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92_SB0005 LRB9201087RCcd 1 AN ACT in relation to firearms. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Department of State Police Law of the 5 Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding 6 Section 2605-555 as follows: 7 (20 ILCS 2605/2605-555 new) 8 Sec. 2605-555. Pilot program; Project Exile. 9 (a) The Department shall establish a Project Exile pilot 10 program to combat gun violence. 11 (b) Through the pilot program, the Department, in 12 coordination with local law enforcement agencies, State's 13 Attorneys, and United States Attorneys, shall, to the extent 14 possible, encourage the prosecution in federal court of all 15 persons who illegally use, attempt to use or threaten to use 16 firearms against the person or property of another, of all 17 persons who use or possess a firearm in connection with a 18 violation of the Cannabis Control Act or the Illinois 19 Controlled Substances Act, and of all persons who use or 20 possess a firearm in connection with a violation of an order 21 of protection issued under the Illinois Domestic Violence Act 22 of 1986 or in connection with the offense of domestic 23 battery. The program shall also encourage public outreach by 24 law enforcement agencies. 25 (c) There is created the Project Exile Fund, a special 26 fund in the State treasury. Moneys appropriated for the 27 purposes of Project Exile and moneys from any other private 28 or public source, including without limitation grants from 29 the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, shall be 30 deposited into the Fund. Moneys in the Fund, subject to 31 appropriation, may be used by the Department of State Police -2- LRB9201087RCcd 1 to develop and administer the Project Exile pilot program. 2 (d) The Department shall report to the General Assembly 3 by March 1, 2003 regarding the implementation and effects of 4 the Project Exile pilot program and shall by that date make 5 recommendations to the General Assembly for changes in the 6 program that the Department deems appropriate. 7 The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly 8 shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the 9 Speaker, the Minority Leader and the Clerk of the House of 10 Representatives and the President, the Minority Leader and 11 the Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research 12 Unit, as required by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly 13 Organization Act, and filing such additional copies with the 14 State Government Report Distribution Center for the General 15 Assembly as is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of 16 the State Library Act. 17 Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding 18 Section 5.541 as follows: 19 (30 ILCS 105/5.545 new) 20 Sec. 5.545. The Project Exile Fund. 21 Section 15. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is 22 amended by adding Section 111-9 as follows: 23 (725 ILCS 5/111-9 new) 24 Sec. 111-9. Felony offenses involving the use of a 25 firearm. A person who has been convicted in a federal court 26 of a felony involving the use, attempted use, or threatened 27 use of a firearm against the person or property of another 28 that is also a felony violation of the Criminal Code of 1961, 29 or involving the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a 30 firearm during the commission or attempted commission of a -3- LRB9201087RCcd 1 felony violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or 2 the Cannabis Control Act, may be prosecuted for any such 3 violation and upon conviction shall be sentenced as provided 4 for in the offense, and such sentence shall be consecutive 5 to, and not concurrent with, any sentence imposed by the 6 federal court for the federal violation. 7 Section 20. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended 8 by changing Section 5-8-4 as follows: 9 (730 ILCS 5/5-8-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-4) 10 Sec. 5-8-4. Concurrent and Consecutive Terms of 11 Imprisonment. 12 (a) When multiple sentences of imprisonment are imposed 13 on a defendant at the same time, or when a term of 14 imprisonment is imposed on a defendant who is already subject 15 to sentence in this State or in another state, or for a 16 sentence imposed by any district court of the United States, 17 the sentences shall run concurrently or consecutively as 18 determined by the court. When a term of imprisonment is 19 imposed on a defendant by an Illinois circuit court and the 20 defendant is subsequently sentenced to a term of imprisonment 21 by another state or by a district court of the United States, 22 the Illinois circuit court which imposed the sentence may 23 order that the Illinois sentence be made concurrent with the 24 sentence imposed by the other state or district court of the 25 United States. The defendant must apply to the circuit court 26 within 30 days after the defendant's sentence imposed by the 27 other state or district of the United States is finalized. 