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1     AN ACT concerning professional regulation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Fire Sprinkler Contractor Licensing Act is
5 amended by adding Section 32 as follows:
 
6     (225 ILCS 335/32 new)
7     Sec. 32. Application for building permit; identity theft. A
8 person who knowingly, in the course of applying for a building
9 permit with a unit of local government, provides the license
10 number of a fire sprinkler contractor whom he or she does not
11 intend to have perform the work on the fire sprinkler portion
12 of the project commits identity theft under paragraph (8) of
13 subsection (a) of Section 16G-15 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
 
14     Section 10. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
15 changing Section 16G-15 as follows:
 
16     (720 ILCS 5/16G-15)
17     Sec. 16G-15. Identity theft.
18     (a) A person commits the offense of identity theft when he
19 or she knowingly:
20         (1) uses any personal identifying information or
21     personal identification document of another person to

 

 

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1     fraudulently obtain credit, money, goods, services, or
2     other property, or
3         (2) uses any personal identification information or
4     personal identification document of another with intent to
5     commit any felony theft or other felony violation of State
6     law not set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection (a),
7     or
8         (3) obtains, records, possesses, sells, transfers,
9     purchases, or manufactures any personal identification
10     information or personal identification document of another
11     with intent to commit or to aid or abet another in
12     committing any felony theft or other felony violation of
13     State law, or
14         (4) uses, obtains, records, possesses, sells,
15     transfers, purchases, or manufactures any personal
16     identification information or personal identification
17     document of another knowing that such personal
18     identification information or personal identification
19     documents were stolen or produced without lawful
20     authority, or
21         (5) uses, transfers, or possesses document-making
22     implements to produce false identification or false
23     documents with knowledge that they will be used by the
24     person or another to commit any felony theft or other
25     felony violation of State law, or
26         (6) uses any personal identification information or

 

 

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1     personal identification document of another to portray
2     himself or herself as that person, or otherwise, for the
3     purpose of gaining access to any personal identification
4     information or personal identification document of that
5     person, without the prior express permission of that
6     person, or
7         (7) uses any personal identification information or
8     personal identification document of another for the
9     purpose of gaining access to any record of the actions
10     taken, communications made or received, or other
11     activities or transactions of that person, without the
12     prior express permission of that person, or .
13         (8) in the course of applying for a building permit
14     with a unit of local government, provides the license
15     number of a fire sprinkler contractor whom he or she does
16     not intend to have perform the work on the fire sprinkler
17     portion of the project. It is an affirmative defense to
18     prosecution under this paragraph (8) that the building
19     permit applicant promptly informed the unit of local
20     government that issued the building permit of any change in
21     the fire sprinkler contractor.
22     (b) Knowledge shall be determined by an evaluation of all
23 circumstances surrounding the use of the other person's
24 identifying information or document.
25     (c) When a charge of identity theft of credit, money,
26 goods, services, or other property exceeding a specified value

 

 

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1 is brought the value of the credit, money, goods, services, or
2 other property is an element of the offense to be resolved by
3 the trier of fact as either exceeding or not exceeding the
4 specified value.
5     (d) Sentence.
6         (1) A person convicted of identity theft in violation
7     of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) shall be sentenced as
8     follows:
9             (A) Identity theft of credit, money, goods,
10         services, or other property not exceeding $300 in value
11         is a Class 4 felony. A person who has been previously
12         convicted of identity theft of less than $300 who is
13         convicted of a second or subsequent offense of identity
14         theft of less than $300 is guilty of a Class 3 felony.
15         A person who has been convicted of identity theft of
16         less than $300 who has been previously convicted of any
17         type of theft, robbery, armed robbery, burglary,
18         residential burglary, possession of burglary tools,
19         home invasion, home repair fraud, aggravated home
20         repair fraud, or financial exploitation of an elderly
21         or disabled person is guilty of a Class 3 felony.
22         Identity theft of credit, money, goods, services, or
23         other property not exceeding $300 in value when the
24         victim of the identity theft is an active duty member
25         of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of the United
26         States or of the Illinois National Guard serving in a

 

 

