103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1417

 

Introduced 2/7/2023, by Sen. Jil Tracy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/1-6  from Ch. 38, par. 1-6
720 ILCS 5/12-3.05  was 720 ILCS 5/12-4
720 ILCS 5/16-1  from Ch. 38, par. 16-1
720 ILCS 5/17-56  was 720 ILCS 5/16-1.3

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person who commits the offense of financial exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a disability may be tried in any county in which any part of the assets that the person obtained control over are held. Provides that a defense to aggravated battery of a person 60 years of age or older does not exist merely because the accused reasonably believed the victim to be less than 60 years of age. Enhances the penalties for theft and theft by deception if the victim is 60 years of age or older or a person with a disability or if the offense was committed in a nursing home, an assisted living facility, or a supportive living facility. Provides that theft, theft by deception, and financial exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a disability is a Class X felony if the value of the property stolen or illegally obtained exceeds $100,000 (rather than $1,000,000).


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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
5changing Sections 1-6, 12-3.05, 16-1, and 17-56 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/1-6)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1-6)
7    Sec. 1-6. Place of trial.
8    (a) Generally.
9    Criminal actions shall be tried in the county where the
10offense was committed, except as otherwise provided by law.
11The State is not required to prove during trial that the
12alleged offense occurred in any particular county in this
13State. When a defendant contests the place of trial under this
14Section, all proceedings regarding this issue shall be
15conducted under Section 114-1 of the Code of Criminal
16Procedure of 1963. All objections of improper place of trial
17are waived by a defendant unless made before trial.
18    (b) Assailant and Victim in Different Counties.
19    If a person committing an offense upon the person of
20another is located in one county and his victim is located in
21another county at the time of the commission of the offense,
22trial may be had in either of said counties.
23    (c) Death and Cause of Death in Different Places or

 

 

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1Undetermined.
2    If cause of death is inflicted in one county and death
3ensues in another county, the offender may be tried in either
4county. If neither the county in which the cause of death was
5inflicted nor the county in which death ensued are known
6before trial, the offender may be tried in the county where the
7body was found.
8    (d) Offense Commenced Outside the State.
9    If the commission of an offense commenced outside the
10State is consummated within this State, the offender shall be
11tried in the county where the offense is consummated.
12    (e) Offenses Committed in Bordering Navigable Waters.
13    If an offense is committed on any of the navigable waters
14bordering on this State, the offender may be tried in any
15county adjacent to such navigable water.
16    (f) Offenses Committed while in Transit.
17    If an offense is committed upon any railroad car, vehicle,
18watercraft or aircraft passing within this State, and it
19cannot readily be determined in which county the offense was
20committed, the offender may be tried in any county through
21which such railroad car, vehicle, watercraft or aircraft has
22passed.
23    (g) Theft.
24    A person who commits theft of property may be tried in any
25county in which he exerted control over such property.
26    (h) Bigamy.

 

 

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1    A person who commits the offense of bigamy may be tried in
2any county where the bigamous marriage or bigamous
3cohabitation has occurred.
4    (i) Kidnaping.
5    A person who commits the offense of kidnaping may be tried
6in any county in which his victim has traveled or has been
7confined during the course of the offense.
8    (j) Pandering.
9    A person who commits the offense of pandering as set forth
10in subdivision (a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 11-14.3 may
11be tried in any county in which the prostitution was practiced
12or in any county in which any act in furtherance of the offense
13shall have been committed.
14    (k) Treason.
15    A person who commits the offense of treason may be tried in
16any county.
17    (l) Criminal Defamation.
18    If criminal defamation is spoken, printed or written in
19one county and is received or circulated in another or other
20counties, the offender shall be tried in the county where the
21defamation is spoken, printed or written. If the defamation is
22spoken, printed or written outside this state, or the offender
23resides outside this state, the offender may be tried in any
24county in this state in which the defamation was circulated or
25received.
26    (m) Inchoate Offenses.

