Sen. Kwame Raoul

Filed: 5/30/2014

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4283

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4283 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
5changing Sections 14-1, 14-2, 14-3, 14-4, and 14-5 and adding
6Section 14-10 as follows:
 
7    (720 ILCS 5/14-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 14-1)
8    Sec. 14-1. Definitions Definition.
9    (a) Eavesdropping device.
10    An eavesdropping device is any device capable of being used
11to hear or record private conversations oral conversation or
12intercept, retain, or transcribe private electronic
13communications whether such conversation or electronic
14communication is conducted in person, by telephone, or by any
15other means; Provided, however, that this definition shall not
16include devices used for the restoration of the deaf or

 

 

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1hard-of-hearing to normal or partial hearing.
2    (b) Eavesdropper.
3    An eavesdropper is any person, including any law
4enforcement officer and any party to a private conversation
5officers, who is a principal, as defined in this Article, or
6who operates or participates in the operation of any
7eavesdropping device contrary to the provisions of this Article
8or who acts as a principal, as defined in this Article.
9    (c) Principal.
10    A principal is any person who:
11        (1) Knowingly employs another who illegally uses an
12    eavesdropping device in the course of such employment; or
13        (2) Knowingly derives any benefit or information from
14    the illegal use of an eavesdropping device by another; or
15        (3) Directs another to use an eavesdropping device
16    illegally on his or her behalf.
17    (d) Private conversation Conversation.
18    For the purposes of this Article, "private the term
19conversation" means any oral communication between 2 or more
20persons, whether in person or transmitted between the parties
21by wire or other means, when regardless of whether one or more
22of the parties intended the their communication to be of a
23private nature under circumstances reasonably justifying that
24expectation. A reasonable expectation shall include any
25expectation recognized by law, including, but not limited to,
26an expectation derived from a privilege, immunity or right

 

 

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1established by common law, Supreme Court rule or the Illinois
2or United States Constitution.
3    (e) Private electronic Electronic communication.
4    For purposes of this Article, the term "private electronic
5communication" means any transfer of signs, signals, writing,
6images, sounds, data, or intelligence of any nature transmitted
7in whole or part by a wire, radio, pager, computer,
8electromagnetic, photo electronic or photo optical system,
9when where the sending or and receiving party intends parties
10intend the electronic communication to be private under
11circumstances reasonably justifying that expectation. A
12reasonable expectation shall include any expectation
13recognized by law, including, but not limited to, an
14expectation derived from a privilege, immunity or right
15established by common law, Supreme Court rule or the Illinois
16or United States Constitution and the interception, recording,
17or transcription of the electronic communication is
18accomplished by a device in a surreptitious manner contrary to
19the provisions of this Article. Electronic communication does
20not include any communication from a tracking device.
21    (f) Bait car.
22    For purposes of this Article, "bait car" the term bait car
23means any motor vehicle that is not occupied by a law
24enforcement officer and is used by a law enforcement agency to
25deter, detect, identify, and assist in the apprehension of an
26auto theft suspect in the act of stealing a motor vehicle.

 

 

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1    (g) Surreptitious.
2    For purposes of this Article, "surreptitious" means
3obtained or made by stealth or deception, or executed through
4secrecy or concealment.
5(Source: P.A. 95-258, eff. 1-1-08.)
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/14-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 14-2)
7    Sec. 14-2. Elements of the offense; affirmative defense.
8    (a) A person commits eavesdropping when he or she knowingly
9and intentionally:
10        (1) Uses Knowingly and intentionally uses an
11    eavesdropping device, in a surreptitious manner, for the
12    purpose of overhearing, transmitting, hearing or recording
13    all or any part of any private conversation to which he or
14    she is not a party or intercepts, retains, or transcribes
15    electronic communication unless he or she does so (A) with
16    the consent of all of the parties to the private such
17    conversation or electronic communication or (B) in
18    accordance with Article 108A or Article 108B of the "Code
19    of Criminal Procedure of 1963", approved August 14, 1963,
20    as amended; or
21        (2) Uses an eavesdropping device, in a surreptitious
22    manner, for the purpose of transmitting or recording all or
23    any part of any private conversation to which he or she is
24    a party unless he or she does so with the consent of all
25    other parties to the private conversation;

 

 

