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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 1961 is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 16G-15 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/16G-15)
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7 | Sec. 16G-15. Identity theft.
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8 | (a) A person commits the offense of identity theft when he | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | or
she
knowingly:
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10 | (1) uses any personal
identifying information or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | personal identification document of another
person to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | fraudulently obtain credit, money, goods, services, or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | other
property, or
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14 | (2) uses any personal identification information or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | personal
identification document of another with intent to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | commit any felony theft
or other felony violation of State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | law not set forth in
paragraph (1) of this subsection (a), | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | or
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19 | (3) obtains, records, possesses, sells, transfers, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | purchases, or
manufactures any personal identification | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | information or personal
identification document of another | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | with intent to commit or to aid or abet
another in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | committing any felony theft or other felony violation of
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1 | State law, or
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2 | (4) uses, obtains, records, possesses, sells, | ||||||
3 | transfers, purchases,
or manufactures any personal | ||||||
4 | identification information or
personal identification | ||||||
5 | document of another knowing that such
personal | ||||||
6 | identification information or personal identification
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7 | documents were stolen or produced without lawful | ||||||
8 | authority, or
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9 | (5) uses, transfers, or possesses document-making | ||||||
10 | implements to
produce false identification or false | ||||||
11 | documents with knowledge that
they will be used by the | ||||||
12 | person or another to commit any felony theft or other
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13 | felony violation of State law, or
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14 | (6) uses any personal identification information or | ||||||
15 | personal identification document of another to portray | ||||||
16 | himself or herself as that person, or otherwise, for the | ||||||
17 | purpose of gaining access to any personal identification | ||||||
18 | information or personal identification document of that | ||||||
19 | person, without the prior express permission of that | ||||||
20 | person, or | ||||||
21 | (7) uses any personal identification information or | ||||||
22 | personal identification document of another for the | ||||||
23 | purpose of gaining access to any record of the actions | ||||||
24 | taken, communications made or received, or other | ||||||
25 | activities or transactions of that person, without the | ||||||
26 | prior express permission of that person.
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1 | (b) Knowledge shall be determined by an evaluation of all | ||||||
2 | circumstances
surrounding the use of the other
person's | ||||||
3 | identifying information or document.
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4 | (c) When a charge of identity theft of credit, money, | ||||||
5 | goods,
services, or other property
exceeding a specified value | ||||||
6 | is brought the value of the credit, money, goods,
services, or | ||||||
7 | other property is
an element of the offense to be resolved by | ||||||
8 | the trier of fact as either
exceeding or not exceeding the
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9 | specified value.
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10 | (d) Sentence.
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11 | (1) A person convicted of identity theft in violation | ||||||
12 | of paragraph (1)
of subsection (a) shall be sentenced as | ||||||
13 | follows:
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14 | (A) Identity
identity theft of credit, money, | ||||||
15 | goods, services, or
other
property not exceeding $300 | ||||||
16 | in
value is a Class 4 felony. A person who has been | ||||||
17 | previously convicted of
identity theft of
less than | ||||||
18 | $300 who is convicted of a second or subsequent offense | ||||||
19 | of
identity theft of less than
$300 is guilty of a | ||||||
20 | Class 3 felony. A person who has been convicted of | ||||||
21 | identity
theft of less than
$300 who has been | ||||||
22 | previously convicted of any type of theft, robbery, | ||||||
23 | armed
robbery, burglary, residential
burglary, | ||||||
24 | possession of burglary tools, home invasion, home | ||||||
25 | repair fraud,
aggravated home repair fraud, or
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26 | financial exploitation of an elderly or disabled |
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1 | person is guilty of a Class 3
felony. Identity theft of | ||||||
2 | credit, money, goods, services, or
other
property not | ||||||
3 | exceeding $300 in
value when the victim of the identity | ||||||
4 | theft is an active duty member of the Armed Services or | ||||||
5 | Reserve Forces of the United States or of the Illinois | ||||||
6 | National Guard serving in a foreign country is a Class | ||||||
7 | 3 felony. A person who has been previously convicted of
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8 | identity theft of
less than $300 who is convicted of a | ||||||
9 | second or subsequent offense of
identity theft of less | ||||||
10 | than
$300 when the victim of the identity theft is an | ||||||
11 | active duty member of the Armed Services or Reserve | ||||||
12 | Forces of the United States or of the Illinois National | ||||||
13 | Guard serving in a foreign country is guilty of a Class | ||||||
14 | 2 felony. A person who has been convicted of identity
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15 | theft of less than
$300 when the victim of the identity | ||||||
16 | theft is an active duty member of the Armed Services or | ||||||
17 | Reserve Forces of the United States or of the Illinois | ||||||
18 | National Guard serving in a foreign country who has | ||||||
19 | been previously convicted of any type of theft, | ||||||
20 | robbery, armed
robbery, burglary, residential
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21 | burglary, possession of burglary tools, home invasion, | ||||||
22 | home repair fraud,
aggravated home repair fraud, or
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23 | financial exploitation of an elderly or disabled | ||||||
24 | person is guilty of a Class 2
felony. When a person has | ||||||
25 | any
such prior conviction, the information or | ||||||
26 | indictment charging that person shall
state the prior |
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1 | conviction so
as to give notice of the State's | ||||||
2 | intention to treat the charge as a Class 3 felony. The
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3 | fact of the prior conviction is
not an element of the | ||||||
4 | offense and may not be disclosed to the jury during | ||||||
5 | trial
unless otherwise permitted
by issues properly | ||||||
6 | raised during the trial.