28 The court shall not impose consecutive sentences for offenses 29 which were committed as part of a single course of conduct 30 during which there was no substantial change in the nature of 31 the criminal objective, unless: 32 (i) one of the offenses for which defendant was -4- LRB9201087RCcd 1 convicted was first degree murder or a Class X or Class 1 2 felony and the defendant inflicted severe bodily injury, 3 or 4 (ii) the defendant was convicted of a violation of 5 Section 12-13, 12-14, or 12-14.1 of the Criminal Code of 6 1961, or 7 (iii) the defendant was convicted of armed violence 8 based upon the predicate offense of solicitation of 9 murder, solicitation of murder for hire, heinous battery, 10 aggravated battery of a senior citizen, criminal sexual 11 assault, a violation of subsection (g) of Section 5 of 12 the Cannabis Control Act, cannabis trafficking, a 13 violation of subsection (a) of Section 401 of the 14 Illinois Controlled Substances Act, controlled substance 15 trafficking involving a Class X felony amount of 16 controlled substance under Section 401 of the Illinois 17 Controlled Substances Act, calculated criminal drug 18 conspiracy, or streetgang criminal drug conspiracy, 19 in which event the court shall enter sentences to run 20 consecutively. Sentences shall run concurrently unless 21 otherwise specified by the court. 22 (b) The court shall not impose a consecutive sentence 23 except as provided for in subsection (a) unless, having 24 regard to the nature and circumstances of the offense and the 25 history and character of the defendant, it is of the opinion 26 that such a term is required to protect the public from 27 further criminal conduct by the defendant, the basis for 28 which the court shall set forth in the record; except that no 29 such finding or opinion is required when multiple sentences 30 of imprisonment are imposed on a defendant for offenses that 31 were not committed as part of a single course of conduct 32 during which there was no substantial change in the nature of 33 the criminal objective, and one of the offenses for which the 34 defendant was convicted was first degree murder or a Class X -5- LRB9201087RCcd 1 or Class 1 felony and the defendant inflicted severe bodily 2 injury, or when the defendant was convicted of a violation of 3 Section 12-13, 12-14, or 12-14.1 of the Criminal Code of 4 1961, or where the defendant was convicted of armed violence 5 based upon the predicate offense of solicitation of murder, 6 solicitation of murder for hire, heinous battery, aggravated 7 battery of a senior citizen, criminal sexual assault, a 8 violation of subsection (g) of Section 5 of the Cannabis 9 Control Act, cannabis trafficking, a violation of subsection 10 (a) of Section 401 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, 11 controlled substance trafficking involving a Class X felony 12 amount of controlled substance under Section 401 of the 13 Illinois Controlled Substances Act, calculated criminal drug 14 conspiracy, or streetgang criminal drug conspiracy, in which 15 event the Court shall enter sentences to run consecutively. 16 (c) (1) For sentences imposed under law in effect prior 17 to February 1, 1978 the aggregate maximum of consecutive 18 sentences shall not exceed the maximum term authorized 19 under Section 5-8-1 for the 2 most serious felonies 20 involved. The aggregate minimum period of consecutive 21 sentences shall not exceed the highest minimum term 22 authorized under Section 5-8-1 for the 2 most serious 23 felonies involved. When sentenced only for misdemeanors, 24 a defendant shall not be consecutively sentenced to more 25 than the maximum for one Class A misdemeanor. 26 (2) For sentences imposed under the law in effect 27 on or after February 1, 1978, the aggregate of 28 consecutive sentences for offenses that were committed as 29 part of a single course of conduct during which there was 30 no substantial change in the nature of the criminal 31 objective shall not exceed the sum of the maximum terms 32 authorized under Section 5-8-2 for the 2 most serious 33 felonies involved, but no such limitation shall apply for 34 offenses that were not committed as part of a single -6- LRB9201087RCcd 1 course of conduct during which there was no substantial 2 change in the nature of the criminal objective. When 3 sentenced only for misdemeanors, a defendant shall not be 4 consecutively sentenced to more than the maximum for one 5 Class A misdemeanor. 