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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 | Sections 31A-1.1 and 31A-1.2 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/31A-1.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 31A-1.1)
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7 | Sec. 31A-1.1. Bringing Contraband into a Penal | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Institution;
Possessing Contraband in a Penal Institution.
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9 | (a) A person commits the offense of bringing contraband | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | into a penal
institution when he knowingly and without | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | authority of any person designated
or authorized to grant such | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | authority (1) brings an item of contraband into
a penal | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | institution or (2) causes another to bring an item of
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14 | contraband into a penal institution or (3) places an item of
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15 | contraband in such proximity to a penal institution as to give | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | an
inmate access to the contraband.
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17 | (b) A person commits the offense of possessing contraband | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | in a
penal institution when he possesses contraband in a penal | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | institution,
regardless of the intent with which he possesses | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | it.
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21 | (c) For the purposes of this Section, the words and phrases
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22 | listed below shall be defined as follows:
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23 | (1) "Penal institution" means any penitentiary, State |
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1 | farm,
reformatory, prison, jail, house of correction, | ||||||
2 | police detention area,
half-way house or other institution | ||||||
3 | or place for the incarceration or
custody of persons under | ||||||
4 | sentence for offenses awaiting trial or sentence
for | ||||||
5 | offenses, under arrest for an offense, a violation of | ||||||
6 | probation, a
violation of parole, or a violation of | ||||||
7 | mandatory supervised release, or
awaiting a bail setting | ||||||
8 | hearing or preliminary hearing; provided that where
the | ||||||
9 | place for incarceration or custody is housed within another | ||||||
10 | public
building this Act shall not apply to that part of | ||||||
11 | such building unrelated
to the incarceration or custody of | ||||||
12 | persons.
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13 | (2) "Item of contraband" means any of the following:
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14 | (i) "Alcoholic liquor" as such term is defined in | ||||||
15 | Section 1-3.05 of the
Liquor Control Act of 1934.
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16 | (ii) "Cannabis" as such term is defined in | ||||||
17 | subsection (a) of Section 3
of the Cannabis Control | ||||||
18 | Act.
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19 | (iii) "Controlled substance" as such term is | ||||||
20 | defined in the Illinois
Controlled Substances Act.
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21 | (iii-a) "Methamphetamine" as such term is defined | ||||||
22 | in the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or the | ||||||
23 | Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act.
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24 | (iv) "Hypodermic syringe" or hypodermic needle, or | ||||||
25 | any instrument
adapted for use of controlled | ||||||
26 | substances or cannabis by subcutaneous injection.
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1 | (v) "Weapon" means any knife, dagger, dirk, billy, | ||||||
2 | razor, stiletto,
broken bottle, or other piece of glass | ||||||
3 | which could be used as a dangerous
weapon. Such term | ||||||
4 | includes any of the devices or implements designated in
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5 | subsections (a)(1), (a)(3) and (a)(6) of Section 24-1 | ||||||
6 | of this
Act, or any other dangerous weapon or | ||||||
7 | instrument of like character.
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8 | (vi) "Firearm" means any device, by whatever name | ||||||
9 | known, which is
designed to expel a projectile or | ||||||
10 | projectiles by the action of an
explosion, expansion of | ||||||
11 | gas or escape of gas, including but not limited to:
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12 | (A) any pneumatic gun, spring gun, or B-B gun | ||||||
13 | which expels a single
globular projectile not | ||||||
14 | exceeding .18 inch in diameter, or;
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15 | (B) any device used exclusively for signaling | ||||||
16 | or safety and required
as
recommended by the United | ||||||
17 | States Coast Guard or the Interstate Commerce
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18 | Commission; or
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19 | (C) any device used exclusively for the firing | ||||||
20 | of stud cartridges,
explosive rivets or industrial | ||||||
21 | ammunition; or
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22 | (D) any device which is powered by electrical | ||||||
23 | charging units, such as
batteries, and which fires | ||||||
24 | one or several barbs attached to a length of
wire | ||||||
25 | and which, upon hitting a human, can send out | ||||||
26 | current capable of
disrupting the person's nervous |
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1 | system in such a manner as to render him
incapable | ||||||
2 | of normal functioning, commonly referred to as a | ||||||
3 | stun gun or taser.
