Public Act 094-0051
 
HB2700 Enrolled LRB094 09128 RLC 39359 b

    AN ACT concerning 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 changing
Section 1-6 as follows:
 
    (720 ILCS 5/1-6)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1-6)
    Sec. 1-6. Place of trial.
    (a) Generally.
    Criminal actions shall be tried in the county where the
offense was committed, except as otherwise provided by law. The
State is not required to prove during trial that the alleged
offense occurred in any particular county in this State. When a
defendant contests the place of trial under this Section, all
proceedings regarding this issue shall be conducted under
Section 114-1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. All
objections of improper place of trial are waived by a defendant
unless made before trial.
    (b) Assailant and Victim in Different Counties.
    If a person committing an offense upon the person of
another is located in one county and his victim is located in
another county at the time of the commission of the offense,
trial may be had in either of said counties.
    (c) Death and Cause of Death in Different Places or
Undetermined.
    If cause of death is inflicted in one county and death
ensues in another county, the offender may be tried in either
county. If neither the county in which the cause of death was
inflicted nor the county in which death ensued are known before
trial, the offender may be tried in the county where the body
was found.
    (d) Offense Commenced Outside the State.
    If the commission of an offense commenced outside the State
is consummated within this State, the offender shall be tried
in the county where the offense is consummated.
    (e) Offenses Committed in Bordering Navigable Waters.
    If an offense is committed on any of the navigable waters
bordering on this State, the offender may be tried in any
county adjacent to such navigable water.
    (f) Offenses Committed while in Transit.
    If an offense is committed upon any railroad car, vehicle,
watercraft or aircraft passing within this State, and it cannot
readily be determined in which county the offense was
committed, the offender may be tried in any county through
which such railroad car, vehicle, watercraft or aircraft has
passed.
    (g) Theft.
    A person who commits theft of property may be tried in any
county in which he exerted control over such property.
    (h) Bigamy.
    A person who commits the offense of bigamy may be tried in
any county where the bigamous marriage or bigamous cohabitation
has occurred.
    (i) Kidnaping.
    A person who commits the offense of kidnaping may be tried
in any county in which his victim has traveled or has been
confined during the course of the offense.
    (j) Pandering.
    A person who commits the offense of pandering may be tried
in any county in which the prostitution was practiced or in any
county in which any act in furtherance of the offense shall
have been committed.
    (k) Treason.
    A person who commits the offense of treason may be tried in
any county.
    (l) Criminal Defamation.
    If criminal defamation is spoken, printed or written in one
county and is received or circulated in another or other
counties, the offender shall be tried in the county where the
defamation is spoken, printed or written. If the defamation is
spoken, printed or written outside this state, or the offender
resides outside this state, the offender may be tried in any
county in this state in which the defamation was circulated or
received.
    (m) Inchoate Offenses.
    A person who commits an inchoate offense may be tried in
any county in which any act which is an element of the offense,
including the agreement in conspiracy, is committed.
    (n) Accountability for Conduct of Another.
    Where a person in one county solicits, aids, abets, agrees,
or attempts to aid another in the planning or commission of an
offense in another county, he may be tried for the offense in
either county.
    (o) Child Abduction.
    A person who commits the offense of child abduction may be
tried in any county in which his victim has traveled, been
detained, concealed or removed to during the course of the
offense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless for good cause
shown, the preferred place of trial shall be the county of the
residence of the lawful custodian.
    (p) A person who commits the offense of narcotics
racketeering may be tried in any county where cannabis or a
controlled substance which is the basis for the charge of
narcotics racketeering was used; acquired; transferred or
distributed to, from or through; or any county where any act
was performed to further the use; acquisition, transfer or
distribution of said cannabis or controlled substance; any
money, property, property interest, or any other asset
generated by narcotics activities was acquired, used, sold,
transferred or distributed to, from or through; or, any
enterprise interest obtained as a result of narcotics
racketeering was acquired, used, transferred or distributed
to, from or through, or where any activity was conducted by the
enterprise or any conduct to further the interests of such an
enterprise.
    (q) A person who commits the offense of money laundering
may be tried in any county where any part of a financial
transaction in criminally derived property took place or in any
county where any money or monetary instrument which is the
basis for the offense was acquired, used, sold, transferred or
distributed to, from or through.
    (r) A person who commits the offense of cannabis
trafficking or controlled substance trafficking may be tried in
any county.
    (s) A person who commits the offense of identity theft or
aggravated identity theft may be tried in any one of the
following counties in which: (1) the offense occurred; (2) the
information used to commit the offense was illegally used; or
(3) the victim resides.
    If a person is charged with more than one violation of
identity theft or aggravated identity theft and those
violations may be tried in more than one county, any of those
counties is a proper venue for all of the violations.
(Source: P.A. 89-288, eff. 8-11-95.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2006