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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 14-2 as follows:
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| 6 | (720 ILCS 5/14-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 14-2)
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| 7 | Sec. 14-2. Elements of the offense; affirmative defense.
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| 8 | (a) A person commits eavesdropping when he:
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| 9 | (1) Knowingly and intentionally uses an
eavesdropping | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | device for the purpose of hearing or recording all or any | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | part of
any conversation or intercepts, retains, or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | transcribes electronic
communication unless he does so (A) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | with the consent of any one party all of
the parties to
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| 14 | such conversation or electronic communication and at the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | request of a State's Attorney or (B) in
accordance with
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| 16 | Article
108A or Article 108B of the "Code of Criminal | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Procedure of 1963",
approved August 14, 1963, as amended; | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | or
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| 19 | (2) Manufactures, assembles, distributes, or possesses | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | any electronic,
mechanical, eavesdropping, or other device | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | knowing that or having reason to
know
that the design of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | the device renders it primarily useful for the purpose of
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| 23 | the surreptitious hearing or recording of oral | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | conversations or the
interception, retention, or | ||||||
| 2 | transcription of electronic communications and the
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| 3 | intended or actual use of the device is contrary to the | ||||||
| 4 | provisions of this
Article; or
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| 5 | (3) Uses or divulges, except in a criminal proceeding | ||||||
| 6 | or as authorized
by this Article or by Article 108A or 108B | ||||||
| 7 | of the "Code of Criminal Procedure
of 1963", approved | ||||||
| 8 | August 14, 1963, as amended, any information
which he knows | ||||||
| 9 | or reasonably should know was obtained through the use of | ||||||
| 10 | an
eavesdropping device.
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| 11 | (b) It is an affirmative defense to a charge brought under | ||||||
| 12 | this
Article relating to the interception of a privileged | ||||||
| 13 | communication that the
person charged:
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| 14 | 1. was a law enforcement officer acting pursuant to an | ||||||
| 15 | order of
interception, entered pursuant to Section 108A-1 | ||||||
| 16 | or 108B-5 of the Code of
Criminal Procedure of 1963; and
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| 17 | 2. at the time the communication was intercepted, the | ||||||
| 18 | officer was
unaware that the communication was privileged; | ||||||
| 19 | and
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| 20 | 3. stopped the interception within a reasonable time | ||||||
| 21 | after discovering
that the communication was privileged; | ||||||
| 22 | and
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| 23 | 4. did not disclose the contents of the communication.
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| 24 | (c) It is not unlawful for a manufacturer or a supplier of
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| 25 | eavesdropping devices, or a provider of wire or electronic | ||||||
| 26 | communication
services, their agents, employees, contractors, | ||||||
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| 1 | or venders to manufacture,
assemble, sell, or possess an | ||||||
| 2 | eavesdropping device within the normal course of
their business | ||||||
| 3 | for purposes not contrary to this Article or for law | ||||||
| 4 | enforcement
officers and employees of the Illinois Department | ||||||
| 5 | of Corrections to
manufacture, assemble, purchase, or possess | ||||||
| 6 | an eavesdropping device
in preparation for or within the course | ||||||
| 7 | of their official duties.
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| 8 | (d) The interception, recording, or transcription of an | ||||||
| 9 | electronic
communication by an employee of a penal institution | ||||||
| 10 | is not
prohibited under this Act, provided that the | ||||||
| 11 | interception, recording, or
transcription is:
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| 12 | (1) otherwise legally permissible under Illinois law;
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| 13 | (2) conducted with the approval of the penal | ||||||
| 14 | institution
for the purpose of investigating or enforcing a | ||||||
| 15 | State criminal law or a
penal institution rule or | ||||||
| 16 | regulation with respect to inmates in the institution; and
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| 17 | (3) within the scope of the employee's official duties. | ||||||
| 18 | For the purposes of this subsection (d), "penal | ||||||
| 19 | institution" has the meaning ascribed to it in clause (c)(1) of | ||||||
| 20 | Section 31A-1.1.
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| 21 | (Source: P.A. 94-183, eff. 1-1-06.)
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| 22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 23 | becoming law.
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