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| | HB4974 Engrossed | | LRB097 19463 RLC 64716 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 25-1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (720 ILCS 5/25-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 25-1)
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| 7 | | Sec. 25-1. Mob action.
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| 8 | | (a) A person commits the offense of mob action when he or |
| 9 | | she engages in any of the following:
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| 10 | | (1) the knowing or reckless use of force or violence or |
| 11 | | threat of force or violence disturbing the public peace by |
| 12 | | 2 or
more persons acting together and without authority of |
| 13 | | law;
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| 14 | | (2) the knowing assembly of 2 or more persons with the |
| 15 | | intent to commit or facilitate the commission of a felony |
| 16 | | or misdemeanor; or
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| 17 | | (3) the knowing assembly of 2 or more persons, without |
| 18 | | authority of law, for
the purpose of doing violence to the |
| 19 | | person or property of anyone supposed
to have been guilty |
| 20 | | of a violation of the law, or for the purpose of
exercising |
| 21 | | correctional powers or regulative powers over any person by
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| 22 | | violence.
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| 23 | | (b) Mob action as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection |
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| 1 | | (a) is a Class 3 4
felony.
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| 2 | | (c) Mob action as defined in paragraph paragraphs (2) and |
| 3 | | (3) of
subsection (a) is a Class A C misdemeanor.
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| 4 | | (c-5) Mob action as defined in paragraph (3) of subsection |
| 5 | | (a) is a Class C misdemeanor. |
| 6 | | (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the |
| 7 | | contrary, any Any participant in a mob action that by violence |
| 8 | | inflicts
great bodily harm or permanent disability or |
| 9 | | disfigurement injury to the person or property of another |
| 10 | | person commits a Class 2 4 felony.
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| 11 | | (d-5) Any participant in a mob action as defined in |
| 12 | | paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (a) that by violence |
| 13 | | inflicts bodily harm to another person or damage to the |
| 14 | | property of another commits a Class 4 felony. |
| 15 | | (e) Any participant in a mob action who does not withdraw |
| 16 | | on being
commanded to do so by any peace officer commits a |
| 17 | | Class A misdemeanor.
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| 18 | | (f) In addition to any other sentence that may be imposed, |
| 19 | | a court shall
order any person convicted of mob action to |
| 20 | | perform community service for not
less than 30 and not more |
| 21 | | than 120 hours, if community service is available in
the |
| 22 | | jurisdiction and is funded and approved by the county board of |
| 23 | | the county
where the offense was committed. In addition, |
| 24 | | whenever any person is placed on
supervision for an alleged |
| 25 | | offense under this Section, the supervision shall be
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| 26 | | conditioned upon the performance of the community service.
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