Bill Text: IL HB5129 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 concerning the Interference With Penal Institution Article of the Code. Provides that one year of imprisonment shall be added to the sentence of a person who commits bringing contraband into a penal institution or unauthorized bringing or delivery of contraband into a penal institution by an employee by using an unmanned aerial vehicle. Provides that a person who knowingly and intentionally operates an unmanned aerial vehicle below the navigable airspace over a State penal institution is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Provides that this provision does not apply to an employee who operates the unmanned aerial vehicle within the scope of his or her employment, or a person who receives prior permission from the penal institution to operate the unmanned aerial vehicle. Provides that a person who knowingly and intentionally captures images or data of a State penal institution through the operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle is guilty of a Class 4 felony. Provides that this provision does not apply to an employee who captures images or data of a State penal institution through the operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle within the scope of his or her employment, or a person who receives prior permission from the penal institution to capture images or data of a State penal institution through the operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle. Defines "State penal institution" and "unmanned aerial vehicle".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5129 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB5129-Introduced.html
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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 2012 is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sections 31A-0.1, 31A-1.1, and 31A-1.2 and by adding Sections | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | 31A-1.3 and 31A-1.4 as follows:
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7 | (720 ILCS 5/31A-0.1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sec. 31A-0.1. Definitions. For the purposes of this | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Article: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | "Deliver" or "delivery" means the actual, constructive or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | attempted
transfer of possession of an item of contraband, with | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | or without consideration,
whether or not there is an agency | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | relationship. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | "Employee" means any elected or appointed officer, trustee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | or
employee of a penal institution or of the governing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | authority of the penal
institution, or any person who performs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | services for the penal institution
pursuant to contract with | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | the penal institution or its governing
authority. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | "Item of contraband" means any of the following: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | (i) "Alcoholic liquor" as that term is defined in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Section 1-3.05 of the
Liquor Control Act of 1934. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | (ii) "Cannabis" as that term is defined in subsection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | (a) of Section 3
of the Cannabis Control Act. |
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1 | (iii) "Controlled substance" as that term is defined in | ||||||
2 | the Illinois
Controlled Substances Act. | ||||||
3 | (iii-a) "Methamphetamine" as that term is defined in | ||||||
4 | the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or the | ||||||
5 | Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act. | ||||||
6 | (iv) "Hypodermic syringe" or hypodermic needle, or any | ||||||
7 | instrument
adapted for use of controlled substances or | ||||||
8 | cannabis by subcutaneous injection. | ||||||
9 | (v) "Weapon" means any knife, dagger, dirk, billy, | ||||||
10 | razor, stiletto,
broken bottle, or other piece of glass | ||||||
11 | which could be used as a dangerous
weapon. This term | ||||||
12 | includes any of the devices or implements designated in
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13 | subsections (a)(1), (a)(3) and (a)(6) of Section 24-1 of | ||||||
14 | this
Code, or any other dangerous weapon or instrument of | ||||||
15 | like character. | ||||||
16 | (vi) "Firearm" means any device, by whatever name | ||||||
17 | known, which is
designed to expel a projectile or | ||||||
18 | projectiles by the action of an
explosion, expansion of gas | ||||||
19 | or escape of gas, including but not limited to: | ||||||
20 | (A) any pneumatic gun, spring gun, or B-B gun which | ||||||
21 | expels a single
globular projectile not exceeding .18 | ||||||
22 | inch in diameter; or | ||||||
