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11 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2847 Introduced 1/19/2024, by Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/17-0.5720 ILCS 5/17-2 from Ch. 38, par. 17-2 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that certain forms of false personation may be accomplished by artificial intelligence. Defines "artificial intelligence". LRB103 37483 RLC 67606 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2847 Introduced 1/19/2024, by Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/17-0.5720 ILCS 5/17-2 from Ch. 38, par. 17-2 720 ILCS 5/17-0.5 720 ILCS 5/17-2 from Ch. 38, par. 17-2 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that certain forms of false personation may be accomplished by artificial intelligence. Defines "artificial intelligence". LRB103 37483 RLC 67606 b LRB103 37483 RLC 67606 b A BILL FOR
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1212 1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.
1313 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
1414 3 represented in the General Assembly:
1515 4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
1616 5 changing Sections 17-0.5 and 17-2 as follows:
1717 6 (720 ILCS 5/17-0.5)
1818 7 Sec. 17-0.5. Definitions. In this Article:
1919 8 "Altered credit card or debit card" means any instrument
2020 9 or device, whether known as a credit card or debit card, which
2121 10 has been changed in any respect by addition or deletion of any
2222 11 material, except for the signature by the person to whom the
2323 12 card is issued.
2424 13 "Artificial intelligence" means a machine-based system
2525 14 that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make
2626 15 predictions, recommendations, or decisions influencing real or
2727 16 virtual environments, and that uses machine and human-based
2828 17 inputs to do all of the following:
2929 18 (1) perceive real and virtual environments;
3030 19 (2) abstract such perceptions into models through
3131 20 analysis in an automated manner; and
3232 21 (3) use model inference to formulate options for
3333 22 information or action.
3434 23 "Cardholder" means the person or organization named on the
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7171 1 face of a credit card or debit card to whom or for whose
7272 2 benefit the credit card or debit card is issued by an issuer.
7373 3 "Computer" means a device that accepts, processes, stores,
7474 4 retrieves, or outputs data and includes, but is not limited
7575 5 to, auxiliary storage, including cloud-based networks of
7676 6 remote services hosted on the Internet, and telecommunications
7777 7 devices connected to computers.
7878 8 "Computer network" means a set of related, remotely
7979 9 connected devices and any communications facilities including
8080 10 more than one computer with the capability to transmit data
8181 11 between them through the communications facilities.
8282 12 "Computer program" or "program" means a series of coded
8383 13 instructions or statements in a form acceptable to a computer
8484 14 which causes the computer to process data and supply the
8585 15 results of the data processing.
8686 16 "Computer services" means computer time or services,
8787 17 including data processing services, Internet services,
8888 18 electronic mail services, electronic message services, or
8989 19 information or data stored in connection therewith.
9090 20 "Counterfeit" means to manufacture, produce or create, by
9191 21 any means, a credit card or debit card without the purported
9292 22 issuer's consent or authorization.
9393 23 "Credit card" means any instrument or device, whether
9494 24 known as a credit card, credit plate, charge plate or any other
9595 25 name, issued with or without fee by an issuer for the use of
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107107 1 else of value on credit or in consideration or an undertaking
108108 2 or guaranty by the issuer of the payment of a check drawn by
109109 3 the cardholder.
110110 4 "Data" means a representation in any form of information,
111111 5 knowledge, facts, concepts, or instructions, including program
112112 6 documentation, which is prepared or has been prepared in a
113113 7 formalized manner and is stored or processed in or transmitted
114114 8 by a computer or in a system or network. Data is considered
115115 9 property and may be in any form, including, but not limited to,
116116 10 printouts, magnetic or optical storage media, punch cards, or
117117 11 data stored internally in the memory of the computer.
118118 12 "Debit card" means any instrument or device, known by any
119119 13 name, issued with or without fee by an issuer for the use of
120120 14 the cardholder in obtaining money, goods, services, and
121121 15 anything else of value, payment of which is made against funds
122122 16 previously deposited by the cardholder. A debit card which
123123 17 also can be used to obtain money, goods, services and anything
124124 18 else of value on credit shall not be considered a debit card
125125 19 when it is being used to obtain money, goods, services or
126126 20 anything else of value on credit.
