100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4122

 

Introduced , by Rep. Jerry Costello, II

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/2-2.5 new
720 ILCS 5/2-11.5 new
720 ILCS 5/2-23 new
720 ILCS 5/21-5.3 new
720 ILCS 5/31A-1.1  from Ch. 38, par. 31A-1.1
720 ILCS 5/31A-1.2  from Ch. 38, par. 31A-1.2
720 ILCS 5/31A-1.3 new

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of criminal trespass to a penal institution with an aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicle. Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she, without lawful authority, knowingly and intentionally operates an aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicle below the navigable airspace overlaying a penal institution. Creates the offense of capturing images or data of a penal institution through the operation of an aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicle. Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she, without lawful authority, knowingly and intentionally operates an aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicle below the navigable airspace overlaying a penal institution and captures images or data of the penal institution through the operation of the aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicle, with the intent to commit, facilitate, or aid in the commission of a violation of the Interference With Penal Institution Article of the Code or the offense of escape or aiding escape. Establishes penalties and provides exemptions.


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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
5Sections 31A-1.1 and 31A-1.2 and by adding Sections 2-2.5,
62-11.5, 2-23, 21-5.3, and 31A-1.3 as follows:
 
7    (720 ILCS 5/2-2.5 new)
8    Sec. 2-2.5. Aircraft.
9    "Aircraft" means any contrivance invented, used, or
10designed to navigate, or fly in, the air.
 
11    (720 ILCS 5/2-11.5 new)
12    Sec. 2-11.5. Navigable airspace.
13    "Navigable airspace" has the meaning ascribed to it in 49
14U.S.C. 40102.
 
15    (720 ILCS 5/2-23 new)
16    Sec. 2-23. Unmanned aerial vehicle.
17    "Unmanned aerial vehicle" means an unmanned aircraft or
18drone and its associated elements, including, but not limited
19to, communication links and the components that control the
20unmanned aircraft that are required for the pilot in command to
21operate safely and efficiently in the national airspace system.
 

 

 

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1    (720 ILCS 5/21-5.3 new)
2    Sec. 21-5.3. Criminal trespass to a penal institution with
3an aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicle.
4    (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Section, a
5person commits criminal trespass to a penal institution with an
6aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicle when he or she, without
7lawful authority, knowingly and intentionally operates an
8aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicle below the navigable
9airspace overlaying a penal institution.
10    (b) This Section does not apply to an employee of the penal
11institution who operates the aircraft or unmanned aerial
12vehicle within the scope of his or her employment, or a person
13who receives prior permission from the penal institution to
14operate the aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicle.
15    (c) Sentence. A violation of this Section is a Class A
16misdemeanor.
 
17    (720 ILCS 5/31A-1.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 31A-1.1)
18    Sec. 31A-1.1. Bringing Contraband into a Penal
19Institution; Possessing Contraband in a Penal Institution.
20    (a) A person commits bringing contraband into a penal
21institution when he or she knowingly and without authority of
22any person designated or authorized to grant this authority (1)
23brings an item of contraband into a penal institution or (2)
24causes another to bring an item of contraband into a penal

 

 

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1institution or (3) places an item of contraband in such
2proximity to a penal institution as to give an inmate access to
3the contraband.
4    (b) A person commits possessing contraband in a penal
5institution when he or she knowingly possesses contraband in a
6penal institution, regardless of the intent with which he or
7she possesses it.
8    (c) (Blank).
9    (d) Sentence.
10        (1) Bringing into or possessing alcoholic liquor in a
11    penal institution is a Class 4 felony.
12        (2) Bringing into or possessing cannabis in a penal
13    institution is a Class 3 felony.
14        (3) Bringing into or possessing any amount of a
15    controlled substance classified in Schedules III, IV or V
16    of Article II of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act in
17    a penal institution is a Class 2 felony.
18        (4) Bringing into or possessing any amount of a
19    controlled substance classified in Schedules I or II of
20    Article II of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act in a
21    penal institution is a Class 1 felony.
22        (5) Bringing into or possessing a hypodermic syringe in
23    a penal institution is a Class 1 felony.
24        (6) Bringing into or possessing a weapon, tool to
25    defeat security mechanisms, cutting tool, or electronic
26    contraband in a penal institution is a Class 1 felony.

 

 

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1        (7) Bringing into or possessing a firearm, firearm
2    ammunition, or explosive in a penal institution is a Class
3    X felony.
4        (8) If a person commits bringing contraband into a
5    penal institution by use of an unmanned aerial vehicle, in
6    addition to any other penalty provided in this subsection
7    (d), one year of imprisonment shall be added to the
8    sentence imposed by the court.
9    (e) It shall be an affirmative defense to subsection (b),
10that the possession was specifically authorized by rule,
11regulation, or directive of the governing authority of the
12penal institution or order issued under it.
13    (f) It shall be an affirmative defense to subsection (a)(1)
14and subsection (b) that the person bringing into or possessing
15contraband in a penal institution had been arrested, and that
16person possessed the contraband at the time of his or her
17arrest, and that the contraband was brought into or possessed
18in the penal institution by that person as a direct and
19immediate result of his or her arrest.
20    (g) Items confiscated may be retained for use by the
21Department of Corrections or disposed of as deemed appropriate
22by the Chief Administrative Officer in accordance with
23Department rules or disposed of as required by law.
24(Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
 
25    (720 ILCS 5/31A-1.2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 31A-1.2)

 

 

