95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB0447

 

Introduced 1/26/2007, by Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti - Ruth Munson

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/12-6.5 new

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of Internet gang recruitment. Provides that it is a Class 4 felony for a person to post on any Internet site or establish any Internet site that displays gang insignia or icons with the intent of coercing, soliciting, recruiting, or inducing another person to join or remain a member of a gang or in furtherance of gang-related activity.


LRB095 03716 RLC 23743 b

CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB0447 LRB095 03716 RLC 23743 b

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 Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding
5 Section 12-6.5 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/12-6.5 new)
7     Sec. 12-6.5. Internet gang recruitment.
8     (a) In this Section, "gang" and "gang-related" have the
9 meanings ascribed to them in Section 10 of the Illinois
10 Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
11     (b) A person commits the offense of Internet gang
12 recruitment when he or she posts on any Internet site or
13 establishes any Internet site that displays gang insignia or
14 icons with the intent of coercing, soliciting, recruiting, or
15 inducing another person to join or remain a member of a gang or
16 in furtherance of gang-related activity.
17     (c) Sentence. Internet gang recruitment is a Class 4
18 felony.