 

 

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1    A person who commits an inchoate offense may be tried in
2any county in which any act which is an element of the offense,
3including the agreement in conspiracy, is committed.
4    (n) Accountability for Conduct of Another.
5    Where a person in one county solicits, aids, abets,
6agrees, or attempts to aid another in the planning or
7commission of an offense in another county, he may be tried for
8the offense in either county.
9    (o) Child Abduction.
10    A person who commits the offense of child abduction may be
11tried in any county in which his victim has traveled, been
12detained, concealed or removed to during the course of the
13offense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless for good cause
14shown, the preferred place of trial shall be the county of the
15residence of the lawful custodian.
16    (p) A person who commits the offense of narcotics
17racketeering may be tried in any county where cannabis or a
18controlled substance which is the basis for the charge of
19narcotics racketeering was used; acquired; transferred or
20distributed to, from or through; or any county where any act
21was performed to further the use; acquisition, transfer or
22distribution of said cannabis or controlled substance; any
23money, property, property interest, or any other asset
24generated by narcotics activities was acquired, used, sold,
25transferred or distributed to, from or through; or, any
26enterprise interest obtained as a result of narcotics

 

 

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1racketeering was acquired, used, transferred or distributed
2to, from or through, or where any activity was conducted by the
3enterprise or any conduct to further the interests of such an
4enterprise.
5    (q) A person who commits the offense of money laundering
6may be tried in any county where any part of a financial
7transaction in criminally derived property took place or in
8any county where any money or monetary instrument which is the
9basis for the offense was acquired, used, sold, transferred or
10distributed to, from or through.
11    (r) A person who commits the offense of cannabis
12trafficking or controlled substance trafficking may be tried
13in any county.
14    (s) A person who commits the offense of online sale of
15stolen property, online theft by deception, or electronic
16fencing may be tried in any county where any one or more
17elements of the offense took place, regardless of whether the
18element of the offense was the result of acts by the accused,
19the victim or by another person, and regardless of whether the
20defendant was ever physically present within the boundaries of
21the county.
22    (t) A person who commits the offense of identity theft or
23aggravated identity theft may be tried in any one of the
24following counties in which: (1) the offense occurred; (2) the
25information used to commit the offense was illegally used; or
26(3) the victim resides.

 

 

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1    (u) A person who commits the offense of financial
2exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a
3disability may be tried in any one of the following counties in
4which: (1) any part of the offense occurred; or (2) the victim
5or one of the victims reside; or (3) any part of the assets
6that the person obtained control over are held.
7    If a person is charged with more than one violation of
8identity theft or aggravated identity theft and those
9violations may be tried in more than one county, any of those
10counties is a proper venue for all of the violations.
11(Source: P.A. 101-394, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
12    (720 ILCS 5/12-3.05)  (was 720 ILCS 5/12-4)
13    Sec. 12-3.05. Aggravated battery.
14    (a) Offense based on injury. A person commits aggravated
15battery when, in committing a battery, other than by the
16discharge of a firearm, he or she knowingly does any of the
17following:
18        (1) Causes great bodily harm or permanent disability
19    or disfigurement.
20        (2) Causes severe and permanent disability, great
21    bodily harm, or disfigurement by means of a caustic or
22    flammable substance, a poisonous gas, a deadly biological
23    or chemical contaminant or agent, a radioactive substance,
24    or a bomb or explosive compound.
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1    or disfigurement to an individual whom the person knows to
2    be a peace officer, community policing volunteer, fireman,
3    private security officer, correctional institution
4    employee, or Department of Human Services employee
5    supervising or controlling sexually dangerous persons or
6    sexually violent persons:
7            (i) performing his or her official duties;
8            (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
9        official duties; or
10            (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
11        or her official duties.
12        (4) Causes great bodily harm or permanent disability
13    or disfigurement to an individual 60 years of age or
14    older. It is not a defense to this paragraph that the
15    person reasonably believed the individual battered to be
16    less than 60 years of age.
17        (5) Strangles another individual.
18    (b) Offense based on injury to a child or person with an
19intellectual disability. A person who is at least 18 years of
20age commits aggravated battery when, in committing a battery,
21he or she knowingly and without legal justification by any
22means:
23        (1) causes great bodily harm or permanent disability
24    or disfigurement to any child under the age of 13 years, or
25    to any person with a severe or profound intellectual
26    disability; or

