95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB6654

 

Introduced , by Rep. Joe Dunn

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/14-3

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that the exemption to the eavesdropping statute relating to recording or listening with the aid of any device to any conversation where a law enforcement officer, or any person acting at the direction of law enforcement, is a party to the conversation and has consented to it being intercepted or recorded under circumstances where the use of the device is necessary for the protection of the law enforcement officer or any person acting at the direction of law enforcement, in the course of an investigation of a forcible felony, a felony violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, a felony violation of the Cannabis Control Act, a felony violation of the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, or any "streetgang related" or "gang-related" felony also applies when notification is given to the State's Attorney of the county in which the crime occurred. Provides that it is an exemption to the statute concerning eavesdropping with approval of the State's Attorney of the county in which it is to occur, recording or listening with the aid of any device to any conversation where a law enforcement officer, or any person acting at the direction of law enforcement, is a party to the conversation and has consented to it being intercepted or recorded in the course of an investigation of aggravated child pornography, indecent solicitation of a child, child abduction, luring of a minor, sexual exploitation of a child, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual abuse in which the victim of the offense was at the time of the commission of the offense under 18 years of age, criminal sexual abuse by force or threat of force in which the victim of the offense was at the time of the commission of the offense under 18 years of age, or aggravated criminal sexual assault in which the victim of the offense was at the time of the commission of the offense under 18 years of age (rather than only an investigation of child pornography).


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
5 Section 14-3 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/14-3)
7     (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 95-463)
8     Sec. 14-3. Exemptions. The following activities shall be
9 exempt from the provisions of this Article:
10     (a) Listening to radio, wireless and television
11 communications of any sort where the same are publicly made;
12     (b) Hearing conversation when heard by employees of any
13 common carrier by wire incidental to the normal course of their
14 employment in the operation, maintenance or repair of the
15 equipment of such common carrier by wire so long as no
16 information obtained thereby is used or divulged by the hearer;
17     (c) Any broadcast by radio, television or otherwise whether
18 it be a broadcast or recorded for the purpose of later
19 broadcasts of any function where the public is in attendance
20 and the conversations are overheard incidental to the main
21 purpose for which such broadcasts are then being made;
22     (d) Recording or listening with the aid of any device to
23 any emergency communication made in the normal course of

 

 

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1 operations by any federal, state or local law enforcement
2 agency or institutions dealing in emergency services,
3 including, but not limited to, hospitals, clinics, ambulance
4 services, fire fighting agencies, any public utility,
5 emergency repair facility, civilian defense establishment or
6 military installation;
7     (e) Recording the proceedings of any meeting required to be
8 open by the Open Meetings Act, as amended;
9     (f) Recording or listening with the aid of any device to
10 incoming telephone calls of phone lines publicly listed or
11 advertised as consumer "hotlines" by manufacturers or
12 retailers of food and drug products. Such recordings must be
13 destroyed, erased or turned over to local law enforcement
14 authorities within 24 hours from the time of such recording and
15 shall not be otherwise disseminated. Failure on the part of the
16 individual or business operating any such recording or
17 listening device to comply with the requirements of this
18 subsection shall eliminate any civil or criminal immunity
19 conferred upon that individual or business by the operation of
20 this Section;
21     (g) With prior notification to the State's Attorney of the
22 county in which it is to occur or with prior notification to
23 the State's Attorney of the county in which the crime occurred,
24 recording or listening with the aid of any device to any
25 conversation where a law enforcement officer, or any person
26 acting at the direction of law enforcement, is a party to the

 

 

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1 conversation and has consented to it being intercepted or
2 recorded under circumstances where the use of the device is
3 necessary for the protection of the law enforcement officer or
4 any person acting at the direction of law enforcement, in the
5 course of an investigation of a forcible felony, a felony
6 violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, a felony
7 violation of the Cannabis Control Act, a felony violation of
8 the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, or
9 any "streetgang related" or "gang-related" felony as those
10 terms are defined in the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus
11 Prevention Act. Any recording or evidence derived as the result
12 of this exemption shall be inadmissible in any proceeding,
13 criminal, civil or administrative, except (i) where a party to
14 the conversation suffers great bodily injury or is killed
15 during such conversation, or (ii) when used as direct
16 impeachment of a witness concerning matters contained in the
17 interception or recording. The Director of the Department of
18 State Police shall issue regulations as are necessary
19 concerning the use of devices, retention of tape recordings,
20 and reports regarding their use;
21     (g-5) With approval of the State's Attorney of the county
22 in which it is to occur, recording or listening with the aid of
23 any device to any conversation where a law enforcement officer,
24 or any person acting at the direction of law enforcement, is a
25 party to the conversation and has consented to it being
26 intercepted or recorded in the course of an investigation of

