94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4438

 

Introduced 1/9/2006, by Rep. Harry R. Ramey, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/16G-13 new
720 ILCS 5/16G-21
720 ILCS 5/33-3   from Ch. 38, par. 33-3

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of facilitating identity theft. Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she is an employee of the State of Illinois who in the course of his or her official duties has access to personal identifying information of another person, whether written, recorded, or on computer disk and disposes of that written, recorded, or computerized information in any receptacle, trash can, or other container that the public could gain access to without shredding that information, destroying the recording, or wiping the computer disk so that the information is either unintelligible or destroyed. Provides for civil remedies. Provides that such violation is official misconduct. Provides that a violation is a Class 3 felony.


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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 Sections 16G-21 and 33-3 and by adding Section 16G-13 as
6 follows:
 
7     (720 ILCS 5/16G-13 new)
8     Sec. 16G-13. Facilitating identity theft.
9     (a) A person commits the offense of facilitating identity
10 theft when he or she is an employee of the State of Illinois
11 who in the course of his or her official duties has access to
12 personal identifying information of another person, whether
13 written, recorded, or on computer disk and disposes of that
14 written, recorded, or computerized information in any
15 receptacle, trash can, or other container that the public could
16 gain access to without shredding that information, destroying
17 the recording, or wiping the computer disk so that the
18 information is either unintelligible or destroyed.
19     (b) Sentence. Facilitating identity theft is a Class 3
20 felony.
 
21     (720 ILCS 5/16G-21)
22     Sec. 16G-21. Civil remedies. A person who is convicted of
23 facilitating identity theft, identity theft, or aggravated
24 identity theft is liable in a civil action to the person who
25 suffered damages as a result of the violation. The person
26 suffering damages may recover court costs, attorney's fees,
27 lost wages, and actual damages.
28 (Source: P.A. 92-686, eff. 7-16-02; 93-401, eff. 7-31-03.)
 
29     (720 ILCS 5/33-3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 33-3)
30     Sec. 33-3. Official misconduct Misconduct.) A public

 

 

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1 officer or employee or special government agent commits
2 misconduct when, in his or her official capacity or capacity as
3 a special government agent, he or she commits any of the
4 following acts:
5         (a) Intentionally or recklessly fails to perform any
6     mandatory duty as required by law; or
7         (b) Knowingly performs an act which he or she knows he
8     or she is forbidden by law to perform; or
9         (c) With intent to obtain a personal advantage for
10     himself, herself, or another, he or she performs an act in
11     excess of his or her lawful authority; or
12         (d) Solicits or knowingly accepts for the performance
13     of any act a fee or reward which he or she knows is not
14     authorized by law; or .
15         (e) Being an employee of the State of Illinois, he or
16     she violates Section 16G-13 of this Code.
17     A public officer or employee or special government agent
18 convicted of violating any provision of this Section forfeits
19 his or her office or employment or position as a special
20 government agent. In addition, he or she commits a Class 3
21 felony.
22     For purposes of this Section, "special government agent"
23 has the meaning ascribed to it in subsection (l) of Section
24 4A-101 of the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.
25 (Source: P.A. 94-338, eff. 1-1-06.)