Business & Occupational Licenses Committee

Filed: 3/10/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5513

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5513 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Fire Sprinkler Contractor Licensing Act is
5 amended by adding Section 32 as follows:
 
6     (225 ILCS 335/32 new)
7     Sec. 32. Application for building permit; identity theft. A
8 person who knowingly, in the course of applying for a building
9 permit with a unit of local government, provides the license
10 number of a fire sprinkler contractor whom he or she does not
11 intend to have perform the work on the fire sprinkler portion
12 of the project commits identity theft under paragraph (8) of
13 subsection (a) of Section 16G-15 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
 
14     Section 10. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
15 changing Section 16G-15 as follows:
 

 

 

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1     (720 ILCS 5/16G-15)
2     Sec. 16G-15. Identity theft.
3     (a) A person commits the offense of identity theft when he
4 or she knowingly:
5         (1) uses any personal identifying information or
6     personal identification document of another person to
7     fraudulently obtain credit, money, goods, services, or
8     other property, or
9         (2) uses any personal identification information or
10     personal identification document of another with intent to
11     commit any felony theft or other felony violation of State
12     law not set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection (a),
13     or
14         (3) obtains, records, possesses, sells, transfers,
15     purchases, or manufactures any personal identification
16     information or personal identification document of another
17     with intent to commit or to aid or abet another in
18     committing any felony theft or other felony violation of
19     State law, or
20         (4) uses, obtains, records, possesses, sells,
21     transfers, purchases, or manufactures any personal
22     identification information or personal identification
23     document of another knowing that such personal
24     identification information or personal identification
25     documents were stolen or produced without lawful

 

 

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1     authority, or
2         (5) uses, transfers, or possesses document-making
3     implements to produce false identification or false
4     documents with knowledge that they will be used by the
5     person or another to commit any felony theft or other
6     felony violation of State law, or
7         (6) uses any personal identification information or
8     personal identification document of another to portray
9     himself or herself as that person, or otherwise, for the
10     purpose of gaining access to any personal identification
11     information or personal identification document of that
12     person, without the prior express permission of that
13     person, or
14         (7) uses any personal identification information or
15     personal identification document of another for the
16     purpose of gaining access to any record of the actions
17     taken, communications made or received, or other
18     activities or transactions of that person, without the
19     prior express permission of that person, or .
20         (8) in the course of applying for a building permit
21     with a unit of local government, provides the license
22     number of a fire sprinkler contractor whom he or she does
23     not intend to have perform the work on the fire sprinkler
24     portion of the project. It is an affirmative defense to
25     prosecution under this paragraph (8) that the building
26     permit applicant promptly informed the unit of local

 

 

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1     government that issued the building permit of any change in
2     the fire sprinkler contractor.
3     (b) Knowledge shall be determined by an evaluation of all
4 circumstances surrounding the use of the other person's
5 identifying information or document.
6     (c) When a charge of identity theft of credit, money,
7 goods, services, or other property exceeding a specified value
8 is brought the value of the credit, money, goods, services, or
9 other property is an element of the offense to be resolved by
10 the trier of fact as either exceeding or not exceeding the
11 specified value.
12     (d) Sentence.
13         (1) A person convicted of identity theft in violation
14     of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) shall be sentenced as
15     follows:
16             (A) Identity theft of credit, money, goods,
17         services, or other property not exceeding $300 in value
18         is a Class 4 felony. A person who has been previously
19         convicted of identity theft of less than $300 who is
20         convicted of a second or subsequent offense of identity
21         theft of less than $300 is guilty of a Class 3 felony.
22         A person who has been convicted of identity theft of
23         less than $300 who has been previously convicted of any
24         type of theft, robbery, armed robbery, burglary,
25         residential burglary, possession of burglary tools,
26         home invasion, home repair fraud, aggravated home

 

 

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1         repair fraud, or financial exploitation of an elderly
2         or disabled person is guilty of a Class 3 felony.
3         Identity theft of credit, money, goods, services, or
4         other property not exceeding $300 in value when the
5         victim of the identity theft is an active duty member
6         of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of the United
7         States or of the Illinois National Guard serving in a
8         foreign country is a Class 3 felony. A person who has
9         been previously convicted of identity theft of less
10         than $300 who is convicted of a second or subsequent
11         offense of identity theft of less than $300 when the
12         victim of the identity theft is an active duty member
13         of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of the United
14         States or of the Illinois National Guard serving in a
15         foreign country is guilty of a Class 2 felony. A person
16         who has been convicted of identity theft of less than
17         $300 when the victim of the identity theft is an active
18         duty member of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
19         the United States or of the Illinois National Guard
20         serving in a foreign country who has been previously
21         convicted of any type of theft, robbery, armed robbery,
22         burglary, residential burglary, possession of burglary
23         tools, home invasion, home repair fraud, aggravated
24         home repair fraud, or financial exploitation of an
25         elderly or disabled person is guilty of a Class 2
26         felony. When a person has any such prior conviction,

