93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4748

 

Introduced 02/04/04, by John J. Millner, Linda Chapa LaVia

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/14-2   from Ch. 38, par. 14-2

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 relating to exemptions from eavesdropping violations. Permits the interception, recording, or transcription of an electronic communication by an employee of a penal institution (rather than an employee of the Illinois Department of Corrections), provided that the interception, recording, or transcription is: (1) otherwise legally permissible under Illinois law; (2) conducted with the approval of the penal institution (rather than the Illinois Department of Corrections) for the purpose of investigating or enforcing a State criminal law or a penal institution rule or regulation (rather than a Department rule or regulation) with respect to inmates in the penal institution (rather than persons committed to the Illinois Department of Corrections); and (3) within the scope of the employee's official duties.


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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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
5 Section 14-2 as follows:
 
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:
9         (1) Knowingly and intentionally uses an eavesdropping
10     device for the purpose of hearing or recording all or any
11     part of any conversation or intercepts, retains, or
12     transcribes electronic communication unless he does so (A)
13     with the consent of all of the parties to such conversation
14     or electronic communication or (B) in accordance with
15     Article 108A or Article 108B of the "Code of Criminal
16     Procedure of 1963", approved August 14, 1963, as amended;
17     or
18         (2) Manufactures, assembles, distributes, or possesses
19     any electronic, mechanical, eavesdropping, or other device
20     knowing that or having reason to know that the design of
21     the device renders it primarily useful for the purpose of
22     the surreptitious hearing or recording of oral
23     conversations or the interception, retention, or
24     transcription of electronic communications and the
25     intended or actual use of the device is contrary to the
26     provisions of this Article; or
27         (3) Uses or divulges, except as authorized by this
28     Article or by Article 108A or 108B of the "Code of Criminal
29     Procedure of 1963", approved August 14, 1963, as amended,
30     any information which he knows or reasonably should know
31     was obtained through the use of an eavesdropping device.
32     (b) It is an affirmative defense to a charge brought under

 

 

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1 this Article relating to the interception of a privileged
2 communication that the person charged:
3         1. was a law enforcement officer acting pursuant to an
4     order of interception, entered pursuant to Section 108A-1
5     or 108B-5 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963; and
6         2. at the time the communication was intercepted, the
7     officer was unaware that the communication was privileged;
8     and
9         3. stopped the interception within a reasonable time
10     after discovering that the communication was privileged;
11     and
12         4. did not disclose the contents of the communication.
13     (c) It is not unlawful for a manufacturer or a supplier of
14 eavesdropping devices, or a provider of wire or electronic
15 communication services, their agents, employees, contractors,
16 or venders to manufacture, assemble, sell, or possess an
17 eavesdropping device within the normal course of their business
18 for purposes not contrary to this Article or for law
19 enforcement officers and employees of the Illinois Department
20 of Corrections to manufacture, assemble, purchase, or possess
21 an eavesdropping device in preparation for or within the course
22 of their official duties.
23     (d) The interception, recording, or transcription of an
24 electronic communication by an employee of a penal institution
25 the Illinois Department of Corrections is not prohibited under
26 this Act, provided that the interception, recording, or
27 transcription is:
28         (1) otherwise legally permissible under Illinois law;
29         (2) conducted with the approval of the penal
30     institution Illinois Department of Corrections for the
31     purpose of investigating or enforcing a State criminal law
32     or a penal institution Department rule or regulation with
33     respect to inmates in the institution persons committed to
34     the Department; and
35         (3) within the scope of the employee's official duties.
36     For the purposes of this subsection (d), "penal

 

 

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1     institution" has the meaning ascribed to it in clause (c)(1) of
2     Section 31A-1.1.
3 (Source: P.A. 91-657, eff. 1-1-00.)