6 (d) An offender serving a sentence for a misdemeanor who 7 is convicted of a felony and sentenced to imprisonment shall 8 be transferred to the Department of Corrections, and the 9 misdemeanor sentence shall be merged in and run concurrently 10 with the felony sentence. 11 (e) In determining the manner in which consecutive 12 sentences of imprisonment, one or more of which is for a 13 felony, will be served, the Department of Corrections shall 14 treat the offender as though he had been committed for a 15 single term with the following incidents: 16 (1) the maximum period of a term of imprisonment 17 shall consist of the aggregate of the maximums of the 18 imposed indeterminate terms, if any, plus the aggregate 19 of the imposed determinate sentences for felonies plus 20 the aggregate of the imposed determinate sentences for 21 misdemeanors subject to paragraph (c) of this Section; 22 (2) the parole or mandatory supervised release term 23 shall be as provided in paragraph (e) of Section 5-8-1 of 24 this Code for the most serious of the offenses involved; 25 (3) the minimum period of imprisonment shall be the 26 aggregate of the minimum and determinate periods of 27 imprisonment imposed by the court, subject to paragraph 28 (c) of this Section; and 29 (4) the offender shall be awarded credit against 30 the aggregate maximum term and the aggregate minimum term 31 of imprisonment for all time served in an institution 32 since the commission of the offense or offenses and as a 33 consequence thereof at the rate specified in Section 34 3-6-3 of this Code. -7- LRB9201087RCcd 1 (f) A sentence of an offender committed to the 2 Department of Corrections at the time of the commission of 3 the offense shall be served consecutive to the sentence under 4 which he is held by the Department of Corrections. However, 5 in case such offender shall be sentenced to punishment by 6 death, the sentence shall be executed at such time as the 7 court may fix without regard to the sentence under which such 8 offender may be held by the Department. 9 (g) A sentence under Section 3-6-4 for escape or 10 attempted escape shall be served consecutive to the terms 11 under which the offender is held by the Department of 12 Corrections. 13 (h) If a person charged with a felony commits a separate 14 felony while on pre-trial release or in pretrial detention in 15 a county jail facility or county detention facility, the 16 sentences imposed upon conviction of these felonies shall be 17 served consecutively regardless of the order in which the 18 judgments of conviction are entered. 19 (i) If a person admitted to bail following conviction of 20 a felony commits a separate felony while free on bond or if a 21 person detained in a county jail facility or county detention 22 facility following conviction of a felony commits a separate 23 felony while in detention, any sentence following conviction 24 of the separate felony shall be consecutive to that of the 25 original sentence for which the defendant was on bond or 26 detained. 27 (j) A person who has been convicted in a federal court 28 of a felony involving the use, attempted use, or threatened 29 use of a firearm against the person or property of another 30 that is also a felony violation of the Criminal Code of 1961, 31 or involving the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a 32 firearm during the commission or attempted commission of a 33 felony violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or 34 the Cannabis Control Act, may be prosecuted for any such -8- LRB9201087RCcd 1 violation and upon conviction shall be sentenced as provided 2 for in the offense, and such sentence shall be consecutive 3 to, and not concurrent with, any sentence imposed by the 4 federal court for the federal violation. 5 (Source: P.A. 90-128, eff. 7-22-97; 91-144, eff. 1-1-00; 6 91-404, eff. 1-1-00; revised 9-29-99.) 7 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 8 becoming law. -9- LRB9201087RCcd 1 INDEX 2 Statutes amended in order of appearance 3 20 ILCS 2605/2605-555 new 4 30 ILCS 105/5.545 new 5 725 ILCS 5/111-9 new 6 730 ILCS 5/5-8-4 from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-4