98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB1575

 

Introduced 2/13/2013, by Sen. Chapin Rose

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 2610/14  from Ch. 121, par. 307.14
50 ILCS 725/3.8  from Ch. 85, par. 2561
720 ILCS 5/14-3

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 concerning eavesdropping exemptions. Provides that a person who is not a law enforcement officer nor acting at the direction of a law enforcement officer may record the conversation of a law enforcement officer who is performing a public duty in a public place and any other person who is having a conversation with that law enforcement officer if the conversation is at a volume audible to the unassisted ear of the person who is making the recording. Defines "public place". Amends the State Police Act and the Uniform Peace Officers' Disciplinary Act. Provides that if a recorded conversation authorized under this exemption to the eavesdropping statute is used by the complainant as part of the evidence of misconduct against the officer and is found to have been intentionally altered by or at the direction of the complainant to inaccurately reflect the incident at issue, it must be presented to the appropriate State's Attorney for a determination of prosecution. Effective immediately.


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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,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Police Act is amended by changing
5Section 14 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 2610/14)  (from Ch. 121, par. 307.14)
7    Sec. 14. Except as is otherwise provided in this Act, no
8Department of State Police officer shall be removed, demoted or
9suspended except for cause, upon written charges filed with the
10Board by the Director and a hearing before the Board thereon
11upon not less than 10 days' notice at a place to be designated
12by the chairman thereof. At such hearing, the accused shall be
13afforded full opportunity to be heard in his or her own defense
14and to produce proof in his or her defense. Anyone filing a
15complaint against a State Police Officer must have the
16complaint supported by a sworn affidavit. Any such complaint,
17having been supported by a sworn affidavit, and having been
18found, in total or in part, to contain false information, shall
19be presented to the appropriate State's Attorney for a
20determination of prosecution. If a recorded conversation
21authorized under subsection (r) of Section 14-3 of the Criminal
22Code of 2012 is used by the complainant as part of the evidence
23of misconduct against the officer and is found to have been

 

 

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1intentionally altered by or at the direction of the complainant
2to inaccurately reflect the incident at issue, it must be
3presented to the appropriate State's Attorney for a
4determination of prosecution.
5    Before any such officer may be interrogated or examined by
6or before the Board, or by a departmental agent or investigator
7specifically assigned to conduct an internal investigation,
8the results of which hearing, interrogation or examination may
9be the basis for filing charges seeking his or her suspension
10for more than 15 days or his or her removal or discharge, he or
11she shall be advised in writing as to what specific improper or
12illegal act he or she is alleged to have committed; he or she
13shall be advised in writing that his or her admissions made in
14the course of the hearing, interrogation or examination may be
15used as the basis for charges seeking his or her suspension,
16removal or discharge; and he or she shall be advised in writing
17that he or she has a right to counsel of his or her choosing,
18who may be present to advise him or her at any hearing,
19interrogation or examination. A complete record of any hearing,
20interrogation or examination shall be made, and a complete
21transcript or electronic recording thereof shall be made
22available to such officer without charge and without delay.
23    The Board shall have the power to secure by its subpoena
24both the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the
25production of books and papers in support of the charges and
26for the defense. Each member of the Board or a designated

 

 

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1hearing officer shall have the power to administer oaths or
2affirmations. If the charges against an accused are established
3by a preponderance of evidence, the Board shall make a finding
4of guilty and order either removal, demotion, suspension for a
5period of not more than 180 days, or such other disciplinary
6punishment as may be prescribed by the rules and regulations of
7the Board which, in the opinion of the members thereof, the
8offense merits. Thereupon the Director shall direct such
9removal or other punishment as ordered by the Board and if the
10accused refuses to abide by any such disciplinary order, the
11Director shall remove him or her forthwith.
12    If the accused is found not guilty or has served a period
13of suspension greater than prescribed by the Board, the Board
14shall order that the officer receive compensation for the
15period involved. The award of compensation shall include
16interest at the rate of 7% per annum.
17    The Board may include in its order appropriate sanctions
18based upon the Board's rules and regulations. If the Board
19finds that a party has made allegations or denials without
20reasonable cause or has engaged in frivolous litigation for the
21purpose of delay or needless increase in the cost of
22litigation, it may order that party to pay the other party's
23reasonable expenses, including costs and reasonable attorney's
24fees. The State of Illinois and the Department shall be subject
25to these sanctions in the same manner as other parties.
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1subpoena issued by the Board, any circuit court, upon
2application of any member of the Board, may order such person
3to appear before the Board and give testimony or produce
4evidence, and any failure to obey such order is punishable by
5the court as a contempt thereof.
6    The provisions of the Administrative Review Law, and all
7amendments and modifications thereof, and the rules adopted
8pursuant thereto, shall apply to and govern all proceedings for
9the judicial review of any order of the Board rendered pursuant
10to the provisions of this Section.
11    Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, a policy
12making officer, as defined in the Employee Rights Violation
13Act, of the Department of State Police shall be discharged from
14the Department of State Police as provided in the Employee
15Rights Violation Act, enacted by the 85th General Assembly.
16(Source: P.A. 96-891, eff. 5-10-10.)
 