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4 | (vii) "Firearm ammunition" means any | ||||||
5 | self-contained cartridge or shotgun
shell, by whatever | ||||||
6 | name known, which is designed to be used or adaptable | ||||||
7 | to
use in a firearm, including but not limited to:
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8 | (A) any ammunition exclusively designed for | ||||||
9 | use with a device used
exclusively for signaling or | ||||||
10 | safety and required or recommended by the
United | ||||||
11 | States Coast Guard or the Interstate Commerce | ||||||
12 | Commission; or
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13 | (B) any ammunition designed exclusively for | ||||||
14 | use with a stud or rivet
driver or other similar | ||||||
15 | industrial ammunition.
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16 | (viii) "Explosive" means, but is not limited to, | ||||||
17 | bomb, bombshell,
grenade, bottle or other container | ||||||
18 | containing an explosive substance of
over one-quarter | ||||||
19 | ounce for like purposes such as black powder bombs and
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20 | Molotov cocktails or artillery projectiles.
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21 | (ix) "Tool to defeat security mechanisms" means, | ||||||
22 | but is not limited to,
handcuff or security restraint | ||||||
23 | key, tool designed to pick locks, or device or
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24 | instrument capable of unlocking handcuff or security | ||||||
25 | restraints, doors to
cells, rooms, gates or other areas | ||||||
26 | of the penal institution.
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1 | (x) "Cutting tool" means, but is not limited to, | ||||||
2 | hacksaw blade,
wirecutter,
or device, instrument or | ||||||
3 | file capable of cutting through metal.
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4 | (xi) "Electronic contraband" means, but is not | ||||||
5 | limited to, any
electronic, video recording device, | ||||||
6 | computer, or cellular communications
equipment, | ||||||
7 | including, but not
limited to, cellular telephones, | ||||||
8 | cellular telephone batteries, videotape
recorders, | ||||||
9 | pagers,
computers, and computer peripheral equipment | ||||||
10 | brought into or possessed in a
penal institution | ||||||
11 | without the written authorization of the Chief | ||||||
12 | Administrative
Officer.
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13 | (xii) "Tobacco" means any cigar,
cigarette,
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14 | smokeless tobacco, or tobacco in any of its forms. | ||||||
15 | "Smokeless tobacco" means any loose, cut, shredded, | ||||||
16 | ground, powdered, compressed, or leaf tobacco that is | ||||||
17 | intended to be placed in the mouth without being | ||||||
18 | smoked. | ||||||
19 | (d) Bringing alcoholic liquor into a penal institution is a | ||||||
20 | Class 4
felony. Possessing alcoholic liquor in a penal | ||||||
21 | institution is a Class 4
felony.
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22 | (e) Bringing cannabis into a penal institution is a Class 3 | ||||||
23 | felony.
Possessing cannabis in a penal institution is a Class 3 | ||||||
24 | felony.
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25 | (f) Bringing any amount of a controlled substance | ||||||
26 | classified in
Schedules III, IV or V of Article II of the |
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1 | Controlled Substance Act into a
penal institution is a Class 2 | ||||||
2 | felony. Possessing any amount of a
controlled substance | ||||||
3 | classified in Schedule III, IV, or V of Article II of
the | ||||||
4 | Controlled Substance Act in a penal institution is a Class 2 | ||||||
5 | felony.
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6 | (g) Bringing any amount of a controlled substance | ||||||
7 | classified in
Schedules I or II of Article II of the Controlled | ||||||
8 | Substance Act into a
penal institution is a Class 1 felony. | ||||||
9 | Possessing any amount of a
controlled substance classified in | ||||||
10 | Schedules I or II of Article II of the
Controlled Substance Act | ||||||
11 | in a penal institution is a Class 1 felony.
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12 | (h) Bringing an item of contraband listed in paragraph (iv) | ||||||
13 | of
subsection (c)(2) into a penal institution is a Class 1 | ||||||
14 | felony. Possessing
an item of contraband listed in paragraph | ||||||
15 | (iv) of subsection (c)(2) in a
penal institution is a Class 1 | ||||||
16 | felony.
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17 | (i) Bringing an item of contraband listed in paragraph (v), | ||||||
18 | (ix),
(x), or (xi)
of subsection
(c)(2) into a penal | ||||||
19 | institution is a Class 1 felony. Possessing an item of
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20 | contraband listed in paragraph (v), (ix), (x), or (xi) of
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21 | subsection (c)(2) in a
penal
institution is a Class 1 felony.
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22 | (j) Bringing an item of contraband listed in paragraphs | ||||||
23 | (vi), (vii) or
(viii) of subsection (c)(2) in a penal | ||||||
24 | institution is a Class X felony.
