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92_HB0136sam002 LRB9201585RCcdam05 1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 136 2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 136 by replacing 3 everything after the enacting clause with the following: 4 "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by 5 changing Sections 12-7.1 and 21-1.2 and adding Section 8-2.1 6 as follows: 7 (720 ILCS 5/8-2.1 new) 8 Sec. 8-2.1. Conspiracy against civil rights. 9 (a) Offense. A person commits conspiracy against civil 10 rights when, without legal justification, he or she, with the 11 intent to interfere with the free exercise of any right or 12 privilege secured by the Constitution of the United States, 13 the Constitution of the State of Illinois, the laws of the 14 United States, or the laws of the State of Illinois by any 15 person or persons, agrees with another to inflict physical 16 harm on any other person or the threat of physical harm on 17 any other person and either the accused or a co-conspirator 18 has committed any act in furtherance of that agreement. 19 (b) Co-conspirators. It shall not be a defense to 20 conspiracy against civil rights that a person or persons with 21 whom the accused is alleged to have conspired: 22 (1) has not been prosecuted or convicted; or -2- LRB9201585RCcdam05 1 (2) has been convicted of a different offense; or 2 (3) is not amenable to justice; or 3 (4) has been acquitted; or 4 (5) lacked the capacity to commit an offense. 5 (c) Sentence. Conspiracy against civil rights is a 6 Class 4 felony for a first offense and a Class 2 felony for a 7 second or subsequent offense. 8 (720 ILCS 5/12-7.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-7.1) 9 Sec. 12-7.1. Hate crime. 10 (a) A person commits hate crime when, by reason of the 11 actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, 12 gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or 13 national origin of another individual or group of 14 individuals, regardless of the existence of any other 15 motivating factor or factors, he commits assault, battery, 16 aggravated assault, misdemeanor theft, criminal trespass to 17 residence, misdemeanor criminal damage to property, criminal 18 trespass to vehicle, criminal trespass to real property, mob 19 action or disorderly conduct as these crimes are defined in 20 Sections 12-1, 12-2, 12-3, 16-1, 19-4, 21-1, 21-2, 21-3, 21 25-1, and 26-1 of this Code, respectively, or harassment by 22 telephone as defined in Section 1-1 of the Harassing and 23 Obscene Communications Actagainst a victim who is: (i) the24other individual; (ii) a member of the group of individuals;25(iii) a person who has an association with, is married to, or26has a friendship with the other individual or a member of the27group of individuals; or (iv) a relative (by blood or28marriage) of a person described in clause (i), (ii), or29(iii). 30 (b) Except as provided in subsection (b-5), hate crime 31 is a Class 4 felony for a first offense and a Class 2 felony 32 for a second or subsequent offense.Any order of probation33or conditional discharge entered following a conviction for-3- LRB9201585RCcdam05 1an offense under this Section shall include, a condition2that the offender perform public or community service of no3less than 200 hours if that service is established in the4county where the offender was convicted of hate crime. In5addition the court may impose any other condition of6probation or conditional discharge under this Section.7 (b-5) Hate crime is a Class 3 felony for a first offense 8 and a Class 2 felony for a second or subsequent offense if 9 committed: 10 (1) in a church, synagogue, mosque, or other 11 building, structure, or place used for religious worship 12 or other religious purpose; 13 (2) in a cemetery, mortuary, or other facility used 14 for the purpose of burial or memorializing the dead; 15 (3) in a school or other educational facility; 16 (4) in a public park or an ethnic or religious 17 community center; 18 (5) on the real property comprising any location 19 specified in clauses (1) through (4) of this subsection 20 (b-5); or 21 (6) on a public way within 1,000 feet of the real 22 property comprising any location specified in clauses (1) 23 through (4) of this subsection (b-5). 24 (b-10) Upon imposition of any sentence, the trial court 25 shall also either order restitution paid to the victim or 26 impose a fine up to $1,000. In addition, any order of 27 probation or conditional discharge entered following a 28 conviction or an adjudication of delinquency shall include a 29 condition that the offender perform public or community 30 service of no less than 200 hours if that service is 31 established in the county where the offender was convicted of 32 hate crime. The court may also impose any other condition of 33 probation or conditional discharge under this Section. 34 (c) Independent of any criminal prosecution or the -4- LRB9201585RCcdam05 1 result thereof, any person suffering injury to his person or 2 damage to his property as a result of hate crime may bring a 3 civil action for damages, injunction or other appropriate 4 relief. The court may award actual damages, including damages 5 for emotional distress, or punitive damages. A judgment may 6 include attorney's fees and costs. The parents or legal 7 guardians, other than guardians appointed pursuant to the 8 Juvenile Court Act or the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, of an 9 unemancipated minor shall be liable for the amount of any 10 judgment for actual damages rendered against such minor under 11 this subsection (c) in any amount not exceeding the amount 12 provided under Section 5 of the Parental Responsibility Law. 13 (d) "Sexual orientation" means heterosexuality, 14 homosexuality, or bisexuality. 15 (Source: P.A. 89-689, eff. 12-31-96; 90-578, eff. 6-1-98.) 16 (720 ILCS 5/21-1.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 21-1.2) 17 Sec. 21-1.2. Institutional vandalism. 18 (a) A person commits institutional vandalism when, by 19 reason of the actual or perceived race, color, creed, 20 religion or national origin of another individual or group of 21 individuals, regardless of the existence of any other 22 motivating factor or factors, he or she knowingly and without 23 consent inflicts damage to any of the following properties: 24 (1) A church, synagogue, mosque, or other building, 25 structure or place used for religious worship or other 26 religious purpose; 27 (2) A cemetery, mortuary, or other facility used 28 for the purpose of burial or memorializing the dead; 29 (3) A school, educational facility or community 30 center; 31 (4) The grounds adjacent to, and owned or rented 32 by, any institution, facility, building, structure or 33 place described in paragraphs (1), (2) or (3) of this -5- LRB9201585RCcdam05 1 subsection (a); or 2 (5) Any personal property contained in any 3 institution, facility, building, structure or place 4 described in paragraphs (1), (2) or (3) of this 5 subsection (a). 6 (b) Institutional vandalism is a Class 3 felony if the 7 damage to the property does not exceed $300. Institutional 8 vandalism is a Class 2 felony if the damage to the property 9 exceeds $300. Institutional vandalism is a Class 2 felony for 10 any second or subsequent offense. 11 (b-5) Upon imposition of any sentence, the trial court 12 shall also either order restitution paid to the victim or 13 impose a fine up to $1,000. In addition, any order of 14 probation or conditional discharge entered following a 15 conviction or an adjudication of delinquency shall include a 16 condition that the offender perform public or community 17 service of no less than 200 hours if that service is 18 established in the county where the offender was convicted of 19 institutional vandalism. The court may also impose any other 20 condition of probation or conditional discharge under this 21 Section. 22 (c) Independent of any criminal prosecution or the 23 result of that prosecution, a person suffering damage to 24 property or injury to his or her person as a result of 25 institutional vandalism may bring a civil action for damages, 26 injunction or other appropriate relief. The court may award 27 actual damages, including damages for emotional distress, or 28 punitive damages. A judgment may include attorney's fees and 29 costs. The parents or legal guardians of an unemancipated 30 minor, other than guardians appointed under the Juvenile 31 Court Act or the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, shall be liable 32 for the amount of any judgment for actual damages rendered 33 against the minor under this subsection(c)in an amount not 34 exceeding the amount provided under Section 5 of the Parental -6- LRB9201585RCcdam05 1 Responsibility Law. 2 (Source: P.A. 88-659.)".