Public Act 101-0324
 
SB1294 EnrolledLRB101 06266 SLF 51292 b

    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
Section 16-30 as follows:
 
    (720 ILCS 5/16-30)
    Sec. 16-30. Identity theft; aggravated identity theft.
    (a) A person commits identity theft when he or she
knowingly:
        (1) uses any personal identifying information or
    personal identification document of another person to
    fraudulently obtain credit, money, goods, services, or
    other property;
        (2) uses any personal identifying identification
    information or personal identification document of another
    with intent to commit any felony not set forth in paragraph
    (1) of this subsection (a);
        (3) obtains, records, possesses, sells, transfers,
    purchases, or manufactures any personal identifying
    identification information or personal identification
    document of another with intent to commit any felony;
        (4) uses, obtains, records, possesses, sells,
    transfers, purchases, or manufactures any personal
    identifying identification information or personal
    identification document of another knowing that such
    personal identifying identification information or
    personal identification documents were stolen or produced
    without lawful authority;
        (5) uses, transfers, or possesses document-making
    implements to produce false identification or false
    documents with knowledge that they will be used by the
    person or another to commit any felony;
        (6) uses any personal identifying identification
    information or personal identification document of another
    to portray himself or herself as that person, or otherwise,
    for the purpose of gaining access to any personal
    identifying identification information or personal
    identification document of that person, without the prior
    express permission of that person;
        (7) uses any personal identifying identification
    information or personal identification document of another
    for the purpose of gaining access to any record of the
    actions taken, communications made or received, or other
    activities or transactions of that person, without the
    prior express permission of that person;
        (7.5) uses, possesses, or transfers a radio frequency
    identification device capable of obtaining or processing
    personal identifying information from a radio frequency
    identification (RFID) tag or transponder with knowledge
    that the device will be used by the person or another to
    commit a felony violation of State law or any violation of
    this Article; or
        (8) in the course of applying for a building permit
    with a unit of local government, provides the license
    number of a roofing or fire sprinkler contractor whom he or
    she does not intend to have perform the work on the roofing
    or fire sprinkler portion of the project; it is an
    affirmative defense to prosecution under this paragraph
    (8) that the building permit applicant promptly informed
    the unit of local government that issued the building
    permit of any change in the roofing or fire sprinkler
    contractor.
    (b) Aggravated identity theft. A person commits aggravated
identity theft when he or she commits identity theft as set
forth in subsection (a) of this Section:
        (1) against a person 60 years of age or older or a
    person with a disability; or
        (2) in furtherance of the activities of an organized
    gang.
    A defense to aggravated identity theft does not exist
merely because the accused reasonably believed the victim to be
a person less than 60 years of age. For the purposes of this
subsection, "organized gang" has the meaning ascribed in
Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus
Prevention Act.
    (c) Knowledge shall be determined by an evaluation of all
circumstances surrounding the use of the other person's
identifying information or document.
    (d) When a charge of identity theft or aggravated identity
theft of credit, money, goods, services, or other property
exceeding a specified value is brought, the value of the
credit, money, goods, services, or other property is an element
of the offense to be resolved by the trier of fact as either
exceeding or not exceeding the specified value.
    (e) Sentence.
        (1) Identity theft.
            (A) A person convicted of identity theft in
        violation of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) shall be
        sentenced as follows:
                (i) Identity theft of credit, money, goods,
            services, or other property not exceeding $300 in
            value is a Class 4 felony. A person who has been
            previously convicted of identity theft of less
            than $300 who is convicted of a second or
            subsequent offense of identity theft of less than
            $300 is guilty of a Class 3 felony. A person who
            has been convicted of identity theft of less than
            $300 who has been previously convicted of any type
            of theft, robbery, armed robbery, burglary,
            residential burglary, possession of burglary
            tools, home invasion, home repair fraud,
            aggravated home repair fraud, or financial
            exploitation of an elderly person or person with a
            disability is guilty of a Class 3 felony. Identity
            theft of credit, money, goods, services, or other
            property not exceeding $300 in value when the
            victim of the identity theft is an active duty
            member of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
            the United States or of the Illinois National Guard
            serving in a foreign country is a Class 3 felony. A
            person who has been previously convicted of
            identity theft of less than $300 who is convicted
            of a second or subsequent offense of identity theft
            of less than $300 when the victim of the identity
            theft is an active duty member of the Armed
            Services or Reserve Forces of the United States or
            of the Illinois National Guard serving in a foreign
            country is guilty of a Class 2 felony. A person who
            has been convicted of identity theft of less than
            $300 when the victim of the identity theft is an
            active duty member of the Armed Services or Reserve
            Forces of the United States or of the Illinois
            National Guard serving in a foreign country who has
            been previously convicted of any type of theft,
            robbery, armed robbery, burglary, residential
            burglary, possession of burglary tools, home
            invasion, home repair fraud, aggravated home
            repair fraud, or financial exploitation of an
            elderly person or person with a disability is
            guilty of a Class 2 felony.
                (ii) Identity theft of credit, money, goods,
            services, or other property exceeding $300 and not
