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91_HB1850

 
                                               LRB9104673KSpc

 1        AN ACT to amend the  Criminal  Code  of  1961  by  adding
 2    Section 31-9.

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

 5        (720  ILCS  5/31-9  new)
 6        Sec. 31-9.  Concealed compartment in vehicle, watercraft,
 7    or aircraft.
 8        (a)  It shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  business,
 9    partnership,  or  corporation  to  knowingly  create, modify,
10    alter, or add any false or foreign  compartment  to  a  motor
11    vehicle,   watercraft,   or   aircraft  for  the  purpose  of
12    concealment of the compartment from  peace  officers  or  law
13    enforcement  personnel.   A violation of this subsection is a
14    Class 4 felony.
15        (b)  It shall be unlawful for  any  person  to  knowingly
16    possess any motor vehicle, watercraft, or aircraft containing
17    any  false  or foreign compartment created for the purpose of
18    concealment of the compartment from  peace  officers  or  law
19    enforcement  personnel.   A violation of this subsection is a
20    Class 4 felony.
21        (c)  It shall be unlawful for  any  person  to  knowingly
22    possess any motor vehicle, watercraft, or aircraft containing
23    any foreign compartment for the purpose of concealment of the
24    compartment  from peace officers or law enforcement personnel
25    and utilize that compartment in  the  transportation  of  any
26    item  or  substance which the possessor of the motor vehicle,
27    watercraft, or aircraft is not  allowed  by  law  to  own  or
28    possess.  A violation of this subsection is a Class 1 felony.
29    

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