Full Text of HB3984 093rd General Assembly
HB3984 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004 HB3984
Introduced 1/5/2004, by Patricia R. Bellock SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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720 ILCS 5/29D-10 |
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720 ILCS 5/29D-31 new |
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720 ILCS 5/29D-32 new |
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Amends the Terrorism Article of the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of endangering the food supply and the offense of endangering the water supply. Provides that a violation is a Class X felony. Provides that a commission of either offense constitutes an act of terrorism. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 29D-10 and by adding Sections 29D-31 and 29D-32 as | 6 |
| follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/29D-10)
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| Sec. 29D-10. Definitions. As used in this Article, where | 9 |
| not
otherwise distinctly expressed or manifestly incompatible | 10 |
| with the intent of
this Article:
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| (a) "Computer network" means a set of related, remotely | 12 |
| connected
devices
and
any communications facilities including | 13 |
| more than one computer with the
capability to transmit data | 14 |
| among them through communication facilities.
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| (b) "Computer" means a device that accepts, processes, | 16 |
| stores,
retrieves,
or
outputs data, and includes, but is not | 17 |
| limited to, auxiliary storage and
telecommunications devices.
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| (c) "Computer program" means a series of coded instruction | 19 |
| or statements
in a
form acceptable to a computer which causes | 20 |
| the computer to process data and
supply the results of data | 21 |
| processing.
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| (d) "Data" means representations of information, | 23 |
| knowledge, facts,
concepts or
instructions, including program | 24 |
| documentation, that are prepared in a
formalized manner and are | 25 |
| stored or processed in or transmitted by a computer.
Data may | 26 |
| be in any form, including but not limited to magnetic or | 27 |
| optical
storage
media, punch cards, or data stored internally | 28 |
| in the memory of a computer.
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| (e) "Biological products used in or in connection with | 30 |
| agricultural
production" includes, but is not
limited
to,
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| seeds, plants, and DNA of plants or animals altered for use in | 32 |
| crop or
livestock breeding or production or which are sold, |
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| intended, designed, or
produced for use
in crop production or | 2 |
| livestock breeding or production.
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| (f) "Agricultural products" means crops and livestock.
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| (g) "Agricultural production" means the breeding and | 5 |
| growing of
livestock
and
crops. | 6 |
| (g-5) "Animal feed" means an article
that is intended for | 7 |
| use for food for animals other than humans
and that is intended | 8 |
| for use as a substantial source of nutrients
in the diet of the | 9 |
| animal, and is not limited to a mixture intended to
be the sole | 10 |
| ration of the animal. | 11 |
| (g-10) "Contagious or infectious disease" means any | 12 |
| disease that can be spread from one subject to another by | 13 |
| direct or indirect
contact or by an intermediate agent, | 14 |
| including, but not limited to,
anthrax, all species of | 15 |
| brucellosis, equine infectious anemia, hog
cholera, | 16 |
| pseudorabies, psoroptic mange, rabies, tuberculosis, vesicular
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| stomatitis, avian influenza, pullorum, fowl typhoid, | 18 |
| psittacosis,
viscerotropic velogenic Newcastle disease, foot | 19 |
| and mouth disease,
rinderpest, African swine fever, | 20 |
| piroplasmosis, vesicular exanthema,
Johne's disease, scabies, | 21 |
| scrapies, bovine leukosis, and bovine
spongiform | 22 |
| encephalopathy. | 23 |
| (g-15) "Processed food" means any food other than a raw | 24 |
| agricultural
commodity and includes any raw agricultural | 25 |
| commodity that
has been subject to processing, such as canning, | 26 |
| cooking, freezing,
dehydration, or milling. | 27 |
| (g-20) "Raw agricultural commodity" means any food in its | 28 |
| raw or
natural state, including all fruits that are washed, | 29 |
| colored, or otherwise
treated in their unpeeled natural form | 30 |
| prior to marketing.
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| (h) "Livestock" means animals bred or raised for human | 32 |
| consumption.