17    Section 10. The Uniform Peace Officers' Disciplinary Act is
18amended by changing Section 3.8 as follows:
 
19    (50 ILCS 725/3.8)  (from Ch. 85, par. 2561)
20    Sec. 3.8. Admissions; counsel; verified complaint.
21    (a) No officer shall be interrogated without first being
22advised in writing that admissions made in the course of the
23interrogation may be used as evidence of misconduct or as the
24basis for charges seeking suspension, removal, or discharge;

 

 

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1and without first being advised in writing that he or she has
2the right to counsel of his or her choosing who may be present
3to advise him or her at any stage of any interrogation.
4    (b) Anyone filing a complaint against a sworn peace officer
5must have the complaint supported by a sworn affidavit. Any
6complaint, having been supported by a sworn affidavit, and
7having been found, in total or in part, to contain knowingly
8false material information, shall be presented to the
9appropriate State's Attorney for a determination of
10prosecution. If a recorded conversation authorized under
11subsection (r) of Section 14-3 of the Criminal Code of 2012 is
12used by the complainant as part of the evidence of misconduct
13against the officer and is found to have been intentionally
14altered by or at the direction of the complainant to
15inaccurately reflect the incident at issue, it must be
16presented to the appropriate State's Attorney for a
17determination of prosecution.
18(Source: P.A. 97-472, eff. 8-22-11.)
 
