Illinois General Assembly Statutory Text (Verbatim)
Source: ilga.gov ->Sec. 4-103.3. Organizer of an aggravated vehicle theft conspiracy.
(a) A person commits the offense of organizer of a vehicle theft conspiracy if:
(1) the person intentionally violates Section 4-103.2 of this Code with the agreement of 3 or more persons; and (2) the person is known by other co-conspirators as the organizer, supervisor, financier or otherwise leader of the conspiracy. (b) No person may be convicted of organizer of a vehicle theft conspiracy unless an overt act in furtherance of the agreement is alleged and proved to have been committed by him or by a co-conspirator, and the accused is part of a common plan or scheme to engage in the unlawful activity.
(c) It shall not be a defense to organizer of a vehicle theft conspiracy that the person or persons with whom the accused is alleged to have conspired:
(1) has not been prosecuted or convicted;
(2) has been convicted of a different offense;
(3) is not amenable to justice;
(4) has been acquitted; or
(5) lacked the capacity to commit an offense.
(d) Notwithstanding Section 8-5 of the Criminal Code of 2012, a person may be convicted and sentenced for both the offense of organizer of a vehicle theft conspiracy and any other offense in this Chapter which is the object of the conspiracy.
(e) Organizer of a vehicle theft conspiracy is a Class X felony.
(Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)