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90_HB3158eng

      720 ILCS 5/9-1            from Ch. 38, par. 9-1
      730 ILCS 5/3-6-3          from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-3
      730 ILCS 5/5-4-1          from Ch. 38, par. 1005-4-1
      730 ILCS 5/5-8-1          from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-1
          Amends the Criminal Code of 1961.  Provides that it is an
      aggravating factor for first degree murder  that  the  murder
      was  committed  as  a  result  of  certain streetgang related
      criminal activity.  Amends the Unified Code  of  Corrections.
      Provides  that  a  prisoner serving a sentence for a forcible
      felony when the court has made and entered a finding that the
      conduct leading to the conviction of the forcible felony  was
      streetgang  related  criminal  activity shall receive no more
      than 4.5 days of good conduct credit for each month of his or
      her sentence of imprisonment.  Provides that the penalty  for
      certain  first degree murders that were the result of certain
      streetgang related criminal activity, if  the  death  penalty
      was  not  imposed, is a term of imprisonment of not less than
      30 years and not more than 80 years.
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 1        AN ACT in relation to criminal law, amending named Acts.
 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
 5    changing Sections 9-1, 12-4.1,  20-2,  and  26-1  and  adding
 6    Sections 12-4.2-5 and 24-1.2-5 and Article 20.5 as follows:
 7        (720 ILCS 5/9-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 9-1)
 8        Sec.  9-1.  First  degree  Murder  -  Death  penalties  -
 9    Exceptions - Separate Hearings - Proof - Findings - Appellate
10    procedures - Reversals.
11        (a)  A  person  who  kills  an  individual without lawful
12    justification commits first degree murder if,  in  performing
13    the acts which cause the death:
14             (1)  he  either  intends  to kill or do great bodily
15        harm to that individual or another, or  knows  that  such
16        acts will cause death to that individual or another; or
17             (2)  he   knows  that  such  acts  create  a  strong
18        probability  of  death  or  great  bodily  harm  to  that
19        individual or another; or
20             (3)  he  is  attempting  or  committing  a  forcible
21        felony other than second degree murder.
22        (b)  Aggravating Factors.  A defendant who at the time of
23    the commission of the offense has attained the age of  18  or
24    more and who has been found guilty of first degree murder may
25    be sentenced to death if:
26             (1)  the  murdered individual was a peace officer or
27        fireman killed in the course of performing  his  official
28        duties,  to  prevent  the  performance  of  his  official
29        duties,  or  in  retaliation  for performing his official
30        duties, and the defendant knew or should have known  that
31        the  murdered  individual was a peace officer or fireman;
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 1        or
 2             (2)  the murdered individual was an employee  of  an
 3        institution or facility of the Department of Corrections,
 4        or  any  similar local correctional agency, killed in the
 5        course of performing his official duties, to prevent  the
 6        performance of his official duties, or in retaliation for
 7        performing   his   official   duties,   or  the  murdered
 8        individual was an inmate at such institution or  facility
 9        and  was  killed  on the grounds thereof, or the murdered
10        individual was otherwise present in such  institution  or
11        facility  with  the  knowledge  and approval of the chief
12        administrative officer thereof; or
13             (3)  the defendant has been convicted  of  murdering
14        two  or  more  individuals  under  subsection (a) of this
15        Section or under any law of the United States or  of  any
16        state which is substantially similar to subsection (a) of
17        this  Section  regardless  of whether the deaths occurred
18        as the result of the same act or of  several  related  or
19        unrelated  acts  so long as the deaths were the result of
20        either an intent to kill  more  than  one  person  or  of
21        separate  acts which the defendant knew would cause death
22        or create a strong probability of death or  great  bodily
23        harm to the murdered individual or another; or
24             (4)  the  murdered individual was killed as a result
25        of the hijacking of an  airplane,  train,  ship,  bus  or
26        other public conveyance; or
27             (5)  the  defendant committed the murder pursuant to
28        a contract, agreement or understanding by which he was to
29        receive  money  or  anything  of  value  in  return   for
30        committing  the  murder or procured another to commit the
31        murder for money or anything of value; or
32             (6)  the  murdered  individual  was  killed  in  the
33        course of another felony if:
34                  (a)  the murdered individual:
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 1                       (i)  was actually killed by the defendant,
 2                  or
 3                       (ii)  received      physical      injuries
 4                  personally   inflicted   by    the    defendant
 5                  substantially  contemporaneously  with physical
 6                  injuries caused by  one  or  more  persons  for
 7                  whose   conduct   the   defendant   is  legally
 8                  accountable under Section 5-2 of this Code, and
 9                  the physical injuries inflicted by  either  the
10                  defendant  or  the  other person or persons for
11                  whose conduct he is legally accountable  caused
12                  the death of the murdered individual; and
13                  (b)  in  performing  the  acts which caused the
14             death of the murdered individual or  which  resulted
15             in  physical  injuries  personally  inflicted by the
16             defendant  on  the  murdered  individual  under  the
17             circumstances of subdivision  (ii)  of  subparagraph
18             (a)  of  paragraph  (6)  of  subsection  (b) of this
19             Section, the defendant acted with the intent to kill
20             the murdered individual or with the  knowledge  that
21             his  acts  created  a strong probability of death or
22             great bodily harm  to  the  murdered  individual  or
23             another; and
24                  (c)  the other felony was one of the following:
25             armed  robbery,  armed  violence, robbery, predatory
26             criminal  sexual  assault  of  a  child,  aggravated
27             criminal  sexual  assault,  aggravated   kidnapping,
28             aggravated  vehicular hijacking, forcible detention,
29             arson,  aggravated   arson,   aggravated   stalking,
30             burglary,   residential   burglary,  home  invasion,
31             calculated criminal drug conspiracy  as  defined  in
32             Section  405  of  the Illinois Controlled Substances
33             Act, streetgang criminal drug conspiracy as  defined
34             in   Section   405.2   of  the  Illinois  Controlled
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 1             Substances Act, or the attempt to commit any of  the
 2             felonies listed in this subsection (c); or
 3             (7)  the  murdered  individual was under 12 years of
 4        age and the death resulted from exceptionally  brutal  or
 5        heinous behavior indicative of wanton cruelty; or
 6             (8)  the  defendant committed the murder with intent
 7        to prevent the murdered individual from testifying in any
 8        criminal prosecution or giving material assistance to the
 9        State in any investigation or prosecution, either against
10        the defendant or another; or the defendant committed  the
11        murder  because  the murdered individual was a witness in
12        any prosecution or gave material assistance to the  State
13        in  any  investigation or prosecution, either against the
14        defendant or another; or
15             (9)  the  defendant,  while  committing  an  offense
16        punishable under Sections 401, 401.1, 401.2, 405,  405.2,
17        407  or  407.1  or  subsection  (b) of Section 404 of the
18        Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or while engaged in a
19        conspiracy  or  solicitation  to  commit  such   offense,
20        intentionally   killed   an   individual   or  counseled,
21        commanded, induced, procured or  caused  the  intentional
22        killing of the murdered individual; or
23             (10)  the   defendant   was   incarcerated   in   an
24        institution  or facility of the Department of Corrections
25        at the time  of  the  murder,  and  while  committing  an