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1    Sec. 31A-1.2. Unauthorized bringing of contraband into a
2penal institution by an employee; unauthorized possessing of
3contraband in a penal institution by an employee; unauthorized
4delivery of contraband in a penal institution by an employee.
5    (a) A person commits unauthorized bringing of contraband
6into a penal institution by an employee when a person who is an
7employee knowingly and without authority of any person
8designated or authorized to grant this authority:
9        (1) brings or attempts to bring an item of contraband
10    into a penal institution, or
11        (2) causes or permits another to bring an item of
12    contraband into a penal institution.
13    (b) A person commits unauthorized possession of contraband
14in a penal institution by an employee when a person who is an
15employee knowingly and without authority of any person
16designated or authorized to grant this authority possesses an
17item of contraband in a penal institution, regardless of the
18intent with which he or she possesses it.
19    (c) A person commits unauthorized delivery of contraband in
20a penal institution by an employee when a person who is an
21employee knowingly and without authority of any person
22designated or authorized to grant this authority:
23        (1) delivers or possesses with intent to deliver an
24    item of contraband to any inmate of a penal institution, or
25        (2) conspires to deliver or solicits the delivery of an
26    item of contraband to any inmate of a penal institution, or

 

 

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1        (3) causes or permits the delivery of an item of
2    contraband to any inmate of a penal institution, or
3        (4) permits another person to attempt to deliver an
4    item of contraband to any inmate of a penal institution.
5    (d) For a violation of subsection (a) or (b) involving a
6cellular telephone or cellular telephone battery, the
7defendant must intend to provide the cellular telephone or
8cellular telephone battery to any inmate in a penal
9institution, or to use the cellular telephone or cellular
10telephone battery at the direction of an inmate or for the
11benefit of any inmate of a penal institution.
12    (e) Sentence.
13        (1) A violation of paragraphs (a) or (b) of this
14    Section involving alcohol is a Class 4 felony. A violation
15    of paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section involving cannabis
16    is a Class 2 felony. A violation of paragraph (a) or (b)
17    involving any amount of a controlled substance classified
18    in Schedules III, IV or V of Article II of the Illinois
19    Controlled Substances Act is a Class 1 felony. A violation
20    of paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section involving any
21    amount of a controlled substance classified in Schedules I
22    or II of Article II of the Illinois Controlled Substances
23    Act is a Class X felony. A violation of paragraph (a) or
24    (b) involving a hypodermic syringe is a Class X felony. A
25    violation of paragraph (a) or (b) involving a weapon, tool
26    to defeat security mechanisms, cutting tool, or electronic

 

 

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1    contraband is a Class 1 felony. A violation of paragraph
2    (a) or (b) involving a firearm, firearm ammunition, or
3    explosive is a Class X felony.
4        (2) A violation of paragraph (c) of this Section
5    involving alcoholic liquor is a Class 3 felony. A violation
6    of paragraph (c) involving cannabis is a Class 1 felony. A
7    violation of paragraph (c) involving any amount of a
8    controlled substance classified in Schedules III, IV or V
9    of Article II of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act is
10    a Class X felony. A violation of paragraph (c) involving
11    any amount of a controlled substance classified in
12    Schedules I or II of Article II of the Illinois Controlled
13    Substances Act is a Class X felony for which the minimum
14    term of imprisonment shall be 8 years. A violation of
15    paragraph (c) involving a hypodermic syringe is a Class X
16    felony for which the minimum term of imprisonment shall be
17    8 years. A violation of paragraph (c) involving a weapon,
18    tool to defeat security mechanisms, cutting tool, or
19    electronic contraband is a Class X felony for which the
20    minimum term of imprisonment shall be 10 years. A violation
21    of paragraph (c) involving a firearm, firearm ammunition,
22    or explosive is a Class X felony for which the minimum term
23    of imprisonment shall be 12 years.
24        (3) If a person violates this Section by use of an
25    unmanned aerial vehicle, in addition to any other penalty
26    provided in this subsection (e), one year of imprisonment

 

 

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1    shall be added to the sentence imposed by the court.
2    (f) Items confiscated may be retained for use by the
3Department of Corrections or disposed of as deemed appropriate
4by the Chief Administrative Officer in accordance with
5Department rules or disposed of as required by law.
6    (g) For a violation of subsection (a) or (b) involving
7alcoholic liquor, a weapon, firearm, firearm ammunition, tool
8to defeat security mechanisms, cutting tool, or electronic
9contraband, the items shall not be considered to be in a penal
10institution when they are secured in an employee's locked,
11private motor vehicle parked on the grounds of a penal
12institution.
13(Source: P.A. 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 96-1112, eff. 1-1-11;
1496-1325, eff. 7-27-10; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-1108, eff.
151-1-13.)
 
16    (720 ILCS 5/31A-1.3 new)
17    Sec. 31A-1.3. Capturing images or data of a penal
18institution through the operation of an aircraft or unmanned
19aerial vehicle.
20    (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Section, a
21person commits capturing images or data of a penal institution
22through the operation of an aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicle
23when he or she, without lawful authority, knowingly and
24intentionally operates an aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicle
25below the navigable airspace overlaying a penal institution and

 

 

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1captures images or data of the penal institution through the
2operation of the aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicle, with the
3intent to commit, facilitate, or aid in the commission of a
4violation of this Article or Section 31-6 or 31-7 of the
5Criminal Code of 2012.
6    (b) This Section does not apply to an employee of the penal
7institution who captures images or data of the facility or
8institution through the operation of an aircraft or unmanned
9aerial vehicle within the scope of his or her employment, or a
10person who receives prior permission from the penal institution
11to capture images or data of the facility or institution
12through the operation of an aircraft or unmanned aerial
13vehicle.
14    (c) Sentence. A violation of this Section is a Class 4
15felony.