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1        (3) Intercepts, records, or transcribes, in a
2    surreptitious manner, any private electronic communication
3    to which he or she is not a party unless he or she does so
4    with the consent of all parties to the private electronic
5    communication;
6        (4) (2) Manufactures, assembles, distributes, or
7    possesses any electronic, mechanical, eavesdropping, or
8    other device knowing that or having reason to know that the
9    design of the device renders it primarily useful for the
10    purpose of the surreptitious overhearing, transmitting,
11    hearing or recording of private oral conversations or the
12    interception, retention, or transcription of private
13    electronic communications and the intended or actual use of
14    the device is contrary to the provisions of this Article;
15    or
16        (5) (3) Uses or discloses divulges, except as
17    authorized by this Article or by Article 108A or 108B of
18    the "Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963", approved August
19    14, 1963, as amended, any information which he or she knows
20    or reasonably should know was obtained from a private
21    conversation or private electronic communication in
22    violation of this Article, unless he or she does so with
23    the consent of all of the parties.
24    (a-5) It does not constitute a violation of this Article to
25surreptitiously use an eavesdropping device to overhear,
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1surreptitiously intercept, record, or transcribe a private
2electronic communication, if the overhearing, transmitting,
3recording, interception, or transcription is done in
4accordance with Article 108A or Article 108B of the Code of
5Criminal Procedure of 1963.
6    (a-6) Nothing in this Article shall be construed to
7authorize or permit a law enforcement officer or any person
8acting at the direction of law enforcement, to use an
9eavesdropping device, regardless of the person's expectation
10of privacy, to overhear, transmit, or record a private
11conversation or to intercept, record, or transcribe a private
12electronic communication, except under Article 108, Article
13108A, or Article 108B of the Code of Criminal Procedure of
141963, or under a specific exemption set forth in Section 14-3
15of this Article through the use of an eavesdropping device.
16    (b) It is an affirmative defense to a charge brought under
17this Article relating to the interception of a privileged
18communication that the person charged:
19        1. was a law enforcement officer acting pursuant to an
20    order of interception, entered pursuant to Section 108A-1
21    or 108B-5 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963; and
22        2. at the time the communication was intercepted, the
23    officer was unaware that the communication was privileged;
24    and
25        3. stopped the interception within a reasonable time
26    after discovering that the communication was privileged;

 

 

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1    and
2        4. did not disclose the contents of the communication.
3    (c) It is not unlawful for a manufacturer or a supplier of
4eavesdropping devices, or a provider of wire or electronic
5communication services, their agents, employees, contractors,
6or venders to manufacture, assemble, sell, or possess an
7eavesdropping device within the normal course of their business
8for purposes not contrary to this Article or for law
9enforcement officers and employees of the Illinois Department
10of Corrections to manufacture, assemble, purchase, or possess
11an eavesdropping device in preparation for or within the course
12of their official duties.
13    (d) The interception, recording, or transcription of an
14electronic communication by an employee of a penal institution
15is not prohibited under this Act, provided that the
16interception, recording, or transcription is:
17        (1) otherwise legally permissible under Illinois law;
18        (2) conducted with the approval of the penal
19    institution for the purpose of investigating or enforcing a
20    State criminal law or a penal institution rule or
21    regulation with respect to inmates in the institution; and
22        (3) within the scope of the employee's official duties.
23    For the purposes of this subsection (d), "penal
24institution" has the meaning ascribed to it in clause (c)(1) of
25Section 31A-1.1.
26(Source: P.A. 94-183, eff. 1-1-06.)
 

 

 