26        offense  punishable  as  a  felony under Illinois law, or
27        while engaged in a conspiracy or solicitation  to  commit
28        such  offense,  intentionally  killed  an  individual  or
29        counseled,  commanded,  induced,  procured  or caused the
30        intentional killing of the murdered individual; or
31             (11)  the murder was committed in a cold, calculated
32        and premeditated manner pursuant to a preconceived  plan,
33        scheme  or design to take a human life by unlawful means,
34        and the conduct of the  defendant  created  a  reasonable
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 1        expectation  that the death of a human being would result
 2        therefrom; or
 3             (12)  the  murdered  individual  was  an   emergency
 4        medical   technician   -   ambulance,  emergency  medical
 5        technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
 6        paramedic, ambulance driver, or other medical  assistance
 7        or  first  aid  personnel,  employed by a municipality or
 8        other  governmental  unit,  killed  in  the   course   of
 9        performing   his   official   duties,   to   prevent  the
10        performance of his official duties, or in retaliation for
11        performing his official duties, and the defendant knew or
12        should have known that the  murdered  individual  was  an
13        emergency   medical  technician  -  ambulance,  emergency
14        medical  technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical
15        technician  -  paramedic,  ambulance  driver,  or   other
16        medical assistance or first aid personnel; or
17             (13)  the  defendant  was a principal administrator,
18        organizer,  or  leader  of  a  calculated  criminal  drug
19        conspiracy  consisting  of  a  hierarchical  position  of
20        authority superior to that of all other  members  of  the
21        conspiracy,   and  the  defendant  counseled,  commanded,
22        induced, procured, or caused the intentional  killing  of
23        the murdered person; or
24             (14)  the  murder  was  intentional and involved the
25        infliction of torture.  For the purpose of  this  Section
26        torture  means the infliction of or subjection to extreme
27        physical pain, motivated by  an  intent  to  increase  or
28        prolong the pain, suffering or agony of the victim; or
29             (15)  the  murder  was  committed as a result of the
30        intentional discharge of a firearm by the defendant  from
31        a motor vehicle and the victim was not present within the
32        motor vehicle; or
33             (16)  the murdered individual was 60 years of age or
34        older and the death resulted from exceptionally brutal or
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 1        heinous behavior indicative of wanton cruelty; or
 2             (17)  the  murdered individual was a disabled person
 3        and the defendant knew or  should  have  known  that  the
 4        murdered  individual  was disabled.  For purposes of this
 5        paragraph (17), "disabled  person"  means  a  person  who
 6        suffers  from  a  permanent physical or mental impairment
 7        resulting from disease, an injury, a functional disorder,
 8        or  a  congenital  condition  that  renders  the   person
 9        incapable  of  adequately  providing  for  his or her own
10        health or personal care; or
11             (18)  the murdered  individual  was  killed  as  the
12        result  of  the  intentional explosion of a bomb or other
13        explosive device or as  the  result  of  the  intentional
14        igniting of any incendiary device or flammable substance;
15        or
16             (19)  the  murdered  individual  was  killed  as the
17        result of the intentional release of poisonous or noxious
18        gas other than a non-lethal noxious liquid  gas  designed
19        solely for personal defense; or
20             (20)  the  murdered  individual  was  killed  as the
21        result of the intentional discharge of a machine  gun  as
22        defined  in clause (i) of paragraph (7) of subsection (a)
23        of Section 24-1 of this Code; or
24             (21)  the murdered  individual  was  killed  as  the
25        result of the intentional discharge of a firearm that, at
26        the  time  of the discharge, was equipped with any device
27        or attachment designed or used for silencing  the  report
28        of the firearm; or
29             (22)  the  murdered  individual  was  killed  as the
30        result  of  the  intentional  release   of   any   deadly
31        biological  or  chemical  contaminant  or  agent  or  the
32        intentional  exposure  of  any  person  to  a radioactive
33        substance; or.
34             (23)  the  murder  was  committed  as  a  result  of
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 1        streetgang related criminal activity with the intent:
 2                  (A)  to increase the gang's  size,  membership,
 3             prestige,  dominance, or control in any geographical
 4             area, or
 5                  (B)  to exact revenge or  retribution  for  any
 6             gang or member of the gang, or
 7                  (C)  to   obstruct  justice  or  intimidate  or
 8             eliminate any witness against the gang or any member
 9             of the gang, or
10                  (D)  to  directly  or  indirectly   cause   any
11             benefit,  aggrandizement,  gain,  profit,  or  other
12             advantage  to  or  for  the  gang,  its  reputation,
13             influence, or membership.
14        For  the  purpose of this Section, "streetgang" or "gang"
15    has the meaning ascribed to it by Section 10 of the  Illinois
16    Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
17        (c)  Consideration   of   factors   in   Aggravation  and
18    Mitigation.
19        The court shall consider, or shall instruct the  jury  to
20    consider any aggravating and any mitigating factors which are
21    relevant to the imposition of the death penalty.  Aggravating
22    factors  may include but need not be limited to those factors
23    set forth in subsection (b). Mitigating factors  may  include
24    but need not be limited to the following:
25             (1)  the  defendant  has  no  significant history of
26        prior criminal activity;
27             (2)  the murder was committed  while  the  defendant
28        was  under  the  influence of extreme mental or emotional
29        disturbance, although not such as to constitute a defense
30        to prosecution;
31             (3)  the murdered individual was  a  participant  in
32        the  defendant's  homicidal  conduct  or consented to the
33        homicidal act;
34             (4)  the defendant acted  under  the  compulsion  of
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 1        threat  or  menace of the imminent infliction of death or
 2        great bodily harm;
 3             (5)  the defendant was not personally present during
 4        commission of the act or acts causing death.
 5        (d)  Separate sentencing hearing.
 6        Where requested by the State, the court shall  conduct  a
 7    separate  sentencing proceeding to determine the existence of
 8    factors set forth in  subsection  (b)  and  to  consider  any
 9    aggravating  or mitigating factors as indicated in subsection
10    (c).  The proceeding shall be conducted:
11             (1)  before the jury that determined the defendant's
12        guilt; or
13             (2)  before a jury impanelled for the purpose of the
14        proceeding if:
15                  A.  the defendant was convicted upon a plea  of
16             guilty; or
17                  B.  the  defendant  was convicted after a trial
18             before the court sitting without a jury; or
19                  C.  the court for good cause  shown  discharges
20             the jury that determined the defendant's guilt; or
21             (3)  before  the court alone if the defendant waives
22        a jury for the separate proceeding.
23        (e)  Evidence and Argument.
24        During the proceeding any information relevant to any  of
25    the  factors  set forth in subsection (b) may be presented by
26    either the State or the defendant under the  rules  governing
27    the   admission   of   evidence   at  criminal  trials.   Any
28    information relevant to any additional aggravating factors or
29    any mitigating factors indicated in  subsection  (c)  may  be
30    presented  by  the  State  or  defendant  regardless  of  its
31    admissibility  under  the  rules  governing  the admission of
32    evidence at criminal trials.  The  State  and  the  defendant
33    shall  be  given  fair  opportunity  to rebut any information
34    received at the hearing.
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 1        (f)  Proof.
 2        The burden of proof of establishing the existence of  any
 3    of  the  factors  set forth in subsection (b) is on the State
 4    and shall  not  be  satisfied  unless  established  beyond  a
 5    reasonable doubt.
