97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB2054

 

Introduced , by Rep. David Reis

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/16-23 new

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of copper theft. Provides that a person commits copper theft when, without the consent of the owner, he or she knowingly obtains or exerts control over property of the owner or aids or assists in obtaining or exerting control over property of the owner consisting of any copper or copper alloy that is manufactured, sold, or used for certain specified purposes. Provides that copper theft is a Class 4 felony for a first offense and a Class 3 felony for a second or subsequent offense.


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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 1961 is amended by adding
5Section 16-23 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/16-23 new)
7    Sec. 16-23. Copper theft.
8    (a) A person commits copper theft when, without the consent
9of the owner, he or she knowingly obtains or exerts control
10over property of the owner or aids or assists in obtaining or
11exerting control over property of the owner:
12        (1) consisting of any copper or copper alloy; and
13        (2) which is manufactured, sold, or used as:
14            (A) a telegraph, telephone, cable
15        telecommunications, electric power transmission
16        pedestal, underground residential distribution device,
17        or pole;
18            (B) a telephone, cable telecommunications, or
19        electric power line;
20            (C) a wire or fiber insulator, power supply,
21        transformer, grounding system, transmission or other
22        apparatus, equipment or fixture used in the
23        transmission of telegraph, telephone, cable

 

 

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1        telecommunications, or electrical power service;
2            (D) equipment related to wireless communications
3        regulated by the Federal Communications Commission;
4            (E) a fixture, including a gutter, downspout,
5        plumbing pipe or fixture; or
6            (F) an irrigation unit including a cable, pump, or
7        power supply.
8    (b) Sentence. Copper theft is a Class 4 felony for a first
9offense and a Class 3 felony for a second or subsequent
10offense.