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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1011

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 1011 by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  5.   The  Criminal  Code  of 1961 is amended by
 5    adding Article 48 as follows:

 6        (720 ILCS 5/Art. 48 heading new)
 7                ARTICLE 48. PROMOTING A CRIMINAL RAVE

 8        (720 ILCS 5/48-1 new)
 9        Sec. 48-1.  Legislative findings and intent.
10        (a)  The General Assembly finds that raves:
11             (1)  are dance parties that are extremely  conducive
12        to   the   unlawful  delivery,  possession,  and  use  of
13        controlled substances;
14             (2)  expose their participants,  most  of  whom  are
15        under  the age of 25 and some of whom are as young as the
16        age of 12, to drug  activity  that  can  result  in  drug
17        addiction, great bodily harm, and death;
18             (3)  provide an arena for predatory sexual crimes;
19             (4)  further the interests of organized criminals;
20             (5)  foster  attitudes  of  toleration  towards  the
21        unlawful  delivery,  possession,  and  use  of controlled
 
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 1        substances and contempt or indifference towards the  laws
 2        controlling those substances;
 3             (6)  increase  the  dropout,  truancy,  and  failure
 4        rates of children attending schools within this State;
 5             (7)  interfere  with  the  duty of parents and legal
 6        guardians  to  provide  for  the  physical,  mental,  and
 7        emotional well-being of their children and the rights  of
 8        parents  to  raise  their  children  free  from physical,
 9        mental and emotional harm caused by the unlawful  use  of
10        controlled substances; and
11             (8)  increase  the costs incurred by the citizens of
12        this State for law enforcement,  insurance,  and  medical
13        services.
14        (b)  The  General  Assembly  finds  that, in light of the
15    findings  made  in  subsection  (a),  raves   and   similarly
16    structured activities are matters of legitimate, substantial,
17    and  compelling  governmental  interest  that  give rise to a
18    special need to shield minors and  young  adults  who  attend
19    raves  from  the  problems  enumerated  in subsection (a) and
20    safeguard the  rights  of  parents  and  legal  guardians  of
21    unemancipated  minors  who attend raves. The General Assembly
22    further finds that, by  knowingly  creating,  permitting,  or
23    fostering  environments  in  which uninitiated and vulnerable
24    minors  and  young  adults  can  be  initially   exposed   to
25    controlled  substances  that  may  cause  great  bodily harm,
26    death,  or  addiction,  persons  who  promote  or  facilitate
27    criminal raves are as culpable as persons who manufacture  or
28    deliver  those substances.  It is therefore the intent of the
29    General Assembly to address the problems presented  by  raves
30    by  the  enactment  of criminal penalties and civil sanctions
31    and causes of action.

32        (720 ILCS 5/48-5 new)
33        Sec. 48-5.  Definitions.  As used in this Article:
 
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 1        "Controlled  substance"  means  any  drug,  substance  or
 2    precursor listed in  the  Schedules  of  Article  II  of  the
 3    Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
 4        "Deliver" or "delivery" mean the actual, constructive, or
 5    attempted  transfer of controlled substances, with or without
 6    consideration,  whether   or   not   there   is   an   agency
 7    relationship.
 8        "Rave"  means  a party-like event at a location not zoned
 9    for alcoholic beverages at which 25 or more persons pay money
10    or other consideration or make  a  purchase  of  anything  of
11    value in order to enter or remain in a building, room or area
12    where the participants dance or otherwise socialize against a
13    background  of  flashing,  strobe,  or laser lights and music
14    that is electronically produced, reproduced, or  transmitted.
15    A  rave does not include an event that occurs or is conducted
16    at or on:
17             (1)  A private  residence  or  residential  facility
18        from which the general public is excluded;
19             (2)  A  place  owned  or operated by federal, State,
20        county, township, or municipal government;
21             (3)  A  public   or   private   elementary   school,
22        secondary   school,   college,   community   college,  or
23        university;
24             (4)  A place  owned  or  operated  by  a  bona  fide
25        religious  organization created, organized, existing, and
26        recognized as such pursuant to all applicable laws; or
27             (5)  A place owned, operated, or rented by, or  that
28        is  being  made  available  for  the use of, a non-profit
29        community service or developmental organization,  agency,
30        or  club, a charitable organization as defined in Section
31        1 of the Solicitation for Charity Act, a bona fide union,
32        a bona fide political organization, a bona fide political
33        action committee, or a bona  fide  fraternal,  patriotic,
34        military,   veterans'   professional,  alumni,  or  youth
 
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 1        organization, association, or club. 

 2        (720 ILCS 5/48-10 new)
 3        Sec. 48-10. Promoting a criminal rave.
 4        (a)  A person commits the offense of promoting a criminal
 5    rave if he or she manages or controls any building,  room  or
 6    area  either  as owner, lessee, agent, or employee on which a
 7    rave is  conducted  and,  during  the  course  of  the  rave,
 8    knowingly  rents,  leases or makes available for use, with or
 9    without consideration, that building, room, or area  for  the
10    purpose  of  possessing,  delivering,  or  using a controlled
11    substance in violation of the Illinois Controlled  Substances
12    Act.
13        (b)  Sentence.   Promoting  a  criminal rave is a Class 2
14    felony.

15        (720 ILCS 5/48-15 new)
16        Sec. 48-15.  Aggravated promotion of a criminal rave.
17        (a)  Any person who violates Section 48-10 with knowledge
18    that any person under the age of 18 is in attendance  at  the
19    rave  that  was  the  subject  of  the  violation without the
20    permission of his or her parent or legal guardian commits the
21    offense of aggravated promotion of a rave.
22        (b)  Sentence.  Aggravated promotion of a rave is a Class
23    1 felony.

24        (720 ILCS 5/48-20 new)
25        Sec. 48-20.  Forfeiture of property.
26        (a)  Any person  who  is  convicted  of  a  violation  of
27    Section  48-10 or Section 48-15 of this Article shall forfeit
28    to the State of Illinois all proceeds received from the  rave
29    that was the subject of the violation.
30        (b)  Any person convicted of a violation of Section 48-10
31    or  Section  48-15 of this Article shall forfeit to the State
 
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 1    of Illinois all personal property used to facilitate the rave
 2    that was the subject of the violation.

 3        (720 ILCS 5/48-25 new)
 4        Sec. 48-25.  Civil  liability.   Any  person  who  is  in
 5    violation of Section 48-15 of this Article shall be liable to
 6    the  parent or legal guardian of an unemancipated minor under
 7    the age of 18 who attended the rave that was the  subject  of
 8    the  violation  in  an  amount  not  less  than $5,000.  If a
 9    controlled substance was delivered to the  minor  during  the
10    course  of the rave, the person shall be liable to the parent
11    or legal guardian of the minor in an  amount  not  less  than
12    $10,000.   If  the  minor suffers death or incurs any harm or
13    injury as a result of having ingested a controlled  substance
14    obtained  or ingested at the rave, the person shall be liable
15    to the parent or legal guardian of the minor for all  damages
16    resulting  from  the  death or injury and the court may award
17    punitive damages.".

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