 

 

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1        (2) causes bodily harm or disability or disfigurement
2    to any child under the age of 13 years or to any person
3    with a severe or profound intellectual disability.
4    (c) Offense based on location of conduct. A person commits
5aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, other than
6by the discharge of a firearm, he or she is or the person
7battered is on or about a public way, public property, a public
8place of accommodation or amusement, a sports venue, or a
9domestic violence shelter, or in a church, synagogue, mosque,
10or other building, structure, or place used for religious
11worship.
12    (d) Offense based on status of victim. A person commits
13aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, other than
14by discharge of a firearm, he or she knows the individual
15battered to be any of the following:
16        (1) A person 60 years of age or older.
17        (2) A person who is pregnant or has a physical
18    disability.
19        (3) A teacher or school employee upon school grounds
20    or grounds adjacent to a school or in any part of a
21    building used for school purposes.
22        (4) A peace officer, community policing volunteer,
23    fireman, private security officer, correctional
24    institution employee, or Department of Human Services
25    employee supervising or controlling sexually dangerous
26    persons or sexually violent persons:

 

 

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1            (i) performing his or her official duties;
2            (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
3        official duties; or
4            (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
5        or her official duties.
6        (5) A judge, emergency management worker, emergency
7    medical services personnel, or utility worker:
8            (i) performing his or her official duties;
9            (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
10        official duties; or
11            (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
12        or her official duties.
13        (6) An officer or employee of the State of Illinois, a
14    unit of local government, or a school district, while
15    performing his or her official duties.
16        (7) A transit employee performing his or her official
17    duties, or a transit passenger.
18        (8) A taxi driver on duty.
19        (9) A merchant who detains the person for an alleged
20    commission of retail theft under Section 16-26 of this
21    Code and the person without legal justification by any
22    means causes bodily harm to the merchant.
23        (10) A person authorized to serve process under
24    Section 2-202 of the Code of Civil Procedure or a special
25    process server appointed by the circuit court while that
26    individual is in the performance of his or her duties as a

 

 

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1    process server.
2        (11) A nurse while in the performance of his or her
3    duties as a nurse.
4        (12) A merchant: (i) while performing his or her
5    duties, including, but not limited to, relaying directions
6    for healthcare or safety from his or her supervisor or
7    employer or relaying health or safety guidelines,
8    recommendations, regulations, or rules from a federal,
9    State, or local public health agency; and (ii) during a
10    disaster declared by the Governor, or a state of emergency
11    declared by the mayor of the municipality in which the
12    merchant is located, due to a public health emergency and
13    for a period of 6 months after such declaration.
14    (e) Offense based on use of a firearm. A person commits
15aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, he or she
16knowingly does any of the following:
17        (1) Discharges a firearm, other than a machine gun or
18    a firearm equipped with a silencer, and causes any injury
19    to another person.
20        (2) Discharges a firearm, other than a machine gun or
21    a firearm equipped with a silencer, and causes any injury
22    to a person he or she knows to be a peace officer,
23    community policing volunteer, person summoned by a police
24    officer, fireman, private security officer, correctional
25    institution employee, or emergency management worker:
26            (i) performing his or her official duties;

 

 

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1            (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
2        official duties; or
3            (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
4        or her official duties.
5        (3) Discharges a firearm, other than a machine gun or
6    a firearm equipped with a silencer, and causes any injury
7    to a person he or she knows to be emergency medical
8    services personnel:
9            (i) performing his or her official duties;
10            (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
11        official duties; or
12            (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
13        or her official duties.
14        (4) Discharges a firearm and causes any injury to a
15    person he or she knows to be a teacher, a student in a
16    school, or a school employee, and the teacher, student, or
17    employee is upon school grounds or grounds adjacent to a
18    school or in any part of a building used for school
19    purposes.
20        (5) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped
21    with a silencer, and causes any injury to another person.
22        (6) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped
23    with a silencer, and causes any injury to a person he or
24    she knows to be a peace officer, community policing
25    volunteer, person summoned by a police officer, fireman,
26    private security officer, correctional institution

