Sen. Dan Kotowski
Filed: 5/21/2009
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1013 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1013, AS AMENDED, 
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by inserting the following in its proper numeric sequence in 
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Article 1:



 
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    "Section 1-25. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended  by 
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adding Section 12-6.5 as follows:
 
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    (720 ILCS 5/12-6.5  new)
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    Sec. 12-6.5. Extortion.
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    (a) A person commits extortion when he or she knowingly

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obtains property from another, with his or her consent, induced 
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by
wrongful use of actual or threatened force, violence, or 
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fear,
or under color of official right.
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    (b) Sentence.
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        (1) Extortion involving property not exceeding $300 in

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    value is a Class 4 felony.
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        (2) Extortion involving property exceeding $300 and
 
 


 






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    not exceeding $10,000 in value, is a Class 2 felony.
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        (3) Extortion involving property exceeding $10,000 and
 
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    not exceeding $100,000 in value is a Class 1 felony.
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        (4) Extortion involving property exceeding $100,000
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    value is a Class X felony.".