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 1        AN ACT in relation to 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
 5    changing Section 12-7.1 as follows:

 6        (720 ILCS 5/12-7.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-7.1)
 7        Sec. 12-7.1.  Hate crime.
 8        (a)  A person commits hate crime when, by reason  of  the
 9    actual  or  perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry,
10    gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or
11    national  origin  of   another   individual   or   group   of
12    individuals,   regardless  of  the  existence  of  any  other
13    motivating factor or factors, he  commits  assault,  battery,
14    aggravated  assault,  misdemeanor theft, criminal trespass to
15    residence, misdemeanor criminal damage to property,  criminal
16    trespass  to vehicle, criminal trespass to real property, mob
17    action or disorderly conduct as these crimes are  defined  in
18    Sections  12-1,  12-2,  12-3,  16-1,  19-4, 21-1, 21-2, 21-3,
19    25-1, and 26-1 of this Code, respectively, or  harassment  by
20    telephone  as  defined  in  Section  1-1 of the Harassing and
21    Obscene Communications Act, or harassment through  electronic
22    communications  as defined in clause (a)(4) of Section 1-2 of
23    the Harassing and Obscene Communications Act.
24        (b)  Except as provided in subsection (b-5),  hate  crime
25    is  a Class 4 felony for a first offense and a Class 2 felony
26    for a second or subsequent offense.
27        (b-5)  Hate crime is a Class 3 felony for a first offense
28    and a Class 2 felony for a second or  subsequent  offense  if
29    committed:
30             (1)  in   a  church,  synagogue,  mosque,  or  other
31        building, structure, or place used for religious  worship
 
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 1        or other religious purpose;
 2             (2)  in a cemetery, mortuary, or other facility used
 3        for the purpose of burial or memorializing the dead;
 4             (3)  in a school or other educational facility;
 5             (4)  in  a  public  park  or  an ethnic or religious
 6        community center;
 7             (5)  on the real property  comprising  any  location
 8        specified  in  clauses (1) through (4) of this subsection
 9        (b-5); or
10             (6)  on a public way within 1,000 feet of  the  real
11        property comprising any location specified in clauses (1)
12        through (4) of this subsection (b-5).
13        (b-10)  Upon  imposition of any sentence, the trial court
14    shall also either order restitution paid  to  the  victim  or
15    impose  a  fine  up  to  $1,000.   In  addition, any order of
16    probation  or  conditional  discharge  entered  following   a
17    conviction  or an adjudication of delinquency shall include a
18    condition that  the  offender  perform  public  or  community
19    service  of  no  less  than  200  hours  if  that  service is
20    established in the county where the offender was convicted of
21    hate crime.  The court may also impose any other condition of
22    probation or conditional discharge under this Section.
23        (c)  Independent  of  any  criminal  prosecution  or  the
24    result thereof, any person suffering injury to his person  or
25    damage  to his property as a result of hate crime may bring a
26    civil action for damages,  injunction  or  other  appropriate
27    relief. The court may award actual damages, including damages
28    for  emotional  distress, or punitive damages. A judgment may
29    include attorney's fees and  costs.   The  parents  or  legal
30    guardians,  other  than  guardians  appointed pursuant to the
31    Juvenile Court Act or the Juvenile Court Act of 1987,  of  an
32    unemancipated  minor  shall  be  liable for the amount of any
33    judgment for actual damages rendered against such minor under
34    this subsection (c) in any amount not  exceeding  the  amount
 
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 1    provided under Section 5 of the Parental Responsibility Law.
 2        (d)  "Sexual    orientation"    means    heterosexuality,
 3    homosexuality, or bisexuality.
 4    (Source: P.A. 92-830, eff. 1-1-03.)

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