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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Unified  Code  of Corrections by
 2    changing Section 5-8-4.

 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section 5.  The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
 6    changing Section 5-8-4 as follows:

 7        (730 ILCS 5/5-8-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-4)
 8        Sec.   5-8-4.    Concurrent   and  Consecutive  Terms  of
 9    Imprisonment.
10        (a)  When multiple sentences of imprisonment are  imposed
11    on  a  defendant  at  the  same  time,  or  when  a  term  of
12    imprisonment is imposed on a defendant who is already subject
13    to  sentence  in  this  State  or  in another state, or for a
14    sentence imposed by any district court of the United  States,
15    the  sentences  shall  run  concurrently  or consecutively as
16    determined by the court.  When  a  term  of  imprisonment  is
17    imposed  on  a defendant by an Illinois circuit court and the
18    defendant is subsequently sentenced to a term of imprisonment
19    by another state or by a district court of the United States,
20    the Illinois circuit court which  imposed  the  sentence  may
21    order  that the Illinois sentence be made concurrent with the
22    sentence imposed by the other state or district court of  the
23    United  States. The defendant must apply to the circuit court
24    within 30 days after the defendant's sentence imposed by  the
25    other  state  or  district of the United States is finalized.
26    The court shall not impose consecutive sentences for offenses
27    which were committed as part of a single  course  of  conduct
28    during which there was no substantial change in the nature of
29    the criminal objective, unless, one of the offenses for which
30    defendant  was convicted was first degree murder or a Class X
31    or Class 1 felony and the defendant inflicted  severe  bodily
 
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 1    injury,  or  where the defendant was convicted of a violation
 2    of Section 12-13, 12-14, or 12-14.1 of the Criminal  Code  of
 3    1961,  in  which event the court shall enter sentences to run
 4    consecutively.  Sentences  shall  run   concurrently   unless
 5    otherwise specified by the court.
 6        (b)  The  court  shall  not impose a consecutive sentence
 7    except as provided  for  in  subsection  (a)  unless,  having
 8    regard to the nature and circumstances of the offense and the
 9    history  and character of the defendant, it is of the opinion
10    that such a term is  required  to  protect  the  public  from
11    further  criminal  conduct  by  the  defendant, the basis for
12    which the court shall set forth in the record; except that no
13    such finding or opinion is required when  multiple  sentences
14    of  imprisonment are imposed on a defendant for offenses that
15    were not committed as part of  a  single  course  of  conduct
16    during which there was no substantial change in the nature of
17    the criminal objective, and one of the offenses for which the
18    defendant  was convicted was first degree murder or a Class X
19    or Class 1 felony and the defendant inflicted  severe  bodily
20    injury, or when the defendant was convicted of a violation of
21    Section  12-13,  12-14,  or  12-14.1  of the Criminal Code of
22    1961, in which event the Court shall enter sentences  to  run
23    consecutively.
24        (c) (1)  For  sentences imposed under law in effect prior
25        to February 1, 1978 the aggregate maximum of  consecutive
26        sentences  shall  not  exceed the maximum term authorized
27        under Section 5-8-1  for  the  2  most  serious  felonies
28        involved.   The  aggregate  minimum period of consecutive
29        sentences shall  not  exceed  the  highest  minimum  term
30        authorized  under  Section  5-8-1  for the 2 most serious
31        felonies involved. When sentenced only for  misdemeanors,
32        a  defendant shall not be consecutively sentenced to more
33        than the maximum for one Class A misdemeanor.
34             (2)  For sentences imposed under the law  in  effect
 
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 1        on   or   after   February  1,  1978,  the  aggregate  of
 2        consecutive sentences for offenses that were committed as
 3        part of a single course of conduct during which there was
 4        no substantial change  in  the  nature  of  the  criminal
 5        objective  shall  not exceed the sum of the maximum terms
 6        authorized under Section 5-8-2 for  the  2  most  serious
 7        felonies involved, but no such limitation shall apply for
 8        offenses  that  were  not  committed  as part of a single
 9        course of conduct during which there was  no  substantial
10        change  in  the  nature  of  the criminal objective. When
11        sentenced only for misdemeanors, a defendant shall not be
12        consecutively sentenced to more than the maximum for  one
13        Class A misdemeanor.
14        (d)  An offender serving a sentence for a misdemeanor who
15    is  convicted of a felony and sentenced to imprisonment shall
16    be transferred to the  Department  of  Corrections,  and  the
17    misdemeanor  sentence shall be merged in and run concurrently
18    with the felony sentence.
19        (e)  In  determining  the  manner  in  which  consecutive
20    sentences of imprisonment, one or more  of  which  is  for  a
21    felony,  will  be served, the Department of Corrections shall
22    treat the offender as though he  had  been  committed  for  a
23    single term with the following incidents:
24             (1)  the  maximum  period  of a term of imprisonment
25        shall consist of the aggregate of  the  maximums  of  the
26        imposed  indeterminate  terms, if any, plus the aggregate
27        of the imposed determinate sentences  for  felonies  plus
28        the  aggregate  of  the imposed determinate sentences for
29        misdemeanors subject to paragraph (c) of this Section;
30             (2)  the parole or mandatory supervised release term
31        shall be as provided in paragraph (e) of Section 5-8-1 of
32        this Code for the most serious of the offenses involved;
33             (3)  the minimum period of imprisonment shall be the
34        aggregate of  the  minimum  and  determinate  periods  of
 
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 1        imprisonment  imposed  by the court, subject to paragraph
 2        (c) of this Section; and
 3             (4)  the offender shall be  awarded  credit  against
 4        the aggregate maximum term and the aggregate minimum term
 5        of  imprisonment  for  all  time served in an institution
 6        since the commission of the offense or offenses and as  a
 7        consequence  thereof  at  the  rate  specified in Section
 8        3-6-3 of this Code.
 9        (f)  A  sentence  of  an  offender   committed   to   the
10    Department  of  Corrections  at the time of the commission of
11    the offense shall be served consecutive to the sentence under
12    which he is held by the Department of  Corrections.  However,
13    in  case  such  offender  shall be sentenced to punishment by
14    death, the sentence shall be executed at  such  time  as  the
15    court may fix without regard to the sentence under which such
16    offender may be held by the Department.
17        (g)  A   sentence  under  Section  3-6-4  for  escape  or
18    attempted escape shall be served  consecutive  to  the  terms
19    under  which  the  offender  is  held  by  the  Department of
20    Corrections.
21        (h)  If a person charged with a felony commits a separate
22    felony while on pre-trial release or in pretrial detention in
23    a county jail facility  or  county  detention  facility,  the
24    sentences  imposed upon conviction of these felonies shall be
25    served consecutively regardless of the  order  in  which  the
26    judgments of conviction are entered.
27        (i)  If a person admitted to bail following conviction of
28    a felony commits a separate felony while free on bond or if a
29    person detained in a county jail facility or county detention
30    facility  following conviction of a felony commits a separate
31    felony while in detention, any sentence following  conviction
32    of  the  separate  felony shall be consecutive to that of the
33    original sentence for which the  defendant  was  on  bond  or
34    detained.
 
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 1    (Source:  P.A.  89-428,  eff. 12-13-95; 89-462, eff. 5-29-96;
 2    90-128, eff. 7-22-97.)

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