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1 | AN ACT in relation to criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
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5 | Section 29D-10 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/29D-10)
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7 | Sec. 29D-10. Definitions. As used in this Article, where | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | not
otherwise distinctly expressed or manifestly incompatible | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | with the intent of
this Article:
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10 | (a) "Computer network" means a set of related, remotely | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | connected
devices
and
any communications facilities including | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | more than one computer with the
capability to transmit data | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | among them through communication facilities.
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14 | (b) "Computer" means a device that accepts, processes, | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | stores,
retrieves,
or
outputs data, and includes, but is not | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | limited to, auxiliary storage and
telecommunications devices.
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17 | (c) "Computer program" means a series of coded instruction | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | or statements
in a
form acceptable to a computer which causes | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | the computer to process data and
supply the results of data | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | processing.
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21 | (d) "Data" means representations of information, | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | knowledge, facts,
concepts or
instructions, including program | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | documentation, that are prepared in a
formalized manner and are | |||||||||||||||||||
24 | stored or processed in or transmitted by a computer.
Data may | |||||||||||||||||||
25 | be in any form, including but not limited to magnetic or | |||||||||||||||||||
26 | optical
storage
media, punch cards, or data stored internally | |||||||||||||||||||
27 | in the memory of a computer.
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28 | (e) "Biological products used in or in connection with | |||||||||||||||||||
29 | agricultural
production" includes, but is not
limited
to,
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30 | seeds, plants, and DNA of plants or animals altered for use in | |||||||||||||||||||
31 | crop or
livestock breeding or production or which are sold, | |||||||||||||||||||
32 | intended, designed, or
produced for use
in crop production or |
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1 | livestock breeding or production.
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2 | (f) "Agricultural products" means crops and livestock.
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3 | (g) "Agricultural production" means the breeding and | ||||||
4 | growing of
livestock
and
crops.
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5 | (h) "Livestock" means animals bred or raised for human | ||||||
6 | consumption.
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7 | (i) "Crops" means plants raised for: (1) human consumption, | ||||||
8 | (2) fruits
that
are intended for human consumption, (3) | ||||||
9 | consumption by livestock, and (4)
fruits that are intended for | ||||||
10 | consumption by livestock.
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11 | (j) "Communications systems" means any works, property, or | ||||||
12 | material of
any radio, telegraph, telephone, microwave, or | ||||||
13 | cable line, station, or system.
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14 | (k) "Substantial damage" means monetary damage greater | ||||||
15 | than $100,000.
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16 | (l) "Terrorist act" or "act of terrorism" means: (1) any | ||||||
17 | act that
is intended to cause or create a risk and does cause | ||||||
18 | or create a risk of death
or great bodily harm to one or more | ||||||
19 | persons;
(2) any act that disables or destroys the
usefulness | ||||||
20 | or operation of any communications system; (3) any act or any | ||||||
21 | series
of 2 or more acts committed in furtherance of a single | ||||||
22 | intention, scheme, or
design that disables or destroys the | ||||||
23 | usefulness or operation of
a computer network, computers, | ||||||
24 | computer programs, or data used by any
industry, by any class | ||||||
25 | of business, or by 5 or more businesses or by the
federal | ||||||
26 | government, State government, any unit of local government, a | ||||||
27 | public
utility, a manufacturer of pharmaceuticals, a national | ||||||
28 | defense contractor, or
a manufacturer of chemical or biological | ||||||
29 | products used in or in connection
with agricultural production; | ||||||
30 | (4) any act that disables or causes substantial
damage to or
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31 | destruction of any structure or facility used in or used in | ||||||
32 | connection with
ground, air, or water transportation; the | ||||||
33 | production or distribution of
electricity, gas, oil, or other | ||||||
34 | fuel; the treatment of sewage or the treatment
or distribution | ||||||
35 | of water; or controlling the flow of any body of water; (5) any
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36 | act that causes substantial damage to or destruction of |
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1 | livestock or to crops
or a series of 2 or more acts committed | ||||||
2 | in furtherance of a single intention,
scheme, or design which, | ||||||
3 | in the aggregate, causes substantial damage to or
destruction | ||||||
4 | of livestock or crops; (6) any act that causes substantial
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5 | damage to or destruction of any hospital or any building or | ||||||
6 | facility used by
the federal government, State government, any | ||||||
7 | unit of local government or
by a national defense contractor or | ||||||
8 | by a public utility, a manufacturer of
pharmaceuticals, a | ||||||
9 | manufacturer of chemical or biological products used in or
in | ||||||
10 | connection with agricultural production or the storage or | ||||||
11 | processing of
agricultural products or the preparation of | ||||||
12 | agricultural products for food or
food products intended for | ||||||
13 | resale or for feed for livestock; or (7) any act
that causes | ||||||
14 | substantial damage to any building containing 5 or more
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15 | businesses of any type or to any building in which 10 or more | ||||||
16 | people reside.