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1    (720 ILCS 5/14-3)
2    Sec. 14-3. Exemptions. The following activities shall be
3exempt from the provisions of this Article:
4    (a) Listening to radio, wireless electronic
5communications, and television communications of any sort
6where the same are publicly made;
7    (b) Hearing conversation when heard by employees of any
8common carrier by wire incidental to the normal course of their
9employment in the operation, maintenance or repair of the
10equipment of such common carrier by wire so long as no
11information obtained thereby is used or divulged by the hearer;
12    (c) Any broadcast by radio, television or otherwise whether
13it be a broadcast or recorded for the purpose of later
14broadcasts of any function where the public is in attendance
15and the conversations are overheard incidental to the main
16purpose for which such broadcasts are then being made;
17    (d) Recording or listening with the aid of any device to
18any emergency communication made in the normal course of
19operations by any federal, state or local law enforcement
20agency or institutions dealing in emergency services,
21including, but not limited to, hospitals, clinics, ambulance
22services, fire fighting agencies, any public utility,
23emergency repair facility, civilian defense establishment or
24military installation;
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1open by the Open Meetings Act, as amended;
2    (f) Recording or listening with the aid of any device to
3incoming telephone calls of phone lines publicly listed or
4advertised as consumer "hotlines" by manufacturers or
5retailers of food and drug products. Such recordings must be
6destroyed, erased or turned over to local law enforcement
7authorities within 24 hours from the time of such recording and
8shall not be otherwise disseminated. Failure on the part of the
9individual or business operating any such recording or
10listening device to comply with the requirements of this
11subsection shall eliminate any civil or criminal immunity
12conferred upon that individual or business by the operation of
13this Section;
14    (g) With prior notification to the State's Attorney of the
15county in which it is to occur, recording or listening with the
16aid of any device to any conversation where a law enforcement
17officer, or any person acting at the direction of law
18enforcement, is a party to the conversation and has consented
19to it being intercepted or recorded under circumstances where
20the use of the device is necessary for the protection of the
21law enforcement officer or any person acting at the direction
22of law enforcement, in the course of an investigation of a
23forcible felony, a felony offense of involuntary servitude,
24involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, or trafficking in
25persons under Section 10-9 of this Code, an offense involving
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1felony violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, a
2felony violation of the Cannabis Control Act, a felony
3violation of the Methamphetamine Control and Community
4Protection Act, any "streetgang related" or "gang-related"
5felony as those terms are defined in the Illinois Streetgang
6Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act, or any felony offense
7involving any weapon listed in paragraphs (1) through (11) of
8subsection (a) of Section 24-1 of this Code. Any recording or
9evidence derived as the result of this exemption shall be
10inadmissible in any proceeding, criminal, civil or
11administrative, except (i) where a party to the conversation
12suffers great bodily injury or is killed during such
13conversation, or (ii) when used as direct impeachment of a
14witness concerning matters contained in the interception or
15recording. The Director of the Department of State Police shall
16issue regulations as are necessary concerning the use of
17devices, retention of tape recordings, and reports regarding
18their use;
19    (g-5) With approval of the State's Attorney of the county
20in which it is to occur, recording or listening with the aid of
21any device to any conversation where a law enforcement officer,
22or any person acting at the direction of law enforcement, is a
23party to the conversation and has consented to it being
24intercepted or recorded in the course of an investigation of
25any offense defined in Article 29D of this Code. In all such
26cases, an application for an order approving the previous or

 

 

