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90_HB3121

      720 ILCS 5/12-7.1         from Ch. 38, par. 12-7.1
          Amends the Criminal Code  of  1961.   Makes  a  stylistic
      change in the hate crime statute.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
 2    Section 12-7.1.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The  Criminal  Code  of  1961 is amended by
 6    changing Section 12-7.1 as follows:
 7        (720 ILCS 5/12-7.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-7.1)
 8        Sec. 12-7.1.  Hate crime.
 9        (a)  A person commits hate crime when, by reason  of  the
10    actual  or  perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry,
11    gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or
12    national  origin  of   another   individual   or   group   of
13    individuals, he commits assault, battery, aggravated assault,
14    misdemeanor    theft,   criminal   trespass   to   residence,
15    misdemeanor criminal damage to property, criminal trespass to
16    vehicle, criminal trespass to real property,  mob  action  or
17    disorderly  conduct  as  these crimes are defined in Sections
18    12-1, 12-2, 12-3, 16-1, 19-4, 21-1,  21-2,  21-3,  25-1,  and
19    26-1  of  this Code, respectively, or harassment by telephone
20    as defined in Section 1-1  of  the  Obscene  Phone  Call  Act
21    against  a  victim  who  is: (i) the other individual; (ii) a
22    member of the group of individuals; (iii) a person who has an
23    association with, is married to, or has a friendship with the
24    other individual or a member of the group of individuals;  or
25    (iv)  a relative (by blood or marriage) of a person described
26    in clause (i), (ii), or (iii).
27        (b)  Hate crime is a Class 4 felony for a  first  offense
28    and  a Class 2 felony for a second or subsequent offense. Any
29    order of probation or conditional discharge entered following
30    a conviction for an offense under this Section shall include,
31    a condition that the offender  perform  public  or  community
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 1    service  of  no  less  than  200  hours  if  that  service is
 2    established in the county where the offender was convicted of
 3    hate crime.  In addition  the  court  may  impose  any  other
 4    condition  of  probation  or conditional discharge under this
 5    Section.
 6        (c)  Independent  of  any  criminal  prosecution  or  the
 7    result  of  any  criminal  prosecution  thereof,  any  person
 8    suffering injury to his person or damage to his property as a
 9    result of hate crime may bring a civil  action  for  damages,
10    injunction  or  other appropriate relief. The court may award
11    actual damages, including damages for emotional distress,  or
12    punitive  damages. A judgment may include attorney's fees and
13    costs.  The parents or legal guardians, other than  guardians
14    appointed  pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act or the Juvenile
15    Court Act of 1987, of an unemancipated minor shall be  liable
16    for  the  amount  of any judgment for actual damages rendered
17    against such minor under this subsection (c)  in  any  amount
18    not  exceeding  the  amount  provided  under Section 5 of the
19    Parental Responsibility Law.
20        (d)  "Sexual    orientation"    means    heterosexuality,
21    homosexuality, or bisexuality.
22    (Source: P.A. 88-45; 88-259; 88-659; 89-689, eff. 12-31-96.)

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