 

 

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1    employee or emergency management worker:
2            (i) performing his or her official duties;
3            (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
4        official duties; or
5            (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
6        or her official duties.
7        (7) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped
8    with a silencer, and causes any injury to a person he or
9    she knows to be emergency medical services personnel:
10            (i) performing his or her official duties;
11            (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
12        official duties; or
13            (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
14        or her official duties.
15        (8) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped
16    with a silencer, and causes any injury to a person he or
17    she knows to be a teacher, or a student in a school, or a
18    school employee, and the teacher, student, or employee is
19    upon school grounds or grounds adjacent to a school or in
20    any part of a building used for school purposes.
21    (f) Offense based on use of a weapon or device. A person
22commits aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, he
23or she does any of the following:
24        (1) Uses a deadly weapon other than by discharge of a
25    firearm, or uses an air rifle as defined in Section
26    24.8-0.1 of this Code.

 

 

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1        (2) Wears a hood, robe, or mask to conceal his or her
2    identity.
3        (3) Knowingly and without lawful justification shines
4    or flashes a laser gunsight or other laser device attached
5    to a firearm, or used in concert with a firearm, so that
6    the laser beam strikes upon or against the person of
7    another.
8        (4) Knowingly video or audio records the offense with
9    the intent to disseminate the recording.
10    (g) Offense based on certain conduct. A person commits
11aggravated battery when, other than by discharge of a firearm,
12he or she does any of the following:
13        (1) Violates Section 401 of the Illinois Controlled
14    Substances Act by unlawfully delivering a controlled
15    substance to another and any user experiences great bodily
16    harm or permanent disability as a result of the injection,
17    inhalation, or ingestion of any amount of the controlled
18    substance.
19        (2) Knowingly administers to an individual or causes
20    him or her to take, without his or her consent or by threat
21    or deception, and for other than medical purposes, any
22    intoxicating, poisonous, stupefying, narcotic,
23    anesthetic, or controlled substance, or gives to another
24    person any food containing any substance or object
25    intended to cause physical injury if eaten.
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1    correctional institution employee or Department of Human
2    Services employee to come into contact with blood, seminal
3    fluid, urine, or feces by throwing, tossing, or expelling
4    the fluid or material, and the person is an inmate of a
5    penal institution or is a sexually dangerous person or
6    sexually violent person in the custody of the Department
7    of Human Services.
8    (h) Sentence. Unless otherwise provided, aggravated
9battery is a Class 3 felony.
10    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(4),
11(d)(4), or (g)(3) is a Class 2 felony.
12    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(3) or
13(g)(1) is a Class 1 felony.
14    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(1) is a
15Class 1 felony when the aggravated battery was intentional and
16involved the infliction of torture, as defined in paragraph
17(14) of subsection (b) of Section 9-1 of this Code, as the
18infliction of or subjection to extreme physical pain,
19motivated by an intent to increase or prolong the pain,
20suffering, or agony of the victim.
21    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(1) is a
22Class 2 felony when the person causes great bodily harm or
23permanent disability to an individual whom the person knows to
24be a member of a congregation engaged in prayer or other
25religious activities at a church, synagogue, mosque, or other
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1    Aggravated battery under subdivision (a)(5) is a Class 1
2felony if:
3        (A) the person used or attempted to use a dangerous
4    instrument while committing the offense;
5        (B) the person caused great bodily harm or permanent
6    disability or disfigurement to the other person while
7    committing the offense; or
8        (C) the person has been previously convicted of a
9    violation of subdivision (a)(5) under the laws of this
10    State or laws similar to subdivision (a)(5) of any other
11    state.
12    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(1) is a
13Class X felony.
14    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(2) is a
15Class X felony for which a person shall be sentenced to a term
16of imprisonment of a minimum of 6 years and a maximum of 45
17years.
18    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(5) is a
19Class X felony for which a person shall be sentenced to a term
20of imprisonment of a minimum of 12 years and a maximum of 45
21years.
22    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(2),
23(e)(3), or (e)(4) is a Class X felony for which a person shall
24be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of a minimum of 15 years
25and a maximum of 60 years.
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1(e)(7), or (e)(8) is a Class X felony for which a person shall
2be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of a minimum of 20 years
3and a maximum of 60 years.
4    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (b)(1) is a
5Class X felony, except that:
6        (1) if the person committed the offense while armed
7    with a firearm, 15 years shall be added to the term of
8    imprisonment imposed by the court;
9        (2) if, during the commission of the offense, the
10    person personally discharged a firearm, 20 years shall be
11    added to the term of imprisonment imposed by the court;
12        (3) if, during the commission of the offense, the
13    person personally discharged a firearm that proximately
14    caused great bodily harm, permanent disability, permanent
15    disfigurement, or death to another person, 25 years or up
16    to a term of natural life shall be added to the term of
17    imprisonment imposed by the court.
18    (i) Definitions. In this Section:
19    "Building or other structure used to provide shelter" has
20the meaning ascribed to "shelter" in Section 1 of the Domestic
21Violence Shelters Act.
22    "Domestic violence" has the meaning ascribed to it in
23Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
24    "Domestic violence shelter" means any building or other
25structure used to provide shelter or other services to victims
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1pursuant to the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 or the
2Domestic Violence Shelters Act, or any place within 500 feet
3of such a building or other structure in the case of a person
4who is going to or from such a building or other structure.
5    "Firearm" has the meaning provided under Section 1.1 of
6the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, and does not
7include an air rifle as defined by Section 24.8-0.1 of this
8Code.
9    "Machine gun" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
1024-1 of this Code.
11    "Merchant" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
1216-0.1 of this Code.
13    "Strangle" means intentionally impeding the normal
14breathing or circulation of the blood of an individual by
15applying pressure on the throat or neck of that individual or
16by blocking the nose or mouth of that individual.
17(Source: P.A. 101-223, eff. 1-1-20; 101-651, eff. 8-7-20.)
 