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1continuing use of an eavesdropping device must be made within
248 hours of the commencement of such use. In the absence of
3such an order, or upon its denial, any continuing use shall
4immediately terminate. The Director of State Police shall issue
5rules as are necessary concerning the use of devices, retention
6of tape recordings, and reports regarding their use.
7    Any recording or evidence obtained or derived in the course
8of an investigation of any offense defined in Article 29D of
9this Code shall, upon motion of the State's Attorney or
10Attorney General prosecuting any violation of Article 29D, be
11reviewed in camera with notice to all parties present by the
12court presiding over the criminal case, and, if ruled by the
13court to be relevant and otherwise admissible, it shall be
14admissible at the trial of the criminal case.
15    This subsection (g-5) is inoperative on and after January
161, 2005. No conversations recorded or monitored pursuant to
17this subsection (g-5) shall be inadmissible in a court of law
18by virtue of the repeal of this subsection (g-5) on January 1,
192005;
20    (g-6) With approval of the State's Attorney of the county
21in which it is to occur, recording or listening with the aid of
22any device to any conversation where a law enforcement officer,
23or any person acting at the direction of law enforcement, is a
24party to the conversation and has consented to it being
25intercepted or recorded in the course of an investigation of
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1minor, trafficking in persons, child pornography, aggravated
2child pornography, indecent solicitation of a child, child
3abduction, luring of a minor, sexual exploitation of a child,
4predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated
5criminal sexual abuse in which the victim of the offense was at
6the time of the commission of the offense under 18 years of
7age, or criminal sexual abuse by force or threat of force in
8which the victim of the offense was at the time of the
9commission of the offense under 18 years of age, or aggravated
10criminal sexual assault in which the victim of the offense was
11at the time of the commission of the offense under 18 years of
12age. In all such cases, an application for an order approving
13the previous or continuing use of an eavesdropping device must
14be made within 48 hours of the commencement of such use. In the
15absence of such an order, or upon its denial, any continuing
16use shall immediately terminate. The Director of State Police
17shall issue rules as are necessary concerning the use of
18devices, retention of recordings, and reports regarding their
19use. Any recording or evidence obtained or derived in the
20course of an investigation of involuntary servitude,
21involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, trafficking in
22persons, child pornography, aggravated child pornography,
23indecent solicitation of a child, child abduction, luring of a
24minor, sexual exploitation of a child, predatory criminal
25sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual abuse in
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1commission of the offense under 18 years of age, or criminal
2sexual abuse by force or threat of force in which the victim of
3the offense was at the time of the commission of the offense
4under 18 years of age, or aggravated criminal sexual assault in
5which the victim of the offense was at the time of the
6commission of the offense under 18 years of age shall, upon
7motion of the State's Attorney or Attorney General prosecuting
8any case involving involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual
9servitude of a minor, trafficking in persons, child
10pornography, aggravated child pornography, indecent
11solicitation of a child, child abduction, luring of a minor,
12sexual exploitation of a child, predatory criminal sexual
13assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual abuse in which
14the victim of the offense was at the time of the commission of
15the offense under 18 years of age, or criminal sexual abuse by
16force or threat of force in which the victim of the offense was
17at the time of the commission of the offense under 18 years of
18age, or aggravated criminal sexual assault in which the victim
19of the offense was at the time of the commission of the offense
20under 18 years of age, be reviewed in camera with notice to all
21parties present by the court presiding over the criminal case,
22and, if ruled by the court to be relevant and otherwise
23admissible, it shall be admissible at the trial of the criminal
24case. Absent such a ruling, any such recording or evidence
25shall not be admissible at the trial of the criminal case;
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1in-car video camera recording of an oral conversation between a
2uniformed peace officer, who has identified his or her office,
3and a person in the presence of the peace officer whenever (i)
4an officer assigned a patrol vehicle is conducting an
5enforcement stop; or (ii) patrol vehicle emergency lights are
6activated or would otherwise be activated if not for the need
7to conceal the presence of law enforcement.
8    For the purposes of this subsection (h), "enforcement stop"
9means an action by a law enforcement officer in relation to
10enforcement and investigation duties, including but not
11limited to, traffic stops, pedestrian stops, abandoned vehicle
12contacts, motorist assists, commercial motor vehicle stops,
13roadside safety checks, requests for identification, or
14responses to requests for emergency assistance;
15    (h-5) Recordings of utterances made by a person while in
16the presence of a uniformed peace officer and while an occupant
17of a police vehicle including, but not limited to, (i)
18recordings made simultaneously with the use of an in-car video
19camera and (ii) recordings made in the presence of the peace
20officer utilizing video or audio systems, or both, authorized
21by the law enforcement agency;
22    (h-10) Recordings made simultaneously with a video camera
23recording during the use of a taser or similar weapon or device
24by a peace officer if the weapon or device is equipped with
25such camera;
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1(h-10) shall be retained by the law enforcement agency that
2employs the peace officer who made the recordings for a storage
3period of 90 days, unless the recordings are made as a part of
4an arrest or the recordings are deemed evidence in any
5criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding and then the
6recordings must only be destroyed upon a final disposition and
7an order from the court. Under no circumstances shall any
8recording be altered or erased prior to the expiration of the
9designated storage period. Upon completion of the storage
10period, the recording medium may be erased and reissued for
11operational use;
12    (i) Recording of a conversation made by or at the request
13of a person, not a law enforcement officer or agent of a law
14enforcement officer, who is a party to the conversation, under
15reasonable suspicion that another party to the conversation is
16committing, is about to commit, or has committed a criminal
17offense against the person or a member of his or her immediate
18household, and there is reason to believe that evidence of the
19criminal offense may be obtained by the recording;
20    (j) The use of a telephone monitoring device by either (1)
21a corporation or other business entity engaged in marketing or
22opinion research or (2) a corporation or other business entity