23 | (B) any device used exclusively for signaling or | ||||||
24 | safety and required
as
recommended by the United States | ||||||
25 | Coast Guard or the Interstate Commerce
Commission; or | ||||||
26 | (C) any device used exclusively for the firing of |
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1 | stud cartridges,
explosive rivets or industrial | ||||||
2 | ammunition; or | ||||||
3 | (D) any device which is powered by electrical | ||||||
4 | charging units, such as
batteries, and which fires one | ||||||
5 | or several barbs attached to a length of
wire and | ||||||
6 | which, upon hitting a human, can send out current | ||||||
7 | capable of
disrupting the person's nervous system in | ||||||
8 | such a manner as to render him or her incapable of | ||||||
9 | normal functioning, commonly referred to as a stun gun | ||||||
10 | or taser. | ||||||
11 | (vii) "Firearm ammunition" means any self-contained | ||||||
12 | cartridge or shotgun
shell, by whatever name known, which | ||||||
13 | is designed to be used or adaptable to
use in a firearm, | ||||||
14 | including but not limited to: | ||||||
15 | (A) any ammunition exclusively designed for use | ||||||
16 | with a device used
exclusively for signaling or safety | ||||||
17 | and required or recommended by the
United States Coast | ||||||
18 | Guard or the Interstate Commerce Commission; or | ||||||
19 | (B) any ammunition designed exclusively for use | ||||||
20 | with a stud or rivet
driver or other similar industrial | ||||||
21 | ammunition. | ||||||
22 | (viii) "Explosive" means, but is not limited to, bomb, | ||||||
23 | bombshell,
grenade, bottle or other container containing | ||||||
24 | an explosive substance of
over one-quarter ounce for like | ||||||
25 | purposes such as black powder bombs and
Molotov cocktails | ||||||
26 | or artillery projectiles. |
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1 | (ix) "Tool to defeat security mechanisms" means, but is | ||||||
2 | not limited to,
handcuff or security restraint key, tool | ||||||
3 | designed to pick locks, popper, or any device or
instrument | ||||||
4 | used to or capable of unlocking or preventing from locking | ||||||
5 | any handcuff or security restraints, doors to
cells, rooms, | ||||||
6 | gates or other areas of the penal institution. | ||||||
7 | (x) "Cutting tool" means, but is not limited to, | ||||||
8 | hacksaw blade,
wirecutter,
or device, instrument or file | ||||||
9 | capable of cutting through metal. | ||||||
10 | (xi) "Electronic contraband" for the purposes of | ||||||
11 | Section 31A-1.1 of this Article means, but is not limited | ||||||
12 | to, any
electronic, video recording device, computer, or | ||||||
13 | cellular communications
equipment, including, but not
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14 | limited to, cellular telephones, cellular telephone | ||||||
15 | batteries, videotape
recorders, pagers,
computers, and | ||||||
16 | computer peripheral equipment brought into or possessed in | ||||||
17 | a
penal institution without the written authorization of | ||||||
18 | the Chief Administrative
Officer. "Electronic contraband" | ||||||
19 | for the purposes of Section 31A-1.2 of this Article, means, | ||||||
20 | but is not limited to, any
electronic, video recording | ||||||
21 | device, computer, or cellular communications
equipment, | ||||||
22 | including, but not
limited to, cellular telephones, | ||||||
23 | cellular telephone batteries, videotape
recorders, pagers,
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24 | computers, and computer peripheral equipment. | ||||||
25 | "Penal institution" means any penitentiary, State farm,
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26 | reformatory, prison, jail, house of correction, police |
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1 | detention area,
half-way house or other institution or place | ||||||
2 | for the incarceration or
custody of persons under sentence for | ||||||
3 | offenses awaiting trial or sentence
for offenses, under arrest | ||||||
4 | for an offense, a violation of probation, a
violation of | ||||||
5 | parole, a violation of aftercare release, or a violation of | ||||||
6 | mandatory supervised release, or
awaiting a bail setting | ||||||
7 | hearing or preliminary hearing; provided that where
the place | ||||||
8 | for incarceration or custody is housed within another public
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9 | building this Article shall not apply to that part of the | ||||||
10 | building unrelated
to the incarceration or custody of persons.
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11 | "State penal institution" means a facility or institution | ||||||
12 | of the Department of Corrections. | ||||||
13 | "Unmanned aerial vehicle" means an unmanned aircraft or | ||||||
14 | drone and its
associated elements, including, but not limited | ||||||
15 | to, communication links and the
components that control the | ||||||
16 | unmanned aircraft that are required for the pilot in
command to | ||||||
17 | operate safely and efficiently in the national airspace system. | ||||||
18 | (Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13; 98-558, eff. 1-1-14.)
