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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
 2    Section 16-1.

 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 16-1 as follows:

 7        (720 ILCS 5/16-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 16-1)
 8        Sec. 16-1.  Theft.
 9        (a)  A person commits theft when he knowingly:
10             (1)  Obtains or  exerts  unauthorized  control  over
11        property of the owner; or
12             (2)  Obtains  by  deception control over property of
13        the owner; or
14             (3)  Obtains by threat control over property of  the
15        owner; or
16             (4)  Obtains  control  over  stolen property knowing
17        the  property  to  have  been  stolen   or   under   such
18        circumstances  as  would reasonably induce him to believe
19        that the property was stolen; or
20             (5)  Obtains or exerts control over property in  the
21        custody of any law enforcement agency which is explicitly
22        represented  to him by any law enforcement officer or any
23        individual acting in behalf of a law  enforcement  agency
24        as being stolen, and
25                  (A)  Intends  to  deprive the owner permanently
26             of the use or benefit of the property; or
27                  (B)  Knowingly uses, conceals or  abandons  the
28             property  in  such  manner  as  to deprive the owner
29             permanently of such use or benefit; or
30                  (C)  Uses, conceals, or abandons  the  property
31             knowing   such   use,   concealment  or  abandonment
 
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 1             probably will deprive the owner permanently of  such
 2             use or benefit.
 3        (b)  Sentence.
 4             (1)  Theft  of  property not from the person and not
 5        exceeding $300 in value is a Class A misdemeanor.
 6             (1.1)  Theft of property, other than a firearm,  not
 7        from  the  person  and  not  exceeding $300 in value is a
 8        Class 4 felony if the theft was committed in a school  or
 9        place of worship.
10             (2)  A  person  who  has  been convicted of theft of
11        property not from the person and not  exceeding  $300  in
12        value  who  has  been previously convicted of any type of
13        theft,  robbery,  armed  robbery,  burglary,  residential
14        burglary, possession of burglary  tools,  home  invasion,
15        forgery,  a violation of Section 4-103, 4-103.1, 4-103.2,
16        or 4-103.3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code relating  to  the
17        possession  of  a stolen or converted motor vehicle, or a
18        violation of Section 8 of the Illinois  Credit  Card  and
19        Debit  Card  Act  is  guilty of a Class 4 felony.  When a
20        person has any such prior conviction, the information  or
21        indictment  charging  that  person shall state such prior
22        conviction so as to give notice of the State's  intention
23        to  treat the charge as a felony.  The fact of such prior
24        conviction is not an element of the offense and  may  not
25        be  disclosed  to  the jury during trial unless otherwise
26        permitted by issues properly raised during such trial.
27             (3)  (Blank).
28             (4)  Theft of property from the person not exceeding
29        $300 in value, or theft of property  exceeding  $300  and
30        not exceeding $10,000 in value, is a Class 3 felony.
31             (4.1)  Theft   of   property  from  the  person  not
32        exceeding $300 in value, or theft of  property  exceeding
33        $300  and  not  exceeding  $10,000 in value, is a Class 2
34        felony if the theft was committed in a school or place of
 
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 1        worship.
 2             (5)  Theft of property  exceeding  $10,000  and  not
 3        exceeding $100,000 in value is a Class 2 felony.
 4             (5.1)  Theft  of  property exceeding $10,000 and not
 5        exceeding $100,000 in value is a Class 1  felony  if  the
 6        theft was committed in a school or place of worship.
 7             (6)  Theft  of  property exceeding $100,000 in value
 8        is a Class 1 felony.
 9             (6.1)  Theft of property exceeding $100,000 in value
10        is a Class X felony if  the  theft  was  committed  in  a
11        school or place of worship.
12             (7)  Theft  by  deception, as described by paragraph
13        (2) of subsection (a)  of  this  Section,  in  which  the
14        offender  obtained  money or property valued at $5,000 or
15        more from a victim 60 years of age or older is a Class  2
16        felony.
17             (8)  Theft  of  a  firearm,  cannabis,  a controlled
18        substance, or money held in a  facility  used  by  a  law
19        enforcement  agency  or  a  clerk of the circuit court to
20        store  evidence  for  use  at  a  pre-trial   proceeding,
21        preliminary  hearing,  grand  jury  proceeding, trial, or
22        post-trial proceeding is a Class X felony.
23        (c)  When a charge  of  theft  of  property  exceeding  a
24    specified  value  is  brought,  the  value  of  the  property
25    involved  is  an element of the offense to be resolved by the
26    trier of fact  as  either  exceeding  or  not  exceeding  the
27    specified value.
28    (Source:  P.A.  91-118,  eff.  1-1-00;  91-360, eff. 7-29-99;
29    91-544, eff. 1-1-00; revised 10-7-99.)

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