127127 21 "Document" includes, but is not limited to, any document,
128128 22 representation, or image produced manually, electronically, or
129129 23 by computer.
130130 24 "Electronic fund transfer terminal" means any machine or
131131 25 device that, when properly activated, will perform any of the
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143143 1 (1) Dispense money as a debit to the cardholder's
144144 2 account; or
145145 3 (2) Print the cardholder's account balances on a
146146 4 statement; or
147147 5 (3) Transfer funds between a cardholder's accounts; or
148148 6 (4) Accept payments on a cardholder's loan; or
149149 7 (5) Dispense cash advances on an open end credit or a
150150 8 revolving charge agreement; or
151151 9 (6) Accept deposits to a customer's account; or
152152 10 (7) Receive inquiries of verification of checks and
153153 11 dispense information that verifies that funds are
154154 12 available to cover such checks; or
155155 13 (8) Cause money to be transferred electronically from
156156 14 a cardholder's account to an account held by any business,
157157 15 firm, retail merchant, corporation, or any other
158158 16 organization.
159159 17 "Electronic funds transfer system", hereafter referred to
160160 18 as "EFT System", means that system whereby funds are
161161 19 transferred electronically from a cardholder's account to any
162162 20 other account.
163163 21 "Electronic mail service provider" means any person who
164164 22 (i) is an intermediary in sending or receiving electronic mail
165165 23 and (ii) provides to end-users of electronic mail services the
166166 24 ability to send or receive electronic mail.
167167 25 "Expired credit card or debit card" means a credit card or
168168 26 debit card which is no longer valid because the term on it has
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179179 1 elapsed.
180180 2 "False academic degree" means a certificate, diploma,
181181 3 transcript, or other document purporting to be issued by an
182182 4 institution of higher learning or purporting to indicate that
183183 5 a person has completed an organized academic program of study
184184 6 at an institution of higher learning when the person has not
185185 7 completed the organized academic program of study indicated on
186186 8 the certificate, diploma, transcript, or other document.
187187 9 "False claim" means any statement made to any insurer,
188188 10 purported insurer, servicing corporation, insurance broker, or
189189 11 insurance agent, or any agent or employee of one of those
190190 12 entities, and made as part of, or in support of, a claim for
191191 13 payment or other benefit under a policy of insurance, or as
192192 14 part of, or in support of, an application for the issuance of,
193193 15 or the rating of, any insurance policy, when the statement
194194 16 does any of the following:
195195 17 (1) Contains any false, incomplete, or misleading
196196 18 information concerning any fact or thing material to the
197197 19 claim.
198198 20 (2) Conceals (i) the occurrence of an event that is
199199 21 material to any person's initial or continued right or
200200 22 entitlement to any insurance benefit or payment or (ii)
201201 23 the amount of any benefit or payment to which the person is
202202 24 entitled.
203203 25 "Financial institution" means any bank, savings and loan
204204 26 association, credit union, or other depository of money or
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215215 1 medium of savings and collective investment.
216216 2 "Governmental entity" means: each officer, board,
217217 3 commission, and agency created by the Constitution, whether in
218218 4 the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of State
219219 5 government; each officer, department, board, commission,
220220 6 agency, institution, authority, university, and body politic
221221 7 and corporate of the State; each administrative unit or
222222 8 corporate outgrowth of State government that is created by or
223223 9 pursuant to statute, including units of local government and
224224 10 their officers, school districts, and boards of election
225225 11 commissioners; and each administrative unit or corporate
226226 12 outgrowth of the foregoing items and as may be created by
227227 13 executive order of the Governor.
228228 14 "Incomplete credit card or debit card" means a credit card
229229 15 or debit card which is missing part of the matter other than
230230 16 the signature of the cardholder which an issuer requires to
231231 17 appear on the credit card or debit card before it can be used
232232 18 by a cardholder, and this includes credit cards or debit cards
233233 19 which have not been stamped, embossed, imprinted or written
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235235 21 "Institution of higher learning" means a public or private
236236 22 college, university, or community college located in the State
237237 23 of Illinois that is authorized by the Board of Higher
238238 24 Education or the Illinois Community College Board to issue
239239 25 post-secondary degrees, or a public or private college,
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251251 1 United States that is or has been legally constituted to offer
252252 2 degrees and instruction in its state of origin or
253253 3 incorporation.
