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92_SB0005

 
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 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
 
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 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
 
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 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
 
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 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
 
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 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
 
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 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.
 
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 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
 
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 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.
 
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 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

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