18    (720 ILCS 5/16-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 16-1)
19    Sec. 16-1. Theft.
20    (a) A person commits theft when he or she knowingly:
21        (1) Obtains or exerts unauthorized control over
22    property of the owner; or
23        (2) Obtains by deception control over property of the
24    owner; or
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1    owner; or
2        (4) Obtains control over stolen property knowing the
3    property to have been stolen or under such circumstances
4    as would reasonably induce him or her to believe that the
5    property was stolen; or
6        (5) Obtains or exerts control over property in the
7    custody of any law enforcement agency which any law
8    enforcement officer or any individual acting in behalf of
9    a law enforcement agency explicitly represents to the
10    person as being stolen or represents to the person such
11    circumstances as would reasonably induce the person to
12    believe that the property was stolen, and
13            (A) Intends to deprive the owner permanently of
14        the use or benefit of the property; or
15            (B) Knowingly uses, conceals or abandons the
16        property in such manner as to deprive the owner
17        permanently of such use or benefit; or
18            (C) Uses, conceals, or abandons the property
19        knowing such use, concealment or abandonment probably
20        will deprive the owner permanently of such use or
21        benefit.
22    (b) Sentence.
23        (1) Theft of property not from the person and not
24    exceeding $500 in value is a Class A misdemeanor.
25        (1.1) Theft of property not from the person and not
26    exceeding $500 in value is a Class 4 felony if the theft

 

 