254254 4 "Insurance company" means "company" as defined under
255255 5 Section 2 of the Illinois Insurance Code.
256256 6 "Issuer" means the business organization or financial
257257 7 institution which issues a credit card or debit card, or its
258258 8 duly authorized agent.
259259 9 "Merchant" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
260260 10 16-0.1 of this Code.
261261 11 "Person" means any individual, corporation, government,
262262 12 governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate,
263263 13 trust, partnership or association or any other entity.
264264 14 "Receives" or "receiving" means acquiring possession or
265265 15 control.
266266 16 "Record of charge form" means any document submitted or
267267 17 intended to be submitted to an issuer as evidence of a credit
268268 18 transaction for which the issuer has agreed to reimburse
269269 19 persons providing money, goods, property, services or other
270270 20 things of value.
271271 21 "Revoked credit card or debit card" means a credit card or
272272 22 debit card which is no longer valid because permission to use
273273 23 it has been suspended or terminated by the issuer.
274274 24 "Sale" means any delivery for value.
275275 25 "Scheme or artifice to defraud" includes a scheme or
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287287 1 services.
288288 2 "Self-insured entity" means any person, business,
289289 3 partnership, corporation, or organization that sets aside
290290 4 funds to meet his, her, or its losses or to absorb fluctuations
291291 5 in the amount of loss, the losses being charged against the
292292 6 funds set aside or accumulated.
293293 7 "Social networking website" means an Internet website
294294 8 containing profile web pages of the members of the website
295295 9 that include the names or nicknames of such members,
296296 10 photographs placed on the profile web pages by such members,
297297 11 or any other personal or personally identifying information
298298 12 about such members and links to other profile web pages on
299299 13 social networking websites of friends or associates of such
300300 14 members that can be accessed by other members or visitors to
301301 15 the website. A social networking website provides members of
302302 16 or visitors to such website the ability to leave messages or
303303 17 comments on the profile web page that are visible to all or
304304 18 some visitors to the profile web page and may also include a
305305 19 form of electronic mail for members of the social networking
306306 20 website.
307307 21 "Statement" means any assertion, oral, written, or
308308 22 otherwise, and includes, but is not limited to: any notice,
309309 23 letter, or memorandum; proof of loss; bill of lading; receipt
310310 24 for payment; invoice, account, or other financial statement;
311311 25 estimate of property damage; bill for services; diagnosis or
312312 26 prognosis; prescription; hospital, medical, or dental chart or
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323323 1 other record, x-ray, photograph, videotape, or movie film;
324324 2 test result; other evidence of loss, injury, or expense;
325325 3 computer-generated document; and data in any form.
326326 4 "Universal Price Code Label" means a unique symbol that
327327 5 consists of a machine-readable code and human-readable
328328 6 numbers.
329329 7 "With intent to defraud" means to act knowingly, and with
330330 8 the specific intent to deceive or cheat, for the purpose of
331331 9 causing financial loss to another or bringing some financial
332332 10 gain to oneself, regardless of whether any person was actually
333333 11 defrauded or deceived. This includes an intent to cause
334334 12 another to assume, create, transfer, alter, or terminate any
335335 13 right, obligation, or power with reference to any person or
336336 14 property.
337337 15 (Source: P.A. 101-87, eff. 1-1-20.)
338338 16 (720 ILCS 5/17-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 17-2)
339339 17 Sec. 17-2. False personation; solicitation.
340340 18 (a) False personation; solicitation.
341341 19 (1) A person commits a false personation when he or
342342 20 she knowingly and falsely represents himself or herself to
343343 21 be a member or representative of any veterans' or public
344344 22 safety personnel organization or a representative of any
345345 23 charitable organization, or when he or she knowingly
346346 24 exhibits or uses in any manner any decal, badge or
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358358 1 veterans' organization when not authorized to do so by the
359359 2 charitable, public safety personnel, or veterans'
360360 3 organization. "Public safety personnel organization" has
361361 4 the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 1 of the
362362 5 Solicitation for Charity Act.