Possessing an item of | ||||||
25 | contraband listed in paragraphs (vi), (vii), or
(viii) of | ||||||
26 | subsection (c)(2) in a penal institution is a Class X felony.
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1 | (j-5) Bringing an item of contraband listed in paragraph | ||||||
2 | (xii) of subsection (c)(2) in a penal institution with the | ||||||
3 | intent to deliver such contraband to an inmate of that | ||||||
4 | institution is a petty offense for which a fine not exceeding | ||||||
5 | $250 may be imposed. Possessing an item of contraband listed in | ||||||
6 | paragraph (xii) of subsection (c)(2) in a penal institution by | ||||||
7 | an inmate of that institution is a petty offense for which a | ||||||
8 | fine not exceeding $250 may be imposed. | ||||||
9 | (k) It shall be an affirmative defense to subsection
(b) | ||||||
10 | hereof, that
such possession was specifically authorized by | ||||||
11 | rule, regulation, or
directive of the governing authority of | ||||||
12 | the penal institution or order
issued pursuant thereto. Except | ||||||
13 | as provided in subsection (l), no such rule, regulation, | ||||||
14 | directive, or order shall permit the possession of tobacco by | ||||||
15 | inmates of the penal institution.
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16 | (l) It shall be an affirmative defense to subsection (a)(1) | ||||||
17 | and
subsection (b) hereof that the person bringing into or | ||||||
18 | possessing
contraband in a penal institution had been arrested, | ||||||
19 | and that that person
possessed such contraband at the time of | ||||||
20 | his
arrest, and that such contraband was brought into or | ||||||
21 | possessed in the penal
institution by that person as a direct | ||||||
22 | and immediate result of his arrest.
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23 | (m) Items confiscated may be retained for use by the | ||||||
24 | Department of
Corrections or disposed of as deemed appropriate | ||||||
25 | by the Chief Administrative
Officer in accordance with | ||||||
26 | Department rules or disposed of as required by
law.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 94-556, eff. 9-11-05; 94-1017, eff. 7-7-06.)
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2 | (720 ILCS 5/31A-1.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 31A-1.2)
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3 | Sec. 31A-1.2. Unauthorized bringing of contraband into a | ||||||
4 | penal institution
by an employee; unauthorized possessing of | ||||||
5 | contraband in a penal institution by
an employee; unauthorized | ||||||
6 | delivery of contraband in a penal institution by an
employee.
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7 | (a) A person commits the offense of unauthorized bringing | ||||||
8 | of contraband into
a penal institution by an employee when a | ||||||
9 | person who is an employee knowingly
and without authority or | ||||||
10 | any person designated or authorized to grant such
authority:
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11 | (1) brings or attempts to bring an item of contraband | ||||||
12 | listed in paragraphs
(i) through (iv) of subsection (d)(4) | ||||||
13 | into a penal institution, or
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14 | (2) causes or permits another to bring an item of | ||||||
15 | contraband listed in
paragraphs (i) through (iv) of | ||||||
16 | subsection (d)(4) into a penal
institution.
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17 | (b) A person commits the offense of unauthorized possession | ||||||
18 | of contraband in
a penal institution by an employee when a | ||||||
19 | person who is an employee knowingly
and without authority of | ||||||
20 | any person designated or authorized to grant such
authority | ||||||
21 | possesses contraband listed in paragraphs (i) through (iv) of
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22 | subsection (d)(4) in a penal institution, regardless of the | ||||||
23 | intent with which
he possesses it.
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24 | (c) A person commits the offense of unauthorized delivery | ||||||
25 | of contraband
in a penal institution by an employee when a |
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1 | person who is an employee
knowingly and without authority of | ||||||
2 | any person designated or authorized to grant
such authority:
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3 | (1) delivers or possesses with intent to deliver an | ||||||
4 | item of contraband
to any inmate of a penal institution, or
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5 | (2) conspires to deliver or solicits the delivery of an | ||||||
6 | item of
contraband to any inmate of a penal institution, or
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7 | (3) causes or permits the delivery of an item of | ||||||
8 | contraband to any
inmate of a penal institution, or
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9 | (4) permits another person to attempt to deliver an | ||||||
10 | item of contraband to
any inmate of a penal institution.