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1         foreign country is a Class 3 felony. A person who has
2         been previously convicted of identity theft of less
3         than $300 who is convicted of a second or subsequent
4         offense of identity theft of less than $300 when the
5         victim of the identity theft is an active duty member
6         of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of the United
7         States or of the Illinois National Guard serving in a
8         foreign country is guilty of a Class 2 felony. A person
9         who has been convicted of identity theft of less than
10         $300 when the victim of the identity theft is an active
11         duty member of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
12         the United States or of the Illinois National Guard
13         serving in a foreign country who has been previously
14         convicted of any type of theft, robbery, armed robbery,
15         burglary, residential burglary, possession of burglary
16         tools, home invasion, home repair fraud, aggravated
17         home repair fraud, or financial exploitation of an
18         elderly or disabled person is guilty of a Class 2
19         felony. When a person has any such prior conviction,
20         the information or indictment charging that person
21         shall state the prior conviction so as to give notice
22         of the State's intention to treat the charge as a Class
23         3 felony. The fact of the prior conviction is not an
24         element of the offense and may not be disclosed to the
25         jury during trial unless otherwise permitted by issues
26         properly raised during the trial.

 

 

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1             (B) Identity theft of credit, money, goods,
2         services, or other property exceeding $300 and not
3         exceeding $2,000 in value is a Class 3 felony. Identity
4         theft of credit, money, goods, services, or other
5         property exceeding $300 and not exceeding $2,000 in
6         value when the victim of the identity theft is an
7         active duty member of the Armed Services or Reserve
8         Forces of the United States or of the Illinois National
9         Guard serving in a foreign country is a Class 2 felony.
10             (C) Identity theft of credit, money, goods,
11         services, or other property exceeding $2,000 and not
12         exceeding $10,000 in value is a Class 2 felony.
13         Identity theft of credit, money, goods, services, or
14         other property exceeding $2,000 and not exceeding
15         $10,000 in value when the victim of the identity theft
16         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 is a Class
19         1 felony.
20             (D) Identity theft of credit, money, goods,
21         services, or other property exceeding $10,000 and not
22         exceeding $100,000 in value is a Class 1 felony.
23         Identity theft of credit, money, goods, services, or
24         other property exceeding $10,000 and not exceeding
25         $100,000 in value when the victim of the identity theft
26         is an active duty member of the Armed Services or

 

 

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1         Reserve Forces of the United States or of the Illinois
2         National Guard serving in a foreign country is a Class
3         X felony.
4             (E) Identity theft of credit, money, goods,
5         services, or other property exceeding $100,000 in
6         value is a Class X felony.
7         (2) A person convicted of any offense enumerated in
8     paragraphs (2) through (7) of subsection (a) is guilty of a
9     Class 3 felony. A person convicted of any offense
10     enumerated in paragraphs (2) through (7) of subsection (a)
11     when the victim of the identity theft is an active duty
12     member of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of the
13     United States or of the Illinois National Guard serving in
14     a foreign country is guilty of a Class 2 felony.
15         (3) A person convicted of any offense enumerated in
16     paragraphs (2) through (5) of subsection (a) a second or
17     subsequent time is guilty of a Class 2 felony. A person
18     convicted of any offense enumerated in paragraphs (2)
19     through (5) of subsection (a) a second or subsequent time
20     when the victim of the identity theft is an active duty
21     member of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of the
22     United States or of the Illinois National Guard serving in
23     a foreign country is guilty of a Class 1 felony.
24         (4) A person who, within a 12 month period, is found in
25     violation of any offense enumerated in paragraphs (2)
26     through (7) of subsection (a) with respect to the

 

 

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

 

 

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1     manufacture methamphetamine when the victim of the
2     identity theft is an active duty member of the Armed
3     Services or Reserve Forces of the United States or of the
4     Illinois National Guard serving in a foreign country is
5     guilty of a Class 1 felony for a first offense and a Class
6     X felony for a second or subsequent offense.
7         (6) A person convicted of identity theft in violation
8     of paragraph (8) of subsection (a) of this Section shall be
9     guilty of a Class 4 felony.
10 (Source: P.A. 94-39, eff. 6-16-05; 94-827, eff. 1-1-07;
11 94-1008, eff. 7-5-06; 95-60, eff. 1-1-08; 95-331, eff.
12 8-21-07.)
 
13     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14 becoming law.