Public Act 93-0335

HB2446 Enrolled                      LRB093 09576 RLC 09814 b

    AN ACT in relation to 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 20-1.1 as follows:

    (720 ILCS 5/20-1.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 20-1.1)
    Sec. 20-1.1.  Aggravated Arson.
    (a)  A person commits aggravated arson when in the course
of committing arson he or she knowingly damages, partially or
totally, any building or structure,  including  any  adjacent
building  or structure, including all or any part of a school
building,  house  trailer,  watercraft,  motor  vehicle,   or
railroad  car,  and  (1)  he knows or reasonably should  know
that one or more persons  are  present  therein  or  (2)  any
person  suffers great bodily harm, or permanent disability or
disfigurement as a result of the fire or explosion or  (3)  a
fireman  or  policeman  who is present at the scene acting in
the line of duty, is injured as  a  result  of  the  fire  or
explosion.    For  purposes  of  this  Section,  property "of
another" means a building or other property, whether real  or
personal,  in  which  a person other than the offender has an
interest that the offender has  no  authority  to  defeat  or
impair, even though the offender may also have an interest in
the  building  or  property;  and "school building" means any
public or private preschool, elementary or secondary  school,
community college, college, or university.
    (b)  Sentence. Aggravated arson is a Class X felony.
(Source: P.A. 92-421, eff. 8-17-01.)

    Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.