Bill Text: IL HB2898 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended
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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. In the statute creating the offense of criminal street gang recruitment on school grounds, defines "school grounds" to mean the property, including buildings and grounds, of a public or private elementary, secondary, or post-secondary school, or a public or private 2-year or 4-year institution of higher education; public property or property open to public use within 1,000 feet of school property; a school bus; a designated school bus stop; and public property or property open to public use which is within 1,000 feet of the school bus stop, during the time when school children are waiting to be picked up and transported to or are being dropped off from school or a school-sponsored activity. Expands the offense to include the commission of the crime in a public park. Defines "public park".
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-2)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB2898 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB2898-Amended.html
Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. In the statute creating the offense of criminal street gang recruitment on school grounds, defines "school grounds" to mean the property, including buildings and grounds, of a public or private elementary, secondary, or post-secondary school, or a public or private 2-year or 4-year institution of higher education; public property or property open to public use within 1,000 feet of school property; a school bus; a designated school bus stop; and public property or property open to public use which is within 1,000 feet of the school bus stop, during the time when school children are waiting to be picked up and transported to or are being dropped off from school or a school-sponsored activity. Expands the offense to include the commission of the crime in a public park. Defines "public park".
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-2)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB2898 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB2898-Amended.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2898
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2898 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 12-6.4 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/12-6.4) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 12-6.4. Criminal street gang recruitment ; aggravating | ||||||
8 | factors on school grounds or public property adjacent to school | ||||||
9 | grounds and criminal street gang recruitment of a minor . | ||||||
10 | (a) A person commits criminal street gang recruitment when | ||||||
11 | he or she recruits, solicits, or induces another person to join | ||||||
12 | or remain a member of a criminal street gang. on school grounds | ||||||
13 | or public property adjacent to school grounds when on school | ||||||
14 | grounds or public property adjacent to school grounds, he or | ||||||
15 | she knowingly threatens the use of physical force to coerce, | ||||||
16 | solicit, recruit, or
induce another person to join or remain a |
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1 | member of a criminal street gang, or conspires to do so. | ||||||
2 | (a-5) (Blank). A person commits the offense of criminal | ||||||
3 | street gang recruitment of a minor when he or she threatens the | ||||||
4 | use of physical force to coerce, solicit, recruit, or induce | ||||||
5 | another person to join or remain a member of a criminal street | ||||||
6 | gang, or conspires to do so, whether or not such threat is | ||||||
7 | communicated in person, by means of the Internet, or by means | ||||||
8 | of a telecommunications device. | ||||||
9 | (b) Sentence. | ||||||
10 | (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) | ||||||
11 | of this subsection (b), criminal Criminal street gang | ||||||
12 | recruitment is a Class 4 felony. | ||||||
13 | (2) Criminal street gang recruitment is a Class 3 | ||||||
14 | felony if the person recruited, solicited, or induced is a | ||||||
15 | minor. | ||||||
16 | (3) Criminal street gang recruitment is a Class 1 | ||||||
17 | felony if the person is on school grounds, public property | ||||||
18 | adjacent to school grounds, or in a public park and he or | ||||||
19 | she knowingly threatens the use of physical force to | ||||||
20 | coerce, solicit, recruit, or induce another person to join | ||||||
21 | or remain a member of a criminal street gang, or conspires | ||||||
22 | to do so. | ||||||
23 | (4) Criminal street gang recruitment is a Class 1 | ||||||
24 | felony if the person threatens the use of physical force to | ||||||
25 | coerce, solicit, recruit, or induce a minor to join or | ||||||
26 | remain a member of a criminal street gang, or conspires to |
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1 | do so, whether or not the threat is communicated in person, | ||||||
2 | by means of the Internet, or by means of a | ||||||
3 | telecommunications device. on school grounds or public | ||||||
4 | property adjacent to school grounds is a Class 1 felony and | ||||||
5 | criminal street gang recruitment of a minor is a Class 1 | ||||||
6 | felony. | ||||||
7 | (c) In this Section: | ||||||
8 | "Criminal street gang" has the meaning ascribed to the | ||||||
9 | term in Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism | ||||||
10 | Omnibus Prevention Act. | ||||||
11 | "Public park" includes a park, forest preserve, or | ||||||
12 | conservation area under the jurisdiction of the State or a | ||||||
13 | unit of local government. | ||||||
14 | "School bus" has the meaning ascribed to the term in | ||||||
15 | Section 1-182 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. | ||||||
16 | "School grounds" means the property, including | ||||||
17 | buildings and grounds, of a public or private elementary, | ||||||
18 | secondary, or post-secondary school, or a public or private | ||||||
19 | 2-year or 4-year institution of higher education; public | ||||||
20 | property or property open to public use within 1,000 feet | ||||||
21 | of school property; a school bus; a designated school bus | ||||||
22 | stop; and public property or property open to public use | ||||||
23 | which is within 1,000 feet of the school bus stop, during | ||||||
24 | the time when school children are waiting to be picked up | ||||||
25 | and transported to or are being dropped off from school or | ||||||
26 | a school-sponsored activity. the building or buildings or |
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1 | real property comprising a public or private elementary or | ||||||
2 | secondary school, community college, college, or | ||||||
3 | university and includes a school yard, school playing | ||||||
4 | field, or school playground.
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5 | "Minor" means any person under 18 years of age. | ||||||
6 | "Internet" means an interactive computer service or | ||||||
7 | system or an information service, system, or access | ||||||
8 | software provider that provides or enables computer access | ||||||
9 | by multiple users to a computer server, and includes, but | ||||||
10 | is not limited to, an information service, system, or | ||||||
11 | access software provider that provides access to a network | ||||||
12 | system commonly known as the Internet, or any comparable | ||||||
13 | system or service and also includes, but is not limited to, | ||||||
14 | a World Wide Web page, newsgroup, message board, mailing | ||||||
15 | list, or chat area on any interactive computer service or | ||||||
16 | system or other online service. | ||||||
17 | "Telecommunications device" means a device that is | ||||||
18 | capable of receiving or transmitting speech, data, | ||||||
19 | signals, text, images, sounds, codes, or other information | ||||||
20 | including, but not limited to, paging devices, telephones, | ||||||
21 | and cellular and mobile telephones. | ||||||
22 | (Source: P.A. 96-199, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11 .)".
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