 

 

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1 any offense defined in Article 29D of this Code. In all such
2 cases, an application for an order approving the previous or
3 continuing use of an eavesdropping device must be made within
4 48 hours of the commencement of such use. In the absence of
5 such an order, or upon its denial, any continuing use shall
6 immediately terminate. The Director of State Police shall issue
7 rules as are necessary concerning the use of devices, retention
8 of tape recordings, and reports regarding their use.
9     Any recording or evidence obtained or derived in the course
10 of an investigation of any offense defined in Article 29D of
11 this Code shall, upon motion of the State's Attorney or
12 Attorney General prosecuting any violation of Article 29D, be
13 reviewed in camera with notice to all parties present by the
14 court presiding over the criminal case, and, if ruled by the
15 court to be relevant and otherwise admissible, it shall be
16 admissible at the trial of the criminal case.
17     This subsection (g-5) is inoperative on and after January
18 1, 2005. No conversations recorded or monitored pursuant to
19 this subsection (g-5) shall be inadmissible in a court of law
20 by virtue of the repeal of this subsection (g-5) on January 1,
21 2005;
22     (g-6) With approval of the State's Attorney of the county
23 in which it is to occur, recording or listening with the aid of
24 any device to any conversation where a law enforcement officer,
25 or any person acting at the direction of law enforcement, is a
26 party to the conversation and has consented to it being

 

 

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1 intercepted or recorded in the course of an investigation of
2 child pornography, aggravated child pornography, indecent
3 solicitation of a child, child abduction, luring of a minor,
4 sexual exploitation of a child, predatory criminal sexual
5 assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual abuse in which
6 the victim of the offense was at the time of the commission of
7 the offense under 18 years of age, criminal sexual abuse by
8 force or threat of force in which the victim of the offense was
9 at the time of the commission of the offense under 18 years of
10 age, or aggravated criminal sexual assault in which the victim
11 of the offense was at the time of the commission of the offense
12 under 18 years of age. In all such cases, an application for an
13 order approving the previous or continuing use of an
14 eavesdropping device must be made within 48 hours of the
15 commencement of such use. In the absence of such an order, or
16 upon its denial, any continuing use shall immediately
17 terminate. The Director of State Police shall issue rules as
18 are necessary concerning the use of devices, retention of
19 recordings, and reports regarding their use. Any recording or
20 evidence obtained or derived in the course of an investigation
21 of child pornography, aggravated child pornography, indecent
22 solicitation of a child, child abduction, luring of a minor,
23 sexual exploitation of a child, predatory criminal sexual
24 assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual abuse in which
25 the victim of the offense was at the time of the commission of
26 the offense under 18 years of age, criminal sexual abuse by

 

 

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1 force or threat of force in which the victim of the offense was
2 at the time of the commission of the offense under 18 years of
3 age, or aggravated criminal sexual assault in which the victim
4 of the offense was at the time of the commission of the offense
5 under 18 years of age shall, upon motion of the State's
6 Attorney or Attorney General prosecuting any case involving
7 child pornography, aggravated child pornography, indecent
8 solicitation of a child, child abduction, luring of a minor,
9 sexual exploitation of a child, predatory criminal sexual
10 assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual abuse in which
11 the victim of the offense was at the time of the commission of
12 the offense under 18 years of age, criminal sexual abuse by
13 force or threat of force in which the victim of the offense was
14 at the time of the commission of the offense under 18 years of
15 age, or aggravated criminal sexual assault in which the victim
16 of the offense was at the time of the commission of the offense
17 under 18 years of age, be reviewed in camera with notice to all
18 parties present by the court presiding over the criminal case,
19 and, if ruled by the court to be relevant and otherwise
20 admissible, it shall be admissible at the trial of the criminal
21 case. Absent such a ruling, any such recording or evidence
22 shall not be admissible at the trial of the criminal case;
23     (h) Recordings made simultaneously with a video recording
24 of an oral conversation between a peace officer, who has
25 identified his or her office, and a person stopped for an
26 investigation of an offense under the Illinois Vehicle Code;

 

 

