Public Act 100-3

Topic: 
Criminal law

(Raoul, D-Chicago; Durkin, R-Burr Ridge) makes numerous changes to the criminal code. Among those changes are the following: (1) Reduces the enhanced penalty zone for delivering illegal drugs in protected places from within 1,000 feet to within 500 feet. (2) Presumes that a person be subject to certain sentencing enhancements if the weapon is a firearm after being previously convicted of a qualifying predicate offense and is convicted of unlawful use or possession of a weapon by a felon or aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. It includes a sunset date of five years. (3) Creates an expungeable  probation option for a Class 4 felony Aggravated Unlawful Use of Firearm (requires consent of State's Attorney). (4) Reduces the felony classification for no-damage car burglary from a Class 2 to a Class 3 felony. (5) Expands offense eligibility for expungeable Offender Initiative Probation & Second Chance probation (consent of State’s Attorney remains). It excludes those only who have been “convicted” of a prior felony. A discharge/dismissal may be had every fourth year. Effective January 1, 2018. 

 

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