 6        (g)  Procedure - Jury.
 7        If  at  the separate sentencing proceeding the jury finds
 8    that none of the factors set forth in subsection (b)  exists,
 9    the   court  shall  sentence  the  defendant  to  a  term  of
10    imprisonment  under  Chapter  V  of  the  Unified   Code   of
11    Corrections.   If  there  is  a unanimous finding by the jury
12    that one or more of the factors set forth in  subsection  (b)
13    exist,  the  jury  shall  consider aggravating and mitigating
14    factors as  instructed  by  the  court  and  shall  determine
15    whether  the sentence of death shall be imposed.  If the jury
16    determines unanimously that there are no  mitigating  factors
17    sufficient  to preclude the imposition of the death sentence,
18    the court shall sentence the defendant to death.
19        Unless the jury  unanimously  finds  that  there  are  no
20    mitigating  factors  sufficient to preclude the imposition of
21    the death sentence the court shall sentence the defendant  to
22    a term of imprisonment under Chapter V of the Unified Code of
23    Corrections.
24        (h)  Procedure - No Jury.
25        In  a  proceeding  before  the  court alone, if the court
26    finds that none  of  the  factors  found  in  subsection  (b)
27    exists,  the  court shall sentence the defendant to a term of
28    imprisonment  under  Chapter  V  of   the  Unified  Code   of
29    Corrections.
30        If  the  Court determines that one or more of the factors
31    set forth in subsection (b) exists, the Court shall  consider
32    any  aggravating  and  mitigating  factors  as  indicated  in
33    subsection  (c).   If  the Court determines that there are no
34    mitigating factors sufficient to preclude the  imposition  of
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 1    the death sentence, the Court shall sentence the defendant to
 2    death.
 3        Unless  the  court  finds  that  there  are no mitigating
 4    factors sufficient to preclude the imposition of the sentence
 5    of death, the court shall sentence the defendant to a term of
 6    imprisonment  under  Chapter  V  of  the  Unified   Code   of
 7    Corrections.
 8        (i)  Appellate Procedure.
 9        The  conviction and sentence of death shall be subject to
10    automatic review by the Supreme Court.  Such review shall  be
11    in accordance with rules promulgated by the Supreme Court.
12        (j)  Disposition of reversed death sentence.
13        In  the  event that the death penalty in this Act is held
14    to be unconstitutional by the Supreme  Court  of  the  United
15    States  or  of the State of Illinois, any person convicted of
16    first degree murder shall be sentenced by the court to a term
17    of imprisonment under  Chapter  V  of  the  Unified  Code  of
18    Corrections.
19        In  the  event  that  any  death sentence pursuant to the
20    sentencing   provisions   of   this   Section   is   declared
21    unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States or
22    of the State of Illinois, the court having jurisdiction  over
23    a  person  previously  sentenced  to  death  shall  cause the
24    defendant to be brought before the court, and the court shall
25    sentence the  defendant  to  a  term  of  imprisonment  under
26    Chapter V of the Unified Code of Corrections.
27    (Source: P.A. 89-235, eff.  8-4-95;  89-428,  eff.  12-13-95;
28    89-462,  eff.  5-29-96;  89-498,  eff.  6-27-96; 90-213, eff.
29    1-1-98.)
30        (720 ILCS 5/12-4.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-4.1)
31        Sec. 12-4.1.  Heinous Battery.
32        (a)  A person who, in  committing  a  battery,  knowingly
33    causes  severe and permanent disability, great bodily harm or
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 1    disfigurement by means of a caustic or flammable substance, a
 2    poisonous or noxious gas  other  than  a  non-lethal  noxious
 3    liquid  gas  designed  solely  for personal defense, a deadly
 4    biological or chemical contaminant or  agent,  a  radioactive
 5    substance,  or  a  bomb or explosive compound commits heinous
 6    battery.
 7        (b)  Sentence. Heinous battery is a Class  X  felony  for
 8    which  a  person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment
 9    of no less than 6 years and no more than 45 years.
10    (Source: P.A. 88-285.)
11        (720 ILCS 5/12-4.2-5 new)
12        Sec. 12-4.2-5.  Aggravated battery with a machine gun  or
13    a  firearm equipped with any device or attachment designed or
14    used for silencing the report of a firearm.
15        (a)  A person commits aggravated battery with  a  machine
16    gun  or a firearm equipped with a device designed or used for
17    silencing the  report  of  a  firearm  when  he  or  she,  in
18    committing  a battery, knowingly or intentionally by means of
19    the discharging of a machine gun or a firearm equipped with a
20    device designed or used for silencing the report of a firearm
21    (1) causes any injury to another person, or  (2)  causes  any
22    injury  to  a person he or she knows to be a peace officer, a
23    person  summoned  by  a   peace   officer,   a   correctional
24    institution  employee  or  a  fireman  while  the    officer,
25    employee or fireman is engaged in the execution of any of his
26    or  her  official duties, or to prevent the officer, employee
27    or fireman from performing his or her official duties, or  in
28    retaliation  for  the officer, employee or fireman performing
29    his or her official duties, or (3) causes  any  injury  to  a
30    person  he or she knows to be an emergency medical technician
31    - ambulance, emergency  medical  technician  -  intermediate,
32    emergency  medical  technician - paramedic, ambulance driver,
33    or other medical assistance or first aid personnel,  employed
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 1    by  a  municipality  or  other  governmental  unit, while the
 2    emergency medical technician - ambulance,  emergency  medical
 3    technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical technician -
 4    paramedic, ambulance driver, or other medical  assistance  or
 5    first aid personnel is engaged in the execution of any of his
 6    or  her  official duties, or to prevent the emergency medical
 7    technician  -  ambulance,  emergency  medical  technician   -
 8    intermediate,   emergency  medical  technician  -  paramedic,
 9    ambulance driver, or other medical assistance  or  first  aid
10    personnel  from  performing his or her official duties, or in
11    retaliation for the emergency medical technician - ambulance,
12    emergency  medical  technician  -   intermediate,   emergency
13    medical  technician  -  paramedic, ambulance driver, or other
14    medical assistance or first aid personnel performing  his  or
15    her official duties.
16        (b)  A violation of subsection (a) (1) of this Section is
17    a Class X felony for which the person shall be sentenced to a
18    term  of  imprisonment  of  no less than 12 years and no more
19    than 45  years.    A  violation  of  subsection  (a)  (2)  or
20    subsection  (a)  (3)  of this Section is a Class X felony for
21    which the sentence shall be a term of imprisonment of no less
22    than 20 years and no more than 60 years.
23        (c)  For purposes of this Section, "firearm"  is  defined
24    as in the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
25        (d)  For  purposes of this Section, "machine gun" has the
26    meaning ascribed to it in clause  (i)  of  paragraph  (7)  of
27    subsection (a) of Section 24-1 of this Code.
28        (720 ILCS 5/20-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 20-2)
29        Sec.  20-2.   Possession  of  explosives  or explosive or
30    incendiary devices. (a)  A  person  commits  the  offense  of
31    possession  of  explosives or explosive or incendiary devices
32    in violation of this Section when he possesses,  manufactures
33    or  transports  any  explosive compound, timing or detonating
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 1    device for use with  any  explosive  compound  or  incendiary
 2    device  and either intends to use such explosive or device to
 3    commit any offense or knows that another intends to use  such
 4    explosive or device to commit a felony.
