093_HB0452

 
                                     LRB093 05154 RLC 05214 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to criminal law.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Criminal  Code  of  1961  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 19-2 as follows:

 6        (720 ILCS 5/19-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 19-2)
 7        Sec. 19-2. Possession of burglary tools.
 8        (a)  A  person  commits  the  offense  of  possession  of
 9    burglary  tools  when  he  or  she  possesses  any key, tool,
10    instrument, device, or any explosive,  suitable  for  use  in
11    breaking into a building, housetrailer, watercraft, aircraft,
12    motor  vehicle  as  defined  in  The  Illinois  Vehicle Code,
13    railroad car, or any depository designed for the  safekeeping
14    of  property,  or  any part thereof, with intent to enter any
15    such place and with intent to  commit  therein  a  felony  or
16    theft.
17        (b)  Sentence.
18        Possession of burglary tools in violation of this Section
19    is a Class 4 felony.
20    (Source: P.A. 78-255.)