HB2054 EngrossedLRB097 05700 RLC 50899 b

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.
9        (1) Copper theft not exceeding $500 in value is a Class
10    4 felony.
11        (2) Copper theft not exceeding $500 in value if the
12    theft was committed in a school or place of worship or if
13    the theft was of governmental property is a Class 3 felony.
14        (3) Copper theft exceeding $500 and not exceeding
15    $10,000 in value, is a Class 2 felony.
16        (4) Copper theft exceeding $500 in value if the theft
17    was committed in a school or place of worship or if the
18    theft was of governmental property is a Class 1 felony.
19        (5) Copper theft exceeding $10,000 in value is a Class
20    1 felony.