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90_HB3145
720 ILCS 5/21-1.3
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that if a
person convicted of or adjudicated delinquent for a second or
subsequent offense of criminal defacement of property is
under 15 years of age, a court may order the parent or legal
guardian of the person to perform a minimum of 25% of the
minor's community service sentence. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
2 Section 21-1.3.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
6 changing Section 21-1.3 as follows:
7 (720 ILCS 5/21-1.3)
8 Sec. 21-1.3. Criminal defacement of property.
9 (a) A person commits criminal defacement of property
10 when the person knowingly damages the property of another
11 without his or her consent by defacing, deforming, or
12 otherwise damaging the property by the use of paint or any
13 other similar substance, or by the use of a writing
14 instrument, etching tool, or any other similar device.
15 (b) Criminal defacement of property is a Class A
16 misdemeanor for a first offense if the damage to the property
17 does not exceed $300. Criminal defacement of property is a
18 Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent conviction or if
19 the damage to the property exceeds $300. In addition to any
20 other sentence that may be imposed, a court shall order any
21 person convicted of criminal defacement of property to
22 perform community service for not less than 30 and not more
23 than 120 hours, if community service is available in the
24 jurisdiction. If a person convicted of or adjudicated
25 delinquent for a second or subsequent offense of criminal
26 defacement of property is under 15 years of age, a court may
27 order the parent or legal guardian of the person convicted or
28 adjudicated delinquent for the offense to perform a minimum
29 of 25% of the minor's community service sentence. The
30 community service shall include, but need not be limited to,
31 the cleanup and repair of the damage to property that was
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1 caused by the offense, or similar damage to property located
2 in the municipality or county in which the offense occurred.
3 In addition, whenever any person is placed on supervision for
4 an alleged offense under this Section, the supervision shall
5 be conditioned upon the performance of the community service.
6 (Source: P.A. 88-406.)
7 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8 becoming law.