19    Section 15. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
20changing Section 14-3 as follows:
 
21    (720 ILCS 5/14-3)
22    Sec. 14-3. Exemptions. The following activities shall be
23exempt from the provisions of this Article:
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1communications of any sort where the same are publicly made;
2    (b) Hearing conversation when heard by employees of any
3common carrier by wire incidental to the normal course of their
4employment in the operation, maintenance or repair of the
5equipment of such common carrier by wire so long as no
6information obtained thereby is used or divulged by the hearer;
7    (c) Any broadcast by radio, television or otherwise whether
8it be a broadcast or recorded for the purpose of later
9broadcasts of any function where the public is in attendance
10and the conversations are overheard incidental to the main
11purpose for which such broadcasts are then being made;
12    (d) Recording or listening with the aid of any device to
13any emergency communication made in the normal course of
14operations by any federal, state or local law enforcement
15agency or institutions dealing in emergency services,
16including, but not limited to, hospitals, clinics, ambulance
17services, fire fighting agencies, any public utility,
18emergency repair facility, civilian defense establishment or
19military installation;
20    (e) Recording the proceedings of any meeting required to be
21open by the Open Meetings Act, as amended;
22    (f) Recording or listening with the aid of any device to
23incoming telephone calls of phone lines publicly listed or
24advertised as consumer "hotlines" by manufacturers or
25retailers of food and drug products. Such recordings must be
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1authorities within 24 hours from the time of such recording and
2shall not be otherwise disseminated. Failure on the part of the
3individual or business operating any such recording or
4listening device to comply with the requirements of this
5subsection shall eliminate any civil or criminal immunity
6conferred upon that individual or business by the operation of
7this Section;
8    (g) With prior notification to the State's Attorney of the
9county in which it is to occur, recording or listening with the
10aid of any device to any conversation where a law enforcement
11officer, or any person acting at the direction of law
12enforcement, is a party to the conversation and has consented
13to it being intercepted or recorded under circumstances where
14the use of the device is necessary for the protection of the
15law enforcement officer or any person acting at the direction
16of law enforcement, in the course of an investigation of a
17forcible felony, a felony offense of involuntary servitude,
18involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, or trafficking in
19persons under Section 10-9 of this Code, an offense involving
20prostitution, solicitation of a sexual act, or pandering, a
21felony violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, a
22felony violation of the Cannabis Control Act, a felony
23violation of the Methamphetamine Control and Community
24Protection Act, any "streetgang related" or "gang-related"
25felony as those terms are defined in the Illinois Streetgang
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1involving any weapon listed in paragraphs (1) through (11) of
2subsection (a) of Section 24-1 of this Code. Any recording or
3evidence derived as the result of this exemption shall be
4inadmissible in any proceeding, criminal, civil or
5administrative, except (i) where a party to the conversation
6suffers great bodily injury or is killed during such
7conversation, or (ii) when used as direct impeachment of a
8witness concerning matters contained in the interception or
9recording. The Director of the Department of State Police shall
10issue regulations as are necessary concerning the use of
11devices, retention of tape recordings, and reports regarding
12their use;
13    (g-5) With approval of the State's Attorney of the county
14in which it is to occur, recording or listening with the aid of
15any device to any conversation where a law enforcement officer,
16or any person acting at the direction of law enforcement, is a
17party to the conversation and has consented to it being
18intercepted or recorded in the course of an investigation of
19any offense defined in Article 29D of this Code. In all such
20cases, an application for an order approving the previous or
21continuing use of an eavesdropping device must be made within
2248 hours of the commencement of such use. In the absence of
23such an order, or upon its denial, any continuing use shall
24immediately terminate. The Director of State Police shall issue
25rules as are necessary concerning the use of devices, retention
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1    Any recording or evidence obtained or derived in the course
2of an investigation of any offense defined in Article 29D of
3this Code shall, upon motion of the State's Attorney or
4Attorney General prosecuting any violation of Article 29D, be
5reviewed in camera with notice to all parties present by the
6court presiding over the criminal case, and, if ruled by the
7court to be relevant and otherwise admissible, it shall be
8admissible at the trial of the criminal case.
9    This subsection (g-5) is inoperative on and after January
101, 2005. No conversations recorded or monitored pursuant to
11this subsection (g-5) shall be inadmissible in a court of law
12by virtue of the repeal of this subsection (g-5) on January 1,
132005;
14    (g-6) With approval of the State's Attorney of the county
15in which it is to occur, recording or listening with the aid of
16any device to any conversation where a law enforcement officer,
17or any person acting at the direction of law enforcement, is a
18party to the conversation and has consented to it being
19intercepted or recorded in the course of an investigation of
20involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a
21minor, trafficking in persons, child pornography, aggravated
22child pornography, indecent solicitation of a child, child
23abduction, luring of a minor, sexual exploitation of a child,
24predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated
25criminal sexual abuse in which the victim of the offense was at
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1age, criminal sexual abuse by force or threat of force in which
2the victim of the offense was at the time of the commission of
3the offense under 18 years of age, or aggravated criminal
4sexual assault in which the victim of the offense was at the
5time of the commission of the offense under 18 years of age. In
6all such cases, an application for an order approving the
7previous or continuing use of an eavesdropping device must be
8made within 48 hours of the commencement of such use. In the
9absence of such an order, or upon its denial, any continuing
10use shall immediately terminate. The Director of State Police
11shall issue rules as are necessary concerning the use of
12devices, retention of recordings, and reports regarding their
13use. Any recording or evidence obtained or derived in the
14course of an investigation of involuntary servitude,
15involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, trafficking in
16persons, child pornography, aggravated child pornography,
17indecent solicitation of a child, child abduction, luring of a
18minor, sexual exploitation of a child, predatory criminal
19sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual abuse in
20which the victim of the offense was at the time of the
21commission of the offense under 18 years of age, criminal
