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 | any person designated or authorized to grant such
authority  | 
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 | possesses contraband listed in paragraphs (i) through (iv) of
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 | subsection (d)(4) in a penal institution, regardless of the  | 
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 | intent with which
he possesses it.
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 |     (c) A person commits the offense of unauthorized delivery  | 
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 | of contraband
in a penal institution by an employee when a  | 
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 | person who is an employee
knowingly and without authority of  | 
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 | any person designated or authorized to grant
such authority:
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 |         (1) delivers or possesses with intent to deliver an  | 
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 |     item of contraband
to any inmate of a penal institution, or
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 |         (2) conspires to deliver or solicits the delivery of an  | 
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 |     item of
contraband to any inmate of a penal institution, or
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 |         (3) causes or permits the delivery of an item of  | 
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 |     contraband to any
inmate of a penal institution, or
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 |         (4) permits another person to attempt to deliver an  | 
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 |     item of contraband to
any inmate of a penal institution.
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 |     (d) For purpose of this Section, the words and phrases  | 
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 | listed below
shall be defined as follows:
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 |         (1) "Penal Institution" shall have the meaning  | 
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 |     ascribed to it in
subsection (c)(1) of Section 31A-1.1 of  | 
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 |     this Code;
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 |         (2) "Employee" means any elected or appointed officer,  | 
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 |     trustee or
employee of a penal institution or of the  | 
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 |     governing authority of the penal
institution, or any person  | 
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 |     who performs services for the penal institution
pursuant to  | 
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 |     contract with the penal institution or its governing
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 |     authority.
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 |         (3) "Deliver" or "delivery" means the actual,  | 
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 |     constructive or attempted
transfer of possession of an item  | 
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 |     of contraband, with or without consideration,
whether or  | 
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 |     not there is an agency relationship;
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 |         (4) "Item of contraband" means any of the following:
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 |             (i) "Alcoholic liquor" as such term is defined in  | 
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 |         Section 1-3.05 of the
Liquor Control Act of 1934.
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 |             (ii) "Cannabis" as such term is defined in  | 
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 |         subsection (a) of
Section 3 of the Cannabis Control  | 
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 |         Act.
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 |             (iii) "Controlled substance" as such term is  | 
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 |         defined in the Illinois
Controlled Substances Act.
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 |             (iii-a) "Methamphetamine" as such term is defined  | 
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 |         in the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or the  | 
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 |         Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act.
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 |             (iv) "Hypodermic syringe" or hypodermic needle, or  | 
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 |         any instrument
adapted for use of controlled  | 
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 |         substances or cannabis by subcutaneous injection.
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 |             (v) "Weapon" means any knife, dagger, dirk, billy,  | 
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 |         razor, stiletto,
broken bottle, or other piece of glass  | 
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 |         which could be used as a dangerous
weapon.  Such term  | 
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 |         includes any of the devices or implements designated in
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 |         subsections (a)(1), (a)(3) and (a)(6) of Section 24-1  | 
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 |         of this Act, or any
other dangerous weapon or  | 
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 |         instrument of like character.
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 |             (vi) "Firearm" means any device, by whatever name  | 
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 |         known, which is
designed to expel a projectile or  | 
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 |         projectiles by the action of an explosion,
expansion of  | 
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 |         gas or escape of gas, including but not limited to:
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 |                 (A) any pneumatic gun, spring gun, or B-B gun  | 
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 |             which expels a single
globular projectile not  | 
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 |             exceeding .18 inch in diameter; or
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 |                 (B) any device used exclusively for signaling  | 
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 |             or safety and required
or recommended by the United  | 
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 |             States Coast Guard or the Interstate Commerce
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 |             Commission; or
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 |                 (C) any device used exclusively for the firing  | 
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 |             of stud cartridges,
explosive rivets or industrial  | 
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 |             ammunition; or
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 |                 (D) any device which is powered by electrical  | 
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 |             charging units, such as
batteries, and which fires  | 
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 |             one or several barbs attached to a length of
wire  | 
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 |             and which, upon hitting a human, can send out  | 
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 |             current capable of
disrupting the person's nervous  | 
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 |             system in such a manner as to render him
incapable  | 
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 |             of normal functioning, commonly referred to as a  | 
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 |             stun gun or taser.
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 |             (vii) "Firearm ammunition" means any  | 
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 |         self-contained cartridge or shotgun
shell, by whatever  | 
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 |         name known, which is designed to be used or adaptable  | 
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 |         to
use in a firearm, including but not limited to:
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 |                 (A) any ammunition exclusively designed for  | 
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 |             use with a device used
exclusively for signaling or  | 
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 |             safety and required or recommended by the
United  | 
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 |             States Coast Guard or the Interstate Commerce  | 
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 |             Commission; or
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 |                 (B) any ammunition designed exclusively for  | 
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 |             use with a stud or rivet
driver or other similar  | 
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 |             industrial ammunition.