363363 6 (2) A person commits a false personation when he or
364364 7 she knowingly and falsely represents himself or herself to
365365 8 be a veteran in seeking employment or public office. In
366366 9 this paragraph, "veteran" means a person who has served in
367367 10 the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of the United States.
368368 11 (2.1) A person commits a false personation when he or
369369 12 she knowingly and falsely represents himself or herself to
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371371 14 (A) an active-duty member of the Armed Services or
372372 15 Reserve Forces of the United States or the National
373373 16 Guard or a veteran of the Armed Services or Reserve
374374 17 Forces of the United States or the National Guard; and
375375 18 (B) obtains money, property, or another tangible
376376 19 benefit through that false representation.
377377 20 In this paragraph, "member of the Armed Services or
378378 21 Reserve Forces of the United States" means a member of the
379379 22 United States Navy, Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, or
380380 23 Coast Guard; and "veteran" means a person who has served
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394394 1 she knowingly and falsely represents himself or herself to
395395 2 be:
396396 3 (A) another actual person and does an act in such
397397 4 assumed character with intent to intimidate, threaten,
398398 5 injure, defraud, or to obtain a benefit from another;
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400400 7 (B) a representative of an actual person or
401401 8 organization and does an act in such false capacity
402402 9 with intent to obtain a benefit or to injure or defraud
403403 10 another.
404404 11 (3) No person shall knowingly use the words "Police",
405405 12 "Police Department", "Patrolman", "Sergeant",
406406 13 "Lieutenant", "Peace Officer", "Sheriff's Police",
407407 14 "Sheriff", "Officer", "Law Enforcement", "Trooper",
408408 15 "Deputy", "Deputy Sheriff", "State Police", or any other
409409 16 words to the same effect (i) in the title of any
410410 17 organization, magazine, or other publication without the
411411 18 express approval of the named public safety personnel
412412 19 organization's governing board or (ii) in combination with
413413 20 the name of any state, state agency, public university, or
414414 21 unit of local government without the express written
415415 22 authorization of that state, state agency, public
416416 23 university, or unit of local government.
417417 24 (4) No person may knowingly claim or represent that he
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430430 1 selling or delivering or offering to sell or deliver any
431431 2 merchandise, goods, services, memberships, or
432432 3 advertisements unless the chief of the police department,
433433 4 fire department, and the corporate or municipal authority
434434 5 thereof, or the sheriff has first entered into a written
435435 6 agreement with the person or with an organization with
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437437 8 the activity and specifies and states clearly and fully
438438 9 the purpose for which the proceeds of the solicitation,
439439 10 contribution, or sale will be used.
440440 11 (5) No person, when soliciting financial contributions
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443443 14 advertisements may claim or represent that he or she is
444444 15 representing or acting on behalf of any nongovernmental
445445 16 organization by any name which includes "officer", "peace
446446 17 officer", "police", "law enforcement", "trooper",
447447 18 "sheriff", "deputy", "deputy sheriff", "State police", or
448448 19 any other word or words which would reasonably be
449449 20 understood to imply that the organization is composed of
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451451 22 (A) the person is actually representing or acting
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453453 24 (B) the nongovernmental organization is controlled
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467467 2 (C) before commencing the solicitation or the sale
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469469 4 services, memberships, or advertisements, a written
470470 5 contract between the soliciting or selling person and
471471 6 the nongovernmental organization, which specifies and
472472 7 states clearly and fully the purposes for which the
473473 8 proceeds of the solicitation, contribution, or sale
474474 9 will be used, has been entered into.