23engaged in telephone solicitation, as defined in this
24subsection, to record or listen to oral telephone solicitation
25conversations or marketing or opinion research conversations
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1when:
2        (i) the monitoring is used for the purpose of service
3    quality control of marketing or opinion research or
4    telephone solicitation, the education or training of
5    employees or contractors engaged in marketing or opinion
6    research or telephone solicitation, or internal research
7    related to marketing or opinion research or telephone
8    solicitation; and
9        (ii) the monitoring is used with the consent of at
10    least one person who is an active party to the marketing or
11    opinion research conversation or telephone solicitation
12    conversation being monitored.
13    No communication or conversation or any part, portion, or
14aspect of the communication or conversation made, acquired, or
15obtained, directly or indirectly, under this exemption (j), may
16be, directly or indirectly, furnished to any law enforcement
17officer, agency, or official for any purpose or used in any
18inquiry or investigation, or used, directly or indirectly, in
19any administrative, judicial, or other proceeding, or divulged
20to any third party.
21    When recording or listening authorized by this subsection
22(j) on telephone lines used for marketing or opinion research
23or telephone solicitation purposes results in recording or
24listening to a conversation that does not relate to marketing
25or opinion research or telephone solicitation; the person
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1that the conversation does not relate to marketing or opinion
2research or telephone solicitation, terminate the recording or
3listening and destroy any such recording as soon as is
4practicable.
5    Business entities that use a telephone monitoring or
6telephone recording system pursuant to this exemption (j) shall
7provide current and prospective employees with notice that the
8monitoring or recordings may occur during the course of their
9employment. The notice shall include prominent signage
10notification within the workplace.
11    Business entities that use a telephone monitoring or
12telephone recording system pursuant to this exemption (j) shall
13provide their employees or agents with access to personal-only
14telephone lines which may be pay telephones, that are not
15subject to telephone monitoring or telephone recording.
16    For the purposes of this subsection (j), "telephone
17solicitation" means a communication through the use of a
18telephone by live operators:
19        (i) soliciting the sale of goods or services;
20        (ii) receiving orders for the sale of goods or
21    services;
22        (iii) assisting in the use of goods or services; or
23        (iv) engaging in the solicitation, administration, or
24    collection of bank or retail credit accounts.
25    For the purposes of this subsection (j), "marketing or
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1interview conducted by a live telephone interviewer engaged by
2a corporation or other business entity whose principal business
3is the design, conduct, and analysis of polls and surveys
4measuring the opinions, attitudes, and responses of
5respondents toward products and services, or social or
6political issues, or both;
7    (k) Electronic recordings, including but not limited to, a
8motion picture, videotape, digital, or other visual or audio
9recording, made of a custodial interrogation of an individual
10at a police station or other place of detention by a law
11enforcement officer under Section 5-401.5 of the Juvenile Court
12Act of 1987 or Section 103-2.1 of the Code of Criminal
13Procedure of 1963;
14    (l) Recording the interview or statement of any person when
15the person knows that the interview is being conducted by a law
16enforcement officer or prosecutor and the interview takes place
17at a police station that is currently participating in the
18Custodial Interview Pilot Program established under the
19Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act;
20    (m) An electronic recording, including but not limited to,
21a motion picture, videotape, digital, or other visual or audio
22recording, made of the interior of a school bus while the
23school bus is being used in the transportation of students to
24and from school and school-sponsored activities, when the
25school board has adopted a policy authorizing such recording,
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1handbooks and other documents including the policies of the
2school, notice of the policy regarding recording is provided to
3parents of students, and notice of such recording is clearly
4posted on the door of and inside the school bus.
5    Recordings made pursuant to this subsection (m) shall be
6confidential records and may only be used by school officials
7(or their designees) and law enforcement personnel for
8investigations, school disciplinary actions and hearings,
9proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, and criminal
10prosecutions, related to incidents occurring in or around the
11school bus;
12    (n) Recording or listening to an audio transmission from a
13microphone placed by a person under the authority of a law
14enforcement agency inside a bait car surveillance vehicle while
15simultaneously capturing a photographic or video image;
16    (o) The use of an eavesdropping camera or audio device
17during an ongoing hostage or barricade situation by a law
18enforcement officer or individual acting on behalf of a law
19enforcement officer when the use of such device is necessary to
20protect the safety of the general public, hostages, or law
21enforcement officers or anyone acting on their behalf;
22    (p) Recording or listening with the aid of any device to
23incoming telephone calls of phone lines publicly listed or
24advertised as the "CPS Violence Prevention Hotline", but only
25where the notice of recording is given at the beginning of each
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1recordings may be retained only by the Chicago Police
2Department or other law enforcement authorities, and shall not
3be otherwise retained or disseminated; and
4    (q)(1) With prior request to and verbal approval of the
5State's Attorney of the county in which the conversation is
6anticipated to occur, recording or listening with the aid of an
7eavesdropping device to a conversation in which a law
8enforcement officer, or any person acting at the direction of a
9law enforcement officer, is a party to the conversation and has
10consented to the conversation being intercepted or recorded in
11the course of an investigation of a qualified drug offense. The
12State's Attorney may grant this verbal approval only after
13determining that reasonable cause exists to believe that
14inculpatory conversations concerning a qualified drug offense
15will occur with be committed by a specified individual or
16individuals within a designated period of time.
17    (2) Request for approval. To invoke the exception contained
18in this subsection (q), a law enforcement officer shall make a
19written or verbal request for approval to the appropriate
20State's Attorney. The request may be written or verbal;
21however, a written memorialization of the request must be made
22by the State's Attorney. This request for approval shall
23include whatever information is deemed necessary by the State's
24Attorney but shall include, at a minimum, the following
25information about each specified individual whom the law
26enforcement officer believes will commit a qualified drug

