95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1236

 

Introduced 2/15/2007, by Rep. Jil Tracy - Ruth Munson - Franco Coladipietro - Paul D. Froehlich - Brent Hassert, et al.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/16G-15

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Increases the penalties for identity theft by one class when the penalties for the offense are less than a Class X felony if the victim of the offense is an active duty member of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of the United States or of the Illinois National Guard serving in a foreign country.


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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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 16G-15 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/16G-15)
7     Sec. 16G-15. Identity theft.
8     (a) A person commits the offense of identity theft when he
9 or she knowingly:
10         (1) uses any personal identifying information or
11     personal identification document of another person to
12     fraudulently obtain credit, money, goods, services, or
13     other property, or
14         (2) uses any personal identification information or
15     personal identification document of another with intent to
16     commit any felony theft or other felony violation of State
17     law not set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection (a),
18     or
19         (3) obtains, records, possesses, sells, transfers,
20     purchases, or manufactures any personal identification
21     information or personal identification document of another
22     with intent to commit or to aid or abet another in
23     committing any felony theft or other felony violation of

 

 

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1     State law, or
2         (4) uses, obtains, records, possesses, sells,
3     transfers, purchases, or manufactures any personal
4     identification information or personal identification
5     document of another knowing that such personal
6     identification information or personal identification
7     documents were stolen or produced without lawful
8     authority, or
9         (5) uses, transfers, or possesses document-making
10     implements to produce false identification or false
11     documents with knowledge that they will be used by the
12     person or another to commit any felony theft or other
13     felony violation of State law, or
14         (6) uses any personal identification information or
15     personal identification document of another to portray
16     himself or herself as that person, or otherwise, for the
17     purpose of gaining access to any personal identification
18     information or personal identification document of that
19     person, without the prior express permission of that
20     person, or
21         (7) uses any personal identification information or
22     personal identification document of another for the
23     purpose of gaining access to any record of the actions
24     taken, communications made or received, or other
25     activities or transactions of that person, without the
26     prior express permission of that person.

 

 

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1     (b) Knowledge shall be determined by an evaluation of all
2 circumstances surrounding the use of the other person's
3 identifying information or document.
4     (c) When a charge of identity theft of credit, money,
5 goods, services, or other property exceeding a specified value
6 is brought the value of the credit, money, goods, services, or
7 other property is an element of the offense to be resolved by
8 the trier of fact as either exceeding or not exceeding the
9 specified value.
10     (d) Sentence.
11         (1) A person convicted of identity theft in violation
12     of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) shall be sentenced as
13     follows:
14             (A) Identity identity theft of credit, money,
15         goods, services, or other property not exceeding $300
16         in value is a Class 4 felony. A person who has been
17         previously convicted of identity theft of less than
18         $300 who is convicted of a second or subsequent offense
19         of identity theft of less than $300 is guilty of a
20         Class 3 felony. A person who has been convicted of
21         identity theft of less than $300 who has been
22         previously convicted of any type of theft, robbery,
23         armed robbery, burglary, residential burglary,
24         possession of burglary tools, home invasion, home
25         repair fraud, aggravated home repair fraud, or
26         financial exploitation of an elderly or disabled

 

 

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1         person is guilty of a Class 3 felony. Identity theft of
2         credit, money, goods, services, or other property not
3         exceeding $300 in value when the victim of the identity
4         theft is an active duty member of the Armed Services or
5         Reserve Forces of the United States or of the Illinois
6         National Guard serving in a foreign country is a Class
7         3 felony. A person who has been previously convicted of
8         identity theft of less than $300 who is convicted of a
9         second or subsequent offense of identity theft of less
10         than $300 when the victim of the identity theft is an
11         active duty member of the Armed Services or Reserve
12         Forces of the United States or of the Illinois National
13         Guard serving in a foreign country is guilty of a Class
14         2 felony. A person who has been convicted of identity
15         theft of less than $300 when the victim of the identity
16         theft is an active duty member of the Armed Services or
17         Reserve Forces of the United States or of the Illinois
18         National Guard serving in a foreign country who has
19         been previously convicted of any type of theft,
20         robbery, armed robbery, burglary, residential
21         burglary, possession of burglary tools, home invasion,
22         home repair fraud, aggravated home repair fraud, or
23         financial exploitation of an elderly or disabled
24         person is guilty of a Class 2 felony. When a person has
25         any such prior conviction, the information or
26         indictment charging that person shall state the prior

 

 