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19 | (720 ILCS 5/31A-1.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 31A-1.1) | ||||||
20 | Sec. 31A-1.1. Bringing Contraband into a Penal | ||||||
21 | Institution;
Possessing Contraband in a Penal Institution. | ||||||
22 | (a) A person commits bringing contraband into a penal
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23 | institution when he or she knowingly and without authority of | ||||||
24 | any person designated
or authorized to grant this authority (1) | ||||||
25 | brings an item of contraband into
a penal institution or (2) |
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1 | causes another to bring an item of
contraband into a penal | ||||||
2 | institution or (3) places an item of
contraband in such | ||||||
3 | proximity to a penal institution as to give an
inmate access to | ||||||
4 | the contraband. | ||||||
5 | (b) A person commits possessing contraband in a
penal | ||||||
6 | institution when he or she knowingly possesses contraband in a | ||||||
7 | penal institution,
regardless of the intent with which he or | ||||||
8 | she possesses it. | ||||||
9 | (c) (Blank). | ||||||
10 | (d) Sentence. | ||||||
11 | (1) Bringing into or possessing alcoholic liquor in a | ||||||
12 | penal institution is a Class 4
felony. | ||||||
13 | (2) Bringing into or possessing cannabis in a penal | ||||||
14 | institution is a Class 3 felony.
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15 | (3) Bringing into or possessing any amount of a | ||||||
16 | controlled substance classified in
Schedules III, IV or V | ||||||
17 | of Article II of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act in | ||||||
18 | a
penal institution is a Class 2 felony. | ||||||
19 | (4) Bringing into or possessing any amount of a | ||||||
20 | controlled substance classified in
Schedules I or II of | ||||||
21 | Article II of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act in a
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22 | penal institution is a Class 1 felony. | ||||||
23 | (5) Bringing into or possessing a hypodermic syringe in | ||||||
24 | a penal institution is a Class 1 felony. | ||||||
25 | (6) Bringing into or possessing a weapon, tool to | ||||||
26 | defeat security mechanisms, cutting tool, or electronic |
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1 | contraband in a penal institution is a Class 1 felony. | ||||||
2 | (7) Bringing into or possessing a firearm, firearm | ||||||
3 | ammunition, or explosive in a penal institution is a Class | ||||||
4 | X felony.
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5 | (8) If a person commits bringing contraband into a | ||||||
6 | penal
institution by use of an unmanned aerial vehicle, in | ||||||
7 | addition to any other penalty provided in this subsection | ||||||
8 | (d), one year of imprisonment shall be added to the | ||||||
9 | sentence imposed by the court. | ||||||
10 | (e) It shall be an affirmative defense to subsection
(b), | ||||||
11 | that
the possession was specifically authorized by rule, | ||||||
12 | regulation, or
directive of the governing authority of the | ||||||
13 | penal institution or order
issued under it. | ||||||
14 | (f) It shall be an affirmative defense to subsection (a)(1) | ||||||
15 | and
subsection (b) that the person bringing into or possessing
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16 | contraband in a penal institution had been arrested, and that | ||||||
17 | person
possessed the contraband at the time of his
or her | ||||||
18 | arrest, and that the contraband was brought into or possessed | ||||||
19 | in the penal
institution by that person as a direct and | ||||||
20 | immediate result of his or her arrest. | ||||||
21 | (g) Items confiscated may be retained for use by the | ||||||
22 | Department of
Corrections or disposed of as deemed appropriate | ||||||
23 | by the Chief Administrative
Officer in accordance with | ||||||
24 | Department rules or disposed of as required by
law. | ||||||
25 | (Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
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1 | (720 ILCS 5/31A-1.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 31A-1.2) | ||||||
2 | Sec. 31A-1.2. Unauthorized bringing of contraband into a | ||||||
3 | penal institution
by an employee; unauthorized possessing of | ||||||
4 | contraband in a penal institution by
an employee; unauthorized | ||||||
5 | delivery of contraband in a penal institution by an
employee. | ||||||
6 | (a) A person commits unauthorized bringing of contraband | ||||||
7 | into
a penal institution by an employee when a person who is an | ||||||
