103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2362

 

Introduced 2/14/2023, by Rep. Jay Hoffman

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/2-5.05 new
720 ILCS 5/21-1  from Ch. 38, par. 21-1
720 ILCS 5/21-8

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person also commits criminal damage to property when he or she intentionally damages, destroys, or tampers with equipment in a critical infrastructure facility without authorization from the critical infrastructure facility. Provides that a violation is: (1) a Class 4 felony when the damage to property does not exceed $500; (2) a Class 3 felony when the damage to property exceeds $500 but does not exceed $10,000; and (3) a Class 2 felony when the damage to property exceeds $10,000. Provides that a person may be liable in any civil action for money damages to the owner of the critical infrastructure facility for any damage resulting from a violation. Provides that it is an affirmative defense to a violation that the owner of the property or land damaged consented to the damage. Provides that a person may also be liable to the owner for court costs and reasonable attorney's fees resulting from a violation. Changes the name of the offense of criminal trespass to a nuclear facility to criminal trespass to a critical infrastructure facility. Includes as an element of the offense that the person must have the intent to damage, destroy, or tamper with equipment of the facility. Provides that a person may also be liable in a civil action for money damages to the owner of the critical infrastructure facility for any damage to personal or real property of the facility resulting from the trespass. Provides that a person may also be liable to the owner for court costs and reasonable attorney's fees. Defines "critical infrastructure facility" and "with the intent to damage, destroy, or tamper with equipment of the facility".


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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 Sections 21-1 and 21-8 and by adding Section 2-5.05
6as follows:
 
7    (720 ILCS 5/2-5.05 new)
8    Sec. 2-5.05. Critical infrastructure facility. "Critical
9infrastructure facility" means:
10        (1) any one of the following, if completely enclosed
11    by a fence or other physical barrier that is obviously
12    designed to exclude intruders:
13            (A) a petroleum or alumina refinery;
14            (B) an electrical power generating facility,
15        substation, switching station, electrical control
16        center, or electric power lines, and associated
17        equipment infrastructure;
18            (C) a chemical, polymer, or rubber manufacturing
19        facility;
20            (D) a water intake structure, water treatment
21        facility, wastewater treatment plant, or pump station;
22            (E) a natural gas compressor station;
23            (F) a liquid natural gas terminal or storage

 

 

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1        facility;
2            (G) a telecommunications central switching office;
3            (H) a wireless telecommunications infrastructure,
4        including cell towers, telephone poles and lines,
5        including fiber optic lines;
6            (I) a port, railroad switching yard, railroad
7        tracks, trucking terminal, or other freight
8        transportation facility;
9            (J) a gas processing plant, including a plant used
10        in the processing, treatment or fractionation of
11        natural gas or natural gas liquids;
12            (K) a transmission facility used by a federally
13        licensed radio or television station;
14            (L) a steelmaking facility;
15            (M) a facility identified and regulated by the
16        United States Department of Homeland Security Chemical
17        Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program;
18            (N) a dam that is regulated by the State or federal
19        government;
20            (O) a natural gas distribution utility facility
21        including, but not limited to, pipeline
22        interconnections, a city gate or town border station,
23        metering station, aboveground piping, regulator
24        station, or natural gas storage facility;
25            (P) a crude oil or refined products storage and
26        distribution facility including, but not limited to,

 

 

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1        valve sites, pipeline interconnections, pump station,
2        metering station, below or aboveground pipeline or
3        piping, or truck loading or off-loading facility or an
4        aboveground pipeline that is under construction that
5        is clearly marked that entry is forbidden;
6            (Q) a nuclear facility as defined in Section 3 of
7        the Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act;
8            (R) a manufacturing facility that is engaged in
9        activities described in Codes 3111 through 339999 of
10        the 2017 North American Industry Classification System
11        (NAICS);
12            (S) a coal mine; or
13            (T) a mining operation, including any processing
14        equipment, batching operation, or support facility for
15        that mining operation; or
16        (2) any aboveground portion of an oil, gas, hazardous
17    liquid or chemical pipeline, tank, railroad facility, or
18    other storage facility that is enclosed by a fence, or
19    other physical barrier.
 
