Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HB1261

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB1261

Introduced 1/28/2025, by Rep. John M. Cabello

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

625 ILCS 5/4-102

from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 4-102

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Adds language providing that a person who damages a vehicle or who damages or removes any part of a vehicle commits a misdemeanor if the person does so with intent and without the right to do so (instead of "without authority to do so"). Adds language providing that a person who tampers with a vehicle or goes in it, on it, or works to attempt to work any of its parts, or sets or attempts to set it in motion commits a misdemeanor if he does so without right to do so and with intent to commit a crime (instead of "without authority to do so").

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning transportation.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing Section 4-102 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/4-102) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 4-102)

Sec. 4-102. Offenses relating to motor vehicles and other vehicles - Misdemeanors.

(a) It is a violation of this Chapter for:

(1) A person, with intent and without the right to do so without authority to do so, to damage a vehicle or to damage or remove any part of a vehicle;

(2) A person, without the right to do so and with the intent to commit a crime without authority to do so, to tamper with a vehicle or go in it, on it, or work or attempt to work any of its parts, or set or attempt to set it in motion;

(3) A person to fail to report a vehicle as unclaimed in accordance with the provisions of Section 4-107.

(b) Sentence. A person convicted of a violation of this Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. A person convicted of a violation of this Section a second or subsequent time, shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.

(Source: P.A. 86-1209.)