[ Search ] [ Legislation ]
[ Home ] [ Back ] [ Bottom ]
91_HB2564
LRB9104938RCks
1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by adding
2 Sections 31A-2 and 31A-3.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
6 adding Sections 31A-2 and 31A-3 as follows:
7 (720 ILCS 5/31A-2 new)
8 Sec. 31A-2. Visitor to Department of Corrections
9 facility; false identification.
10 (a) It is unlawful for any visitor to a penal
11 institution of the Department of Corrections to use a false
12 identification card or alias to gain access to the penal
13 institution.
14 (b) Sentence. A person who violates this Section is
15 guilty of a Class 4 felony.
16 (720 ILCS 5/31A-3 new)
17 Sec. 31A-3. Criminal offenses in furtherance of gang
18 activities.
19 (a) A criminal offense in furtherance of gang activities
20 that is committed in a penal institution, on the grounds of a
21 penal institution, or within 1,000 feet of a penal
22 institution must be punished as an offense that is one grade
23 higher than the penalty imposed for the offense.
24 (b) For purposes of this Section:
25 (1) "Gang" has the meaning ascribed to it in
26 Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus
27 Prevention Act.
28 (2) "One grade higher" means that a petty or
29 business offense must be punished as a Class C
30 misdemeanor, a Class C misdemeanor must be punished as a
-2- LRB9104938RCks
1 Class B misdemeanor, a Class B misdemeanor must be
2 punished as a Class A misdemeanor, a Class A misdemeanor
3 must be punished as a Class 4 felony, a Class 4 felony as
4 a Class 3 felony, a Class 3 felony as a Class 2 felony, a
5 Class 2 felony as a Class 1 felony, a Class 1 felony as a
6 Class X felony, and a Class X felony or first degree
7 murder, if the death penalty is not imposed, as a
8 sentence of natural life imprisonment.