 5        (b)  Sentence.
 6        Possession  of  explosives  or  explosive  or  incendiary
 7    devices  in  violation  of this Section is a Class 1 2 felony
 8    for which a person, if sentenced to a term  of  imprisonment,
 9    shall be sentenced to not less than 4 years and not more than
10    30 years.
11    (Source: P.A. 84-1308.)
12        (720 ILCS 5/Art. 20.5 heading new)
13                  ARTICLE 20.5.  DEADLY SUBSTANCES
14        (720 ILCS 5/20.5-5 new)
15        Sec. 20.5-5.  Possession of a deadly substance.
16        (a)  A  person  commits  the  offense  of possession of a
17    deadly substance when he or she  possesses,  manufactures  or
18    transports   any  poisonous  or  noxious  gas  other  than  a
19    non-lethal noxious liquid gas designed  solely  for  personal
20    defense,  deadly biological or chemical contaminant or agent,
21    or radioactive substance either with the intent to  use  such
22    gas,   biological   or  chemical  contaminant  or  agent,  or
23    radioactive substance to  commit  any  offense  or  with  the
24    knowledge  that  another  person  intends  to  use  such gas,
25    biological or chemical contaminant or agent,  or  radioactive
26    substance to commit a felony.
27        (b)  Sentence.   Possession  of  a  deadly substance is a
28    Class 1 felony for which a person, if sentenced to a term  of
29    imprisonment, shall be sentenced to a term of not less than 4
30    years and not more than 30 years.
31        (720 ILCS 5/24-1.2-5 new)
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 1        Sec. 24-1.2-5.  Aggravated discharge of a  machine gun or
 2    a  firearm  equipped  with  a  device  designed  or  used for
 3    silencing the report of a firearm.
 4        (a)  A person commits aggravated discharge of a   machine
 5    gun  or a firearm equipped with a device designed or used for
 6    silencing the report of a firearm when he or she knowingly or
 7    intentionally:
 8             (1)  Discharges a machine gun or a firearm  equipped
 9        with  a  device designed or used for silencing the report
10        of a firearm at or into a building he or she knows to  be
11        occupied and the machine gun or the firearm equipped with
12        a  device  designed or used for silencing the report of a
13        firearm is discharged from a place  or  position  outside
14        that building;
15             (2)  Discharges  a machine gun or a firearm equipped
16        with a device designed or used for silencing  the  report
17        of a firearm in the direction of another person or in the
18        direction of a vehicle he or she knows to be occupied;
19             (3)  Discharges  a machine gun or a firearm equipped
20        with a device designed or used for silencing  the  report
21        of a firearm in the direction of a person he or she knows
22        to be a peace officer, a person summoned or directed by a
23        peace  officer, a correctional institution employee, or a
24        fireman while the officer, employee or fireman is engaged
25        in the execution of any of his or her official duties, or
26        to  prevent  the  officer,  employee  or   fireman   from
27        performing  his or her official duties, or in retaliation
28        for the officer, employee or fireman  performing  his  or
29        her official duties;
30             (4)  Discharges  a machine gun or a firearm equipped
31        with a device designed or used for silencing  the  report
32        of  a  firearm  in  the  direction of a vehicle he or she
33        knows to  be  occupied  by  a  peace  officer,  a  person
34        summoned  or  directed by a peace officer, a correctional
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 1        institution employee or  a  fireman  while  the  officer,
 2        employee or fireman is engaged in the execution of any of
 3        his  or  her  official duties, or to prevent the officer,
 4        employee or fireman from performing his or  her  official
 5        duties,  or  in  retaliation for the officer, employee or
 6        fireman performing his or her official duties;
 7             (5)  Discharges a machine gun or a firearm  equipped
 8        with  a  device designed or used for silencing the report
 9        of a firearm in the direction of a person he or she knows
10        to  be  an  emergency  medical  technician  -  ambulance,
11        emergency medical technician  -  intermediate,  emergency
12        medical  technician  -  paramedic,  ambulance  driver, or
13        other medical assistance or first aid personnel, employed
14        by a municipality or other governmental unit,  while  the
15        emergency   medical  technician  -  ambulance,  emergency
16        medical  technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical
17        technician  -  paramedic,  ambulance  driver,  or   other
18        medical  assistance  or first aid personnel is engaged in
19        the execution of any of his or her official duties, or to
20        prevent the emergency  medical  technician  -  ambulance,
21        emergency  medical  technician  - intermediate, emergency
22        medical technician  -  paramedic,  ambulance  driver,  or
23        other  medical  assistance  or  first  aid personnel from
24        performing his or her official duties, or in  retaliation
25        for   the   emergency  medical  technician  -  ambulance,
26        emergency medical technician  -  intermediate,  emergency
27        medical  technician  -  paramedic,  ambulance  driver, or
28        other  medical  assistance   or   first   aid   personnel
29        performing his or her official duties; or
30             (6)  Discharges  a machine gun or a firearm equipped
31        with a device designed or used for silencing  the  report
32        of  a  firearm  in  the  direction of a vehicle he or she
33        knows to be occupied by an emergency medical technician -
34        ambulance, emergency medical technician  -  intermediate,
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 1        emergency   medical  technician  -  paramedic,  ambulance
 2        driver,  or  other  medical  assistance  or   first   aid
 3        personnel,   employed   by   a   municipality   or  other
 4        governmental unit, while the emergency medical technician
 5        - ambulance, emergency medical technician - intermediate,
 6        emergency  medical  technician  -  paramedic,   ambulance
 7        driver,   or   other  medical  assistance  or  first  aid
 8        personnel is engaged in the execution of any  of  his  or
 9        her  official duties, or to prevent the emergency medical
10        technician - ambulance, emergency  medical  technician  -
11        intermediate,  emergency  medical technician - paramedic,
12        ambulance driver, or other medical  assistance  or  first
13        aid personnel from performing his or her official duties,
14        or  in retaliation for the emergency medical technician -
15        ambulance, emergency medical technician  -  intermediate,
16        emergency   medical  technician  -  paramedic,  ambulance
17        driver,  or  other  medical  assistance  or   first   aid
18        personnel performing his or her official duties.
19        (b)  A  violation   of  subsection (a) (1) or  subsection
20    (a) (2) of this Section is a Class X felony.  A violation  of
21    subsection  (a)  (3),  (a)  (4),  (a) (5), or (a) (6) of this
22    Section is a Class X felony for which the sentence shall be a
23    term of imprisonment of no less than 12  years  and  no  more
24    than 50 years.
25        (c)  For  the  purpose of this Section, "machine gun" has
26    the meaning ascribed to it in clause (i) of paragraph (7)  of
27    subsection (a) of Section 24-1 of this Code.
