94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB5812

 

Introduced 07/28/06, by Rep. Tom Cross

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 135/2   from Ch. 134, par. 16.5

    Amends the Harassing and Obscene Communications Act. Increases from a Class 4 felony to a Class 3 felony any violation of the Act if, in the course of the offense, the offender threatened to kill the victim or any member of the victim's family or household.


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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Harassing and Obscene Communications Act is
5 amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 135/2)  (from Ch. 134, par. 16.5)
7     Sec. 2. Sentence.
8     (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person who
9 violates any of the provisions of Section 1, 1-1, or 1-2 of
10 this Act is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. Except as provided
11 in subsection (b), a second or subsequent violation of Section
12 1, 1-1, or 1-2 of this Act is a Class A misdemeanor, for which
13 the court shall impose a minimum of 14 days in jail or, if
14 public or community service is established in the county in
15 which the offender was convicted, 240 hours of public or
16 community service.
17     (b) In any of the following circumstances, a person who
18 violates Section 1, 1-1, or 1-2 of this Act shall be guilty of
19 a Class 4 felony:
20         (1) The person has 3 or more prior violations in the
21     last 10 years of harassment by telephone under Section 1-1
22     of this Act, harassment through electronic communications
23     under Section 1-2 of this Act, or any similar offense of
24     any state;
25         (2) The person has previously violated the harassment
26     by telephone provisions of Section 1-1 of this Act or the
27     harassment through electronic communications provisions of
28     Section 1-2 of this Act or committed any similar offense in
29     any state with the same victim or a member of the victim's
30     family or household;
31         (3) At the time of the offense, the offender was under
32     conditions of bail, probation, mandatory supervised

 

 

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1     release or was the subject of an order of protection, in
2     this or any other state, prohibiting contact with the
3     victim or any member of the victim's family or household;
4         (4) (Blank) In the course of the offense, the offender
5     threatened to kill the victim or any member of the victim's
6     family or household;
7         (5) The person has been convicted in the last 10 years
8     of a forcible felony as defined in Section 2-8 of the
9     Criminal Code of 1961; or
10         (6) The person violates paragraph (4.1) of Section 1-1
11     or paragraph (3.1) of subsection (a) of Section 1-2.
12     (c) Any violation of Section 1, 1-1, or 2 is a Class 3
13 felony if, in the course of the offense, the offender
14 threatened to kill the victim or any member of the victim's
15 family or household.
16 (Source: P.A. 90-578, eff. 6-1-98; 91-878, eff. 1-1-01.)