agency as  defined
10        in  the "Collection Agency Act" or as an employee of such
11        collection agency, and while  attempting  to  collect  an
12        alleged  debt,  makes  a  telephone  call  to the alleged
13        debtor which is designed to harass, annoy  or  intimidate
14        the alleged debtor; or
15             (7)  Transmits  or  causes to be transmitted a false
16        report to the Department of Children and Family  Services
17        under  Section  4  of  the  "Abused  and  Neglected Child
18        Reporting Act"; or
19             (8)  Transmits or causes to be transmitted  a  false
20        report  to  the  Department  of  Public  Health under the
21        Nursing Home Care Act; or
22             (9)  Transmits or causes to be  transmitted  in  any
23        manner to the police department or fire department of any
24        municipality   or   fire   protection  district,  or  any
25        privately owned and operated ambulance service,  a  false
26        request    for    an    ambulance,    emergency   medical
27        technician-ambulance      or      emergency       medical
28        technician-paramedic  knowing  at  the  time  there is no
29        reasonable ground for believing that such  assistance  is
30        required; or
31             (10)  Transmits  or causes to be transmitted a false
32        report under Article II of "An Act in relation to victims
33        of violence and abuse", approved September 16,  1984,  as
34        amended; or
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 1             (11)  Transmits  or causes to be transmitted a false
 2        report to any public safety agency without the reasonable
 3        grounds necessary to believe  that  transmitting  such  a
 4        report  is  necessary  for  the safety and welfare of the
 5        public; or
 6             (12)  Calls the number  "911"  for  the  purpose  of
 7        making  or  transmitting  a  false alarm or complaint and
 8        reporting information when,  at  the  time  the  call  or
 9        transmission  is  made,  the  person  knows  there  is no
10        reasonable ground for making the call or transmission and
11        further knows that the call or transmission could  result
12        in the emergency response of any public safety agency.
13        (b)  Sentence.
14        (1)  A violation of subsection (a) (1) of this Section is
15    a  Class  C  misdemeanor.  A violation of subsection (a) (7),
16    (a)(11), or (a)(12) of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor.
17    A violation of subsection (a) (5), (a) (8)  or  (a)  (10)  of
18    this  Section  is  a  Class  B  misdemeanor.  A  violation of
19    subsection (a) (2),  (a)  (3),  (a)(4),  or  (a)(9)  of  this
20    Section is a Class 4 felony. A violation of subsection (a)(3)
21    of  this Section is a Class 3 felony, for which a fine of not
22    less than $3,000 and no more than $10,000 shall  be  assessed
23    in addition to any other penalty imposed.
24        A  violation  of  subsection (a) (6) of this Section is a
25    Business Offense and shall be  punished  by  a  fine  not  to
26    exceed $3,000. A second or subsequent violation of subsection
27    (a)  (7),  (a)(11),  or  (a)(12) of this Section is a Class 4
28    felony.
29        (c)  In addition  to  any  other  sentence  that  may  be
30    imposed,   a  court  shall  order  any  person  convicted  of
31    disorderly conduct to perform community service for not  less
32    than  30 and not more than 120 hours, if community service is
33    available in the jurisdiction and is funded and  approved  by
34    the  county  board  of  the  county  where  the  offense  was
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 1    committed.  In  addition,  whenever  any  person is placed on
 2    supervision for an alleged offense under  this  Section,  the
 3    supervision  shall be conditioned upon the performance of the
 4    community service.
 5        This subsection does not apply when the court  imposes  a
 6    sentence of incarceration.
 7    (Source: P.A. 89-8, eff. 3-21-95; 90-456, eff. 1-1-98.)
 8        Section  10.  The  Unified Code of Corrections is amended
 9    by changing Section 3-6-3 as follows:
10        (730 ILCS 5/3-6-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-3)
11        Sec. 3-6-3.  Rules and Regulations for Early Release.
12        (a)(1)  The Department  of  Corrections  shall  prescribe
13        rules and regulations for the early release on account of
14        good conduct of persons committed to the Department which
15        shall be subject to review by the Prisoner Review Board.
