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Public Act 094-0486
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LRB094 10917 RLC 41807 b |
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing |
Section 17-6 as follows:
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(720 ILCS 5/17-6) (from Ch. 38, par. 17-6)
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Sec. 17-6. State Benefits Fraud. (a) Any person who obtains |
or attempts
to obtain money or benefits from the State of |
Illinois, from any political
subdivision thereof, or from any |
program funded or administered in whole
or in part by the State |
of Illinois or any political subdivision thereof
through the |
knowing use of false identification documents or through the
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knowing misrepresentation of his age, place of residence, |
number of dependents,
marital or family status, employment |
status, financial status, or any other
material fact upon which |
his eligibility for or degree of participation
in any benefit |
program might be based, is guilty of State benefits fraud.
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(b) Notwithstanding any provision of State law to the |
contrary, every
application or other document submitted to an |
agency or department of the
State of Illinois or any political |
subdivision thereof to establish or determine
eligibility for |
money or benefits from the State of Illinois or from any
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political subdivision thereof, or from any program funded or |
administered
in whole or in part by the State of Illinois or |
any political subdivision
thereof, shall be made available upon |
request to any law enforcement agency
for use in the |
investigation or prosecution of State benefits fraud or for
use |
in the investigation or prosecution of any other crime arising |
out of
the same transaction or occurrence. Except as otherwise |
permitted by law,
information disclosed pursuant to this |
subsection shall be used and disclosed
only for the purposes |
provided herein. The provisions of this Section shall
be |
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operative only to the extent that they do not conflict with any |
federal
law or regulation governing federal grants to this |
State.
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(c) Any employee of the State of Illinois or any agency or |
political subdivision
thereof may seize as evidence any false |
or fraudulent document presented
to him in connection with an |
application for or receipt of money or benefits
from the State |
of Illinois, from any political subdivision thereof, or from
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any program funded or administered in whole or in part by the |
State of Illinois
or any political subdivision thereof.
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(d) (1) State benefits fraud is a Class 4 felony except |
when more than $300
is obtained, in which case State benefits |
fraud is a Class 3 felony. |
(2) State benefits fraud is a Class 3 felony when $300 or |
less is obtained and a Class 2 felony when more than $300 is |
obtained if a person knowingly misrepresents oneself as a |
veteran or as a dependent of a veteran with the intent of |
obtaining benefits or privileges provided by the State or its |
political subdivisions to veterans or their dependents. For the |
purposes of this paragraph (2), benefits and privileges |
include, but are not limited to, those benefits and privileges |
available under the Veterans' Employment Act, the Viet Nam |
Veterans Compensation Act, the Prisoner of War Bonus Act, the |
War Bonus Extension Act, the Military Veterans Assistance Act, |
the Veterans' Employment Representative Act, the Veterans |
Preference Act, the Service Member's Employment Tenure Act, the |
Disabled Veterans Housing Act, the Under Age Veterans Benefits |
Act, the Survivors Compensation Act, the Children of Deceased |
Veterans Act, the Veterans Burial Places Act, the Higher |
Education Student Assistance Act, or any other loans, |
assistance in employment, monetary payments, or tax exemptions |
offered by the State or its political subdivisions for veterans |
or their dependents.
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(Source: P.A. 82-999.)
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