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1    was committed in a school, or place of worship, nursing
2    home, an assisted living facility, or a supportive living
3    facility or if the theft was of governmental property.
4        (2) A person who has been convicted of theft of
5    property not from the person and not exceeding $500 in
6    value who has been previously convicted of any type of
7    theft, robbery, armed robbery, burglary, residential
8    burglary, possession of burglary tools, home invasion,
9    forgery, a violation of Section 4-103, 4-103.1, 4-103.2,
10    or 4-103.3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code relating to the
11    possession of a stolen or converted motor vehicle, or a
12    violation of Section 17-36 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or
13    the Criminal Code of 2012, or Section 8 of the Illinois
14    Credit Card and Debit Card Act is guilty of a Class 4
15    felony.
16        (3) (Blank).
17        (4) Theft of property from the person not exceeding
18    $500 in value, or theft of property exceeding $500 and not
19    exceeding $10,000 in value, is a Class 3 felony.
20        (4.1) Theft of property from the person not exceeding
21    $500 in value, or theft of property exceeding $500 and not
22    exceeding $10,000 in value, is a Class 2 felony if the
23    theft was committed in a school, or place of worship,
24    nursing home, an assisted living facility, or a supportive
25    living facility or if the theft was of governmental
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1        (5) Theft of property exceeding $10,000 and not
2    exceeding $100,000 in value is a Class 2 felony.
3        (5.1) Theft of property exceeding $10,000 and not
4    exceeding $100,000 in value is a Class 1 felony if the
5    theft was committed in a school, or place of worship,
6    nursing home, an assisted living facility, or a supportive
7    living facility or if the theft was of governmental
8    property.
9        (6) Theft of property exceeding $100,000 and not
10    exceeding $500,000 in value is a Class 1 felony.
11        (6.1) Theft of property exceeding $100,000 in value is
12    a Class X felony if the theft was committed in a school, or
13    place of worship, nursing home, an assisted living
14    facility, or a supportive living facility or if the theft
15    was of governmental property.
16        (6.2) Theft of property exceeding $500,000 and not
17    exceeding $1,000,000 in value is a Class 1
18    non-probationable felony.
19        (6.3) Theft of property exceeding $1,000,000 in value
20    is a Class X felony.
21        (7) Theft by deception, as described by paragraph (2)
22    of subsection (a) of this Section from a victim aged at
23    least 60 years but not exceeding 69 years or a person with
24    a disability, in which the offender obtained money or
25    property with the following values:
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1            (B) exceeding $300 but not exceeding $5,000 is a
2        Class 3 felony;
3            (C) exceeding $5,000 but not exceeding $50,000 is
4        a Class 2 felony;
5            (D) exceeding $50,000 but not exceeding $100,000
6        is a Class 1 felony; and
7            (E) exceeding $100,000 is a Class X felony valued
8        at $5,000 or more from a victim 60 years of age or
9        older or a person with a disability is a Class 2
10        felony.
11        (7.1) Theft by deception, as described by paragraph
12    (2) of subsection (a) of this Section, from a victim aged
13    at least 70 years but not exceeding 79 years in which the
14    offender obtained money or property with the following
15    values:
16            (A) not exceeding $300 is a Class 4 felony;
17            (B) exceeding $300 but not exceeding $5,000 is a
18        Class 3 felony;
19            (C) exceeding $5,000 but not exceeding $15,000 is
20        a Class 2 felony;
21            (D) exceeding $15,000 but not exceeding $100,000
22        is a Class 1 felony; and
23            (E) exceeding $100,000 is a Class X felony.
24        (7.2) Theft by deception, as described by paragraph
25    (2) of subsection (a) of this Section, from a victim aged
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1    property with the following values:
2            (A) not exceeding $300 is a Class 4 felony;
3            (B) exceeding $300 but not exceeding $5,000 is a
4        Class 3 felony;
5            (C) exceeding $5,000 but not exceeding $100,000 is
6        a Class 1 felony; and
7            (D) exceeding $100,000 is a Class X felony.
8        (8) Theft by deception, as described by paragraph (2)
9    of subsection (a) of this Section, in which the offender
10    falsely poses as a landlord or agent or employee of the
11    landlord and obtains a rent payment or a security deposit
12    from a tenant is a Class 3 felony if the rent payment or
13    security deposit obtained does not exceed $500.
14        (9) Theft by deception, as described by paragraph (2)
15    of subsection (a) of this Section, in which the offender
16    falsely poses as a landlord or agent or employee of the
17    landlord and obtains a rent payment or a security deposit