 

 

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1offense:
2        (A) his or her full or partial name, nickname or alias;
3        (B) a physical description; or
4        (C) failing either (A) or (B) of this paragraph (2),
5    any other supporting information known to the law
6    enforcement officer at the time of the request that gives
7    rise to reasonable cause to believe that the specified
8    individual will participate in an inculpatory conversation
9    concerning a qualified commit a drug offense.
10    (3) Limitations on verbal approval. Each written verbal
11approval by the State's Attorney under this subsection (q)
12shall be limited to:
13        (A) a recording or interception conducted by a
14    specified law enforcement officer or person acting at the
15    direction of a law enforcement officer;
16        (B) recording or intercepting conversations with the
17    individuals specified in the request for approval,
18    provided that the verbal approval shall be deemed to
19    include the recording or intercepting of conversations
20    with other individuals, unknown to the law enforcement
21    officer at the time of the request for approval, who are
22    acting in conjunction with or as co-conspirators with the
23    individuals specified in the request for approval in the
24    commission of a qualified drug offense;
25        (C) a reasonable period of time but in no event longer
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1        (D) the written request for approval, if applicable, or
2    the written memorialization must be filed, along with the
3    written approval, with the circuit clerk of the
4    jurisdiction on the next business day following the
5    expiration of the authorized period of time, and shall be
6    subject to review by the Chief Judge or his or her designee
7    as deemed appropriate by the court.
8    (3.5) The written memorialization of the request for
9approval and the written approval by the State's Attorney may
10be in any format, including via facsimile, email, or otherwise,
11so long as it is capable of being filed with the circuit clerk.
12    (4) Admissibility of evidence. No part of the contents of
13any wire, electronic, or oral communication that has been
14recorded or intercepted as a result of this exception may be
15received in evidence in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding
16in or before any court, grand jury, department, officer,
17agency, regulatory body, legislative committee, or other
18authority of this State, or a political subdivision of the
19State, other than in a prosecution of:
20        (A) the qualified a drug offense for which approval was
21    given to record or intercept a conversation under this
22    subsection (q);
23        (B) a forcible felony committed directly in the course
24    of the investigation of the qualified a drug offense for
25    which verbal approval was given to record or intercept a
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1        (C) any other forcible felony committed while the
2    recording or interception was approved in accordance with
3    this subsection Section (q), but for this specific category
4    of prosecutions, only if the law enforcement officer or
5    person acting at the direction of a law enforcement officer
6    who has consented to the conversation being intercepted or
7    recorded suffers great bodily injury or is killed during
8    the commission of the charged forcible felony.
9    (5) Compliance with the provisions of this subsection is a
10prerequisite to the admissibility in evidence of any part of
11the contents of any wire, electronic or oral communication that
12has been intercepted as a result of this exception, but nothing
13in this subsection shall be deemed to prevent a court from
14otherwise excluding the evidence on any other ground recognized
15by State or federal law, nor shall anything in this subsection
16be deemed to prevent a court from independently reviewing the
17admissibility of the evidence for compliance with the Fourth
18Amendment to the U.S. Constitution or with Article I, Section 6
19of the Illinois Constitution.
20    (6) Use of recordings or intercepts unrelated to qualified
21drug offenses. Whenever any private conversation or private
22electronic wire, electronic, or oral communication has been
23recorded or intercepted as a result of this exception that is
24not related to an offense for which the recording or intercept
25is admissible under paragraph (4) of this subsection (q) a drug
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1offense, no part of the contents of the communication and
2evidence derived from the communication may be received in
3evidence in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding in or
4before any court, grand jury, department, officer, agency,
5regulatory body, legislative committee, or other authority of
6this State, or a political subdivision of the State, nor may it
7be publicly disclosed in any way.
8    (6.5) The Department of State Police shall adopt rules as
9are necessary concerning the use of devices, retention of
10recordings, and reports regarding their use under this
11subsection (q).
12    (7) Definitions. For the purposes of this subsection (q)
13only:
14        "Drug offense" includes and is limited to a felony
15    violation of one of the following: (A) the Illinois
16    Controlled Substances Act, (B) the Cannabis Control Act,
17    and (C) the Methamphetamine Control and Community
18    Protection Act.
19        "Forcible felony" includes and is limited to those
20    offenses contained in Section 2-8 of the Criminal Code of
21    1961 as of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
22    97th General Assembly, and only as those offenses have been
23    defined by law or judicial interpretation as of that date.
24        "Qualified offense" means and is limited to:
25            (A) a felony violation of the Cannabis Control Act,
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1        Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act,
2        except for violations of:
3                (i) Section 4 of the Cannabis Control Act;
4                (ii) Section 402 of the Illinois Controlled
5            Substances Act; and
6                (iii) Section 60 of the Methamphetamine
7            Control and Community Protection Act; and
8            (B) first degree murder, solicitation of murder
9        for hire, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child,
10        criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual
11        assault, residential burglary, aggravated arson,
12        kidnapping, aggravated kidnapping, child abduction,
13        trafficking in persons, involuntary servitude,
14        involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, or
15        gunrunning.
16        "State's Attorney" includes and is limited to the
17    State's Attorney or an assistant State's Attorney
18    designated by the State's Attorney to provide verbal
19    approval to record or intercept conversations under this
20    subsection (q).
21    (8) Sunset. This subsection (q) is inoperative on and after
22January 1, 2018 2015. No conversations intercepted pursuant to
23this subsection (q), while operative, shall be inadmissible in
24a court of law by virtue of the inoperability of this
25subsection (q) on January 1, 2018 2015.
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1conversation or private electronic communication intercepted
2by a law enforcement officer or a person acting at the
3direction of law enforcement shall, if practicable, be recorded
4in such a way as will protect the recording from editing or
5other alteration. Any and all original recordings made under
6this subsection (q) shall be inventoried without unnecessary
7delay pursuant to the law enforcement agency's policies for
8inventorying evidence. The original recordings shall not be
9destroyed except upon an order of a court of competent
10jurisdiction.
11(Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-846, eff. 1-1-13;
1297-897, eff. 1-1-13; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
 