28        (720 ILCS 5/26-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 26-1)
29        Sec. 26-1.  Elements of the Offense.
30        (a)  A   person   commits   disorderly  conduct  when  he
31    knowingly:
32             (1)  Does any act in such unreasonable manner as  to
33        alarm  or  disturb another and to provoke a breach of the
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 1        peace; or
 2             (2)  Transmits or causes to be  transmitted  in  any
 3        manner  to the fire department of any city, town, village
 4        or fire  protection  district  a  false  alarm  of  fire,
 5        knowing at the time of such transmission that there is no
 6        reasonable ground for believing that such fire exists; or
 7             (3)  Transmits  or  causes  to be transmitted in any
 8        manner to another a false alarm to the effect that a bomb
 9        or other explosive of any nature  is  concealed  in  such
10        place  that  its  explosion  would  endanger  human life,
11        knowing at the time of such transmission that there is no
12        reasonable  ground  for  believing  that  such  bomb   or
13        explosive is concealed in such place; or
14             (4)  Transmits  or  causes  to be transmitted in any
15        manner to any peace officer,  public  officer  or  public
16        employee  a  report to the effect that an offense will be
17        committed, is being committed,  or  has  been  committed,
18        knowing at the time of such transmission that there is no
19        reasonable ground for believing that such an offense will
20        be  committed, is being committed, or has been committed;
21        or
22             (5)  Enters upon the property of another and  for  a
23        lewd  or  unlawful  purpose  deliberately  looks  into  a
24        dwelling  on  the  property  through  any window or other
25        opening in it; or
26             (6)  While acting as a collection agency as  defined
27        in  the "Collection Agency Act" or as an employee of such
28        collection agency, and while  attempting  to  collect  an
29        alleged  debt,  makes  a  telephone  call  to the alleged
30        debtor which is designed to harass, annoy  or  intimidate
31        the alleged debtor; or
32             (7)  Transmits  or  causes to be transmitted a false
33        report to the Department of Children and Family  Services
34        under  Section  4  of  the  "Abused  and  Neglected Child
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 1        Reporting Act"; or
 2             (8)  Transmits or causes to be transmitted  a  false
 3        report  to  the  Department  of  Public  Health under the
 4        Nursing Home Care Act; or
 5             (9)  Transmits or causes to be  transmitted  in  any
 6        manner to the police department or fire department of any
 7        municipality   or   fire   protection  district,  or  any
 8        privately owned and operated ambulance service,  a  false
 9        request    for    an    ambulance,    emergency   medical
10        technician-ambulance      or      emergency       medical
11        technician-paramedic  knowing  at  the  time  there is no
12        reasonable ground for believing that such  assistance  is
13        required; or
14             (10)  Transmits  or causes to be transmitted a false
15        report under Article II of "An Act in relation to victims
16        of violence and abuse", approved September 16,  1984,  as
17        amended; or
18             (11)  Transmits  or causes to be transmitted a false
19        report to any public safety agency without the reasonable
20        grounds necessary to believe  that  transmitting  such  a
21        report  is  necessary  for  the safety and welfare of the
22        public; or
23             (12)  Calls the number  "911"  for  the  purpose  of
24        making  or  transmitting  a  false alarm or complaint and
25        reporting information when,  at  the  time  the  call  or
26        transmission  is  made,  the  person  knows  there  is no
27        reasonable ground for making the call or transmission and
28        further knows that the call or transmission could  result
29        in the emergency response of any public safety agency.
30        (b)  Sentence.
31        (1)  A violation of subsection (a) (1) of this Section is
32    a  Class  C  misdemeanor.  A violation of subsection (a) (7),
33    (a)(11), or (a)(12) of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor.
34    A violation of subsection (a) (5), (a) (8)  or  (a)  (10)  of
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 1    this  Section  is  a  Class  B  misdemeanor.  A  violation of
 2    subsection (a) (2),  (a)  (3),  (a)(4),  or  (a)(9)  of  this
 3    Section is a Class 4 felony. A violation of subsection (a)(3)
 4    of  this Section is a Class 3 felony, for which a fine of not
 5    less than $3,000 and no more than $10,000 shall  be  assessed
 6    in addition to any other penalty imposed.
 7        A  violation  of  subsection (a) (6) of this Section is a
 8    Business Offense and shall be  punished  by  a  fine  not  to
 9    exceed $3,000. A second or subsequent violation of subsection
10    (a)  (7),  (a)(11),  or  (a)(12) of this Section is a Class 4
11    felony.
12        (c)  In addition  to  any  other  sentence  that  may  be
13    imposed,   a  court  shall  order  any  person  convicted  of
14    disorderly conduct to perform community service for not  less
15    than  30 and not more than 120 hours, if community service is
16    available in the jurisdiction and is funded and  approved  by
17    the  county  board  of  the  county  where  the  offense  was
18    committed.  In  addition,  whenever  any  person is placed on
19    supervision for an alleged offense under  this  Section,  the
20    supervision  shall be conditioned upon the performance of the
21    community service.
22        This subsection does not apply when the court  imposes  a
23    sentence of incarceration.
24    (Source: P.A. 89-8, eff. 3-21-95; 90-456, eff. 1-1-98.)
25        Section  10.  The  Unified Code of Corrections is amended
26    by changing Sections 3-6-3 and 5-8-1 as follows:
27        (730 ILCS 5/3-6-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-3)
28        Sec. 3-6-3.  Rules and Regulations for Early Release.
29        (a)(1)  The Department  of  Corrections  shall  prescribe
30        rules and regulations for the early release on account of
31        good conduct of persons committed to the Department which
32        shall be subject to review by the Prisoner Review Board.
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 1             (2)  The  rules  and  regulations  on  early release
 2        shall provide, with respect to offenses committed  on  or
 3        after  the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995,
 4        the following:
 5                  (i)  that a prisoner who is serving a  term  of
 6             imprisonment  for  first degree murder shall receive
 7             no good conduct credit and shall  serve  the  entire
 8             sentence imposed by the court;
 9                  (ii)  that  a  prisoner  serving a sentence for
10             attempt to commit first degree murder,  solicitation
11             of   murder,   solicitation   of  murder  for  hire,
12             intentional homicide of an unborn  child,  predatory
13             criminal  sexual  assault  of  a  child,  aggravated
14             criminal  sexual  assault,  criminal sexual assault,
15             aggravated kidnapping,  aggravated  battery  with  a
16             firearm,  heinous  battery,  aggravated battery of a
17             senior citizen, or aggravated  battery  of  a  child
18             shall  receive no more than 4.5 days of good conduct
19             credit for each month of  his  or  her  sentence  of
20             imprisonment; and
21                  (iii)  that  a  prisoner serving a sentence for
22             home invasion, armed robbery,  aggravated  vehicular
23             hijacking,  aggravated  discharge  of  a firearm, or
24             armed violence with a category I weapon or  category
25             II  weapon,  when  the  court has made and entered a
26             finding, pursuant to  subsection  (c-1)  of  Section
27             5-4-1  of  this  Code,  that  the conduct leading to
28             conviction for the enumerated  offense  resulted  in
29             great bodily harm to a victim, shall receive no more
30             than  4.5 days of good conduct credit for each month
31             of his or her sentence of imprisonment.
32             (2.1)  For all offenses, other than those enumerated
33        in subdivision (a)(2) committed on or after the effective
34        date of this  amendatory  Act  of  1995,  the  rules  and
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 1        regulations  shall provide that a prisoner who is serving
 2        a term of imprisonment shall  receive  one  day  of  good
 3        conduct  credit  for  each  day of his or her sentence of
 4        imprisonment or recommitment under  Section  3-3-9.  Each
 5        day  of  good  conduct credit shall reduce by one day the
 6        prisoner's period of imprisonment or  recommitment  under
 7        Section 3-3-9.
 8             (2.2)  A  prisoner  serving  a  term of natural life
 9        imprisonment or a prisoner  who  has  been  sentenced  to
10        death shall receive no good conduct credit.