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7 | (B) Identity theft of credit, money, goods,
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8 | services, or other
property exceeding $300 and not
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9 | exceeding $2,000 in value is a Class 3 felony. Identity | ||||||
10 | theft of credit, money, goods,
services, or other
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11 | property exceeding $300 and not
exceeding $2,000 in | ||||||
12 | value when the victim of the identity theft is an | ||||||
13 | active duty member of the Armed Services or Reserve | ||||||
14 | Forces of the United States or of the Illinois National | ||||||
15 | Guard serving in a foreign country is a Class 2 felony.
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16 | (C) Identity theft of credit, money, goods,
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17 | services, or other
property exceeding $2,000 and not
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18 | exceeding $10,000 in value is a Class 2 felony. | ||||||
19 | Identity theft of credit, money, goods,
services, or | ||||||
20 | other
property exceeding $2,000 and not
exceeding | ||||||
21 | $10,000 in value when the victim of the identity theft | ||||||
22 | is an active duty member of the Armed Services or | ||||||
23 | Reserve Forces of the United States or of the Illinois | ||||||
24 | National Guard serving in a foreign country is a Class | ||||||
25 | 1 felony.
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26 | (D) Identity theft of credit, money, goods,
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1 | services, or other
property exceeding $10,000 and
not | ||||||
2 | exceeding $100,000 in value is a Class 1 felony. | ||||||
3 | Identity theft of credit, money, goods,
services, or | ||||||
4 | other
property exceeding $10,000 and
not exceeding | ||||||
5 | $100,000 in value when the victim of the identity theft | ||||||
6 | is an active duty member of the Armed Services or | ||||||
7 | Reserve Forces of the United States or of the Illinois | ||||||
8 | National Guard serving in a foreign country is a Class | ||||||
9 | X felony.
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10 | (E) Identity theft of credit, money, goods,
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11 | services, or
other property exceeding $100,000 in
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12 | value is a Class X felony.
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13 | (2) A person convicted of any offense enumerated in | ||||||
14 | paragraphs
(2) through (7) of subsection (a) is guilty of a | ||||||
15 | Class 3 felony. A person convicted of any offense | ||||||
16 | enumerated in paragraphs
(2) through (7) of subsection (a) | ||||||
17 | when the victim of the identity theft is an active duty | ||||||
18 | member of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of the | ||||||
19 | United States or of the Illinois National Guard serving in | ||||||
20 | a foreign country is guilty of a Class 2 felony.
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21 | (3) A person convicted of any offense enumerated in | ||||||
22 | paragraphs
(2) through (5) of subsection (a) a second or | ||||||
23 | subsequent time is
guilty of a Class 2 felony. A person | ||||||
24 | convicted of any offense enumerated in paragraphs
(2) | ||||||
25 | through (5) of subsection (a) a second or subsequent time | ||||||
26 | when the victim of the identity theft is an active duty |
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1 | member of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of the | ||||||
2 | United States or of the Illinois National Guard serving in | ||||||
3 | a foreign country is
guilty of a Class 1 felony.
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4 | (4) A person who, within a 12 month period, is found in | ||||||
5 | violation
of any offense enumerated in paragraphs (2) | ||||||
6 | through (7) of
subsection (a) with respect to the | ||||||
7 | identifiers of, or other information relating to, 3 or more
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8 | separate individuals, at the same time or consecutively, is | ||||||
9 | guilty
of a Class 2 felony. A person who, within a 12 month | ||||||
10 | period, is found in violation
of any offense enumerated in | ||||||
11 | paragraphs (2) through (7) of
subsection (a) with respect | ||||||
12 | to the identifiers of, or other information relating to, 3 | ||||||
13 | or more
separate individuals, at the same time or | ||||||
14 | consecutively, when the victim of the identity theft is an | ||||||
15 | active duty member of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces | ||||||
16 | of the United States or of the Illinois National Guard | ||||||
17 | serving in a foreign country is guilty
of a Class 1 felony.
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18 | (5) A person convicted of identity theft in violation | ||||||
19 | of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) who uses any personal | ||||||
20 | identification information or personal
identification | ||||||
21 | document of another to purchase methamphetamine | ||||||
22 | manufacturing material as defined in Section 10 of the | ||||||
23 | Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act with | ||||||
24 | the intent to unlawfully manufacture methamphetamine is | ||||||
25 | guilty of a Class 2 felony for a first offense and a Class | ||||||
26 | 1 felony for a second or subsequent offense.
A person |
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1 | convicted of identity theft in violation of paragraph (2) | ||||||
2 | of subsection (a) who uses any personal identification | ||||||
3 | information or personal
identification document of another | ||||||
4 | to purchase methamphetamine manufacturing material as | ||||||
5 | defined in Section 10 of the Methamphetamine Control and | ||||||
6 | Community Protection Act with the intent to unlawfully | ||||||
7 | manufacture methamphetamine when the victim of the | ||||||
8 | identity theft is an active duty member of the Armed | ||||||
9 | Services or Reserve Forces of the United States or of the | ||||||
10 | Illinois National Guard serving in a foreign country is | ||||||
11 | guilty of a Class 1 felony for a first offense and a Class | ||||||
12 | X felony for a second or subsequent offense.
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13 | (Source: P.A. 93-401, eff. 7-31-03; 94-39, eff. 6-16-05; | ||||||
14 | 94-827, eff. 1-1-07; 94-1008, eff. 7-5-06; revised 8-3-06.)
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