8 | employee knowingly
and without authority of
any person | ||||||
9 | designated or authorized to grant this
authority: | ||||||
10 | (1) brings or attempts to bring an item of contraband | ||||||
11 | into a penal institution, or | ||||||
12 | (2) causes or permits another to bring an item of | ||||||
13 | contraband into a penal
institution. | ||||||
14 | (b) A person commits unauthorized possession of contraband | ||||||
15 | in
a penal institution by an employee when a person who is an | ||||||
16 | employee knowingly
and without authority of any person | ||||||
17 | designated or authorized to grant this
authority possesses an | ||||||
18 | item of contraband in a penal institution, regardless of the | ||||||
19 | intent with which
he or she possesses it. | ||||||
20 | (c) A person commits unauthorized delivery of contraband
in | ||||||
21 | a penal institution by an employee when a person who is an | ||||||
22 | employee
knowingly and without authority of any person | ||||||
23 | designated or authorized to grant
this authority: | ||||||
24 | (1) delivers or possesses with intent to deliver an | ||||||
25 | item of contraband
to any inmate of a penal institution, or | ||||||
26 | (2) conspires to deliver or solicits the delivery of an |
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1 | item of
contraband to any inmate of a penal institution, or | ||||||
2 | (3) causes or permits the delivery of an item of | ||||||
3 | contraband to any
inmate of a penal institution, or | ||||||
4 | (4) permits another person to attempt to deliver an | ||||||
5 | item of contraband to
any inmate of a penal institution. | ||||||
6 | (d) For a violation of subsection (a) or (b) involving a | ||||||
7 | cellular telephone or cellular telephone battery, the | ||||||
8 | defendant must intend to provide the cellular telephone or | ||||||
9 | cellular telephone battery to any inmate in a penal | ||||||
10 | institution, or to use the cellular telephone or cellular | ||||||
11 | telephone battery at the direction of an inmate or for the | ||||||
12 | benefit of any inmate of a penal institution. | ||||||
13 | (e) Sentence. | ||||||
14 | (1) A violation of paragraphs (a) or (b) of this | ||||||
15 | Section involving alcohol
is a Class 4 felony. A violation | ||||||
16 | of paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section
involving cannabis | ||||||
17 | is a Class 2 felony. A violation of paragraph (a) or (b)
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18 | involving any amount of a controlled substance classified | ||||||
19 | in Schedules III, IV
or V of Article II of the Illinois | ||||||
20 | Controlled Substances Act is a Class 1
felony. A
violation | ||||||
21 | of paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section involving any | ||||||
22 | amount of a
controlled substance classified in Schedules I | ||||||
23 | or II of Article II of the
Illinois Controlled Substances | ||||||
24 | Act is a Class X felony. A violation of
paragraph (a) or
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25 | (b) involving a hypodermic syringe is a Class X felony. A | ||||||
26 | violation of paragraph (a) or (b) involving a weapon, tool |
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1 | to defeat security mechanisms, cutting tool, or electronic | ||||||
2 | contraband is
a Class 1
felony. A violation of paragraph | ||||||
3 | (a) or (b) involving a firearm, firearm ammunition, or | ||||||
4 | explosive is a Class X
felony. | ||||||
5 | (2) A violation of paragraph (c) of this Section | ||||||
6 | involving alcoholic
liquor is a Class 3 felony. A violation | ||||||
7 | of paragraph (c) involving cannabis
is a Class 1 felony. A | ||||||
8 | violation of paragraph (c) involving any amount of a
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9 | controlled substance classified in Schedules III, IV or V | ||||||
10 | of Article II of the
Illinois Controlled Substances Act is | ||||||
11 | a Class X felony. A violation of
paragraph (c)
involving | ||||||
12 | any amount of a controlled substance classified in | ||||||
13 | Schedules I or II
of Article II of the Illinois Controlled | ||||||
14 | Substances Act is a Class X felony
for which
the minimum | ||||||
15 | term of imprisonment shall be 8 years. A violation of | ||||||
16 | paragraph
(c) involving a hypodermic syringe is a Class X | ||||||
17 | felony for which the minimum term of imprisonment shall be
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18 | 8 years. A violation of paragraph (c) involving a weapon, | ||||||
19 | tool to defeat security mechanisms, cutting tool, or | ||||||
20 | electronic contraband is a Class X felony for
which the | ||||||
21 | minimum