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1         conviction so as to give notice of the State's
2         intention to treat the charge as a Class 3 felony. The
3         fact of the prior conviction is not an element of the
4         offense and may not be disclosed to the jury during
5         trial unless otherwise permitted by issues properly
6         raised during the trial.
7             (B) Identity theft of credit, money, goods,
8         services, or other property exceeding $300 and not
9         exceeding $2,000 in value is a Class 3 felony. Identity
10         theft of credit, money, goods, services, or other
11         property exceeding $300 and not exceeding $2,000 in
12         value when the victim of the identity theft is an
13         active duty member of the Armed Services or Reserve
14         Forces of the United States or of the Illinois National
15         Guard serving in a foreign country is a Class 2 felony.
16             (C) Identity theft of credit, money, goods,
17         services, or other property exceeding $2,000 and not
18         exceeding $10,000 in value is a Class 2 felony.
19         Identity theft of credit, money, goods, services, or
20         other property exceeding $2,000 and not exceeding
21         $10,000 in value when the victim of the identity theft
22         is an active duty member of the Armed Services or
23         Reserve Forces of the United States or of the Illinois
24         National Guard serving in a foreign country is a Class
25         1 felony.
26             (D) Identity theft of credit, money, goods,

 

 

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1         services, or other property exceeding $10,000 and not
2         exceeding $100,000 in value is a Class 1 felony.
3         Identity theft of credit, money, goods, services, or
4         other property exceeding $10,000 and not exceeding
5         $100,000 in value when the victim of the identity theft
6         is an active duty member of the Armed Services or
7         Reserve Forces of the United States or of the Illinois
8         National Guard serving in a foreign country is a Class
9         X felony.
10             (E) Identity theft of credit, money, goods,
11         services, or other property exceeding $100,000 in
12         value is a Class X felony.
13         (2) A person convicted of any offense enumerated in
14     paragraphs (2) through (7) of subsection (a) is guilty of a
15     Class 3 felony. A person convicted of any offense
16     enumerated in paragraphs (2) through (7) of subsection (a)
17     when the victim of the identity theft is an active duty
18     member of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of the
19     United States or of the Illinois National Guard serving in
20     a foreign country is guilty of a Class 2 felony.
21         (3) A person convicted of any offense enumerated in
22     paragraphs (2) through (5) of subsection (a) a second or
23     subsequent time is guilty of a Class 2 felony. A person
24     convicted of any offense enumerated in paragraphs (2)
25     through (5) of subsection (a) a second or subsequent time
26     when the victim of the identity theft is an active duty

 

 

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1     member of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of the
2     United States or of the Illinois National Guard serving in
3     a foreign country is guilty of a Class 1 felony.
4         (4) A person who, within a 12 month period, is found in
5     violation of any offense enumerated in paragraphs (2)
6     through (7) of subsection (a) with respect to the
7     identifiers of, or other information relating to, 3 or more
8     separate individuals, at the same time or consecutively, is
9     guilty of a Class 2 felony. A person who, within a 12 month
10     period, is found in violation of any offense enumerated in
11     paragraphs (2) through (7) of subsection (a) with respect
12     to the identifiers of, or other information relating to, 3
13     or more separate individuals, at the same time or
14     consecutively, when the victim of the identity theft is an
15     active duty member of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces
16     of the United States or of the Illinois National Guard
17     serving in a foreign country is guilty of a Class 1 felony.
18         (5) A person convicted of identity theft in violation
19     of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) who uses any personal
20     identification information or personal identification
21     document of another to purchase methamphetamine
22     manufacturing material as defined in Section 10 of the
23     Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act with
24     the intent to unlawfully manufacture methamphetamine is
25     guilty of a Class 2 felony for a first offense and a Class
26     1 felony for a second or subsequent offense. A person

 

 

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1     convicted of identity theft in violation of paragraph (2)
2     of subsection (a) who uses any personal identification
3     information or personal identification document of another
4     to purchase methamphetamine manufacturing material as
5     defined in Section 10 of the Methamphetamine Control and
6     Community Protection Act with the intent to unlawfully
7     manufacture methamphetamine when the victim of the
8     identity theft is an active duty member of the Armed
9     Services or Reserve Forces of the United States or of the
10     Illinois National Guard serving in a foreign country is
11     guilty of a Class 1 felony for a first offense and a Class
12     X felony for a second or subsequent offense.
13 (Source: P.A. 93-401, eff. 7-31-03; 94-39, eff. 6-16-05;
14 94-827, eff. 1-1-07; 94-1008, eff. 7-5-06; revised 8-3-06.)