SB0840eng 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB0840 Engrossed LRB100 06173 SLF 16207 b

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 2012 is amended by adding Section 12-6.2-5 as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/12-6.2-5 new)

Sec. 12-6.2-5. Extortion.

(a) A person commits extortion when he or she knowingly obtains, or causes to be obtained, property, services, something of value, advantage or immunity, from another person, with that person's consent, when the consent is induced by wrongful use of the threat of fear or actual or threatened force, violence, or under color of official right.

(b) Sentence. Extortion is a Class 3 felony.