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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Purpose.
5    (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that:
6        (1) Public Act 89-203, effective July 21, 1995,
7    contained provisions amending the Criminal Code of 1961 and
8    the Unified Code of Corrections. Public Act 89-203 also
9    contained other provisions, including revisions to the
10    Vehicle Code, the Counties Code, and the Code of Civil
11    Procedure.
12        (2) On November 18, 1999, the Illinois Supreme Court,
13    in People v. Wooters, 1999, 243 Ill. Dec. 33, 188 Ill.2d
14    500, 722 N.E.2d 1102 ruled that Public Act 89-203 violates
15    the single subject clause of the Illinois Constitution
16    (Article IV, Section 8 (d)) and was unconstitutional in its
17    entirety.
18        (3) The provisions of Public Act 89-203 amending
19    Section 5-8-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections is of
20    vital concern to the people of this State and legislative
21    action concerning that provision of Public Act 89-203 is
22    necessary.
23    (b) The purpose of this Act is to re-enact the provisions
24of Section 5-8-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections of Public

 

 

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1Act 89-203, including subsequent amendments. This re-enactment
2is intended to remove any question as to the validity or
3content of those provisions.
4    (c) This Act re-enacts the provisions of Section 5-8-1 of
5the Unified Code of Corrections added by Public Act 89-203,
6including subsequent amendments, to remove any question as to
7the validity or content of those provisions; it is not intended
8to supersede any other Public Act that amends the text of the
9Sections as set forth in this Act. The material is shown as
10existing text (i.e., without underscoring).
 
11    Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
12reenacting Section 5-8-1 as follows:
 
13    (730 ILCS 5/5-8-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-1)
14    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 96-1551)
15    Sec. 5-8-1. Natural life imprisonment; enhancements for
16use of a firearm; mandatory supervised release terms.
17    (a) Except as otherwise provided in the statute defining
18the offense or in Article 4.5 of Chapter V, a sentence of
19imprisonment for a felony shall be a determinate sentence set
20by the court under this Section, according to the following
21limitations:
22        (1) for first degree murder,
23            (a) (blank),
24            (b) if a trier of fact finds beyond a reasonable

 

 

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1        doubt that the murder was accompanied by exceptionally
2        brutal or heinous behavior indicative of wanton
3        cruelty or, except as set forth in subsection (a)(1)(c)
4        of this Section, that any of the aggravating factors
5        listed in subsection (b) or (b-5) of Section 9-1 of the
6        Criminal Code of 1961 are present, the court may
7        sentence the defendant to a term of natural life
8        imprisonment, or
9            (c) the court shall sentence the defendant to a
10        term of natural life imprisonment when the death
11        penalty is not imposed if the defendant,
12                (i) has previously been convicted of first
13            degree murder under any state or federal law, or
14                (ii) is a person who, at the time of the
15            commission of the murder, had attained the age of
16            17 or more and is found guilty of murdering an
17            individual under 12 years of age; or, irrespective
18            of the defendant's age at the time of the
19            commission of the offense, is found guilty of
20            murdering more than one victim, or
21                (iii) is found guilty of murdering a peace
22            officer, fireman, or emergency management worker
23            when the peace officer, fireman, or emergency
24            management worker was killed in the course of
25            performing his official duties, or to prevent the
26            peace officer or fireman from performing his

 

 

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1            official duties, or in retaliation for the peace
2            officer, fireman, or emergency management worker
3            from performing his official duties, and the
4            defendant knew or should have known that the
5            murdered individual was a peace officer, fireman,
6            or emergency management worker, or
7                (iv) is found guilty of murdering an employee
8            of an institution or facility of the Department of
9            Corrections, or any similar local correctional
10            agency, when the employee was killed in the course
11            of performing his official duties, or to prevent
12            the employee from performing his official duties,
13            or in retaliation for the employee performing his
14            official duties, or
15                (v) is found guilty of murdering an emergency
16            medical technician - ambulance, emergency medical
17            technician - intermediate, emergency medical
18            technician - paramedic, ambulance driver or other
19            medical assistance or first aid person while
20            employed by a municipality or other governmental
21            unit when the person was killed in the course of
22            performing official duties or to prevent the
23            person from performing official duties or in
24            retaliation for performing official duties and the
25            defendant knew or should have known that the
26            murdered individual was an emergency medical

 

 