            exceeding $2,000 in value is a Class 3 felony.
            Identity theft of credit, money, goods, services,
            or other property exceeding $300 and not exceeding
            $2,000 in value when the victim of the identity
            theft is an active duty member of the Armed
            Services or Reserve Forces of the United States or
            of the Illinois National Guard serving in a foreign
            country is a Class 2 felony.
                (iii) Identity theft of credit, money, goods,
            services, or other property exceeding $2,000 and
            not exceeding $10,000 in value is a Class 2 felony.
            Identity theft of credit, money, goods, services,
            or other property exceeding $2,000 and not
            exceeding $10,000 in value when the victim of the
            identity theft is an active duty member of the
            Armed Services or Reserve Forces of the United
            States or of the Illinois National Guard serving in
            a foreign country is a Class 1 felony.
                (iv) Identity theft of credit, money, goods,
            services, or other property exceeding $10,000 and
            not exceeding $100,000 in value is a Class 1
            felony. Identity theft of credit, money, goods,
            services, or other property exceeding $10,000 and
            not exceeding $100,000 in value when the victim of
            the identity theft is an active duty member of the
            Armed Services or Reserve Forces of the United
            States or of the Illinois National Guard serving in
            a foreign country is a Class X felony.
                (v) Identity theft of credit, money, goods,
            services, or other property exceeding $100,000 in
            value is a Class X felony.
            (B) A person convicted of any offense enumerated in
        paragraphs (2) through (7.5) of subsection (a) is
        guilty of a Class 3 felony. A person convicted of any
        offense enumerated in paragraphs (2) through (7.5) of
        subsection (a) when the victim of the identity theft is
        an active duty member of the Armed Services or Reserve
        Forces of the United States or of the Illinois National
        Guard serving in a foreign country is guilty of a Class
        2 felony.
            (C) A person convicted of any offense enumerated in
        paragraphs (2) through (5) and (7.5) of subsection (a)
        a second or subsequent time is guilty of a Class 2
        felony. A person convicted of any offense enumerated in
        paragraphs (2) through (5) and (7.5) of subsection (a)
        a second or subsequent time when the victim of the
        identity theft is an active duty member of the Armed
        Services or Reserve Forces of the United States or of
        the Illinois National Guard serving in a foreign
        country is guilty of a Class 1 felony.
            (D) A person who, within a 12-month period, is
        found in violation of any offense enumerated in
        paragraphs (2) through (7.5) of subsection (a) with
        respect to the identifiers of, or other information
        relating to, 3 or more separate individuals, at the
        same time or consecutively, is guilty of a Class 2
        felony. A person who, within a 12-month period, is
        found in violation of any offense enumerated in
        paragraphs (2) through (7.5) of subsection (a) with
        respect to the identifiers of, or other information
        relating to, 3 or more separate individuals, at the
        same time or consecutively, when the victim of the
        identity theft is an active duty member of the Armed
        Services or Reserve Forces of the United States or of
        the Illinois National Guard serving in a foreign
        country is guilty of a Class 1 felony.
            (E) A person convicted of identity theft in
        violation of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) who uses
        any personal identifying identification information or
        personal identification document of another to
        purchase methamphetamine manufacturing material as
        defined in Section 10 of the Methamphetamine Control
        and Community Protection Act with the intent to
        unlawfully manufacture methamphetamine is guilty of a
        Class 2 felony for a first offense and a Class 1 felony
        for a second or subsequent offense. A person convicted
        of identity theft in violation of paragraph (2) of
        subsection (a) who uses any personal identifying
        identification information or personal identification
        document of another to purchase methamphetamine
        manufacturing material as defined in Section 10 of the
        Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act
        with the intent to unlawfully manufacture
        methamphetamine when the victim of the identity theft
        is an active duty member of the Armed Services or
        Reserve Forces of the United States or of the Illinois
        National Guard serving in a foreign country is guilty
        of a Class 1 felony for a first offense and a Class X
        felony for a second or subsequent offense.
            (F) A person convicted of identity theft in
        violation of paragraph (8) of subsection (a) of this
        Section is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
        (2) Aggravated identity theft.
            (A) Aggravated identity theft of credit, money,
        goods, services, or other property not exceeding $300
        in value is a Class 3 felony.
            (B) Aggravated identity theft of credit, money,
        goods, services, or other property exceeding $300 and
        not exceeding $10,000 in value is a Class 2 felony.
            (C) Aggravated identity theft of credit, money,
        goods, services, or other property exceeding $10,000
        in value and not exceeding $100,000 in value is a Class
        1 felony.
            (D) Aggravated identity theft of credit, money,
        goods, services, or other property exceeding $100,000
        in value is a Class X felony.
            (E) Aggravated identity theft for a violation of
        any offense enumerated in paragraphs (2) through (7.5)
        of subsection (a) of this Section is a Class 2 felony.
            (F) Aggravated identity theft when a person who,
        within a 12-month period, is found in violation of any
        offense enumerated in paragraphs (2) through (7.5) of
        subsection (a) of this Section with identifiers of, or
        other information relating to, 3 or more separate
        individuals, at the same time or consecutively, is a
        Class 1 felony.
            (G) A person who has been previously convicted of
        aggravated identity theft regardless of the value of
        the property involved who is convicted of a second or
        subsequent offense of aggravated identity theft
        regardless of the value of the property involved is
        guilty of a Class X felony.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)