Section 720 ILCS 5/8-1 - Solicitation and solicitation of murder(a) Solicitation . A person commits the offense of solicitation when, with intent that an offense be committed, other than first degree murder, he or she commands, encourages , or requests another to commit that offense. (b) Solicitation of murder. A person commits the offense of solicitation of murder when he or she commits solicitation with the intent that the offense of first degree murder be committed. (c) Sentence . A person convicted of solicitation may be fined or imprisoned or both not to exceed the maximum provided for the offense solicited , except that the penalty shall not exceed the corresponding maximum limit provided by subparagraph (c) of Section 8-4 of this Code . Solicitation of murder is a Class X felony, and a person convicted of solicitation of murder shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 15 years and not more than 30 years, except that a person convicted of solicitation of murder when the person solicited was a person under the age of 17 years shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 20 years and not more than 60 years. Amended by P.A. 096-0710,§ 25, eff. 1/1/2010.