HB0903 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB094 05278 RLC 35321 b

94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB0903

Introduced 2/2/2005, by Rep. Lisa M. Dugan

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/33G-1 new
720 ILCS 5/33G-5 new
720 ILCS 5/33G-10 new
720 ILCS 5/33G-15 new

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person who engages in a pattern of criminal offenses in 2 or more counties of this State or who attempts or conspires with other persons to engage in a pattern of criminal offenses is guilty of a Class 4 felony. Defines "pattern of criminal offenses" as (1) two or more criminal offenses committed as part of the same plan, scheme, or adventure; (2) a sequence of 2 or more of the same criminal offenses committed that are not separated by an interval of more than 30 days between each offense; or (3) 2 or more criminal offenses committed, each proceeding from or having as an antecedent element a single prior incident or pattern the elements of which constitute the offense of deceptive practices, robbery, burglary, theft, identity theft, false personation, certain violations of the Illinois Credit Card and Debit Card Act, or of the Illinois Identification Card Act. Effective immediately.

CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding Article 33G as follows:

33G. PATTERN OF CRIMINAL OFFENSES

(720 ILCS 5/33G-1 new)

Sec. 33G-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the Pattern of Criminal Offenses Law.

(720 ILCS 5/33G-5 new)

Sec. 33G-5. Definitions. In this Article, "pattern of criminal offenses" means:

(1) 2 or more criminal offenses committed as part of the same plan, scheme, or adventure;

(2) a sequence of 2 or more of the same criminal offenses committed that are not separated by an interval of more than 30 days between each offense; or

(3) 2 or more criminal offenses committed, each proceeding from or having as an antecedent element a single prior incident or pattern the elements of which constitute the offense of deceptive practices, robbery, burglary, theft, identity theft, false personation, a violation of Section 8 of the Illinois Credit Card and Debit Card Act, or a violation of Section 14B of the Illinois Identification Card Act.

(720 ILCS 5/33G-10 new)

Sec. 33G-10. Pattern of criminal offenses.

(a) A person who engages in a pattern of criminal offenses in 2 or more counties of this State or who attempts or conspires with other persons to engage in a pattern of criminal offenses is guilty of a Class 4 felony.

(b) The penalty imposed for a violation of this Section shall be in addition to any other penalty imposed for any offense involved in the pattern of criminal offenses.

(c) Double jeopardy attaches upon conviction of a person who engages in a pattern of criminal offenses.

(720 ILCS 5/33G-15 new)

Sec. 33G-15. Venue. The offense of engaging in a pattern of criminal offenses or any inchoate offense arising from that offense may be tried in any county in which any of the criminal offenses that constitute an element of the pattern of criminal offenses has occurred.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.