Public Act 093-0804
 
SB2134 Enrolled LRB093 14113 RLC 40081 b

    AN ACT in relation to criminal law.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding
Section 21-10 as follows:
 
    (720 ILCS 5/21-10 new)
    Sec. 21-10. Criminal use of a motion picture exhibition
facility.
    (a) Any person, where a motion picture is being exhibited,
who knowingly operates an audiovisual recording function of a
device without the consent of the owner or lessee of that
exhibition facility and of the licensor of the motion picture
being exhibited is guilty of criminal use of a motion picture
exhibition facility.
    (b) Sentence. Criminal use of a motion picture exhibition
facility is a Class 4 felony.
    (c) The owner or lessee of a facility where a motion
picture is being exhibited, the authorized agent or employee of
that owner or lessee, or the licensor of the motion picture
being exhibited or his or her agent or employee, who alerts law
enforcement authorities of an alleged violation of this Section
is not liable in any civil action arising out of measures taken
by that owner, lessee, licensor, agent, or employee in the
course of subsequently detaining a person that the owner,
lessee, licensor, agent, or employee, in good faith believed to
have violated this Section while awaiting the arrival of law
enforcement authorities, unless the plaintiff in such an action
shows by clear and convincing evidence that such measures were
manifestly unreasonable or the period of detention was
unreasonably long.
    (d) This Section does not prevent any lawfully authorized
investigative, law enforcement, protective, or intelligence
gathering employee or agent of the State or federal government
from operating any audiovisual recording device in any facility
where a motion picture is being exhibited as part of lawfully
authorized investigative, protective, law enforcement, or
intelligence gathering activities.
    (e) This Section does not apply to a person who operates an
audiovisual recording function of a device in a retail
establishment solely to demonstrate the use of that device for
sales and display purposes.
    (f) Nothing in this Section prevents the prosecution for
conduct that constitutes a violation of this Section under any
other provision of law providing for a greater penalty.
    (g) In this Section, "audiovisual recording function"
means the capability of a device to record or transmit a motion
picture or any part of a motion picture by means of any
technology now known or later developed and "facility" does not
include a personal residence.
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.