475475 10 (6) No person, when soliciting financial contributions
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477477 12 any merchandise, goods, services, memberships, or
478478 13 advertisements, may knowingly claim or represent that he
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480480 15 nongovernmental organization by any name which includes
481481 16 the term "fireman", "fire fighter", "paramedic", or any
482482 17 other word or words which would reasonably be understood
483483 18 to imply that the organization is composed of fire fighter
484484 19 or paramedic personnel unless:
485485 20 (A) the person is actually representing or acting
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487487 22 (B) the nongovernmental organization is controlled
488488 23 by and governed by a membership of and represents a
489489 24 group or association of active duty, retired, or
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502502 1 that term in Section 2 of the Illinois Fire Protection
503503 2 Training Act) or active duty, retired, or injured
504504 3 emergency medical technicians - ambulance, emergency
505505 4 medical technicians - intermediate, emergency medical
506506 5 technicians - paramedic, ambulance drivers, or other
507507 6 medical assistance or first aid personnel; and
508508 7 (C) before commencing the solicitation or the sale
509509 8 or delivery or the offers to sell or deliver any
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511511 10 advertisements, the soliciting or selling person and
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513513 12 written contract that specifies and states clearly and
514514 13 fully the purposes for which the proceeds of the
515515 14 solicitation, contribution, or sale will be used.
516516 15 (7) No person may knowingly claim or represent that he
517517 16 or she is an airman, airline employee, airport employee,
518518 17 or contractor at an airport in order to obtain the
519519 18 uniform, identification card, license, or other
520520 19 identification paraphernalia of an airman, airline
521521 20 employee, airport employee, or contractor at an airport.
522522 21 (8) No person, firm, copartnership, or corporation
523523 22 (except corporations organized and doing business under
524524 23 the Pawners Societies Act) shall knowingly use a name that
525525 24 contains in it the words "Pawners' Society".
526526 25 (b) False personation; public officials and employees. A
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538538 1 falsely represents himself or herself to be any of the
539539 2 following:
540540 3 (1) An attorney authorized to practice law for
541541 4 purposes of compensation or consideration. This paragraph
542542 5 (b)(1) does not apply to a person who unintentionally
543543 6 fails to pay attorney registration fees established by
544544 7 Supreme Court Rule.
545545 8 (2) A public officer or a public employee or an
546546 9 official or employee of the federal government.
547547 10 (2.3) A public officer, a public employee, or an
548548 11 official or employee of the federal government, and the
549549 12 false representation is made in furtherance of the
550550 13 commission of felony.
551551 14 (2.7) A public officer or a public employee, and the
552552 15 false representation is for the purpose of effectuating
553553 16 identity theft as defined in Section 16-30 of this Code.
554554 17 (3) A peace officer.
555555 18 (4) A peace officer while carrying a deadly weapon.
556556 19 (5) A peace officer in attempting or committing a
557557 20 felony.
558558 21 (6) A peace officer in attempting or committing a
559559 22 forcible felony.
560560 23 (7) The parent, legal guardian, or other relation of a
561561 24 minor child to any public official, public employee, or
562562 25 elementary or secondary school employee or administrator.
563563 26 (7.5) The legal guardian, including any representative
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574574 1 of a State or public guardian, of a person with a
575575 2 disability appointed under Article XIa of the Probate Act
576576 3 of 1975.
577577 4 (8) A fire fighter.
578578 5 (9) A fire fighter while carrying a deadly weapon.
579579 6 (10) A fire fighter in attempting or committing a
580580 7 felony.
581581 8 (11) An emergency management worker of any
582582 9 jurisdiction in this State.
583583 10 (12) An emergency management worker of any
584584 11 jurisdiction in this State in attempting or committing a
585585 12 felony. For the purposes of this subsection (b),
586586 13 "emergency management worker" has the meaning provided
587587 14 under Section 2-6.6 of this Code.
588588 15 (b-5) The trier of fact may infer that a person falsely
589589 16 represents himself or herself to be a public officer or a
590590 17 public employee or an official or employee of the federal
591591 18 government if the person:
592592 19 (1) wears or displays without authority any uniform,
593593 20 badge, insignia, or facsimile thereof by which a public
594594 21 officer or public employee or official or employee of the
595595 22 federal government is lawfully distinguished; or
596596 23 (2) falsely expresses by word or action that he or she
597597 24 is a public officer or public employee or official or
598598 25 employee of the federal government and is acting with
599599 26 approval or authority of a public agency or department.
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610610 1 (c) Fraudulent advertisement of a corporate name.