16             (2)  The  rules  and  regulations  on  early release
17        shall provide, with respect to offenses committed  on  or
18        after  the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995,
19        the following:
20                  (i)  that a prisoner who is serving a  term  of
21             imprisonment  for  first degree murder shall receive
22             no good conduct credit and shall  serve  the  entire
23             sentence imposed by the court;
24                  (ii)  that  a  prisoner  serving a sentence for
25             attempt to commit first degree murder,  solicitation
26             of   murder,   solicitation   of  murder  for  hire,
27             intentional homicide of an unborn  child,  predatory
28             criminal  sexual  assault  of  a  child,  aggravated
29             criminal  sexual  assault,  criminal sexual assault,
30             aggravated kidnapping,  aggravated  battery  with  a
31             firearm,  heinous  battery,  aggravated battery of a
32             senior citizen, or aggravated  battery  of  a  child
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 1             shall  receive no more than 4.5 days of good conduct
 2             credit for each month of  his  or  her  sentence  of
 3             imprisonment; and
 4                  (iii)  that  a  prisoner serving a sentence for
 5             home invasion, armed robbery,  aggravated  vehicular
 6             hijacking,  aggravated  discharge  of  a firearm, or
 7             armed violence with a category I weapon or  category
 8             II  weapon,  when  the  court has made and entered a
 9             finding, pursuant to  subsection  (c-1)  of  Section
10             5-4-1  of  this  Code,  that  the conduct leading to
11             conviction for the enumerated  offense  resulted  in
12             great bodily harm to a victim, shall receive no more
13             than  4.5 days of good conduct credit for each month
14             of his or her sentence of imprisonment.
15             (2.1)  For all offenses, other than those enumerated
16        in subdivision (a)(2) committed on or after the effective
17        date of this  amendatory  Act  of  1995,  the  rules  and
18        regulations  shall provide that a prisoner who is serving
19        a term of imprisonment shall  receive  one  day  of  good
20        conduct  credit  for  each  day of his or her sentence of
21        imprisonment or recommitment under  Section  3-3-9.  Each
22        day  of  good  conduct credit shall reduce by one day the
23        prisoner's period of imprisonment or  recommitment  under
24        Section 3-3-9.
25             (2.2)  A  prisoner  serving  a  term of natural life
26        imprisonment or a prisoner  who  has  been  sentenced  to
27        death shall receive no good conduct credit.
28             (2.3)  The  rules  and  regulations on early release
29        shall provide with respect to the offenses of  aggravated
30        battery with a machine gun or a firearm equipped with any
31        device  or  attachment designed or used for silencing the
32        report of a firearm or aggravated discharge of a  machine
33        gun  or  a firearm equipped with any device or attachment
34        designed or used for silencing the report of  a  firearm,
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 1        committed   on  or  after  the  effective  date  of  this
 2        amendatory  Act  of  1998,  that  a  prisoner  serving  a
 3        sentence for any of these offenses shall receive no  more
 4        than  4.5  days  of good conduct credit for each month of
 5        his or her sentence of imprisonment.
 6             (3)  The rules and regulations  shall  also  provide
 7        that  the  Director  may  award up to 180 days additional
 8        good conduct credit for meritorious service  in  specific
 9        instances  as  the  Director deems proper; except that no
10        more than 90 days of good conduct credit for  meritorious
11        service shall be awarded to any prisoner who is serving a
12        sentence  for conviction of first degree murder, reckless
13        homicide while under the  influence  of  alcohol  or  any
14        other  drug, aggravated kidnapping, kidnapping, predatory
15        criminal sexual assault of a child,  aggravated  criminal
16        sexual  assault,  criminal sexual assault, deviate sexual
17        assault, aggravated  criminal  sexual  abuse,  aggravated
18        indecent  liberties with a child, indecent liberties with
19        a child, child pornography, heinous  battery,  aggravated
20        battery  of a spouse, aggravated battery of a spouse with
21        a  firearm,  stalking,  aggravated  stalking,  aggravated
22        battery of a child, endangering the life or health  of  a
23        child,  cruelty  to  a  child,  or narcotic racketeering.
24        Notwithstanding the foregoing, good  conduct  credit  for
25        meritorious service shall not be awarded on a sentence of
26        imprisonment   imposed  for  conviction  of  one  of  the
27        offenses  enumerated  in  subdivision  (a)(2)  when   the
28        offense  is  committed  on or after the effective date of
29        this amendatory Act of 1995 or for conviction of  one  of
30        the  offenses enumerated in subdivision (a)(2.3) when the
31        offense is committed on or after the  effective  date  of
32        this amendatory Act of 1998.
