Full Text of HB4269 099th General Assembly
HB4269 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 HB4269 Introduced , by Rep. Jack D. Franks SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. In the statute creating the offense of criminal street gang recruitment on school grounds, defines "school grounds" to mean the property, including buildings and grounds, of a
public or private elementary, secondary, or post-secondary school, or a public or private 2-year or 4-year institution of higher education; public property or property open to public use
within 1,000 feet of school property; a school bus; a designated school bus stop; and public property or property open to public use which
is within 1,000 feet of the school bus stop, during the time when school children are waiting to be
picked up and transported to or are being dropped off from school or a school-sponsored activity. Expands the offense to include the commission of the crime in a public park or recreational facility. Defines "public park or recreational facility".
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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 Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 12-6.4 as follows: | 6 | | (720 ILCS 5/12-6.4) | 7 | | Sec. 12-6.4. Criminal street gang recruitment on school | 8 | | grounds , or public property adjacent to school grounds , or in a | 9 | | public park or recreational facility and criminal street gang | 10 | | recruitment of a minor. | 11 | | (a) A person commits criminal street gang recruitment on | 12 | | school grounds , or public property adjacent to school grounds , | 13 | | or in a public park or recreational facility when on school | 14 | | grounds , or public property adjacent to school grounds, or in a | 15 | | public park or recreational facility he or she knowingly | 16 | | threatens the use of physical force to coerce, solicit, | 17 | | recruit, or
induce another person to join or remain a member of | 18 | | a criminal street gang, or conspires to do so. | 19 | | (a-5) A person commits the offense of criminal street gang | 20 | | recruitment of a minor when he or she threatens the use of | 21 | | physical force to coerce, solicit, recruit, or induce another | 22 | | person to join or remain a member of a criminal street gang, or | 23 | | conspires to do so, whether or not such threat is communicated |
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| 1 | | in person, by means of the Internet, or by means of a | 2 | | telecommunications device. | 3 | | (b) Sentence. | 4 | | Criminal street gang recruitment on school grounds , or | 5 | | public property adjacent to school grounds , or in a public | 6 | | park or recreational facility is a Class 1 felony and | 7 | | criminal street gang recruitment of a minor is a Class 1 | 8 | | felony. | 9 | | (c) In this Section: | 10 | | "Public park or recreational facility" includes a | 11 | | park, forest preserve, bikeway, trail, community center, | 12 | | gymnasium, or
conservation
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under the jurisdiction of | 13 | | the State or a unit of local government. | 14 | | "School bus" has the meaning ascribed to the term in | 15 | | Section 1-182 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. | 16 | | "School grounds" means the property, including | 17 | | buildings and grounds, of a
public or private elementary, | 18 | | secondary, or post-secondary school, or a public or private | 19 | | 2-year or 4-year institution of higher education; public | 20 | | property or property open to public use
within 1,000 feet | 21 | | of school property; a school bus; a designated school bus | 22 | | stop; and public property or property open to public use | 23 | | which
is within 1,000 feet of the school bus stop, during | 24 | | the time when school children are waiting to be
picked up | 25 | | and transported to or are being dropped off from school or | 26 | | a school-sponsored activity the building or buildings or |
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| 1 | | real property comprising a public or private elementary or | 2 | | secondary school, community college, college, or | 3 | | university and includes a school yard, school playing | 4 | | field, or school playground .
| 5 | | "Minor" means any person under 18 years of age. | 6 | | "Internet" means an interactive computer service or | 7 | | system or an information service, system, or access | 8 | | software provider that provides or enables computer access | 9 | | by multiple users to a computer server, and includes, but | 10 | | is not limited to, an information service, system, or | 11 | | access software provider that provides access to a network | 12 | | system commonly known as the Internet, or any comparable | 13 | | system or service and also includes, but is not limited to, | 14 | | a World Wide Web page, newsgroup, message board, mailing | 15 | | list, or chat area on any interactive computer service or | 16 | | system or other online service. | 17 | | "Telecommunications device" means a device that is | 18 | | capable of receiving or transmitting speech, data, | 19 | | signals, text, images, sounds, codes, or other information | 20 | | including, but not limited to, paging devices, telephones, | 21 | | and cellular and mobile telephones. | 22 | | (Source: P.A. 96-199, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11 .)
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