Public Act 097-0147
 
SB1699 EnrolledLRB097 09596 RLC 49733 b


  
    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended  by changing 
Section 16H-60 as follows:
 



    (720 ILCS 5/16H-60)



    Sec. 16H-60. Sentence. 

    (a) A financial crime, the full value of which does not 
exceed $500, is
a Class A misdemeanor.

    (b) A person who has been convicted of a financial crime, 
the full
value of which does not exceed $500, and who has been 
previously
convicted of a financial crime or any type of theft, 
robbery, armed robbery,
burglary, residential burglary, 
possession of burglary tools, or home
invasion, is guilty of a 
Class 4 felony. When a person has such prior
conviction, the 
information or indictment charging that person shall state
such 
prior conviction so as to give notice of the State's intention 
to treat
the
charge as a felony. The fact of such prior 
conviction is not an element of the
offense and may not be 
disclosed to the jury during trial unless otherwise
permitted 
by issues properly raised during such trial.

    (c) A financial crime, the full value of which exceeds $500 
but does
not exceed $10,000, is a Class 3 felony. When a charge 
of financial crime,
the full value of which exceeds $500 but 
does not exceed $10,000, is
brought, the value of the financial 
crime involved is an element of the
offense to be resolved by 
the trier of fact as either exceeding or not
exceeding $500.

    (d) A financial crime, the full value of which exceeds 
$10,000 but
does not exceed $100,000, is a Class 2 felony. When 
a charge of financial
crime, the full value of which exceeds 
$10,000 but does not exceed
$100,000, is brought, the value of 
the financial crime involved is an element
of the offense to be 
resolved by the trier of fact as either exceeding or not

exceeding $10,000.

    (e) A financial crime, the full value of which exceeds 
$100,000 but does not exceed $500,000, is a Class
1 felony.

When a charge of financial crime, the full value of which 
exceeds $100,000 but does not exceed $500,000,
is brought, the 
value of the financial crime involved is an element of the

offense to be resolved by the trier of fact as either exceeding 
or not
exceeding $100,000.

    (f) A financial crime which is a financial institution 
robbery is a
Class 1 felony.

    (g) A financial crime which is a continuing financial 
crimes
enterprise is a Class 1 felony.

    (h) A financial crime which is the offense of being an 
organizer of a
continuing financial crimes enterprise is a 
Class X felony.

    (i) (Blank).

    (j)  A financial crime, the full value of which exceeds 
$500,000 but does not exceed $1,000,000, is a Class 1 
non-probationable felony. When a charge of financial crime, the 
full value of which exceeds $500,000 but does not exceed 
$1,000,000, is brought, the value of the financial crime 
involved is an element of the offense to be resolved by the 
trier of fact as either exceeding or not exceeding $500,000.
    (k) A financial crime, the full value of which exceeds 
$1,000,000, is a Class X felony. When a charge of financial 
crime, the full value of which exceeds $1,000,000, is brought, 
the value of the financial crime involved is an element of the 
offense to be resolved by the trier of fact as either exceeding 
or not exceeding $1,000,000. 
(Source: P.A. 96-534, eff. 8-14-09; 96-1301, eff. 1-1-11.)