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 |             (viii) "Explosive" means, but is not limited to,  | 
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 |         bomb, bombshell,
grenade, bottle or other container  | 
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 |         containing an explosive substance of
over one-quarter  | 
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 |         ounce for like purposes such as black powder bombs and
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 |         Molotov cocktails or artillery projectiles.
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 |             (ix) "Tool to defeat security mechanisms" means,  | 
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 |         but is not limited
to,
handcuff or security restraint  | 
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 |         key, tool designed to pick locks, or device or
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 |         instrument capable of unlocking handcuff or security  | 
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 |         restraints, doors to
cells, rooms, gates or other areas  | 
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 |         of the penal institution.
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 |             (x) "Cutting tool" means, but is not limited to,  | 
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 |         hacksaw blade,
wirecutter, or device, instrument or  | 
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 |         file capable of cutting through metal.
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 |             (xi) "Electronic contraband" means, but is not  | 
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 |         limited to, any
electronic, video recording device,  | 
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 |         computer, or cellular communications
equipment,  | 
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 |         including, but not
limited to, cellular telephones,  | 
  
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 |         cellular telephone batteries, videotape
recorders,  | 
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 |         pagers,
computers, and computer peripheral equipment.
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 |     For a violation of subsection (a) or (b) involving a  | 
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 | cellular telephone or cellular telephone battery, the  | 
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 | defendant must intend to provide the cellular telephone or  | 
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 | cellular telephone battery to any inmate in a penal  | 
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 | institution, or to use the cellular telephone or cellular  | 
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 | telephone battery at the direction of an inmate or for the  | 
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 | benefit of any inmate of a penal institution.  | 
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 |     (e) A violation of paragraphs (a) or (b) of this Section  | 
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 | involving alcohol
is a Class 4 felony. A violation of paragraph  | 
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 | (a) or (b) of this Section
involving cannabis is a Class 2  | 
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 | felony.  A violation of paragraph (a) or (b)
involving any  | 
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 | amount of a controlled substance classified in Schedules III,  | 
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 | IV
or V of Article II of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act  | 
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 | is a Class 1
felony.  A
violation of paragraph (a) or (b) of  | 
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 | this Section involving any amount of a
controlled substance  | 
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 | classified in Schedules I or II of Article II of the
Illinois  | 
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 | Controlled Substances Act is a Class X felony.  A violation of
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 | paragraph (a) or
(b) involving an item of contraband listed in  | 
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 | paragraph (iv) of subsection
(d)(4) is a Class X felony. A  | 
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 | violation of paragraph (a) or (b) involving an
item of  | 
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 | contraband listed in paragraph (v) or (xi) of subsection (d)(4)  | 
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 | is
a Class 1
felony.  A violation of paragraph (a) or (b)  | 
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 | involving an item of contraband
listed in paragraphs (vi),  | 
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 | (vii) or (viii) of subsection (d)(4) is a Class X
felony.
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 |     (f) A violation of paragraph (c) of this Section involving  | 
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 | alcoholic
liquor is a Class 3 felony.   A violation of paragraph  | 
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 | (c) involving cannabis
is a Class 1 felony.  A violation of  | 
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 | paragraph (c) involving any amount of a
controlled substance  | 
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 | classified in Schedules III, IV or V of Article II of the
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 | Illinois Controlled Substances Act is a Class X felony.  A  | 
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 | violation of
paragraph (c)
involving any amount of a controlled  | 
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 | substance classified in Schedules I or II
of Article II of the  | 
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 | Illinois Controlled Substances Act is a Class X felony
for  | 
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 | which
the minimum term of imprisonment shall be 8 years.  A  | 
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 | violation of paragraph
(c) involving an item of contraband  | 
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 | listed in paragraph (iv) of subsection
(d)(4) is a Class X  | 
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 | felony for which the minimum term of imprisonment shall be
8  | 
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 | years.  A violation of paragraph (c) involving an item of  | 
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 | contraband listed
in paragraph (v), (ix) or (x) of subsection  | 
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 | (d)(4) is a Class X felony for
which the minimum
term of  | 
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 | imprisonment shall be 10 years.  A violation of paragraph (c)  | 
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 | involving
an item of contraband listed in paragraphs (vi),  | 
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 | (vii) or (viii) of subsection
(d)(4) is a Class X felony for  | 
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 | which the minimum term of imprisonment shall be
12 years.
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 |     (g) Items confiscated may be retained for use by the  | 
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 | Department of
Corrections or disposed of as deemed appropriate  | 
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 | by the Chief Administrative
Officer in accordance with  | 
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 | Department rules or disposed of as required by
law.
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 |     (h) For a violation of subsection (a) or (b) involving  | 
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 | items described in clause (i), (v), (vi), (vii), (ix), (x), or  |