22sexual abuse by force or threat of force in which the victim of
23the offense was at the time of the commission of the offense
24under 18 years of age, or aggravated criminal sexual assault in
25which the victim of the offense was at the time of the
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1motion of the State's Attorney or Attorney General prosecuting
2any case involving involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual
3servitude of a minor, trafficking in persons, child
4pornography, aggravated child pornography, indecent
5solicitation of a child, child abduction, luring of a minor,
6sexual exploitation of a child, predatory criminal sexual
7assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual abuse in which
8the victim of the offense was at the time of the commission of
9the offense under 18 years of age, criminal sexual abuse by
10force or threat of force in which the victim of the offense was
11at the time of the commission of the offense under 18 years of
12age, or aggravated criminal sexual assault in which the victim
13of the offense was at the time of the commission of the offense
14under 18 years of age, be reviewed in camera with notice to all
15parties present by the court presiding over the criminal case,
16and, if ruled by the court to be relevant and otherwise
17admissible, it shall be admissible at the trial of the criminal
18case. Absent such a ruling, any such recording or evidence
19shall not be admissible at the trial of the criminal case;
20    (h) Recordings made simultaneously with the use of an
21in-car video camera recording of an oral conversation between a
22uniformed peace officer, who has identified his or her office,
23and a person in the presence of the peace officer whenever (i)
24an officer assigned a patrol vehicle is conducting an
25enforcement stop; or (ii) patrol vehicle emergency lights are
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1to conceal the presence of law enforcement.
2    For the purposes of this subsection (h), "enforcement stop"
3means an action by a law enforcement officer in relation to
4enforcement and investigation duties, including but not
5limited to, traffic stops, pedestrian stops, abandoned vehicle
6contacts, motorist assists, commercial motor vehicle stops,
7roadside safety checks, requests for identification, or
8responses to requests for emergency assistance;
9    (h-5) Recordings of utterances made by a person while in
10the presence of a uniformed peace officer and while an occupant
11of a police vehicle including, but not limited to, (i)
12recordings made simultaneously with the use of an in-car video
13camera and (ii) recordings made in the presence of the peace
14officer utilizing video or audio systems, or both, authorized
15by the law enforcement agency;
16    (h-10) Recordings made simultaneously with a video camera
17recording during the use of a taser or similar weapon or device
18by a peace officer if the weapon or device is equipped with
19such camera;
20    (h-15) Recordings made under subsection (h), (h-5), or
21(h-10) shall be retained by the law enforcement agency that
22employs the peace officer who made the recordings for a storage
23period of 90 days, unless the recordings are made as a part of
24an arrest or the recordings are deemed evidence in any
25criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding and then the
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1an order from the court. Under no circumstances shall any
2recording be altered or erased prior to the expiration of the
3designated storage period. Upon completion of the storage
4period, the recording medium may be erased and reissued for
5operational use;
6    (i) Recording of a conversation made by or at the request
7of a person, not a law enforcement officer or agent of a law
8enforcement officer, who is a party to the conversation, under
9reasonable suspicion that another party to the conversation is
10committing, is about to commit, or has committed a criminal
11offense against the person or a member of his or her immediate
12household, and there is reason to believe that evidence of the
13criminal offense may be obtained by the recording;
14    (j) The use of a telephone monitoring device by either (1)
15a corporation or other business entity engaged in marketing or
16opinion research or (2) a corporation or other business entity
17engaged in telephone solicitation, as defined in this
18subsection, to record or listen to oral telephone solicitation
19conversations or marketing or opinion research conversations
20by an employee of the corporation or other business entity
21when:
22        (i) the monitoring is used for the purpose of service
23    quality control of marketing or opinion research or
24    telephone solicitation, the education or training of
25    employees or contractors engaged in marketing or opinion
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1    related to marketing or opinion research or telephone
2    solicitation; and
3        (ii) the monitoring is used with the consent of at
4    least one person who is an active party to the marketing or
5    opinion research conversation or telephone solicitation
6    conversation being monitored.
7    No communication or conversation or any part, portion, or
8aspect of the communication or conversation made, acquired, or
9obtained, directly or indirectly, under this exemption (j), may
10be, directly or indirectly, furnished to any law enforcement
11officer, agency, or official for any purpose or used in any
12inquiry or investigation, or used, directly or indirectly, in
13any administrative, judicial, or other proceeding, or divulged
14to any third party.
15    When recording or listening authorized by this subsection
16(j) on telephone lines used for marketing or opinion research
17or telephone solicitation purposes results in recording or
18listening to a conversation that does not relate to marketing
19or opinion research or telephone solicitation; the person
20recording or listening shall, immediately upon determining
21that the conversation does not relate to marketing or opinion
22research or telephone solicitation, terminate the recording or
23listening and destroy any such recording as soon as is
24practicable.
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1provide current and prospective employees with notice that the
2monitoring or recordings may occur during the course of their
3employment. The notice shall include prominent signage
4notification within the workplace.
5    Business entities that use a telephone monitoring or
6telephone recording system pursuant to this exemption (j) shall
7provide their employees or agents with access to personal-only
8telephone lines which may be pay telephones, that are not
9subject to telephone monitoring or telephone recording.
10    For the purposes of this subsection (j), "telephone
11solicitation" means a communication through the use of a
12telephone by live operators:
13        (i) soliciting the sale of goods or services;
14        (ii) receiving orders for the sale of goods or
15    services;
16        (iii) assisting in the use of goods or services; or
17        (iv) engaging in the solicitation, administration, or
18    collection of bank or retail credit accounts.
19    For the purposes of this subsection (j), "marketing or
20opinion research" means a marketing or opinion research
21interview conducted by a live telephone interviewer engaged by
22a corporation or other business entity whose principal business
23is the design, conduct, and analysis of polls and surveys
24measuring the opinions, attitudes, and responses of
25respondents toward products and services, or social or
26political issues, or both;

