97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB4974

 

Introduced 2/3/2012, by Rep. Rosemary Mulligan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/25-1  from Ch. 38, par. 25-1

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that in addition to other elements of the offense, "mob action" includes the knowing or reckless threat of force or violence disturbing the public peace by 2 or more persons acting together and without authority of law. Increases the penalties for mob action.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
5Section 25-1 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/25-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 25-1)
7    Sec. 25-1. Mob action.
8    (a) A person commits the offense of mob action when he or
9she engages in any of the following:
10        (1) the knowing or reckless use of force or violence or
11    threat of force or violence disturbing the public peace by
12    2 or more persons acting together and without authority of
13    law;
14        (2) the knowing assembly of 2 or more persons with the
15    intent to commit or facilitate the commission of a felony
16    or misdemeanor; or
17        (3) the knowing assembly of 2 or more persons, without
18    authority of law, for the purpose of doing violence to the
19    person or property of anyone supposed to have been guilty
20    of a violation of the law, or for the purpose of exercising
21    correctional powers or regulative powers over any person by
22    violence.
23    (b) Mob action as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection

 

 

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1(a) is a Class 3 4 felony.
2    (c) Mob action as defined in paragraph paragraphs (2) and
3(3) of subsection (a) is a Class A C misdemeanor.
4    (c-5) Mob action as defined in paragraph (3) of subsection
5(a) is a Class C misdemeanor.
6    (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
7contrary, any Any participant in a mob action that by violence
8inflicts great bodily harm or permanent disability or
9disfigurement injury to the person or property of another
10person commits a Class 2 4 felony.
11    (d-5) Any participant in a mob action as defined in
12paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (a) that by violence
13inflicts bodily harm to another person or damage to the
14property of another commits a Class 4 felony.
15    (e) Any participant in a mob action who does not withdraw
16on being commanded to do so by any peace officer commits a
17Class A misdemeanor.
18    (f) In addition to any other sentence that may be imposed,
19a court shall order any person convicted of mob action to
20perform community service for not less than 30 and not more
21than 120 hours, if community service is available in the
22jurisdiction and is funded and approved by the county board of
23the county where the offense was committed. In addition,
24whenever any person is placed on supervision for an alleged
25offense under this Section, the supervision shall be
26conditioned upon the performance of the community service.

 

 

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1    This subsection does not apply when the court imposes a
2sentence of incarceration.
3(Source: P.A. 96-710, eff. 1-1-10.)