33             (4)  The  rules  and  regulations shall also provide
34        that the good conduct  credit  accumulated  and  retained
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 1        under  paragraph  (2.1) of subsection (a) of this Section
 2        by any inmate during specific periods of  time  in  which
 3        such  inmate  is  engaged  full-time  in  substance abuse
 4        programs,   correctional   industry    assignments,    or
 5        educational  programs  provided  by  the Department under
 6        this  paragraph  (4)  and  satisfactorily  completes  the
 7        assigned program as determined by the  standards  of  the
 8        Department,  shall  be multiplied by a factor of 1.25 for
 9        program participation before the effective date  of  this
10        amendatory Act of 1993 and 1.50 for program participation
11        on  or  after  that  date.    However, no inmate shall be
12        eligible for the additional  good  conduct  credit  under
13        this  paragraph (4) while assigned to a boot camp, mental
14        health unit, or electronic detention, or if convicted  of
15        an offense enumerated in paragraph (a)(2) of this Section
16        that  is committed on or after the effective date of this
17        amendatory Act of 1995, or if  convicted  of  an  offense
18        enumerated  in paragraph (a)(2.3) of this Section that is
19        committed  on  or  after  the  effective  date  of   this
20        amendatory Act of 1998, or first degree murder, a Class X
21        felony,  criminal  sexual assault, felony criminal sexual
22        abuse,  aggravated  criminal  sexual  abuse,   aggravated
23        battery  with  a firearm, or any predecessor or successor
24        offenses  with  the  same  or  substantially   the   same
25        elements,  or  any  inchoate  offenses  relating  to  the
26        foregoing  offenses.  No inmate shall be eligible for the
27        additional good conduct credit under this  paragraph  (4)
28        who  (i)  has  previously received increased good conduct
29        credit under this paragraph (4) and has subsequently been
30        convicted of a felony, or (ii) has previously served more
31        than one prior sentence of imprisonment for a  felony  in
32        an adult correctional facility.
33             Educational,   vocational,   substance   abuse   and
34        correctional  industry  programs under which good conduct
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 1        credit may be increased under this paragraph (4) shall be
 2        evaluated by the Department on the  basis  of  documented
 3        standards.   The  Department  shall report the results of
 4        these  evaluations  to  the  Governor  and  the   General
 5        Assembly  by  September  30th  of each year.  The reports
 6        shall include data relating to the recidivism rate  among
 7        program participants.
 8             Availability  of  these programs shall be subject to
 9        the  limits  of  fiscal  resources  appropriated  by  the
10        General Assembly for these  purposes.   Eligible  inmates
11        who  are  denied immediate admission shall be placed on a
12        waiting  list   under   criteria   established   by   the
13        Department. The inability of any inmate to become engaged
14        in  any  such  programs by reason of insufficient program
15        resources or for any other reason established  under  the
16        rules  and  regulations  of  the  Department shall not be
17        deemed a cause of action under which  the  Department  or
18        any  employee  or agent of the Department shall be liable
19        for damages to the inmate.
20             (5)  Whenever  the  Department  is  to  release  any
21        inmate earlier than it otherwise would because of a grant
22        of good conduct credit for meritorious service  given  at
23        any  time  during  the  term,  the  Department shall give
24        reasonable advance notice of the impending release to the
25        State's Attorney of the county where the  prosecution  of
26        the inmate took place.
27        (b)  Whenever  a  person  is  or has been committed under
28    several convictions, with separate sentences,  the  sentences
29    shall  be  construed  under  Section  5-8-4  in  granting and
30    forfeiting of good time.
31        (c)  The Department shall prescribe rules and regulations
32    for revoking good conduct credit, or suspending  or  reducing
33    the  rate of accumulation of good conduct credit for specific
34    rule  violations,  during  imprisonment.   These  rules   and
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 1    regulations  shall  provide  that  no inmate may be penalized
 2    more than one  year  of  good  conduct  credit  for  any  one
 3    infraction.
 4        When  the  Department  seeks to revoke, suspend or reduce
 5    the rate of accumulation of any good conduct credits  for  an
 6    alleged  infraction  of  its  rules,  it  shall bring charges
 7    therefor against the prisoner sought to  be  so  deprived  of
 8    good  conduct  credits  before  the  Prisoner Review Board as
 9    provided in subparagraph (a)(4)  of  Section  3-3-2  of  this
10    Code,  if  the  amount  of credit at issue exceeds 30 days or
11    when during any 12 month period,  the  cumulative  amount  of
12    credit revoked exceeds 30 days except where the infraction is
13    committed  or discovered within 60 days of scheduled release.