11             (2.3)  The  rules  and  regulations on early release
12        shall provide with respect to the offenses of  aggravated
13        battery with a machine gun or a firearm equipped with any
14        device  or  attachment designed or used for silencing the
15        report of a firearm or aggravated discharge of a  machine
16        gun  or  a firearm equipped with any device or attachment
17        designed or used for silencing the report of  a  firearm,
18        committed   on  or  after  the  effective  date  of  this
19        amendatory  Act  of  1998,  that  a  prisoner  serving  a
20        sentence for any of these offenses shall receive no  more
21        than  4.5  days  of good conduct credit for each month of
22        his or her sentence of imprisonment.
23             (3)  The rules and regulations  shall  also  provide
24        that  the  Director  may  award up to 180 days additional
25        good conduct credit for meritorious service  in  specific
26        instances  as  the  Director deems proper; except that no
27        more than 90 days of good conduct credit for  meritorious
28        service shall be awarded to any prisoner who is serving a
29        sentence  for conviction of first degree murder, reckless
30        homicide while under the  influence  of  alcohol  or  any
31        other  drug, aggravated kidnapping, kidnapping, predatory
32        criminal sexual assault of a child,  aggravated  criminal
33        sexual  assault,  criminal sexual assault, deviate sexual
34        assault, aggravated  criminal  sexual  abuse,  aggravated
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 1        indecent  liberties with a child, indecent liberties with
 2        a child, child pornography, heinous  battery,  aggravated
 3        battery  of a spouse, aggravated battery of a spouse with
 4        a  firearm,  stalking,  aggravated  stalking,  aggravated
 5        battery of a child, endangering the life or health  of  a
 6        child,  cruelty  to  a  child,  or narcotic racketeering.
 7        Notwithstanding the foregoing, good  conduct  credit  for
 8        meritorious service shall not be awarded on a sentence of
 9        imprisonment   imposed  for  conviction  of  one  of  the
10        offenses  enumerated  in  subdivision  (a)(2)  when   the
11        offense  is  committed  on or after the effective date of
12        this amendatory Act of 1995 or for conviction of  one  of
13        the  offenses enumerated in subdivision (a)(2.3) when the
14        offense is committed on or after the  effective  date  of
15        this amendatory Act of 1998.
16             (4)  The  rules  and  regulations shall also provide
17        that the good conduct  credit  accumulated  and  retained
18        under  paragraph  (2.1) of subsection (a) of this Section
19        by any inmate during specific periods of  time  in  which
20        such  inmate  is  engaged  full-time  in  substance abuse
21        programs,   correctional   industry    assignments,    or
22        educational  programs  provided  by  the Department under
23        this  paragraph  (4)  and  satisfactorily  completes  the
24        assigned program as determined by the  standards  of  the
25        Department,  shall  be multiplied by a factor of 1.25 for
26        program participation before the effective date  of  this
27        amendatory Act of 1993 and 1.50 for program participation
28        on  or  after  that  date.    However, no inmate shall be
29        eligible for the additional  good  conduct  credit  under
30        this  paragraph (4) while assigned to a boot camp, mental
31        health unit, or electronic detention, or if convicted  of
32        an offense enumerated in paragraph (a)(2) of this Section
33        that  is committed on or after the effective date of this
34        amendatory Act of 1995, or if  convicted  of  an  offense
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 1        enumerated  in paragraph (a)(2.3) of this Section that is
 2        committed  on  or  after  the  effective  date  of   this
 3        amendatory Act of 1998, or first degree murder, a Class X
 4        felony,  criminal  sexual assault, felony criminal sexual
 5        abuse,  aggravated  criminal  sexual  abuse,   aggravated
 6        battery  with  a firearm, or any predecessor or successor
 7        offenses  with  the  same  or  substantially   the   same
 8        elements,  or  any  inchoate  offenses  relating  to  the
 9        foregoing  offenses.  No inmate shall be eligible for the
10        additional good conduct credit under this  paragraph  (4)
11        who  (i)  has  previously received increased good conduct
12        credit under this paragraph (4) and has subsequently been
13        convicted of a felony, or (ii) has previously served more
14        than one prior sentence of imprisonment for a  felony  in
15        an adult correctional facility.
16             Educational,   vocational,   substance   abuse   and
17        correctional  industry  programs under which good conduct
18        credit may be increased under this paragraph (4) shall be
19        evaluated by the Department on the  basis  of  documented
20        standards.   The  Department  shall report the results of
21        these  evaluations  to  the  Governor  and  the   General
22        Assembly  by  September  30th  of each year.  The reports
23        shall include data relating to the recidivism rate  among
24        program participants.
25             Availability  of  these programs shall be subject to
26        the  limits  of  fiscal  resources  appropriated  by  the
27        General Assembly for these  purposes.   Eligible  inmates
28        who  are  denied immediate admission shall be placed on a
29        waiting  list   under   criteria   established   by   the
30        Department. The inability of any inmate to become engaged
31        in  any  such  programs by reason of insufficient program
32        resources or for any other reason established  under  the
33        rules  and  regulations  of  the  Department shall not be
34        deemed a cause of action under which  the  Department  or
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 1        any  employee  or agent of the Department shall be liable
 2        for damages to the inmate.
 3             (5)  Whenever  the  Department  is  to  release  any
 4        inmate earlier than it otherwise would because of a grant
 5        of good conduct credit for meritorious service  given  at
 6        any  time  during  the  term,  the  Department shall give
 7        reasonable advance notice of the impending release to the
 8        State's Attorney of the county where the  prosecution  of
 9        the inmate took place.
10        (b)  Whenever  a  person  is  or has been committed under
11    several convictions, with separate sentences,  the  sentences
12    shall  be  construed  under  Section  5-8-4  in  granting and
13    forfeiting of good time.
14        (c)  The Department shall prescribe rules and regulations
15    for revoking good conduct credit, or suspending  or  reducing
16    the  rate of accumulation of good conduct credit for specific
17    rule  violations,  during  imprisonment.   These  rules   and
18    regulations  shall  provide  that  no inmate may be penalized
19    more than one  year  of  good  conduct  credit  for  any  one
20    infraction.
21        When  the  Department  seeks to revoke, suspend or reduce
22    the rate of accumulation of any good conduct credits  for  an
23    alleged  infraction  of  its  rules,  it  shall bring charges
24    therefor against the prisoner sought to  be  so  deprived  of
25    good  conduct  credits  before  the  Prisoner Review Board as
26    provided in subparagraph (a)(4)  of  Section  3-3-2  of  this
27    Code,  if  the  amount  of credit at issue exceeds 30 days or
28    when during any 12 month period,  the  cumulative  amount  of
29    credit revoked exceeds 30 days except where the infraction is
30    committed  or discovered within 60 days of scheduled release.
31    In those cases, the Department of Corrections may  revoke  up
32    to 30 days of good conduct credit. The Board may subsequently
33    approve  the revocation of additional good conduct credit, if
34    the Department seeks to revoke good conduct credit in  excess
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 1    of  30  days.   However,  the Board shall not be empowered to
 2    review the Department's decision with respect to the loss  of
 3    30  days  of good conduct credit within any calendar year for
 4    any prisoner or to increase any  penalty  beyond  the  length
 5    requested by the Department.
