101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5500

 

Introduced , by Rep. Dan Ugaste

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/17-0.5

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Includes in the definition of "computer" under the Deception and Fraud Article of the Code, a device or system that is located within, connected to, or otherwise integrated with, a motor vehicle as defined in the Illinois Vehicle Code.


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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 2012 is amended by changing
5Section 17-0.5 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/17-0.5)
7    Sec. 17-0.5. Definitions. In this Article:
8    "Altered credit card or debit card" means any instrument or
9device, whether known as a credit card or debit card, which has
10been changed in any respect by addition or deletion of any
11material, except for the signature by the person to whom the
12card is issued.
13    "Cardholder" means the person or organization named on the
14face of a credit card or debit card to whom or for whose
15benefit the credit card or debit card is issued by an issuer.
16    "Computer" means a device that accepts, processes, stores,
17retrieves, or outputs data and includes, but is not limited to,
18a device or system that is located within, connected to, or
19otherwise integrated with, a motor vehicle as defined in
20Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, auxiliary storage,
21including cloud-based networks of remote services hosted on the
22Internet, and telecommunications devices connected to
23computers.

 

 

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1    "Computer network" means a set of related, remotely
2connected devices and any communications facilities including
3more than one computer with the capability to transmit data
4between them through the communications facilities.
5    "Computer program" or "program" means a series of coded
6instructions or statements in a form acceptable to a computer
7which causes the computer to process data and supply the
8results of the data processing.
9    "Computer services" means computer time or services,
10including data processing services, Internet services,
11electronic mail services, electronic message services, or
12information or data stored in connection therewith.
13    "Counterfeit" means to manufacture, produce or create, by
14any means, a credit card or debit card without the purported
15issuer's consent or authorization.
16    "Credit card" means any instrument or device, whether known
17as a credit card, credit plate, charge plate or any other name,
18issued with or without fee by an issuer for the use of the
19cardholder in obtaining money, goods, services or anything else
20of value on credit or in consideration or an undertaking or
21guaranty by the issuer of the payment of a check drawn by the
22cardholder.
23    "Data" means a representation in any form of information,
24knowledge, facts, concepts, or instructions, including program
25documentation, which is prepared or has been prepared in a
26formalized manner and is stored or processed in or transmitted

 

 

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1by a computer or in a system or network. Data is considered
2property and may be in any form, including, but not limited to,
3printouts, magnetic or optical storage media, punch cards, or
4data stored internally in the memory of the computer.
5    "Debit card" means any instrument or device, known by any
6name, issued with or without fee by an issuer for the use of
7the cardholder in obtaining money, goods, services, and
8anything else of value, payment of which is made against funds
9previously deposited by the cardholder. A debit card which also
10can be used to obtain money, goods, services and anything else
11of value on credit shall not be considered a debit card when it
12is being used to obtain money, goods, services or anything else
13of value on credit.
14    "Document" includes, but is not limited to, any document,
15representation, or image produced manually, electronically, or
16by computer.
17    "Electronic fund transfer terminal" means any machine or
18device that, when properly activated, will perform any of the
19following services:
20        (1) Dispense money as a debit to the cardholder's
21    account; or
22        (2) Print the cardholder's account balances on a
23    statement; or
24        (3) Transfer funds between a cardholder's accounts; or
25        (4) Accept payments on a cardholder's loan; or
26        (5) Dispense cash advances on an open end credit or a

 

 

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1    revolving charge agreement; or
2        (6) Accept deposits to a customer's account; or
3        (7) Receive inquiries of verification of checks and
4    dispense information that verifies that funds are
5    available to cover such checks; or
6        (8) Cause money to be transferred electronically from a
7    cardholder's account to an account held by any business,
8    firm, retail merchant, corporation, or any other
9    organization.
10    "Electronic funds transfer system", hereafter referred to
11as "EFT System", means that system whereby funds are
12transferred electronically from a cardholder's account to any
13other account.
14    "Electronic mail service provider" means any person who (i)
15is an intermediary in sending or receiving electronic mail and
16(ii) provides to end-users of electronic mail services the
17ability to send or receive electronic mail.
18    "Expired credit card or debit card" means a credit card or
19debit card which is no longer valid because the term on it has
20elapsed.
21    "False academic degree" means a certificate, diploma,
22transcript, or other document purporting to be issued by an
23institution of higher learning or purporting to indicate that a
24person has completed an organized academic program of study at
25an institution of higher learning when the person has not
26completed the organized academic program of study indicated on

 

 