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| (i) "Crops" means plants raised for: (1) human consumption, | 34 |
| (2) fruits
that
are intended for human consumption, (3) | 35 |
| consumption by livestock, and (4)
fruits that are intended for | 36 |
| consumption by livestock.
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| (j) "Communications systems" means any works, property, or | 2 |
| material of
any radio, telegraph, telephone, microwave, or | 3 |
| cable line, station, or system.
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| (k) "Substantial damage" means monetary damage greater | 5 |
| than $100,000.
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| (l) "Terrorist act" or "act of terrorism" means: (1) any | 7 |
| act that
is intended to cause or create a risk and does cause | 8 |
| or create a risk of death
or great bodily harm to one or more | 9 |
| persons;
(2) any act that disables or destroys the
usefulness | 10 |
| or operation of any communications system; (3) any act or any | 11 |
| series
of 2 or more acts committed in furtherance of a single | 12 |
| intention, scheme, or
design that disables or destroys the | 13 |
| usefulness or operation of
a computer network, computers, | 14 |
| computer programs, or data used by any
industry, by any class | 15 |
| of business, or by 5 or more businesses or by the
federal | 16 |
| government, State government, any unit of local government, a | 17 |
| public
utility, a manufacturer of pharmaceuticals, a national | 18 |
| defense contractor, or
a manufacturer of chemical or biological | 19 |
| products used in or in connection
with agricultural production; | 20 |
| (4) any act that disables or causes substantial
damage to or
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| destruction of any structure or facility used in or used in | 22 |
| connection with
ground, air, or water transportation; the | 23 |
| production or distribution of
electricity, gas, oil, or other | 24 |
| fuel; the treatment of sewage or the treatment
or distribution | 25 |
| of water; or controlling the flow of any body of water; (5) any
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| act that causes substantial damage to or destruction of | 27 |
| livestock or to crops
or a series of 2 or more acts committed | 28 |
| in furtherance of a single intention,
scheme, or design which, | 29 |
| in the aggregate, causes substantial damage to or
destruction | 30 |
| of livestock or crops; (6) any act that causes substantial
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| damage to or destruction of any hospital or any building or | 32 |
| facility used by
the federal government, State government, any | 33 |
| unit of local government or
by a national defense contractor or | 34 |
| by a public utility, a manufacturer of
pharmaceuticals, a | 35 |
| manufacturer of chemical or biological products used in or
in | 36 |
| connection with agricultural production or the storage or |
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| processing of
agricultural products or the preparation of | 2 |
| agricultural products for food or
food products intended for | 3 |
| resale or for feed for livestock; or (7) any act
that causes | 4 |
| substantial damage to any building containing 5 or more
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| businesses of any type or to any building in which 10 or more | 6 |
| people reside ; or (8) any act in violation of Section 29D-31 or | 7 |
| 29D-32 of this Code .
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| (m) "Terrorist" and "terrorist organization" means any | 9 |
| person who
engages or is about to engage in a terrorist act | 10 |
| with the intent to intimidate
or coerce a significant portion | 11 |
| of a civilian population.
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| (n) "Material support or resources" means currency or other | 13 |
| financial
securities, financial services, lodging, training, | 14 |
| safe houses, false
documentation or identification, | 15 |
| communications equipment, facilities, weapons,
lethal | 16 |
| substances, explosives, personnel, transportation, any other | 17 |
| kind of
physical assets or intangible property, and expert | 18 |
| services or expert
assistance.
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| (o) "Person" has the meaning given in Section 2-15 of this | 20 |
| Code
and, in addition to that meaning, includes, without | 21 |
| limitation, any charitable
organization, whether incorporated | 22 |
| or unincorporated, any professional fund
raiser, professional | 23 |
| solicitor, limited liability company, association, joint
stock | 24 |
| company, association, trust, trustee, or any group of people | 25 |
| formally or
informally affiliated or associated for a common | 26 |
| purpose, and any officer,
director, partner, member, or agent | 27 |
| of any person.