18    from a tenant is a Class 2 felony if the rent payment or
19    security deposit obtained exceeds $500 and does not exceed
20    $10,000.
21        (10) Theft by deception, as described by paragraph (2)
22    of subsection (a) of this Section, in which the offender
23    falsely poses as a landlord or agent or employee of the
24    landlord and obtains a rent payment or a security deposit
25    from a tenant is a Class 1 felony if the rent payment or
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1    exceed $100,000.
2        (11) Theft by deception, as described by paragraph (2)
3    of subsection (a) of this Section, in which the offender
4    falsely poses as a landlord or agent or employee of the
5    landlord and obtains a rent payment or a security deposit
6    from a tenant is a Class X felony if the rent payment or
7    security deposit obtained exceeds $100,000.
8    (c) When a charge of theft of property exceeding a
9specified value is brought, the value of the property involved
10is an element of the offense to be resolved by the trier of
11fact as either exceeding or not exceeding the specified value.
12    (d) Theft by lessee; permissive inference. The trier of
13fact may infer evidence that a person intends to deprive the
14owner permanently of the use or benefit of the property (1) if
15a lessee of the personal property of another fails to return it
16to the owner within 10 days after written demand from the owner
17for its return or (2) if a lessee of the personal property of
18another fails to return it to the owner within 24 hours after
19written demand from the owner for its return and the lessee had
20presented identification to the owner that contained a
21materially fictitious name, address, or telephone number. A
22notice in writing, given after the expiration of the leasing
23agreement, addressed and mailed, by registered mail, to the
24lessee at the address given by him and shown on the leasing
25agreement shall constitute proper demand.
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1obtains by deception control over property. The trier of fact
2may infer that a person "knowingly obtains by deception
3control over property of the owner" when he or she fails to
4return, within 45 days after written demand from the owner,
5the downpayment and any additional payments accepted under a
6promise, oral or in writing, to perform services for the owner
7for consideration of $3,000 or more, and the promisor
8knowingly without good cause failed to substantially perform
9pursuant to the agreement after taking a down payment of 10% or
10more of the agreed upon consideration. This provision shall
11not apply where the owner initiated the suspension of
12performance under the agreement, or where the promisor
13responds to the notice within the 45-day notice period. A
14notice in writing, addressed and mailed, by registered mail,
15to the promisor at the last known address of the promisor,
16shall constitute proper demand.
17    (f) Offender's interest in the property.
18        (1) It is no defense to a charge of theft of property
19    that the offender has an interest therein, when the owner
20    also has an interest to which the offender is not
21    entitled.
22        (2) Where the property involved is that of the
23    offender's spouse, no prosecution for theft may be
24    maintained unless the parties were not living together as
25    man and wife and were living in separate abodes at the time
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1(Source: P.A. 101-394, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
2    (720 ILCS 5/17-56)  (was 720 ILCS 5/16-1.3)
3    Sec. 17-56. Financial exploitation of an elderly person or
4a person with a disability.
5    (a) A person commits financial exploitation of an elderly
6person or a person with a disability when he or she stands in a
7position of trust or confidence with the elderly person or a
8person with a disability and he or she knowingly:
9        (1) by deception or intimidation obtains control over
10    the property of an elderly person or a person with a
11    disability; or
12        (2) illegally uses the assets or resources of an
13    elderly person or a person with a disability.
14    (b) Sentence. Financial exploitation of an elderly person
15or a person with a disability is:
16        (1) A a Class 4 felony if the value of the property is
17    $300 or less. ,
18        (2) A a Class 3 felony if the value of the property is
19    more than $300 but less than $5,000. ,
20        (3) A a Class 2 felony if the value of the property is
21    $5,000 or more but less than $50,000. , and
22        (4) A a Class 1 felony:
23            (A) if the value of the property is $50,000 or more
24        but less than $100,000; or
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1        and the value of the property is $15,000 or more but
2        less than $100,000; or
3            (C) if the elderly person is 80 years of age or
4        older and the value of the property is $5,000 or more
5        but less than $100,000.
6        (5) A Class X felony if the value of the property is
7    $100,000 or more.
8    (c) For purposes of this Section:
9        (1) "Elderly person" means a person 60 years of age or
10    older.
11        (2) "Person with a disability" means a person who
12    suffers from a physical or mental impairment resulting
13    from disease, injury, functional disorder or congenital
14    condition that impairs the individual's mental or physical
15    ability to independently manage his or her property or
16    financial resources, or both.
17        (3) "Intimidation" means the communication to an
18    elderly person or a person with a disability that he or she
19    shall be deprived of food and nutrition, shelter,
20    prescribed medication or medical care and treatment or
21    conduct as provided in Section 12-6 of this Code.
22        (4) "Deception" means, in addition to its meaning as
23    defined in Section 15-4 of this Code, a misrepresentation
24    or concealment of material fact relating to the terms of a
25    contract or agreement entered into with the elderly person
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1    pre-existing condition of any of the property involved in
2    such contract or agreement; or the use or employment of
3    any misrepresentation, false pretense or false promise in
4    order to induce, encourage or solicit the elderly person
5    or person with a disability to enter into a contract or
6    agreement.
7    The illegal use of the assets or resources of an elderly
8person or a person with a disability includes, but is not
9limited to, the misappropriation of those assets or resources
10by undue influence, breach of a fiduciary relationship, fraud,
11deception, extortion, or use of the assets or resources
12contrary to law.
13    A person stands in a position of trust and confidence with
14an elderly person or person with a disability when he (i) is a
15parent, spouse, adult child or other relative by blood or
16marriage of the elderly person or person with a disability,
17(ii) is a joint tenant or tenant in common with the elderly
18person or person with a disability, (iii) has a legal or
19fiduciary relationship with the elderly person or person with
20a disability, (iv) is a financial planning or investment
21professional, (v) is a paid or unpaid caregiver for the
22elderly person or person with a disability, or (vi) is a friend
23or acquaintance in a position of trust.
24    (d) Limitations. Nothing in this Section shall be
25construed to limit the remedies available to the victim under
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1    (e) Good faith efforts. Nothing in this Section shall be
2construed to impose criminal liability on a person who has
3made a good faith effort to assist the elderly person or person
4with a disability in the management of his or her property, but
5through no fault of his or her own has been unable to provide
6such assistance.
7    (f) Not a defense. It shall not be a defense to financial
8exploitation of an elderly person or person with a disability
9that the accused reasonably believed that the victim was not
10an elderly person or person with a disability. Consent is not a
11defense to financial exploitation of an elderly person or a
12person with a disability if the accused knew or had reason to
13know that the elderly person or a person with a disability
14lacked capacity to consent.
15    (g) Civil Liability. A civil cause of action exists for
16financial exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a
17disability as described in subsection (a) of this Section. A
18person against whom a civil judgment has been entered for
19financial exploitation of an elderly person or person with a
20disability shall be liable to the victim or to the estate of
21the victim in damages of treble the amount of the value of the
22property obtained, plus reasonable attorney fees and court
23costs. In a civil action under this subsection, the burden of
24proof that the defendant committed financial exploitation of
25an elderly person or a person with a disability as described in
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1the evidence. This subsection shall be operative whether or
2not the defendant has been charged or convicted of the
3criminal offense as described in subsection (a) of this
4Section. This subsection (g) shall not limit or affect the
5right of any person to bring any cause of action or seek any
6remedy available under the common law, or other applicable
7law, arising out of the financial exploitation of an elderly
8person or a person with a disability.
9    (h) If a person is charged with financial exploitation of
10an elderly person or a person with a disability that involves
11the taking or loss of property valued at more than $5,000, a
12prosecuting attorney may file a petition with the circuit
13court of the county in which the defendant has been charged to
14freeze the assets of the defendant in an amount equal to but
15not greater than the alleged value of lost or stolen property
16in the defendant's pending criminal proceeding for purposes of
17restitution to the victim. The burden of proof required to
18freeze the defendant's assets shall be by a preponderance of
19the evidence.
20(Source: P.A. 101-394, eff. 1-1-20; 102-244, eff. 1-1-22.)