term of imprisonment shall be 10 years. A violation | ||||||
22 | of paragraph (c) involving
a firearm, firearm ammunition, | ||||||
23 | or explosive is a Class X felony for which the minimum term | ||||||
24 | of imprisonment shall be
12 years. | ||||||
25 | (3) If a person violates this Section by use of an | ||||||
26 | unmanned aerial vehicle, in addition to any other penalty |
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1 | provided in this subsection (e), one year of imprisonment | ||||||
2 | shall be added to the sentence imposed by the court. | ||||||
3 | (f) Items confiscated may be retained for use by the | ||||||
4 | Department of
Corrections or disposed of as deemed appropriate | ||||||
5 | by the Chief Administrative
Officer in accordance with | ||||||
6 | Department rules or disposed of as required by
law. | ||||||
7 | (g) For a violation of subsection (a) or (b) involving | ||||||
8 | alcoholic liquor, a weapon, firearm, firearm ammunition, tool | ||||||
9 | to defeat security mechanisms, cutting tool, or electronic | ||||||
10 | contraband, the items shall not be considered to be in a penal | ||||||
11 | institution when they are secured in an employee's locked, | ||||||
12 | private motor vehicle parked on the grounds of a penal | ||||||
13 | institution. | ||||||
14 | (Source: P.A. 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 96-1112, eff. 1-1-11; | ||||||
15 | 96-1325, eff. 7-27-10; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-1108, eff. | ||||||
16 | 1-1-13.)
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17 | (720 ILCS 5/31A-1.3 new) | ||||||
18 | Sec. 31A-1.3. Operating an unmanned aerial vehicle below | ||||||
19 | the navigable airspace overlaying a State penal institution. | ||||||
20 | (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Section, a | ||||||
21 | person commits operating an unmanned aerial vehicle below the | ||||||
22 | navigable airspace overlaying a State penal institution when he | ||||||
23 | or she knowingly and intentionally
operates an unmanned aerial | ||||||
24 | vehicle below the navigable airspace, as defined in 49 U.S.C. | ||||||
25 | 40102, overlaying a State penal institution. |
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1 | (b) This Section does not apply to an employee who operates | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | the unmanned aerial
vehicle within the scope of his or her | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | employment, or a person who receives prior
permission from the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | penal institution to operate the unmanned aerial vehicle. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | (c) Sentence. A violation of this Section is a Class A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | misdemeanor.
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7 | (720 ILCS 5/31A-1.4 new) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sec. 31A-1.4. Capturing images or data of a State penal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | institution through the operation of an unmanned aerial
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10 | vehicle. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Section, a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | person commits capturing images or data of a State penal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | institution through the operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | when he or she knowingly and intentionally
captures images or | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | data of a State penal institution through the operation of an | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | unmanned aerial
vehicle. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | (b) This Section does not apply to an employee who captures | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | images or data of a State
penal institution through the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle within the scope of his | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | or
her employment, or a person who receives prior permission | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | from the penal institution
to capture images or data of a State | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | penal institution through the operation of an unmanned aerial
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23 | vehicle. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | (c) Sentence. A violation of this Section is a Class 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | felony.
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