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11 | (d) For purpose of this Section, the words and phrases | ||||||
12 | listed below
shall be defined as follows:
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13 | (1) "Penal Institution" shall have the meaning | ||||||
14 | ascribed to it in
subsection (c)(1) of Section 31A-1.1 of | ||||||
15 | this Code;
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16 | (2) "Employee" means any elected or appointed officer, | ||||||
17 | trustee or
employee of a penal institution or of the | ||||||
18 | governing authority of the penal
institution, or any person | ||||||
19 | who performs services for the penal institution
pursuant to | ||||||
20 | contract with the penal institution or its governing
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21 | authority.
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22 | (3) "Deliver" or "delivery" means the actual, | ||||||
23 | constructive or attempted
transfer of possession of an item | ||||||
24 | of contraband, with or without consideration,
whether or | ||||||
25 | not there is an agency relationship;
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26 | (4) "Item of contraband" means any of the following:
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1 | (i) "Alcoholic liquor" as such term is defined in | ||||||
2 | Section 1-3.05 of the
Liquor Control Act of 1934.
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3 | (ii) "Cannabis" as such term is defined in | ||||||
4 | subsection (a) of
Section 3 of the Cannabis Control | ||||||
5 | Act.
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6 | (iii) "Controlled substance" as such term is | ||||||
7 | defined in the Illinois
Controlled Substances Act.
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8 | (iii-a) "Methamphetamine" as such term is defined | ||||||
9 | in the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or the | ||||||
10 | Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act.
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11 | (iv) "Hypodermic syringe" or hypodermic needle, or | ||||||
12 | any instrument
adapted for use of controlled | ||||||
13 | substances or cannabis by subcutaneous injection.
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14 | (v) "Weapon" means any knife, dagger, dirk, billy, | ||||||
15 | razor, stiletto,
broken bottle, or other piece of glass | ||||||
16 | which could be used as a dangerous
weapon. Such term | ||||||
17 | includes any of the devices or implements designated in
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18 | subsections (a)(1), (a)(3) and (a)(6) of Section 24-1 | ||||||
19 | of this Act, or any
other dangerous weapon or | ||||||
20 | instrument of like character.
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21 | (vi) "Firearm" means any device, by whatever name | ||||||
22 | known, which is
designed to expel a projectile or | ||||||
23 | projectiles by the action of an explosion,
expansion of | ||||||
24 | gas or escape of gas, including but not limited to:
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25 | (A) any pneumatic gun, spring gun, or B-B gun | ||||||
26 | which expels a single
globular projectile not |
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1 | exceeding .18 inch in diameter; or
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2 | (B) any device used exclusively for signaling | ||||||
3 | or safety and required
or recommended by the United | ||||||
4 | States Coast Guard or the Interstate Commerce
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5 | Commission; or
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6 | (C) any device used exclusively for the firing | ||||||
7 | of stud cartridges,
explosive rivets or industrial | ||||||
8 | ammunition; or
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9 | (D) any device which is powered by electrical | ||||||
10 | charging units, such as
batteries, and which fires | ||||||
11 | one or several barbs attached to a length of
wire | ||||||
12 | and which, upon hitting a human, can send out | ||||||
13 | current capable of
disrupting the person's nervous | ||||||
14 | system in such a manner as to render him
incapable | ||||||
15 | of normal functioning, commonly referred to as a | ||||||
16 | stun gun or taser.
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17 | (vii) "Firearm ammunition" means any | ||||||
18 | self-contained cartridge or shotgun
shell, by whatever | ||||||
19 | name known, which is designed to be used or adaptable | ||||||
20 | to
use in a firearm, including but not limited to:
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21 | (A) any ammunition exclusively designed for | ||||||
22 | use with a device used
exclusively for signaling or | ||||||
23 | safety and required or recommended by the
United | ||||||
24 | States Coast Guard or the Interstate Commerce | ||||||
25 | Commission; or
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26 | (B) any ammunition designed exclusively for |
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1 | use with a stud or rivet
driver or other similar | ||||||
2 | industrial ammunition.
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3 | (viii) "Explosive" means, but is not limited to, | ||||||
4 | bomb, bombshell,
grenade, bottle or other container | ||||||
5 | containing an explosive substance of
over one-quarter | ||||||
6 | ounce for like purposes such as black powder bombs and
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7 | Molotov cocktails or artillery projectiles.
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8 | (ix) "Tool to defeat security mechanisms" means, | ||||||
9 | but is not limited
to,
handcuff or security restraint | ||||||
10 | key, tool designed to pick locks, or device or
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11 | instrument capable of unlocking handcuff or security | ||||||
12 | restraints, doors to
cells, rooms, gates or other areas | ||||||
13 | of the penal institution.
