HB1552 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB099 05631 RLC 25669 b

99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB1552

Introduced , by Rep. Dwight Kay

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/12-4.4b new

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of tampering with police equipment. Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she knowingly damages or tampers with any police vehicle or other property or equipment of a law enforcement agency and: (1) intends to kill or cause bodily harm to another person; or (2) knows or reasonably should know that those acts create a strong probability of death or bodily harm to another person. Provides that tampering with police equipment is a Class X felony.

CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by adding Section 12-4.4b as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/12-4.4b new)

Sec. 12-4.4b. Tampering with police equipment.

(a) A person commits tampering with police equipment when he or she knowingly damages or tampers with any police vehicle or other property or equipment of a law enforcement agency and:

(1) intends to kill or cause bodily harm to another person; or

(2) knows or reasonably should know that those acts create a strong probability of death or bodily harm to another person.

(b) Sentence. Tampering with police equipment is a Class X felony.