20    (720 ILCS 5/21-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 21-1)
21    Sec. 21-1. Criminal damage to property.
22    (a) A person commits criminal damage to property when he
23or she:
24        (1) knowingly damages any property of another;
25        (2) recklessly by means of fire or explosive damages

 

 

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1    property of another;
2        (3) knowingly starts a fire on the land of another;
3        (4) knowingly injures a domestic animal of another
4    without his or her consent;
5        (5) knowingly deposits on the land or in the building
6    of another any stink bomb or any offensive smelling
7    compound and thereby intends to interfere with the use by
8    another of the land or building;
9        (6) knowingly damages any property, other than as
10    described in paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section
11    20-1, with intent to defraud an insurer;
12        (7) knowingly shoots a firearm at any portion of a
13    railroad train;
14        (8) knowingly, without proper authorization, cuts,
15    injures, damages, defaces, destroys, or tampers with any
16    fire hydrant or any public or private fire fighting
17    equipment, or any apparatus appertaining to fire fighting
18    equipment; or
19        (9) intentionally, without proper authorization, opens
20    any fire hydrant; or
21        (10) intentionally damages, destroys, or tampers with
22    equipment in a critical infrastructure facility without
23    authorization from the critical infrastructure facility.
24    (b) When the charge of criminal damage to property
25exceeding a specified value is brought, the extent of the
26damage is an element of the offense to be resolved by the trier

 

 

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1of fact as either exceeding or not exceeding the specified
2value.
3    (c) It is an affirmative defense to a violation of
4paragraph (1), (3), or (5), or (10) of subsection (a) of this
5Section that the owner of the property or land damaged
6consented to the damage.
7    (d) Sentence.
8        (1) A violation of subsection (a) shall have the
9    following penalties:
10            (A) A violation of paragraph (8) or (9) is a Class
11        B misdemeanor.
12            (B) A violation of paragraph (1), (2), (3), (5),
13        or (6) is a Class A misdemeanor when the damage to
14        property does not exceed $500.
15            (C) A violation of paragraph (1), (2), (3), (5),
16        or (6) is a Class 4 felony when the damage to property
17        does not exceed $500 and the damage occurs to property
18        of a school or place of worship or to farm equipment or
19        immovable items of agricultural production, including
20        but not limited to grain elevators, grain bins, and
21        barns or property which memorializes or honors an
22        individual or group of police officers, fire fighters,
23        members of the United States Armed Forces, National
24        Guard, or veterans.
25            (D) A violation of paragraph (4) is a Class 4
26        felony when the damage to property does not exceed

 

 

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1        $10,000.
2            (E) A violation of paragraph (7) is a Class 4
3        felony.
4            (F) A violation of paragraph (1), (2), (3), (5) or
5        (6) is a Class 4 felony when the damage to property
6        exceeds $500 but does not exceed $10,000.
7            (G) A violation of paragraphs (1) through (6) is a
8        Class 3 felony when the damage to property exceeds
9        $500 but does not exceed $10,000 and the damage occurs
10        to property of a school or place of worship or to farm
11        equipment or immovable items of agricultural
12        production, including but not limited to grain
13        elevators, grain bins, and barns or property which
14        memorializes or honors an individual or group of
15        police officers, fire fighters, members of the United
16        States Armed Forces, National Guard, or veterans.
17            (H) A violation of paragraphs (1) through (6) is a
18        Class 3 felony when the damage to property exceeds
19        $10,000 but does not exceed $100,000.
20            (I) A violation of paragraphs (1) through (6) is a
21        Class 2 felony when the damage to property exceeds
22        $10,000 but does not exceed $100,000 and the damage
23        occurs to property of a school or place of worship or
24        to farm equipment or immovable items of agricultural
25        production, including but not limited to grain
26        elevators, grain bins, and barns or property which

 

 

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1        memorializes or honors an individual or group of
2        police officers, fire fighters, members of the United
3        States Armed Forces, National Guard, or veterans.
4            (J) A violation of paragraphs (1) through (6) is a
5        Class 2 felony when the damage to property exceeds
6        $100,000. A violation of paragraphs (1) through (6) is
7        a Class 1 felony when the damage to property exceeds
8        $100,000 and the damage occurs to property of a school
9        or place of worship or to farm equipment or immovable
10        items of agricultural production, including but not
11        limited to grain elevators, grain bins, and barns or
12        property which memorializes or honors an individual or
13        group of police officers, fire fighters, members of
14        the United States Armed Forces, National Guard, or
15        veterans.
16            (K) A violation of paragraph (10) is a Class 4
17        felony when the damage to property does not exceed
18        $500.
19            (L) A violation of paragraph (10) is a Class 3
20        felony when the damage to property exceeds $500 but
21        does not exceed $10,000.
22            (M) A violation of paragraph (10) is a Class 2
23        felony when the damage to property exceeds $10,000.
24        (1.5) A person may be liable in a civil action for
25    money damages to the owner of the critical infrastructure
26    facility for any damage resulting from a violation of

 

 