 

 

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1    (k) Electronic recordings, including but not limited to, a
2motion picture, videotape, digital, or other visual or audio
3recording, made of a custodial interrogation of an individual
4at a police station or other place of detention by a law
5enforcement officer under Section 5-401.5 of the Juvenile Court
6Act of 1987 or Section 103-2.1 of the Code of Criminal
7Procedure of 1963;
8    (l) Recording the interview or statement of any person when
9the person knows that the interview is being conducted by a law
10enforcement officer or prosecutor and the interview takes place
11at a police station that is currently participating in the
12Custodial Interview Pilot Program established under the
13Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act;
14    (m) An electronic recording, including but not limited to,
15a motion picture, videotape, digital, or other visual or audio
16recording, made of the interior of a school bus while the
17school bus is being used in the transportation of students to
18and from school and school-sponsored activities, when the
19school board has adopted a policy authorizing such recording,
20notice of such recording policy is included in student
21handbooks and other documents including the policies of the
22school, notice of the policy regarding recording is provided to
23parents of students, and notice of such recording is clearly
24posted on the door of and inside the school bus.
25    Recordings made pursuant to this subsection (m) shall be
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1(or their designees) and law enforcement personnel for
2investigations, school disciplinary actions and hearings,
3proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, and criminal
4prosecutions, related to incidents occurring in or around the
5school bus;
6    (n) Recording or listening to an audio transmission from a
7microphone placed by a person under the authority of a law
8enforcement agency inside a bait car surveillance vehicle while
9simultaneously capturing a photographic or video image;
10    (o) The use of an eavesdropping camera or audio device
11during an ongoing hostage or barricade situation by a law
12enforcement officer or individual acting on behalf of a law
13enforcement officer when the use of such device is necessary to
14protect the safety of the general public, hostages, or law
15enforcement officers or anyone acting on their behalf;
16    (p) Recording or listening with the aid of any device to
17incoming telephone calls of phone lines publicly listed or
18advertised as the "CPS Violence Prevention Hotline", but only
19where the notice of recording is given at the beginning of each
20call as required by Section 34-21.8 of the School Code. The
21recordings may be retained only by the Chicago Police
22Department or other law enforcement authorities, and shall not
23be otherwise retained or disseminated; and
24    (q)(1) With prior request to and verbal approval of the
25State's Attorney of the county in which the conversation is
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1eavesdropping device to a conversation in which a law
2enforcement officer, or any person acting at the direction of a
3law enforcement officer, is a party to the conversation and has
4consented to the conversation being intercepted or recorded in
5the course of an investigation of a drug offense. The State's
6Attorney may grant this verbal approval only after determining
7that reasonable cause exists to believe that a drug offense
8will be committed by a specified individual or individuals
9within a designated period of time.
10    (2) Request for approval. To invoke the exception contained
11in this subsection (q), a law enforcement officer shall make a
12written or verbal request for approval to the appropriate
13State's Attorney. This request for approval shall include
14whatever information is deemed necessary by the State's
15Attorney but shall include, at a minimum, the following
16information about each specified individual whom the law
17enforcement officer believes will commit a drug offense:
18        (A) his or her full or partial name, nickname or alias;
19        (B) a physical description; or
20        (C) failing either (A) or (B) of this paragraph (2),
21    any other supporting information known to the law
22    enforcement officer at the time of the request that gives
23    rise to reasonable cause to believe the individual will
24    commit a drug offense.
25    (3) Limitations on verbal approval. Each verbal approval by
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1to:
2        (A) a recording or interception conducted by a
3    specified law enforcement officer or person acting at the
4    direction of a law enforcement officer;
5        (B) recording or intercepting conversations with the
6    individuals specified in the request for approval,
7    provided that the verbal approval shall be deemed to
8    include the recording or intercepting of conversations
9    with other individuals, unknown to the law enforcement
