97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5486

 

Introduced 2/15/2012, by Rep. Emily McAsey - Michelle Mussman - Jerry F. Costello, II - Keith Farnham and John E. Bradley

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/16-1  from Ch. 38, par. 16-1

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes it a Class 2 felony for a person to commit theft by threat and, as a result, to obtain money or property valued at $5,000 or more from a victim who is 60 years of age or older.


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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 changing
5Section 16-1 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/16-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 16-1)
7    Sec. 16-1. Theft.
8    (a) A person commits theft when he or she knowingly:
9        (1) Obtains or exerts unauthorized control over
10    property of the owner; or
11        (2) Obtains by deception control over property of the
12    owner; or
13        (3) Obtains by threat control over property of the
14    owner; or
15        (4) Obtains control over stolen property knowing the
16    property to have been stolen or under such circumstances as
17    would reasonably induce him or her to believe that the
18    property was stolen; or
19        (5) Obtains or exerts control over property in the
20    custody of any law enforcement agency which any law
21    enforcement officer or any individual acting in behalf of a
22    law enforcement agency explicitly represents to the person
23    as being stolen or represents to the person such

 

 

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1    circumstances as would reasonably induce the person to
2    believe that the property was stolen, and
3            (A) Intends to deprive the owner permanently of the
4        use or benefit of the property; or
5            (B) Knowingly uses, conceals or abandons the
6        property in such manner as to deprive the owner
7        permanently of such use or benefit; or
8            (C) Uses, conceals, or abandons the property
9        knowing such use, concealment or abandonment probably
10        will deprive the owner permanently of such use or
11        benefit.
12    (b) Sentence.
13        (1) Theft of property not from the person and not
14    exceeding $500 in value is a Class A misdemeanor.
15        (1.1) Theft of property not from the person and not
16    exceeding $500 in value is a Class 4 felony if the theft
17    was committed in a school or place of worship or if the
18    theft was of governmental property.
19        (2) A person who has been convicted of theft of
20    property not from the person and not exceeding $500 in
21    value who has been previously convicted of any type of
22    theft, robbery, armed robbery, burglary, residential
23    burglary, possession of burglary tools, home invasion,
24    forgery, a violation of Section 4-103, 4-103.1, 4-103.2, or
25    4-103.3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code relating to the
26    possession of a stolen or converted motor vehicle, or a

 

 

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1    violation of Section 17-36 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or
2    Section 8 of the Illinois Credit Card and Debit Card Act is
3    guilty of a Class 4 felony.
4        (3) (Blank).
5        (4) Theft of property from the person not exceeding
6    $500 in value, or theft of property exceeding $500 and not
7    exceeding $10,000 in value, is a Class 3 felony.
8        (4.1) Theft of property from the person not exceeding
9    $500 in value, or theft of property exceeding $500 and not
10    exceeding $10,000 in value, is a Class 2 felony if the
11    theft was committed in a school or place of worship or if
12    the theft was of governmental property.
13        (5) Theft of property exceeding $10,000 and not
14    exceeding $100,000 in value is a Class 2 felony.
15        (5.1) Theft of property exceeding $10,000 and not
16    exceeding $100,000 in value is a Class 1 felony if the
17    theft was committed in a school or place of worship or if
18    the theft was of governmental property.
19        (6) Theft of property exceeding $100,000 and not
20    exceeding $500,000 in value is a Class 1 felony.
21        (6.1) Theft of property exceeding $100,000 in value is
22    a Class X felony if the theft was committed in a school or
23    place of worship or if the theft was of governmental
24    property.
25        (6.2) Theft of property exceeding $500,000 and not
26    exceeding $1,000,000 in value is a Class 1

 

 

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1    non-probationable felony.
2        (6.3) Theft of property exceeding $1,000,000 in value
3    is a Class X felony.
4        (7) Theft by deception or theft by threat, as described
5    by paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (a) of this Section,
6    in which the offender obtained money or property valued at
7    $5,000 or more from a victim 60 years of age or older is a
8    Class 2 felony.
9        (8) Theft by deception, as described by paragraph (2)
10    of subsection (a) of this Section, in which the offender
11    falsely poses as a landlord or agent or employee of the
12    landlord and obtains a rent payment or a security deposit
13    from a tenant is a Class 3 felony if the rent payment or
14    security deposit obtained does not exceed $500.
15        (9) Theft by deception, as described by paragraph (2)
16    of subsection (a) of this Section, in which the offender
17    falsely poses as a landlord or agent or employee of the
18    landlord and obtains a rent payment or a security deposit
19    from a tenant is a Class 2 felony if the rent payment or
20    security deposit obtained exceeds $500 and does not exceed
21    $10,000.
22        (10) Theft by deception, as described by paragraph (2)
23    of subsection (a) of this Section, in which the offender
24    falsely poses as a landlord or agent or employee of the
25    landlord and obtains a rent payment or a security deposit
26    from a tenant is a Class 1 felony if the rent payment or

 

 

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1    security deposit obtained exceeds $10,000 and does not
2    exceed $100,000.
3        (11) Theft by deception, as described by paragraph (2)
4    of subsection (a) of this Section, in which the offender
5    falsely poses as a landlord or agent or employee of the
6    landlord and obtains a rent payment or a security deposit
7    from a tenant is a Class X felony if the rent payment or
8    security deposit obtained exceeds $100,000.
9    (c) When a charge of theft of property exceeding a
10specified value is brought, the value of the property involved
11is an element of the offense to be resolved by the trier of
12fact as either exceeding or not exceeding the specified value.
13    (d) Theft by lessee; permissive inference. The trier of
14fact may infer evidence that a person intends to deprive the
15owner permanently of the use or benefit of the property (1) if
16a lessee of the personal property of another fails to return it
17to the owner within 10 days after written demand from the owner
18for its return or (2) if a lessee of the personal property of
19another fails to return it to the owner within 24 hours after
20written demand from the owner for its return and the lessee had
21presented identification to the owner that contained a
22materially fictitious name, address, or telephone number. A
23notice in writing, given after the expiration of the leasing
24agreement, addressed and mailed, by registered mail, to the
25lessee at the address given by him and shown on the leasing
26agreement shall constitute proper demand.

 

 

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1    (e) Permissive inference; evidence of intent that a person
2obtains by deception control over property. The trier of fact
3may infer that a person "knowingly obtains by deception control
4over property of the owner" when he or she fails to return,
5within 45 days after written demand from the owner, the
6downpayment and any additional payments accepted under a
7promise, oral or in writing, to perform services for the owner
8for consideration of $3,000 or more, and the promisor knowingly
9without good cause failed to substantially perform pursuant to
10the agreement after taking a down payment of 10% or more of the
11agreed upon consideration. This provision shall not apply where
12the owner initiated the suspension of performance under the
13agreement, or where the promisor responds to the notice within
14the 45-day notice period. A notice in writing, addressed and
15mailed, by registered mail, to the promisor at the last known
16address of the promisor, shall constitute proper demand.
17    (f) Offender's interest in the property.
18        (1) It is no defense to a charge of theft of property
19    that the offender has an interest therein, when the owner
20    also has an interest to which the offender is not entitled.
21        (2) Where the property involved is that of the
22    offender's spouse, no prosecution for theft may be
23    maintained unless the parties were not living together as
24    man and wife and were living in separate abodes at the time
25    of the alleged theft.
26(Source: P.A. 96-496, eff. 1-1-10; 96-534, eff. 8-14-09;

 

 

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196-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1301, eff. 1-1-11; 96-1532, eff.
21-1-12; 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-597, eff. 1-1-12.)