13    (720 ILCS 5/14-4)  (from Ch. 38, par. 14-4)
14    Sec. 14-4. Sentence.
15    (a) Eavesdropping, for a first offense, is a Class 4 felony
16and, for a second or subsequent offense, is a Class 3 felony.
17    (b) The eavesdropping of an oral conversation or an
18electronic communication of between any law enforcement
19officer, State's Attorney, Assistant State's Attorney, the
20Attorney General, Assistant Attorney General, or a judge, while
21in the performance of his or her official duties, if not
22authorized by this Article or proper court order, is a Class 3
231 felony and, for a second or subsequent offense, is a Class 2
24felony.
25(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-657, eff. 1-1-00.)
 

 

 

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1    (720 ILCS 5/14-5)  (from Ch. 38, par. 14-5)
2    Sec. 14-5. Evidence inadmissible.
3    Any evidence obtained in violation of this Article is not
4admissible in any civil or criminal trial, or any
5administrative or legislative inquiry or proceeding, nor in any
6grand jury proceedings; provided, however, that so much of the
7contents of an alleged unlawfully intercepted, overheard or
8recorded conversation as is clearly relevant, as determined as
9a matter of law by the court in chambers, to the proof of such
10allegation may be admitted into evidence in any criminal trial
11or grand jury proceeding brought against any person charged
12with violating any provision of this Article. Nothing in this
13Section bars admission of evidence if all parties to the
14private conversation or private electronic communication
15consent to admission of the evidence.
16(Source: Laws 1965, p. 3198.)
 
17    (720 ILCS 5/14-10 new)
18    Sec. 14-10. Severability. If any provision of this Article
19or its application to any person or circumstance is held to be
20unconstitutional or invalid for any reason by any court of
21competent jurisdiction, the unconstitutionality or invalidity
22of that provision or application does not affect other
23provisions or applications of this Article that can be given
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1application.
 
2    Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
3changing Section 3-14-1 as follows:
 
