Bill Text: IL HB5616 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 and the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act. Provides that a streetgang, as defined in the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act, that regularly engages in streetgang related activity constitutes a public nuisance. Provides that any person who regularly associates with others to engage in criminal streetgang activity may be made a defendant in an action to abate any public nuisance resulting from criminal street gang activity.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB5616 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB5616-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 37-1 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/37-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 37-1)
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7 | Sec. 37-1. Maintaining Public Nuisance. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) Any building used in the commission of offenses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | prohibited by Sections
9-1, 10-1, 10-2, 11-14, 11-15, 11-16, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | 11-17, 11-20, 11-20.1, 11-20.1B, 11-20.3, 11-21, 11-22,
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11 | 12-5.1, 16-1, 20-2, 23-1, 23-1(a)(1), 24-1(a)(7), 24-3, 28-1, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | 28-3, 31-5 or
39A-1, or subdivision (a)(1), (a)(2)(A), or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | (a)(2)(B) of Section 11-14.3, of this Code, or
prohibited by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, the Methamphetamine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Control and Community Protection Act, or the Cannabis
Control | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Act, or used in the commission of an inchoate offense
relative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | to any of the aforesaid principal offenses, or any real | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | property
erected, established, maintained, owned, leased, or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | used by a streetgang for
the purpose of conducting streetgang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | related activity as defined in Section 10
of the Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act is a public
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22 | nuisance.
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23 | (a-5) A streetgang, as defined in Section 10 of the |
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1 | Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act, that | ||||||
2 | regularly engages in streetgang related activity, as defined in | ||||||
3 | Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus | ||||||
4 | Prevention Act, constitutes a public nuisance. For the purposes | ||||||
5 | of this subsection (a-5), "regularly" means at least 5 times in | ||||||
6 | a period of not more than 12 months. | ||||||
7 | (b) Sentence. A person convicted of knowingly maintaining | ||||||
8 | such a public
nuisance commits a Class A misdemeanor. Each | ||||||
9 | subsequent offense under this
Section is a Class 4 felony.
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10 | (Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
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11 | Section 10. The Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus | ||||||
12 | Prevention Act is amended by changing Section 45 as follows:
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13 | (740 ILCS 147/45)
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14 | Sec. 45. Abatement as public nuisance.
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15 | (a) Any real property that is erected, established, | ||||||
16 | maintained,
owned, leased, or used by any streetgang for the | ||||||
17 | purpose
of conducting streetgang related activity constitutes | ||||||
18 | a public
nuisance and may be abated as provided in Article 37 | ||||||
19 | of the Criminal Code
of 2012 relating to public nuisances.
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20 | (a-5) A streetgang that regularly engages in streetgang | ||||||
21 | related activities constitutes a public nuisance. For the | ||||||
22 | purposes of this subsection (a-5), "regularly" means at least 5 | ||||||
23 | times in a period of not more than 12 months. Any person who | ||||||
24 | regularly associates with others to engage in criminal |
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1 | streetgang activity may be made a defendant in an action to | ||||||
2 | abate any public nuisance resulting from criminal street gang | ||||||
3 | activity. | ||||||
4 | (b) An action to abate a nuisance under this Section may
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5 | brought by the State's Attorney of the county where the seizure
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6 | occurred.
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7 | (c) Any person who is injured by reason of streetgang | ||||||
8 | related activity
shall have a cause of action for 3 times the | ||||||
9 | actual damages
sustained and, if appropriate, punitive | ||||||
10 | damages;
however, no cause of action shall arise under this | ||||||
11 | subsection (c)
as a result of an otherwise legitimate | ||||||
12 | commercial transaction
between parties to a contract or | ||||||
13 | agreement for the sale of lawful
goods or property or the sale | ||||||
14 | of securities regulated by the Illinois
Securities Law of 1953
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15 | or by the federal Securities and Exchange Commission.
The | ||||||
16 | person shall also recover reasonable attorney's fees,
costs, | ||||||
17 | and expenses.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
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