14    In those cases, the Department of Corrections may  revoke  up
15    to 30 days of good conduct credit. The Board may subsequently
16    approve  the revocation of additional good conduct credit, if
17    the Department seeks to revoke good conduct credit in  excess
18    of  30  days.   However,  the Board shall not be empowered to
19    review the Department's decision with respect to the loss  of
20    30  days  of good conduct credit within any calendar year for
21    any prisoner or to increase any  penalty  beyond  the  length
22    requested by the Department.
23        The   Director  of  the  Department  of  Corrections,  in
24    appropriate cases, may restore up to  30  days  good  conduct
25    credits  which  have  been revoked, suspended or reduced. Any
26    restoration of good conduct credits  in  excess  of  30  days
27    shall  be  subject  to  review  by the Prisoner Review Board.
28    However, the Board may not restore  good  conduct  credit  in
29    excess of the amount requested by the Director.
30        Nothing  contained  in  this  Section  shall prohibit the
31    Prisoner Review Board  from  ordering,  pursuant  to  Section
32    3-3-9(a)(3)(i)(B),  that  a  prisoner serve up to one year of
33    the sentence imposed by the court that was not served due  to
34    the accumulation of good conduct credit.
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 1        (d)  If  a  lawsuit is filed by a prisoner in an Illinois
 2    or  federal  court  against  the  State,  the  Department  of
 3    Corrections, or the Prisoner Review Board, or against any  of
 4    their  officers  or employees, and the court makes a specific
 5    finding that a pleading, motion, or other paper filed by  the
 6    prisoner  is  frivolous,  the Department of Corrections shall
 7    conduct a hearing to revoke up to 180 days  of  good  conduct
 8    credit  by bringing charges against the prisoner sought to be
 9    deprived of the good  conduct  credits  before  the  Prisoner
10    Review  Board  as  provided in subparagraph (a)(8) of Section
11    3-3-2 of this Code. If the prisoner has not  accumulated  180
12    days  of good conduct credit at the time of the finding, then
13    the Prisoner Review Board may revoke all good conduct  credit
14    accumulated by the prisoner.
15        For purposes of this subsection (d):
16             (1)  "Frivolous"  means  that a pleading, motion, or
17        other filing which purports to be a legal document  filed
18        by  a  prisoner in his or her lawsuit meets any or all of
19        the following criteria:
20                  (A)  it lacks an arguable basis either  in  law
21             or in fact;
22                  (B)  it  is  being  presented  for any improper
23             purpose, such as to harass or to  cause  unnecessary
24             delay   or   needless   increase   in  the  cost  of
25             litigation;
26                  (C)  the  claims,  defenses,  and  other  legal
27             contentions therein are not  warranted  by  existing
28             law or by a nonfrivolous argument for the extension,
29             modification,  or  reversal  of  existing law or the
30             establishment of new law;
31                  (D)  the   allegations   and   other    factual
32             contentions  do  not have evidentiary support or, if
33             specifically so identified, are not likely  to  have
34             evidentiary  support  after a reasonable opportunity
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 1             for further investigation or discovery; or
 2                  (E)  the denials of factual contentions are not
 3             warranted on the evidence,  or  if  specifically  so
 4             identified,  are  not  reasonably based on a lack of
 5             information or belief.
 6             (2)  "Lawsuit" means a petition for post  conviction
 7        relief   under  Article  122  of  the  Code  of  Criminal
 8        Procedure of 1963, a motion pursuant to Section 116-3  of
 9        the  Code  of Criminal Procedure of 1963, a habeas corpus
10        action under Article X of the Code of Civil Procedure  or
11        under  federal law (28 U.S.C. 2254), a petition for claim
12        under the Court of Claims Act  or  an  action  under  the
13        federal Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 1983).
14    (Source:  P.A.  89-404,  eff. 8-20-95; 89-428, eff. 12-13-95;
15    89-462, eff.  5-29-96;  89-656,  eff.  1-1-97;  90-141,  eff.
16    1-1-98; 90-505, eff. 8-19-97; revised 10-7-97.)
17        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
18    becoming law.

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