101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5521

 

Introduced , by Rep. Bradley Stephens

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/21-1.01  was 720 ILCS 5/21-4

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the offense of criminal damage to government supported property includes damage to any property under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation.


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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
5Section 21-1.01 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/21-1.01)  (was 720 ILCS 5/21-4)
7    Sec. 21-1.01. Criminal Damage to Government Supported
8Property.
9    (a) A person commits criminal damage to government
10supported property when he or she knowingly:
11        (1) damages any government supported property without
12    the consent of the State, including any property under the
13    jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation;
14        (2) by means of fire or explosive damages government
15    supported property;
16        (3) starts a fire on government supported property
17    without the consent of the State; or
18        (4) deposits on government supported land or in a
19    government supported building, without the consent of the
20    State, any stink bomb or any offensive smelling compound
21    and thereby intends to interfere with the use by another of
22    the land or building.
23    (b) For the purposes of this Section, "government

 

 

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1supported" means any property supported in whole or in part
2with State funds, funds of a unit of local government or school
3district, or federal funds administered or granted through
4State agencies.
5    (c) Sentence. A violation of this Section is a Class 4
6felony when the damage to property is $500 or less; a Class 3
7felony when the damage to property exceeds $500 but does not
8exceed $10,000; a Class 2 felony when the damage to property
9exceeds $10,000 but does not exceed $100,000; and a Class 1
10felony when the damage to property exceeds $100,000. When the
11damage to property exceeds $10,000, the court shall impose upon
12the offender a fine equal to the value of the damages to the
13property.
14(Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.)