SB2987 Engrossed LRB096 14815 RLC 29678 b

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 14-6 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/14-6)  (from Ch. 38, par. 14-6)
7     Sec. 14-6. Civil remedies to injured parties. (1) Any or
8 all parties to any conversation or electronic communication
9 upon which eavesdropping is practiced contrary to this Article
10 shall be entitled to the following remedies:
11     (a) To an injunction by the circuit court prohibiting
12 further eavesdropping by the eavesdropper and by or on behalf
13 of his principal, or either;
14     (b) To all actual damages against the eavesdropper or his
15 principal or both;
16     (c) To any punitive damages which may be awarded by the
17 court or by a jury;
18     (d) To all actual damages against any landlord, owner or
19 building operator, or any common carrier by wire who aids,
20 abets, or knowingly permits the eavesdropping concerned;
21     (e) To any punitive damages which may be awarded by the
22 court or by a jury against any landlord, owner or building
23 operator, or common carrier by wire who aids, abets, or

 

 

SB2987 Engrossed - 2 - LRB096 14815 RLC 29678 b

1 knowingly permits the eavesdropping concerned.
2     (2) No cause of action shall lie in any court against any
3 common carrier by wire or its officers, agents or employees for
4 providing information, assistance or facilities in accordance
5 with the terms of a court order entered under Article 108A of
6 the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
7 (Source: P.A. 85-868.)