HB5335 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB095 19343 RLC 45638 b

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5335

Introduced , by Rep. Susana A Mendoza

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/19-2

from Ch. 38, par. 19-2

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section that prohibits the possession of burglary tools.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

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

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

(720 ILCS 5/19-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 19-2)

Sec. 19-2. Possession of burglary tools.

(a) A person commits the the offense of possession of burglary tools when he possesses any key, tool, instrument, device, or any explosive, suitable for use in breaking into a building, housetrailer, watercraft, aircraft, motor vehicle as defined in The Illinois Vehicle Code, railroad car, or any depository designed for the safekeeping of property, or any part thereof, with intent to enter any such place and with intent to commit therein a felony or theft.

(b) Sentence.

Possession of burglary tools in violation of this Section is a Class 4 felony.

(Source: P.A. 78-255.)