 

 

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1         the information or indictment charging that person
2         shall state the prior conviction so as to give notice
3         of the State's intention to treat the charge as a Class
4         3 felony. The fact of the prior conviction is not an
5         element of the offense and may not be disclosed to the
6         jury during trial unless otherwise permitted by issues
7         properly raised during the trial.
8             (B) Identity theft of credit, money, goods,
9         services, or other property exceeding $300 and not
10         exceeding $2,000 in value is a Class 3 felony. Identity
11         theft of credit, money, goods, services, or other
12         property exceeding $300 and not exceeding $2,000 in
13         value when the victim of the identity theft is an
14         active duty member of the Armed Services or Reserve
15         Forces of the United States or of the Illinois National
16         Guard serving in a foreign country is a Class 2 felony.
17             (C) Identity theft of credit, money, goods,
18         services, or other property exceeding $2,000 and not
19         exceeding $10,000 in value is a Class 2 felony.
20         Identity theft of credit, money, goods, services, or
21         other property exceeding $2,000 and not exceeding
22         $10,000 in value when the victim of the identity theft
23         is an active duty member of the Armed Services or
24         Reserve Forces of the United States or of the Illinois
25         National Guard serving in a foreign country is a Class
26         1 felony.

 

 

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1             (D) Identity theft of credit, money, goods,
2         services, or other property exceeding $10,000 and not
3         exceeding $100,000 in value is a Class 1 felony.
4         Identity theft of credit, money, goods, services, or
5         other property exceeding $10,000 and not exceeding
6         $100,000 in value when the victim of the identity theft
7         is an active duty member of the Armed Services or
8         Reserve Forces of the United States or of the Illinois
9         National Guard serving in a foreign country is a Class
10         X felony.
11             (E) Identity theft of credit, money, goods,
12         services, or other property exceeding $100,000 in
13         value is a Class X felony.
14         (2) A person convicted of any offense enumerated in
15     paragraphs (2) through (7) of subsection (a) is guilty of a
16     Class 3 felony. A person convicted of any offense
17     enumerated in paragraphs (2) through (7) of subsection (a)
18     when the victim of the identity theft is an active duty
19     member of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of the
20     United States or of the Illinois National Guard serving in
21     a foreign country is guilty of a Class 2 felony.
22         (3) A person convicted of any offense enumerated in
23     paragraphs (2) through (5) of subsection (a) a second or
24     subsequent time is guilty of a Class 2 felony. A person
25     convicted of any offense enumerated in paragraphs (2)
26     through (5) of subsection (a) a second or subsequent time

 

 

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1     when the victim of the identity theft is an active duty
2     member of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of the
3     United States or of the Illinois National Guard serving in
4     a foreign country is guilty of a Class 1 felony.
5         (4) A person who, within a 12 month period, is found in
6     violation of any offense enumerated in paragraphs (2)
7     through (7) of subsection (a) with respect to the
8     identifiers of, or other information relating to, 3 or more
9     separate individuals, at the same time or consecutively, is
10     guilty of a Class 2 felony. A person who, within a 12 month
11     period, is found in violation of any offense enumerated in
12     paragraphs (2) through (7) of subsection (a) with respect
13     to the identifiers of, or other information relating to, 3
14     or more separate individuals, at the same time or
15     consecutively, when the victim of the identity theft is an
16     active duty member of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces
17     of the United States or of the Illinois National Guard
18     serving in a foreign country is guilty of a Class 1 felony.
19         (5) A person convicted of identity theft in violation
20     of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) who uses any personal
21     identification information or personal identification
22     document of another to purchase methamphetamine
23     manufacturing material as defined in Section 10 of the
24     Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act with
25     the intent to unlawfully manufacture methamphetamine is
26     guilty of a Class 2 felony for a first offense and a Class

 

 

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1     1 felony for a second or subsequent offense. A person
2     convicted of identity theft in violation of paragraph (2)
3     of subsection (a) who uses any personal identification
4     information or personal identification document of another
5     to purchase methamphetamine manufacturing material as
6     defined in Section 10 of the Methamphetamine Control and
7     Community Protection Act with the intent to unlawfully
8     manufacture methamphetamine when the victim of the
9     identity theft is an active duty member of the Armed
10     Services or Reserve Forces of the United States or of the
11     Illinois National Guard serving in a foreign country is
12     guilty of a Class 1 felony for a first offense and a Class
13     X felony for a second or subsequent offense.
14         (6) A person convicted of identity theft in violation
15     of paragraph (8) of subsection (a) of this Section shall be
16     guilty of a Class 4 felony.
17 (Source: P.A. 94-39, eff. 6-16-05; 94-827, eff. 1-1-07;
18 94-1008, eff. 7-5-06; 95-60, eff. 1-1-08; 95-331, eff.
19 8-21-07.)
 
20     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21 becoming law.".