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1the certificate, diploma, transcript, or other document.
2    "False claim" means any statement made to any insurer,
3purported insurer, servicing corporation, insurance broker, or
4insurance agent, or any agent or employee of one of those
5entities, and made as part of, or in support of, a claim for
6payment or other benefit under a policy of insurance, or as
7part of, or in support of, an application for the issuance of,
8or the rating of, any insurance policy, when the statement does
9any of the following:
10        (1) Contains any false, incomplete, or misleading
11    information concerning any fact or thing material to the
12    claim.
13        (2) Conceals (i) the occurrence of an event that is
14    material to any person's initial or continued right or
15    entitlement to any insurance benefit or payment or (ii) the
16    amount of any benefit or payment to which the person is
17    entitled.
18    "Financial institution" means any bank, savings and loan
19association, credit union, or other depository of money or
20medium of savings and collective investment.
21    "Governmental entity" means: each officer, board,
22commission, and agency created by the Constitution, whether in
23the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of State
24government; each officer, department, board, commission,
25agency, institution, authority, university, and body politic
26and corporate of the State; each administrative unit or

 

 

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1corporate outgrowth of State government that is created by or
2pursuant to statute, including units of local government and
3their officers, school districts, and boards of election
4commissioners; and each administrative unit or corporate
5outgrowth of the foregoing items and as may be created by
6executive order of the Governor.
7    "Incomplete credit card or debit card" means a credit card
8or debit card which is missing part of the matter other than
9the signature of the cardholder which an issuer requires to
10appear on the credit card or debit card before it can be used
11by a cardholder, and this includes credit cards or debit cards
12which have not been stamped, embossed, imprinted or written on.
13    "Institution of higher learning" means a public or private
14college, university, or community college located in the State
15of Illinois that is authorized by the Board of Higher Education
16or the Illinois Community College Board to issue post-secondary
17degrees, or a public or private college, university, or
18community college located anywhere in the United States that is
19or has been legally constituted to offer degrees and
20instruction in its state of origin or incorporation.
21    "Insurance company" means "company" as defined under
22Section 2 of the Illinois Insurance Code.
23    "Issuer" means the business organization or financial
24institution which issues a credit card or debit card, or its
25duly authorized agent.
26    "Merchant" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 16-0.1

 

 

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1of this Code.
2    "Person" means any individual, corporation, government,
3governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate,
4trust, partnership or association or any other entity.
5    "Receives" or "receiving" means acquiring possession or
6control.
7    "Record of charge form" means any document submitted or
8intended to be submitted to an issuer as evidence of a credit
9transaction for which the issuer has agreed to reimburse
10persons providing money, goods, property, services or other
11things of value.
12    "Revoked credit card or debit card" means a credit card or
13debit card which is no longer valid because permission to use
14it has been suspended or terminated by the issuer.
15    "Sale" means any delivery for value.
16    "Scheme or artifice to defraud" includes a scheme or
17artifice to deprive another of the intangible right to honest
18services.
19    "Self-insured entity" means any person, business,
20partnership, corporation, or organization that sets aside
21funds to meet his, her, or its losses or to absorb fluctuations
22in the amount of loss, the losses being charged against the
23funds set aside or accumulated.
24    "Social networking website" means an Internet website
25containing profile web pages of the members of the website that
26include the names or nicknames of such members, photographs

 

 

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1placed on the profile web pages by such members, or any other
2personal or personally identifying information about such
3members and links to other profile web pages on social
4networking websites of friends or associates of such members
5that can be accessed by other members or visitors to the
6website. A social networking website provides members of or
7visitors to such website the ability to leave messages or
8comments on the profile web page that are visible to all or
9some visitors to the profile web page and may also include a
10form of electronic mail for members of the social networking
11website.
12    "Statement" means any assertion, oral, written, or
13otherwise, and includes, but is not limited to: any notice,
14letter, or memorandum; proof of loss; bill of lading; receipt
15for payment; invoice, account, or other financial statement;
16estimate of property damage; bill for services; diagnosis or
17prognosis; prescription; hospital, medical, or dental chart or
18other record, x-ray, photograph, videotape, or movie film; test
19result; other evidence of loss, injury, or expense;
20computer-generated document; and data in any form.
21    "Universal Price Code Label" means a unique symbol that
22consists of a machine-readable code and human-readable
23numbers.
24    "With intent to defraud" means to act knowingly, and with
25the specific intent to deceive or cheat, for the purpose of
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1gain to oneself, regardless of whether any person was actually
2defrauded or deceived. This includes an intent to cause another
3to assume, create, transfer, alter, or terminate any right,
4obligation, or power with reference to any person or property.
5(Source: P.A. 101-87, eff. 1-1-20.)