4    (730 ILCS 5/3-14-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-14-1)
5    Sec. 3-14-1. Release from the Institution.
6    (a) Upon release of a person on parole, mandatory release,
7final discharge or pardon the Department shall return all
8property held for him, provide him with suitable clothing and
9procure necessary transportation for him to his designated
10place of residence and employment. It may provide such person
11with a grant of money for travel and expenses which may be paid
12in installments. The amount of the money grant shall be
13determined by the Department.
14    (a-1) The Department shall, before a wrongfully imprisoned
15person, as defined in Section 3-1-2 of this Code, is discharged
16from the Department, provide him or her with any documents
17necessary after discharge, including an identification card
18under subsection (e) of this Section.
19    (a-2) The Department of Corrections may establish and
20maintain, in any institution it administers, revolving funds to
21be known as "Travel and Allowances Revolving Funds". These
22revolving funds shall be used for advancing travel and expense
23allowances to committed, paroled, and discharged prisoners.
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1appropriations to the Department for Committed, Paroled, and
2Discharged Prisoners.
3    (b) (Blank).
4    (c) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, the
5Department shall establish procedures to provide written
6notification of any release of any person who has been
7convicted of a felony to the State's Attorney and sheriff of
8the county from which the offender was committed, and the
9State's Attorney and sheriff of the county into which the
10offender is to be paroled or released. Except as otherwise
11provided in this Code, the Department shall establish
12procedures to provide written notification to the proper law
13enforcement agency for any municipality of any release of any
14person who has been convicted of a felony if the arrest of the
15offender or the commission of the offense took place in the
16municipality, if the offender is to be paroled or released into
17the municipality, or if the offender resided in the
18municipality at the time of the commission of the offense. If a
19person convicted of a felony who is in the custody of the
20Department of Corrections or on parole or mandatory supervised
21release informs the Department that he or she has resided,
22resides, or will reside at an address that is a housing
23facility owned, managed, operated, or leased by a public
24housing agency, the Department must send written notification
25of that information to the public housing agency that owns,
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1notification shall, when possible, be given at least 14 days
2before release of the person from custody, or as soon
3thereafter as possible. The written notification shall be
4provided electronically if the State's Attorney, sheriff,
5proper law enforcement agency, or public housing agency has
6provided the Department with an accurate and up to date email
7address.
8    (c-1) (Blank).
9    (c-2) The Department shall establish procedures to provide
10notice to the Department of State Police of the release or
11discharge of persons convicted of violations of the
12Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act or a
13violation of the Methamphetamine Precursor Control Act. The
14Department of State Police shall make this information
15available to local, State, or federal law enforcement agencies
16upon request.
17    (c-5) If a person on parole or mandatory supervised release
18becomes a resident of a facility licensed or regulated by the
19Department of Public Health, the Illinois Department of Public
20Aid, or the Illinois Department of Human Services, the
21Department of Corrections shall provide copies of the following
22information to the appropriate licensing or regulating
23Department and the licensed or regulated facility where the
24person becomes a resident:
25        (1) The mittimus and any pre-sentence investigation
26    reports.

 

 

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1        (2) The social evaluation prepared pursuant to Section
2    3-8-2.
3        (3) Any pre-release evaluation conducted pursuant to
4    subsection (j) of Section 3-6-2.
5        (4) Reports of disciplinary infractions and
6    dispositions.
7        (5) Any parole plan, including orders issued by the
8    Prisoner Review Board, and any violation reports and
9    dispositions.
10        (6) The name and contact information for the assigned
11    parole agent and parole supervisor.
12    This information shall be provided within 3 days of the
13person becoming a resident of the facility.
14    (c-10) If a person on parole or mandatory supervised
15release becomes a resident of a facility licensed or regulated
16by the Department of Public Health, the Illinois Department of
17Public Aid, or the Illinois Department of Human Services, the
18Department of Corrections shall provide written notification
19of such residence to the following:
20        (1) The Prisoner Review Board.
21        (2) The chief of police and sheriff in the municipality
22    and county in which the licensed facility is located.
23    The notification shall be provided within 3 days of the
24person becoming a resident of the facility.
25    (d) Upon the release of a committed person on parole,
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1Department shall provide such person with information
2concerning programs and services of the Illinois Department of
3Public Health to ascertain whether such person has been exposed
4to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or any identified
5causative agent of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
6    (e) Upon the release of a committed person on parole,
7mandatory supervised release, final discharge, pardon, or who
8has been wrongfully imprisoned, the Department shall provide
9the person who has met the criteria established by the
10Department with an identification card identifying the person
11as being on parole, mandatory supervised release, final
12discharge, pardon, or wrongfully imprisoned, as the case may
13be. The Department, in consultation with the Office of the
14Secretary of State, shall prescribe the form of the
15identification card, which may be similar to the form of the
16standard Illinois Identification Card. The Department shall
17inform the committed person that he or she may present the
18identification card to the Office of the Secretary of State
19upon application for a standard Illinois Identification Card in
20accordance with the Illinois Identification Card Act. The
21Department shall require the committed person to pay a $1 fee
22for the identification card.
23    For purposes of a committed person receiving an
24identification card issued by the Department under this
25subsection, the Department shall establish criteria that the
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1sole responsibility of the committed person requesting the
2identification card issued by the Department to meet the
3established criteria. The person's failure to meet the criteria
4is sufficient reason to deny the committed person the
5identification card. An identification card issued by the
6Department under this subsection shall be valid for a period of
7time not to exceed 90 30 calendar days from the date the card
8is issued. The Department shall not be held civilly or
9criminally liable to anyone because of any act of any person
10utilizing a card issued by the Department under this
11subsection.
12    The Department shall adopt rules governing the issuance of
13identification cards to committed persons being released on
14parole, mandatory supervised release, final discharge, or
15pardon.
16(Source: P.A. 97-560, eff. 1-1-12; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12;
1798-267, eff. 1-1-14.)".