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1     (i) Recording of a conversation made by or at the request
2 of a person, not a law enforcement officer or agent of a law
3 enforcement officer, who is a party to the conversation, under
4 reasonable suspicion that another party to the conversation is
5 committing, is about to commit, or has committed a criminal
6 offense against the person or a member of his or her immediate
7 household, and there is reason to believe that evidence of the
8 criminal offense may be obtained by the recording;
9     (j) The use of a telephone monitoring device by either (1)
10 a corporation or other business entity engaged in marketing or
11 opinion research or (2) a corporation or other business entity
12 engaged in telephone solicitation, as defined in this
13 subsection, to record or listen to oral telephone solicitation
14 conversations or marketing or opinion research conversations
15 by an employee of the corporation or other business entity
16 when:
17         (i) the monitoring is used for the purpose of service
18     quality control of marketing or opinion research or
19     telephone solicitation, the education or training of
20     employees or contractors engaged in marketing or opinion
21     research or telephone solicitation, or internal research
22     related to marketing or opinion research or telephone
23     solicitation; and
24         (ii) the monitoring is used with the consent of at
25     least one person who is an active party to the marketing or
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1     conversation being monitored.
2     No communication or conversation or any part, portion, or
3 aspect of the communication or conversation made, acquired, or
4 obtained, directly or indirectly, under this exemption (j), may
5 be, directly or indirectly, furnished to any law enforcement
6 officer, agency, or official for any purpose or used in any
7 inquiry or investigation, or used, directly or indirectly, in
8 any administrative, judicial, or other proceeding, or divulged
9 to any third party.
10     When recording or listening authorized by this subsection
11 (j) on telephone lines used for marketing or opinion research
12 or telephone solicitation purposes results in recording or
13 listening to a conversation that does not relate to marketing
14 or opinion research or telephone solicitation; the person
15 recording or listening shall, immediately upon determining
16 that the conversation does not relate to marketing or opinion
17 research or telephone solicitation, terminate the recording or
18 listening and destroy any such recording as soon as is
19 practicable.
20     Business entities that use a telephone monitoring or
21 telephone recording system pursuant to this exemption (j) shall
22 provide current and prospective employees with notice that the
23 monitoring or recordings may occur during the course of their
24 employment. The notice shall include prominent signage
25 notification within the workplace.
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1 telephone recording system pursuant to this exemption (j) shall
2 provide their employees or agents with access to personal-only
3 telephone lines which may be pay telephones, that are not
4 subject to telephone monitoring or telephone recording.
5     For the purposes of this subsection (j), "telephone
6 solicitation" means a communication through the use of a
7 telephone by live operators:
8         (i) soliciting the sale of goods or services;
9         (ii) receiving orders for the sale of goods or
10     services;
11         (iii) assisting in the use of goods or services; or
12         (iv) engaging in the solicitation, administration, or
13     collection of bank or retail credit accounts.
14     For the purposes of this subsection (j), "marketing or
15 opinion research" means a marketing or opinion research
16 interview conducted by a live telephone interviewer engaged by
17 a corporation or other business entity whose principal business
18 is the design, conduct, and analysis of polls and surveys
19 measuring the opinions, attitudes, and responses of
20 respondents toward products and services, or social or
21 political issues, or both;
22     (k) Electronic recordings, including but not limited to, a
23 motion picture, videotape, digital, or other visual or audio
24 recording, made of a custodial interrogation of an individual
25 at a police station or other place of detention by a law
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1 Act of 1987 or Section 103-2.1 of the Code of Criminal
2 Procedure of 1963;
3     (l) Recording the interview or statement of any person when
4 the person knows that the interview is being conducted by a law
5 enforcement officer or prosecutor and the interview takes place
6 at a police station that is currently participating in the
7 Custodial Interview Pilot Program established under the
8 Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act; and
9     (m) An electronic recording, including but not limited to,
10 a motion picture, videotape, digital, or other visual or audio
11 recording, made of the interior of a school bus while the
12 school bus is being used in the transportation of students to
13 and from school and school-sponsored activities, when the
14 school board has adopted a policy authorizing such recording,
15 notice of such recording policy is included in student
16 handbooks and other documents including the policies of the
17 school, notice of the policy regarding recording is provided to
18 parents of students, and notice of such recording is clearly
19 posted on the door of and inside the school bus.
20     Recordings made pursuant to this subsection (m) shall be
21 confidential records and may only be used by school officials
22 (or their designees) and law enforcement personnel for
23 investigations, school disciplinary actions and hearings,
24 proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, and criminal
25 prosecutions, related to incidents occurring in or around the
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1     (n) (m) Recording or listening to an audio transmission
2 from a microphone placed by a person under the authority of a
3 law enforcement agency inside a bait car surveillance vehicle
4 while simultaneously capturing a photographic or video image.
5 (Source: P.A. 94-556, eff. 9-11-05; 95-258, eff. 1-1-08;
6 95-352, eff. 8-23-07; 95-463, eff. 6-1-08; revised 11-19-07.)