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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4469 Introduced 1/21/2022, by Rep. Terra Costa Howard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of extortion when a person knowingly obtains, or causes to be obtained, property, services, something of value, advantage or immunity, from another person, with that person's consent, when the consent is induced by wrongful use of the threat of fear or actual or threatened force, violence, or under color of official right. Provides that extortion is a Class 3 felony.
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| | HB4469 | | LRB102 23476 RLC 32652 b |
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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 adding |
| 5 | | Section 12-6.2-5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (720 ILCS 5/12-6.2-5 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 12-6.2-5. Extortion. |
| 8 | | (a) A person commits extortion when he or she knowingly |
| 9 | | obtains, or causes to be obtained, property, services, |
| 10 | | something of value, advantage or immunity, from another |
| 11 | | person, with that person's consent, when the consent is |
| 12 | | induced by wrongful use of the threat of fear or actual or |
| 13 | | threatened force, violence, or under color of official right. |
| 14 | | (b) Sentence. Extortion is a Class 3 felony.
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