 6        The   Director  of  the  Department  of  Corrections,  in
 7    appropriate cases, may restore up to  30  days  good  conduct
 8    credits  which  have  been revoked, suspended or reduced. Any
 9    restoration of good conduct credits  in  excess  of  30  days
10    shall  be  subject  to  review  by the Prisoner Review Board.
11    However, the Board may not restore  good  conduct  credit  in
12    excess of the amount requested by the Director.
13        Nothing  contained  in  this  Section  shall prohibit the
14    Prisoner Review Board  from  ordering,  pursuant  to  Section
15    3-3-9(a)(3)(i)(B),  that  a  prisoner serve up to one year of
16    the sentence imposed by the court that was not served due  to
17    the accumulation of good conduct credit.
18        (d)  If  a  lawsuit is filed by a prisoner in an Illinois
19    or  federal  court  against  the  State,  the  Department  of
20    Corrections, or the Prisoner Review Board, or against any  of
21    their  officers  or employees, and the court makes a specific
22    finding that a pleading, motion, or other paper filed by  the
23    prisoner  is  frivolous,  the Department of Corrections shall
24    conduct a hearing to revoke up to 180 days  of  good  conduct
25    credit  by bringing charges against the prisoner sought to be
26    deprived of the good  conduct  credits  before  the  Prisoner
27    Review  Board  as  provided in subparagraph (a)(8) of Section
28    3-3-2 of this Code. If the prisoner has not  accumulated  180
29    days  of good conduct credit at the time of the finding, then
30    the Prisoner Review Board may revoke all good conduct  credit
31    accumulated by the prisoner.
32        For purposes of this subsection (d):
33             (1)  "Frivolous"  means  that a pleading, motion, or
34        other filing which purports to be a legal document  filed
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 1        by  a  prisoner in his or her lawsuit meets any or all of
 2        the following criteria:
 3                  (A)  it lacks an arguable basis either  in  law
 4             or in fact;
 5                  (B)  it  is  being  presented  for any improper
 6             purpose, such as to harass or to  cause  unnecessary
 7             delay   or   needless   increase   in  the  cost  of
 8             litigation;
 9                  (C)  the  claims,  defenses,  and  other  legal
10             contentions therein are not  warranted  by  existing
11             law or by a nonfrivolous argument for the extension,
12             modification,  or  reversal  of  existing law or the
13             establishment of new law;
14                  (D)  the   allegations   and   other    factual
15             contentions  do  not have evidentiary support or, if
16             specifically so identified, are not likely  to  have
17             evidentiary  support  after a reasonable opportunity
18             for further investigation or discovery; or
19                  (E)  the denials of factual contentions are not
20             warranted on the evidence,  or  if  specifically  so
21             identified,  are  not  reasonably based on a lack of
22             information or belief.
23             (2)  "Lawsuit" means a petition for post  conviction
24        relief   under  Article  122  of  the  Code  of  Criminal
25        Procedure of 1963, a motion pursuant to Section 116-3  of
26        the  Code  of Criminal Procedure of 1963, a habeas corpus
27        action under Article X of the Code of Civil Procedure  or
28        under  federal law (28 U.S.C. 2254), a petition for claim
29        under the Court of Claims Act  or  an  action  under  the
30        federal Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 1983).
31    (Source:  P.A.  89-404,  eff. 8-20-95; 89-428, eff. 12-13-95;
32    89-462, eff.  5-29-96;  89-656,  eff.  1-1-97;  90-141,  eff.
33    1-1-98; 90-505, eff. 8-19-97; revised 10-7-97.)
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 1        (730 ILCS 5/5-8-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-1)
 2        Sec. 5-8-1. Sentence of Imprisonment for Felony.
 3        (a)  Except as otherwise provided in the statute defining
 4    the offense, a sentence of imprisonment for a felony shall be
 5    a  determinate  sentence set by the court under this Section,
 6    according to the following limitations:
 7             (1)  for first degree murder,
 8                  (a)  a term shall be not less than 20 years and
 9             not more than 60 years, or
10                  (a-5)  if the  court  finds  that  the  conduct
11             leading   to   the  murder  was  streetgang  related
12             criminal activity with the intent  (i)  to  increase
13             the gang's size, membership, prestige, dominance, or
14             control  in  any geographical area, or (ii) to exact
15             revenge or retribution for any gang or member of the
16             gang, or (iii) to obstruct justice or intimidate  or
17             eliminate any witness against the gang or any member
18             of the gang, or (iv) to directly or indirectly cause
19             any  benefit,  aggrandizement, gain, profit or other
20             advantage  to  or  for  the  gang,  its  reputation,
21             influence or membership, the  court  shall  sentence
22             the  defendant to a term of not less than 30 and not
23             more than 60 years.
24        For the purpose of this Section, "streetgang"  or  "gang"
25    has  the meaning ascribed to it by Section 10 of the Illinois
26    Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
27                  (b)  if the court finds  that  the  murder  was
28             accompanied   by  exceptionally  brutal  or  heinous
29             behavior indicative of wanton cruelty or, except  as
30             set  forth  in subsection (a)(1)(c) of this Section,
31             that  any  of  the  aggravating  factors  listed  in
32             subsection (b) of Section 9-1 of the  Criminal  Code
33             of  1961  are  present,  the  court may sentence the
34             defendant to a term of natural life imprisonment, or
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 1                  (c)  the court shall sentence the defendant  to
 2             a  term  of natural life imprisonment when the death
 3             penalty is not imposed if the defendant,
 4                       (i)  has  previously  been  convicted   of
 5                  first  degree murder under any state or federal
 6                  law, or
 7                       (ii)  is a person who, at the time of  the
 8                  commission  of the murder, had attained the age
 9                  of 17 or more and is found guilty of  murdering
10                  an  individual  under  12  years  of  age;  or,
11                  irrespective of the defendant's age at the time
12                  of  the  commission  of  the  offense, is found
13                  guilty of murdering more than one victim, or
14                       (iii)  is  found  guilty  of  murdering  a
15                  peace officer or fireman when the peace officer
16                  or  fireman  was  killed  in  the   course   of
17                  performing  his  official duties, or to prevent
18                  the peace officer or  fireman  from  performing
19                  his  official duties, or in retaliation for the
20                  peace  officer  or   fireman   performing   his
21                  official  duties,  and  the  defendant  knew or
22                  should have known that the murdered  individual
23                  was a peace officer or fireman, or
24                       (iv)  is  found  guilty  of  murdering  an
25                  employee  of  an institution or facility of the
26                  Department of Corrections, or any similar local
27                  correctional  agency,  when  the  employee  was
28                  killed in the course of performing his official
29                  duties,  or  to  prevent  the   employee   from
30                  performing   his   official   duties,   or   in
31                  retaliation  for  the  employee  performing his
32                  official duties, or
33                       (v)  is  found  guilty  of  murdering   an
34                  emergency   medical   technician  -  ambulance,
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 1                  emergency medical  technician  -  intermediate,
 2                  emergency   medical   technician  -  paramedic,
 3                  ambulance driver or other medical assistance or
 4                  first  aid   person   while   employed   by   a
 5                  municipality  or  other  governmental unit when
 6                  the  person  was  killed  in  the   course   of
 7                  performing  official  duties  or to prevent the
 8                  person from performing official  duties  or  in
 9                  retaliation  for performing official duties and
10                  the defendant knew or should  have  known  that
11                  the   murdered   individual  was  an  emergency
12                  medical  technician  -   ambulance,   emergency
13                  medical  technician  -  intermediate, emergency
14                  medical  technician  -   paramedic,   ambulance
15                  driver, or other medical assistant or first aid
16                  personnel, or
17                       (vi)  is  a person who, at the time of the
18                  commission of the murder, had not attained  the
19                  age  of  17, and is found guilty of murdering a
20                  person under 12 years of age and the murder  is
21                  committed   during  the  course  of  aggravated
22                  criminal  sexual   assault,   criminal   sexual
23                  assault, or aggravated kidnaping.