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1            technician - ambulance, emergency medical
2            technician - intermediate, emergency medical
3            technician - paramedic, ambulance driver, or other
4            medical assistant or first aid personnel, or
5                (vi) is a person who, at the time of the
6            commission of the murder, had not attained the age
7            of 17, and is found guilty of murdering a person
8            under 12 years of age and the murder is committed
9            during the course of aggravated criminal sexual
10            assault, criminal sexual assault, or aggravated
11            kidnaping, or
12                (vii) is found guilty of first degree murder
13            and the murder was committed by reason of any
14            person's activity as a community policing
15            volunteer or to prevent any person from engaging in
16            activity as a community policing volunteer. For
17            the purpose of this Section, "community policing
18            volunteer" has the meaning ascribed to it in
19            Section 2-3.5 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
20            For purposes of clause (v), "emergency medical
21        technician - ambulance", "emergency medical technician -
22         intermediate", "emergency medical technician -
23        paramedic", have the meanings ascribed to them in the
24        Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act.
25            (d) (i) if the person committed the offense while
26            armed with a firearm, 15 years shall be added to

 

 

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1            the term of imprisonment imposed by the court;
2                (ii) if, during the commission of the offense,
3            the person personally discharged a firearm, 20
4            years shall be added to the term of imprisonment
5            imposed by the court;
6                (iii) if, during the commission of the
7            offense, the person personally discharged a
8            firearm that proximately caused great bodily harm,
9            permanent disability, permanent disfigurement, or
10            death to another person, 25 years or up to a term
11            of natural life shall be added to the term of
12            imprisonment imposed by the court.
13        (2) (blank);
14        (2.5) for a person convicted under the circumstances
15    described in subdivision (b)(1)(B) of Section 11-1.20 or
16    paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of Section 12-13,
17    subdivision (d)(2) of Section 11-1.30 or paragraph (2) of
18    subsection (d) of Section 12-14, subdivision (b)(1.2) of
19    Section 11-1.40 or paragraph (1.2) of subsection (b) of
20    Section 12-14.1, subdivision (b)(2) of Section 11-1.40 or
21    paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Section 12-14.1 of the
22    Criminal Code of 1961, the sentence shall be a term of
23    natural life imprisonment.
24    (b) (Blank).
25    (c) (Blank).
26    (d) Subject to earlier termination under Section 3-3-8, the

 

 

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1parole or mandatory supervised release term shall be as
2follows:
3        (1) for first degree murder or a Class X felony except
4    for the offenses of predatory criminal sexual assault of a
5    child, aggravated criminal sexual assault, and criminal
6    sexual assault if committed on or after the effective date
7    of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and
8    except for the offense of aggravated child pornography
9    under Section 11-20.1B or 11-20.3 of the Criminal Code of
10    1961, if committed on or after January 1, 2009, 3 years;
11        (2) for a Class 1 felony or a Class 2 felony except for
12    the offense of criminal sexual assault if committed on or
13    after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th
14    General Assembly and except for the offenses of manufacture
15    and dissemination of child pornography under clauses
16    (a)(1) and (a)(2) of Section 11-20.1 of the Criminal Code
17    of 1961, if committed on or after January 1, 2009, 2 years;
18        (3) for a Class 3 felony or a Class 4 felony, 1 year;
19        (4) for defendants who commit the offense of predatory
20    criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal
21    sexual assault, or criminal sexual assault, on or after the
22    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
23    Assembly, or who commit the offense of aggravated child
24    pornography, manufacture of child pornography, or
25    dissemination of child pornography after January 1, 2009,
26    the term of mandatory supervised release shall range from a

 

 

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1    minimum of 3 years to a maximum of the natural life of the
2    defendant;
3        (5) if the victim is under 18 years of age, for a
4    second or subsequent offense of aggravated criminal sexual
5    abuse or felony criminal sexual abuse, 4 years, at least
6    the first 2 years of which the defendant shall serve in an
7    electronic home detention program under Article 8A of
8    Chapter V of this Code;
9        (6) for a felony domestic battery, aggravated domestic
10    battery, stalking, aggravated stalking, and a felony
11    violation of an order of protection, 4 years.
12    (e) (Blank).
13    (f) (Blank).
14(Source: P.A. 95-983, eff. 6-1-09; 95-1052, eff. 7-1-09;
1596-282, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1200, eff.
167-22-10; 96-1475, eff. 1-1-11; 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)
 
17    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18becoming law.