102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1113

 

Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/21-1.2  from Ch. 38, par. 21-1.2

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the offense of institutional vandalism.


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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
5changing Section 21-1.2 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/21-1.2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 21-1.2)
7    Sec. 21-1.2. Institutional vandalism.
8    (a) A person commits institutional vandalism when, by
9reason of the the actual or perceived race, color, creed,
10religion, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, physical or
11mental disability, or national origin of another individual or
12group of individuals, regardless of the existence of any other
13motivating factor or factors, he or she knowingly and without
14consent inflicts damage to any of the following properties:
15        (1) A church, synagogue, mosque, or other building,
16    structure or place used for religious worship or other
17    religious purpose;
18        (2) A cemetery, mortuary, or other facility used for
19    the purpose of burial or memorializing the dead;
20        (3) A school, educational facility or community
21    center;
22        (4) The grounds adjacent to, and owned or rented by,
23    any institution, facility, building, structure or place

 

 

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1    described in paragraphs (1), (2) or (3) of this subsection
2    (a); or
3        (5) Any personal property contained in any
4    institution, facility, building, structure or place
5    described in paragraphs (1), (2) or (3) of this subsection
6    (a).
7    (b) Sentence.
8        (1) Institutional vandalism is a Class 3 felony when
9    the damage to the property does not exceed $500.
10    Institutional vandalism is a Class 2 felony when the
11    damage to the property exceeds $500. Institutional
12    vandalism is a Class 2 felony for any second or subsequent
13    offense.
14        (2) Upon imposition of any sentence, the trial court
15    shall also either order restitution paid to the victim or
16    impose a fine up to $1,000. In addition, any order of
17    probation or conditional discharge entered following a
18    conviction or an adjudication of delinquency shall include
19    a condition that the offender perform public or community
20    service of no less than 200 hours if that service is
21    established in the county where the offender was convicted
22    of institutional vandalism. The court may also impose any
23    other condition of probation or conditional discharge
24    under this Section.
25    (c) Independent of any criminal prosecution or the result
26of that prosecution, a person suffering damage to property or

 

 

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1injury to his or her person as a result of institutional
2vandalism may bring a civil action for damages, injunction or
3other appropriate relief. The court may award actual damages,
4including damages for emotional distress, or punitive damages.
5A judgment may include attorney's fees and costs. The parents
6or legal guardians of an unemancipated minor, other than
7guardians appointed under the Juvenile Court Act or the
8Juvenile Court Act of 1987, shall be liable for the amount of
9any judgment for actual damages rendered against the minor
10under this subsection in an amount not exceeding the amount
11provided under Section 5 of the Parental Responsibility Law.
12    (d) As used in this Section, "sexual orientation" has the
13meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (O-1) of Section 1-103 of
14the Illinois Human Rights Act.
15(Source: P.A. 99-77, eff. 1-1-16; 99-631, eff. 1-1-17.)