10    officer at the time of the request for approval, who are
11    acting in conjunction with or as co-conspirators with the
12    individuals specified in the request for approval in the
13    commission of a drug offense;
14        (C) a reasonable period of time but in no event longer
15    than 24 consecutive hours.
16    (4) Admissibility of evidence. No part of the contents of
17any wire, electronic, or oral communication that has been
18recorded or intercepted as a result of this exception may be
19received in evidence in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding
20in or before any court, grand jury, department, officer,
21agency, regulatory body, legislative committee, or other
22authority of this State, or a political subdivision of the
23State, other than in a prosecution of:
24        (A) a drug offense;
25        (B) a forcible felony committed directly in the course
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1    approval was given to record or intercept a conversation
2    under this subsection (q); or
3        (C) any other forcible felony committed while the
4    recording or interception was approved in accordance with
5    this Section (q), but for this specific category of
6    prosecutions, only if the law enforcement officer or person
7    acting at the direction of a law enforcement officer who
8    has consented to the conversation being intercepted or
9    recorded suffers great bodily injury or is killed during
10    the commission of the charged forcible felony.
11    (5) Compliance with the provisions of this subsection is a
12prerequisite to the admissibility in evidence of any part of
13the contents of any wire, electronic or oral communication that
14has been intercepted as a result of this exception, but nothing
15in this subsection shall be deemed to prevent a court from
16otherwise excluding the evidence on any other ground, nor shall
17anything in this subsection be deemed to prevent a court from
18independently reviewing the admissibility of the evidence for
19compliance with the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
20or with Article I, Section 6 of the Illinois Constitution.
21    (6) Use of recordings or intercepts unrelated to drug
22offenses. Whenever any wire, electronic, or oral communication
23has been recorded or intercepted as a result of this exception
24that is not related to a drug offense or a forcible felony
25committed in the course of a drug offense, no part of the
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1communication may be received in evidence in any trial,
2hearing, or other proceeding in or before any court, grand
3jury, department, officer, agency, regulatory body,
4legislative committee, or other authority of this State, or a
5political subdivision of the State, nor may it be publicly
6disclosed in any way.
7    (7) Definitions. For the purposes of this subsection (q)
8only:
9        "Drug offense" includes and is limited to a felony
10    violation of one of the following: (A) the Illinois
11    Controlled Substances Act, (B) the Cannabis Control Act,
12    and (C) the Methamphetamine Control and Community
13    Protection Act.
14        "Forcible felony" includes and is limited to those
15    offenses contained in Section 2-8 of the Criminal Code of
16    1961 as of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
17    97th General Assembly, and only as those offenses have been
18    defined by law or judicial interpretation as of that date.
19        "State's Attorney" includes and is limited to the
20    State's Attorney or an assistant State's Attorney
21    designated by the State's Attorney to provide verbal
22    approval to record or intercept conversations under this
23    subsection (q).
24    (8) Sunset. This subsection (q) is inoperative on and after
25January 1, 2015. No conversations intercepted pursuant to this
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1court of law by virtue of the inoperability of this subsection
2(q) on January 1, 2015; and .
3    (r) A person who is not a law enforcement officer nor
4acting at the direction of a law enforcement officer may record
5the conversation of a law enforcement officer who is performing
6a public duty in a public place and any other person who is
7having a conversation with that law enforcement officer if the
8conversation is at a volume audible to the unassisted ear of
9the person who is making the recording. For purposes of this
10subsection (r), "public place" means any place to which the
11public has access and includes, but is not limited to, streets,
12sidewalks, parks, and highways (including inside motor
13vehicles), and the common areas of public and private
14facilities and buildings.
15(Source: P.A. 96-425, eff. 8-13-09; 96-547, eff. 1-1-10;
1696-643, eff. 1-1-10; 96-670, eff. 8-25-09; 96-1000, eff.
177-2-10; 96-1425, eff. 1-1-11; 96-1464, eff. 8-20-10; 97-333,
18eff. 8-12-11; 97-846, eff. 1-1-13; 97-897, eff. 1-1-13; revised
198-23-12.)
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21becoming law.