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17 | (m) "Terrorist" and "terrorist organization" means any | ||||||
18 | person who
engages or is about to engage in a terrorist act | ||||||
19 | with the intent to intimidate
or coerce a significant portion | ||||||
20 | of a civilian population.
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21 | (n) "Material support or resources" means currency or other | ||||||
22 | financial
securities, financial services, lodging, training, | ||||||
23 | safe houses, false
documentation or identification, | ||||||
24 | communications equipment, facilities, weapons,
lethal | ||||||
25 | substances, explosives, personnel, transportation, any other | ||||||
26 | kind of
physical assets or intangible property, and expert | ||||||
27 | services or expert
assistance.
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28 | (o) "Person" has the meaning given in Section 2-15 of this | ||||||
29 | Code
and, in addition to that meaning, includes, without | ||||||
30 | limitation, any charitable
organization, whether incorporated | ||||||
31 | or unincorporated, any professional fund
raiser, professional | ||||||
32 | solicitor, limited liability company, association, joint
stock | ||||||
33 | company, association, trust, trustee, or any group of people | ||||||
34 | formally or
informally affiliated or associated for a common | ||||||
35 | purpose, and any officer,
director, partner, member, or agent | ||||||
36 | of any person.
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1 | (p) "Render criminal assistance" means to do any of the | ||||||
2 | following with
the intent to prevent, hinder, or delay the | ||||||
3 | discovery or apprehension of, or
the lodging of a criminal | ||||||
4 | charge against, a person who he or she knows or
believes has | ||||||
5 | committed an offense under this Article or is being sought by | ||||||
6 | law
enforcement officials for the commission of an offense | ||||||
7 | under this Article, or
with the intent to assist a person in | ||||||
8 | profiting or benefiting from the
commission of an offense under | ||||||
9 | this Article:
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10 | (1) harbor or conceal the person;
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11 | (2) warn the person of impending discovery or | ||||||
12 | apprehension;
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13 | (3) provide the person with money, transportation, a | ||||||
14 | weapon, a
disguise, false identification documents, or any | ||||||
15 | other means of avoiding
discovery or apprehension;
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16 | (4) prevent or obstruct, by means of force, | ||||||
17 | intimidation, or
deception, anyone from performing an act | ||||||
18 | that might aid in the discovery or
apprehension of the | ||||||
19 | person or in the lodging of a criminal charge against the
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20 | person;
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21 | (5) suppress, by any act of concealment, alteration, or | ||||||
22 | destruction,
any physical evidence that might aid in the | ||||||
23 | discovery or apprehension of the
person or in the lodging | ||||||
24 | of a criminal charge against the person;
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25 | (6) aid the person to protect or expeditiously profit | ||||||
26 | from an
advantage derived from the crime; or
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27 | (7) provide expert services or expert assistance to the | ||||||
28 | person.
Providing expert services or expert assistance | ||||||
29 | shall not be construed to
apply to: (1) a licensed attorney | ||||||
30 | who discusses with a client the legal
consequences of a | ||||||
31 | proposed course of conduct or advises a client of legal or
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32 | constitutional rights and (2) a licensed
physician who | ||||||
33 | provides treatment for an emergency medical condition
to a
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34 | person whom he or she reasonably believes has committed a | ||||||
35 | terrorist act and
reports this
belief to a law enforcement | ||||||
36 | agency. Any person who makes a report shall provide
to law
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1 | enforcement investigators copies of records, photographs, | ||||||
2 | and x-rays concerning
this
treatment. No evidence shall be | ||||||
3 | excluded by reason of any common law or
statutory
privilege | ||||||
4 | related to communications between the alleged offender and | ||||||
5 | any other
person.
Any person who makes a report pursuant to | ||||||
6 | this paragraph (7) or who
participates in
good faith
in any | ||||||
7 | investigation of a report or in taking photographs and | ||||||
8 | x-rays shall be
immune from
any civil, administrative, or | ||||||
9 | criminal liability that might otherwise apply by
reason of
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10 | these actions. The good faith of any person who makes a | ||||||
11 | report or who
participates in
any investigation of a report | ||||||
12 | or in taking photographs or x-rays shall be
presumed. For
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13 | the purposes of this paragraph (7), "emergency medical | ||||||
14 | condition" shall have
the
meaning ascribed to it in Section | ||||||
15 | 370g of the Illinois Insurance Code
medical doctor who | ||||||
16 | provides emergency
medical treatment to a person whom he or | ||||||
17 | she believes has committed an offense
under this Article | ||||||
18 | if, as soon as reasonably practicable either before or
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19 | after providing such treatment, he or she notifies a law | ||||||
20 | enforcement agency .
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21 | (Source: P.A. 92-854, eff. 12-5-02.)
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