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1    paragraph (10). A person may also be liable to the owner
2    for court costs and reasonable attorney's fees resulting
3    from a violation of paragraph (10).
4        (2) When the damage to property exceeds $10,000, the
5    court shall impose upon the offender a fine equal to the
6    value of the damages to the property.
7        (3) In addition to any other sentence that may be
8    imposed, a court shall order any person convicted of
9    criminal damage to property to perform community service
10    for not less than 30 and not more than 120 hours, if
11    community service is available in the jurisdiction and is
12    funded and approved by the county board of the county
13    where the offense was committed. In addition, whenever any
14    person is placed on supervision for an alleged offense
15    under this Section, the supervision shall be conditioned
16    upon the performance of the community service.
17        The community service requirement does not apply when
18    the court imposes a sentence of incarceration.
19        (4) In addition to any criminal penalties imposed for
20    a violation of this Section, if a person is convicted of or
21    placed on supervision for knowingly damaging or destroying
22    crops of another, including crops intended for personal,
23    commercial, research, or developmental purposes, the
24    person is liable in a civil action to the owner of any
25    crops damaged or destroyed for money damages up to twice
26    the market value of the crops damaged or destroyed.

 

 

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1        (5) For the purposes of this subsection (d), "farm
2    equipment" means machinery or other equipment used in
3    farming.
4(Source: P.A. 98-315, eff. 1-1-14; 99-631, eff. 1-1-17.)
 
5    (720 ILCS 5/21-8)
6    Sec. 21-8. Criminal trespass to a critical infrastructure
7nuclear facility.
8    (a) A person commits criminal trespass to a critical
9infrastructure nuclear facility when he or she intentionally
10knowingly and without lawful authority, and with intent to
11damage, destroy, or tamper with equipment of the facility:
12        (1) enters or remains within a critical infrastructure
13    nuclear facility or on the grounds of a critical
14    infrastructure nuclear facility, after receiving notice
15    before entry that entry to the critical infrastructure
16    nuclear facility is forbidden;
17        (2) remains within the critical infrastructure
18    facility or on the grounds of the facility after receiving
19    notice from the owner or manager of the facility or other
20    person authorized by the owner or manager of the facility
21    to give that notice to depart from the facility or grounds
22    of the facility; or
23        (3) enters or remains within a critical infrastructure
24    nuclear facility or on the grounds of a critical
25    infrastructure nuclear facility, by presenting false

 

 

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1    documents or falsely representing his or her identity
2    orally to the owner or manager of the facility. This
3    paragraph (3) does not apply to a peace officer or other
4    official of a unit of government who enters or remains in
5    the facility in the performance of his or her official
6    duties.
7    (a-5) In this Section, "with intent to damage, destroy, or
8tamper with equipment of the facility" means actions that
9create a serious risk for loss of human life, serious risk of
10harm to public health, or a serious risk of significant damage
11to the environment.
12    (b) A person has received notice from the owner or manager
13of the facility or other person authorized by the owner or
14manager of the facility within the meaning of paragraphs (1)
15and (2) of subsection (a) if he or she has been notified
16personally, either orally or in writing, or if a printed or
17written notice forbidding the entry has been conspicuously
18posted or exhibited at the main entrance to the facility or
19grounds of the facility or the forbidden part of the facility.
20    (b-5) This Section does not apply to:
21        (1) any person or organization:
22            (i) monitoring or attentive to compliance with
23        public or worker safety laws, wage and hour
24        requirements, or other statutory requirements;
25            (ii) picketing occurring at the workplace that is
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1        dispute including any controversy concerning wages,
2        salaries, hours, working conditions or benefits,
3        including health and welfare, sick leave, insurance,
4        and pension or retirement provisions, the managing or
5        maintenance of collective bargaining agreements, and
6        the terms to be included in those agreements; or
7            (iii) engaged in union organizing or recruitment
8        activities including attempting to reach workers
9        verbally, in writing with pamphlets and in the
10        investigation of non-union working conditions, or
11        both; or
12        (2) an exercise of the right of free speech or
13    assembly that is otherwise lawful. Nothing in this
14    amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly shall be
15    deemed to limit or impede the right to free speech or
16    assembly, including, but not limited to, protesting and
17    picketing.
18    (c) (Blank). In this Section, "nuclear facility" has the
19meaning ascribed to it in Section 3 of the Illinois Nuclear
20Safety Preparedness Act.
21    (d) Sentence. Criminal trespass to a critical
22infrastructure nuclear facility is a Class 4 felony punishable
23by a fine of not less than $1,000, imprisonment, or both.
24    (e) A person may also be liable in a civil action for money
25damages to the owner of the critical infrastructure facility
26for any damage to personal or real property of the facility

 

 

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1resulting from the trespass. A person may also be liable to the
2owner for court costs and reasonable attorney's fees.
3(Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.)