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| (p) "Render criminal assistance" means to do any of the | 29 |
| following with
the intent to prevent, hinder, or delay the | 30 |
| discovery or apprehension of, or
the lodging of a criminal | 31 |
| charge against, a person who he or she knows or
believes has | 32 |
| committed an offense under this Article or is being sought by | 33 |
| law
enforcement officials for the commission of an offense | 34 |
| under this Article, or
with the intent to assist a person in | 35 |
| profiting or benefiting from the
commission of an offense under | 36 |
| this Article:
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| (1) harbor or conceal the person;
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| (2) warn the person of impending discovery or | 3 |
| apprehension;
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| (3) provide the person with money, transportation, a | 5 |
| weapon, a
disguise, false identification documents, or any | 6 |
| other means of avoiding
discovery or apprehension;
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| (4) prevent or obstruct, by means of force, | 8 |
| intimidation, or
deception, anyone from performing an act | 9 |
| that might aid in the discovery or
apprehension of the | 10 |
| person or in the lodging of a criminal charge against the
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| person;
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| (5) suppress, by any act of concealment, alteration, or | 13 |
| destruction,
any physical evidence that might aid in the | 14 |
| discovery or apprehension of the
person or in the lodging | 15 |
| of a criminal charge against the person;
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| (6) aid the person to protect or expeditiously profit | 17 |
| from an
advantage derived from the crime; or
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| (7) provide expert services or expert assistance to the | 19 |
| person.
Providing expert services or expert assistance | 20 |
| shall not be construed to
apply to: (1) a licensed attorney | 21 |
| who discusses with a client the legal
consequences of a | 22 |
| proposed course of conduct or advises a client of legal or
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| constitutional rights and (2) a licensed medical doctor who | 24 |
| provides emergency
medical treatment to a person whom he or | 25 |
| she believes has committed an offense
under this Article | 26 |
| if, as soon as reasonably practicable either before or
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| after providing such treatment, he or she notifies a law | 28 |
| enforcement agency.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-854, eff. 12-5-02.)
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| (720 ILCS 5/29D-31 new) | 31 |
| Sec. 29D-31. Endangering the food supply. | 32 |
| (a) A person commits the offense of endangering the food | 33 |
| supply when he or she knowingly: | 34 |
| (1) brings into this State any domestic animal that is | 35 |
| affected with any contagious or infectious disease or any |
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| animal that has been exposed to any
contagious or | 2 |
| infectious disease; | 3 |
| (2) exposes any animal in this State to any contagious | 4 |
| or infectious disease; | 5 |
| (3) delivers any poultry that is infected with any | 6 |
| contagious
or infectious disease to any poultry producer | 7 |
| pursuant to a
production contract; | 8 |
| (4) except as permitted under the Insect Pest and Plant | 9 |
| Disease Act,
brings or releases into this State any insect | 10 |
| pest
or exposes
any plant to an insect pest; or | 11 |
| (5) exposes any raw agricultural commodity, animal | 12 |
| feed, or processed food to any contaminant or contagious or | 13 |
| infectious disease. | 14 |
| (b) The provisions of this Section do not apply to bona | 15 |
| fide
experiments and actions related to those experiments | 16 |
| carried on by commonly
recognized research facilities. | 17 |
| (c) Sentence. Endangering the food supply is a Class X | 18 |
| felony. | 19 |
| (720 ILCS 5/29D-32 new) | 20 |
| Sec. 29D-32. Endangering the water supply. | 21 |
| (a) A person commits the offense of endangering the water | 22 |
| supply when he or she knowingly contaminates a public or | 23 |
| private water well or water reservoir or any water supply of a | 24 |
| public utility or tampers with the production of bottled or | 25 |
| packaged water or tampers with bottled or packaged water at a | 26 |
| retail or wholesale mercantile establishment. | 27 |
| (b) Sentence. Endangering the water supply is a Class X | 28 |
| felony. | 29 |
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 31 |
| becoming law.
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