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14 | (x) "Cutting tool" means, but is not limited to, | ||||||
15 | hacksaw blade,
wirecutter, or device, instrument or | ||||||
16 | file capable of cutting through metal.
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17 | (xi) "Electronic contraband" means, but is not | ||||||
18 | limited to, any
electronic, video recording device, | ||||||
19 | computer, or cellular communications
equipment, | ||||||
20 | including, but not
limited to, cellular telephones, | ||||||
21 | cellular telephone batteries, videotape
recorders, | ||||||
22 | pagers,
computers, and computer peripheral equipment.
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23 | (xii) "Tobacco" means any cigar,
cigarette,
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24 | smokeless tobacco, or tobacco in any of its forms. | ||||||
25 | "Smokeless tobacco" means any loose, cut, shredded, | ||||||
26 | ground, powdered, compressed, or leaf tobacco that is |
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1 | intended to be placed in the mouth without being | ||||||
2 | smoked. | ||||||
3 | (e) A violation of paragraphs (a) or (b) of this Section | ||||||
4 | involving alcohol
is a Class 4 felony. A violation of paragraph | ||||||
5 | (a) or (b) of this Section
involving cannabis is a Class 2 | ||||||
6 | felony. A violation of paragraph (a) or (b)
involving any | ||||||
7 | amount of a controlled substance classified in Schedules III, | ||||||
8 | IV
or V of Article II of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act | ||||||
9 | is a Class 1
felony. A
violation of paragraph (a) or (b) of | ||||||
10 | this Section involving any amount of a
controlled substance | ||||||
11 | classified in Schedules I or II of Article II of the
Illinois | ||||||
12 | Controlled Substances Act is a Class X felony. A violation of
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13 | paragraph (a) or
(b) involving an item of contraband listed in | ||||||
14 | paragraph (iv) of subsection
(d)(4) is a Class X felony. A | ||||||
15 | violation of paragraph (a) or (b) involving an
item of | ||||||
16 | contraband listed in paragraph (v) or (xi) of subsection (d)(4) | ||||||
17 | is
a Class 1
felony. A violation of paragraph (a) or (b) | ||||||
18 | involving an item of contraband
listed in paragraphs (vi), | ||||||
19 | (vii) or (viii) of subsection (d)(4) is a Class X
felony.
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20 | (f) A violation of paragraph (c) of this Section involving | ||||||
21 | alcoholic
liquor is a Class 3 felony. A violation of paragraph | ||||||
22 | (c) involving cannabis
is a Class 1 felony. A violation of | ||||||
23 | paragraph (c) involving any amount of a
controlled substance | ||||||
24 | classified in Schedules III, IV or V of Article II of the
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25 | Illinois Controlled Substances Act is a Class X felony. A | ||||||
26 | violation of
paragraph (c)
involving any amount of a controlled |
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1 | substance classified in Schedules I or II
of Article II of the | ||||||
2 | Illinois Controlled Substances Act is a Class X felony
for | ||||||
3 | which
the minimum term of imprisonment shall be 8 years. A | ||||||
4 | violation of paragraph
(c) involving an item of contraband | ||||||
5 | listed in paragraph (iv) of subsection
(d)(4) is a Class X | ||||||
6 | felony for which the minimum term of imprisonment shall be
8 | ||||||
7 | years. A violation of paragraph (c) involving an item of | ||||||
8 | contraband listed
in paragraph (v), (ix) or (x) of subsection | ||||||
9 | (d)(4) is a Class X felony for
which the minimum
term of | ||||||
10 | imprisonment shall be 10 years. A violation of paragraph (c) | ||||||
11 | involving
an item of contraband listed in paragraphs (vi), | ||||||
12 | (vii) or (viii) of subsection
(d)(4) is a Class X felony for | ||||||
13 | which the minimum term of imprisonment shall be
12 years. A | ||||||
14 | violation of paragraph (c) involving
an item of contraband | ||||||
15 | listed in paragraph (xii) of subsection
(d)(4) is a petty | ||||||
16 | offense for which a fine not exceeding $250 may be imposed.
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17 | (g) Items confiscated may be retained for use by the | ||||||
18 | Department of
Corrections or disposed of as deemed appropriate | ||||||
19 | by the Chief Administrative
Officer in accordance with | ||||||
20 | Department rules or disposed of as required by
law.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 94-556, eff. 9-11-05; 94-1017, eff. 7-7-06.)
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