24                  For  purposes of clause (v), "emergency medical
25             technician   -   ambulance",   "emergency    medical
26             technician   -   intermediate",  "emergency  medical
27             technician - paramedic", have the meanings  ascribed
28             to  them  in  the  Emergency  Medical Services (EMS)
29             Systems Act.
30             (1.5)  for second degree murder, a term shall be not
31        less than 4 years and not more than 20 years;
32             (2)  for a person adjudged a habitual criminal under
33        Article 33B of the Criminal Code of 1961, as amended, the
34        sentence shall be a term of natural life imprisonment;
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 1             (2.5)  for   a   person    convicted    under    the
 2        circumstances  described  in  paragraph (3) of subsection
 3        (b) of Section 12-13, paragraph (2) of subsection (d)  of
 4        Section  12-14,  or  paragraph  (2)  of subsection (b) of
 5        Section  12-14.1  of  the  Criminal  Code  of  1961,  the
 6        sentence shall be a term of natural life imprisonment;
 7             (3)  except as otherwise  provided  in  the  statute
 8        defining  the offense, for a Class X felony, the sentence
 9        shall be not less than 6  years  and  not  more  than  30
10        years;
11             (4)  for  a Class 1 felony, other than second degree
12        murder, the sentence shall be not less than 4  years  and
13        not more than 15 years;
14             (5)  for a Class 2 felony, the sentence shall be not
15        less than 3 years and not more than 7 years;
16             (6)  for a Class 3 felony, the sentence shall be not
17        less than 2 years and not more than 5 years;
18             (7)  for a Class 4 felony, the sentence shall be not
19        less than 1 year and not more than 3 years.
20        (b)  The sentencing judge in each felony conviction shall
21    set forth his reasons for imposing the particular sentence he
22    enters  in  the  case,  as  provided in Section 5-4-1 of this
23    Code.   Those  reasons  may   include   any   mitigating   or
24    aggravating  factors  specified  in this Code, or the lack of
25    any such circumstances, as well as any other such factors  as
26    the  judge  shall set forth on the record that are consistent
27    with the purposes and principles of  sentencing  set  out  in
28    this Code.
29        (c)  A  motion  to  reduce a sentence may be made, or the
30    court may reduce a sentence without motion,  within  30  days
31    after  the  sentence  is imposed.  A defendant's challenge to
32    the correctness of  a  sentence  or  to  any  aspect  of  the
33    sentencing  hearing  shall  be made by a written motion filed
34    within  30  days  following  the  imposition   of   sentence.
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 1    However,  the  court  may  not increase a sentence once it is
 2    imposed.
 3        If a motion filed pursuant to this subsection  is  timely
 4    filed  within  30  days  after  the  sentence is imposed, the
 5    proponent of the  motion  shall  exercise  due  diligence  in
 6    seeking  a  determination  on  the motion and the court shall
 7    thereafter decide such motion within a reasonable time.
 8        If a motion filed pursuant to this subsection  is  timely
 9    filed  within 30 days after the sentence is imposed, then for
10    purposes of perfecting an appeal, a final judgment shall  not
11    be considered to have been entered until the motion to reduce
12    a  sentence  has  been  decided by order entered by the trial
13    court.
14        A motion filed pursuant to this subsection shall  not  be
15    considered  to have been timely filed unless it is filed with
16    the circuit court clerk within 30 days after the sentence  is
17    imposed  together  with  a  notice of motion, which notice of
18    motion shall set the motion on the court's calendar on a date
19    certain within a reasonable time after the date of filing.
20        (d)  Except where a term  of  natural  life  is  imposed,
21    every sentence shall include as though written therein a term
22    in  addition to the term of imprisonment. For those sentenced
23    under the law in effect prior to February 1, 1978, such  term
24    shall be identified as a parole term.  For those sentenced on
25    or after February 1, 1978, such term shall be identified as a
26    mandatory   supervised  release  term.   Subject  to  earlier
27    termination under Section  3-3-8,  the  parole  or  mandatory
28    supervised release term shall be as follows:
29             (1)  for  first degree murder or a Class X felony, 3
30        years;
31             (2)  for a Class 1 felony or a  Class  2  felony,  2
32        years;
33             (3)  for  a  Class  3  felony or a Class 4 felony, 1
34        year.
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 1        (e)  A  defendant  who  has  a  previous  and   unexpired
 2    sentence  of  imprisonment imposed by another state or by any
 3    district court of the United States and who,  after  sentence
 4    for  a  crime in Illinois, must return to serve the unexpired
 5    prior sentence may have his sentence by  the  Illinois  court
 6    ordered to be concurrent with the prior sentence in the other
 7    state.  The  court  may  order  that  any  time served on the
 8    unexpired portion of the sentence in the other  state,  prior
 9    to  his return to Illinois, shall be credited on his Illinois
10    sentence. The other state shall be furnished with a  copy  of
11    the  order  imposing  sentence which shall provide that, when
12    the offender is released from confinement of the other state,
13    whether by parole or by termination of sentence, the offender
14    shall be transferred by the Sheriff of the committing  county
15    to  the  Illinois  Department of Corrections. The court shall
16    cause the Department of Corrections to be  notified  of  such
17    sentence  at  the  time of commitment and to be provided with
18    copies of all records regarding the sentence.
19        (f)  A  defendant  who  has  a  previous  and   unexpired
20    sentence of imprisonment imposed by an Illinois circuit court
21    for  a  crime in this State and who is subsequently sentenced
22    to a term of imprisonment by another state or by any district
23    court of the United States and  who  has  served  a  term  of
24    imprisonment  imposed by the other state or district court of
25    the United States, and must  return to  serve  the  unexpired
26    prior  sentence  imposed  by  the  Illinois Circuit Court may
27    apply to  the  court  which  imposed  sentence  to  have  his
28    sentence reduced.
29        The  circuit  court may order that any time served on the
30    sentence imposed by the other state or district court of  the
31    United  States  be  credited  on  his Illinois sentence. Such
32    application  for   reduction  of  a   sentence   under   this
33    subsection  (f)  shall  be  made  within  30  days  after the
34    defendant has completed the sentence  imposed  by  the  other
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 1    state or district court of the United States.
 2    (Source: P.A.  89-203,  eff.  7-21-95; 89-428, eff. 12-13-95;
 3    89-462, eff. 5-29-96; 90-396, eff. 1-1-98.)
 4        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 5    becoming law.

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