611611 2 (1) A company, association, or individual commits
612612 3 fraudulent advertisement of a corporate name if he, she,
613613 4 or it, not being incorporated, puts forth a sign or
614614 5 advertisement and assumes, for the purpose of soliciting
615615 6 business, a corporate name.
616616 7 (2) Nothing contained in this subsection (c) prohibits
617617 8 a corporation, company, association, or person from using
618618 9 a divisional designation or trade name in conjunction with
619619 10 its corporate name or assumed name under Section 4.05 of
620620 11 the Business Corporation Act of 1983 or, if it is a member
621621 12 of a partnership or joint venture, from doing partnership
622622 13 or joint venture business under the partnership or joint
623623 14 venture name. The name under which the joint venture or
624624 15 partnership does business may differ from the names of the
625625 16 members. Business may not be conducted or transacted under
626626 17 that joint venture or partnership name, however, unless
627627 18 all provisions of the Assumed Business Name Act have been
628628 19 complied with. Nothing in this subsection (c) permits a
629629 20 foreign corporation to do business in this State without
630630 21 complying with all Illinois laws regulating the doing of
631631 22 business by foreign corporations. No foreign corporation
632632 23 may conduct or transact business in this State as a member
633633 24 of a partnership or joint venture that violates any
634634 25 Illinois law regulating or pertaining to the doing of
635635 26 business by foreign corporations in Illinois.
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646646 1 (3) The provisions of this subsection (c) do not apply
647647 2 to limited partnerships formed under the Revised Uniform
648648 3 Limited Partnership Act or under the Uniform Limited
649649 4 Partnership Act (2001).
650650 5 (d) False law enforcement badges.
651651 6 (1) A person commits false law enforcement badges if
652652 7 he or she knowingly produces, sells, or distributes a law
653653 8 enforcement badge without the express written consent of
654654 9 the law enforcement agency represented on the badge or, in
655655 10 case of a reorganized or defunct law enforcement agency,
656656 11 its successor law enforcement agency.
657657 12 (2) It is a defense to false law enforcement badges
658658 13 that the law enforcement badge is used or is intended to be
659659 14 used exclusively: (i) as a memento or in a collection or
660660 15 exhibit; (ii) for decorative purposes; or (iii) for a
661661 16 dramatic presentation, such as a theatrical, film, or
662662 17 television production.
663663 18 (e) False medals.
664664 19 (1) A person commits a false personation if he or she
665665 20 knowingly and falsely represents himself or herself to be
666666 21 a recipient of, or wears on his or her person, any of the
667667 22 following medals if that medal was not awarded to that
668668 23 person by the United States Government, irrespective of
669669 24 branch of service: The Congressional Medal of Honor, The
670670 25 Distinguished Service Cross, The Navy Cross, The Air Force
671671 26 Cross, The Silver Star, The Bronze Star, or the Purple
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683683 2 (2) It is a defense to a prosecution under paragraph
684684 3 (e)(1) that the medal is used, or is intended to be used,
685685 4 exclusively:
686686 5 (A) for a dramatic presentation, such as a
687687 6 theatrical, film, or television production, or a
688688 7 historical re-enactment; or
689689 8 (B) for a costume worn, or intended to be worn, by
690690 9 a person under 18 years of age.
691691 10 (f) Sentence.
692692 11 (1) A violation of paragraph (a)(8) is a petty offense
693693 12 subject to a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $100,
694694 13 and the person, firm, copartnership, or corporation
695695 14 commits an additional petty offense for each day he, she,
696696 15 or it continues to commit the violation. A violation of
697697 16 paragraph (c)(1) is a petty offense, and the company,
698698 17 association, or person commits an additional petty offense
699699 18 for each day he, she, or it continues to commit the
700700 19 violation. A violation of paragraph (a)(2.1) or subsection
701701 20 (e) is a petty offense for which the offender shall be
702702 21 fined at least $100 and not more than $200.
703703 22 (2) A violation of paragraph (a)(1), (a)(3), or
704704 23 (b)(7.5) is a Class C misdemeanor.
705705 24 (3) A violation of paragraph (a)(2), (a)(2.5), (a)(7),
706706 25 (b)(2), or (b)(7) or subsection (d) is a Class A
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