Public Act 90-0220 of the 90th General Assembly
Public Act 90-0220
SB452 Enrolled LRB9002950NTsb
AN ACT to amend the Illinois Identification Card Act by
changing Section 14A.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Identification Card Act is
amended by changing Section 14A as follows:
(15 ILCS 335/14A) (from Ch. 124, par. 34A)
Sec. 14A. Fictitious or unlawfully altered
identification card.
(a) As used in this Section:
1. "A fictitious identification card" means any
issued identification card for which a computerized
number and file have been created by the Secretary of
State, the United States Government, any other state or
political subdivision thereof, or any governmental or
quasi-governmental organization that contains false
information concerning the identity of the individual
issued the identification card;
2. "False information" means any information
concerning the name, sex, date of birth, social security
number or any photograph that falsifies all or in part
the actual identity of the individual issued the
identification card;
3. "An unlawfully altered identification card"
means any issued identification card for which a
computerized number and file have been created by the
Secretary of State, the United States Government, any
other state or political subdivision thereof, or any
governmental or quasi-governmental organization that has
been physically altered or changed in such a manner that
false information appears upon the identification card;
4. "A document capable of defrauding another"
includes, but is not limited to, any document by which
any right, obligation or power with reference to any
person or property may be created, transferred, altered
or terminated;
5. An "identification document" or "identification
card" means any document made or issued by or under the
authority of the United States Government, the State of
Illinois or any other state or political subdivision
thereof, or any other governmental or quasi-governmental
organization which, when completed with information
concerning the individual, is of a type intended or
commonly accepted for the purpose of identification of an
individual.
(b) It is a violation of this Section for any person:
1. To knowingly possess, display, or cause to be
displayed any fictitious or unlawfully altered
identification card;
2. To knowingly possess, display, or cause to be
displayed any fictitious or unlawfully altered
identification card for the purpose of obtaining any
account, credit, credit card or debit card from a bank,
financial institution or retail mercantile establishment;
3. To knowingly possess any fictitious or
unlawfully altered identification card with the intent to
commit a theft, deception or credit or debit card fraud
in violation of any law of this State or any law of any
other jurisdiction;
4. To knowingly possess any fictitious or
unlawfully altered identification card with the intent to
commit any other violation of any law of this State or
any law of any other jurisdiction for which a sentence to
a term of imprisonment in a penitentiary for one year or
more is provided;
5. To knowingly possess any fictitious or
unlawfully altered identification card while in
unauthorized possession of any document, instrument or
device capable of defrauding another;
6. To knowingly possess any fictitious or
unlawfully altered identification card with the intent to
use the identification card to acquire any other
identification document;
7. To knowingly issue or assist in the issuance of
any fictitious identification card;
8. To knowingly alter or attempt to alter any
identification card;
9. To knowingly manufacture, possess, transfer, or
provide any identification document whether real or
fictitious for the purpose of obtaining a fictitious
identification card;
10. To make application for the purpose of
obtaining a fictitious identification card for another
person;
11. To obtain the services of another person to
make application for the purpose of obtaining a
fictitious identification card.
(c) Sentence.
1. Any person convicted of a violation of paragraph
1, 10, or 11 of subsection (b) of this Section shall be
guilty of a Class 4 felony A misdemeanor. A person
convicted of a second or subsequent violation shall be
guilty of a Class 3 4 felony and shall be sentenced to a
minimum fine of $500 or 50 hours of community service,
preferably at an alcohol abuse prevention program, if
available.
2. Any person convicted of a violation of paragraph
1 of subsection (b) of this Section who at the time of
arrest had in his possession two or more fictitious or
unlawfully altered identification cards shall be guilty
of a Class 4 felony.
3. Any person convicted of a violation of paragraph
2 through 9 of subsection (b) of this Section shall be
guilty of a Class 4 felony. A person convicted of a
second or subsequent violation shall be guilty of a Class
3 felony.
(d) This Section does not prohibit any lawfully
authorized investigative, protective, law enforcement or
other activity of any agency of the United States, State of
Illinois or any other state or political subdivision thereof.
(Source: P.A. 88-210; 89-283, eff. 1-1-96.)