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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 if the damage to property does not exceed $300
19    and the property damaged is a school  building  or  place  of
20    worship.  Criminal defacement of property is a Class 4 felony
21    for a second or subsequent conviction or if the damage to the
22    property  exceeds  $300. Criminal defacement of property is a
23    Class 3 felony if the damage to property exceeds $300 and the
24    property damaged is a school building or place of worship. In
25    addition to any other sentence that  may  be  imposed  for  a
26    violation  of this Section that is chargeable as a Class 3 or
27    Class 4 felony,  a person convicted of criminal defacement of
28    property shall be fined $500 plus the actual  costs  incurred
29    by  the  property  owner  or the unit of government to abate,
30    remediate, repair, or remove the effect of the damage to  the
31    property.   To the extent permitted by law, reimbursement for
 
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 1    the costs of abatement, remediation, repair, or removal shall
 2    be payable to the person who incurred the costs. In  addition
 3    to  any  other  sentence  that  may be imposed, a court shall
 4    order any person convicted of criminal defacement of property
 5    to perform community service for not less  than  30  and  not
 6    more than 120 hours, if community service is available in the
 7    jurisdiction.  The  community service shall include, but need
 8    not be limited to, the cleanup and repair of  the  damage  to
 9    property that was caused by the offense, or similar damage to
10    property  located  in the municipality or county in which the
11    offense  occurred.  If  the  property  damaged  is  a  school
12    building, the community service may include cleanup, removal,
13    or painting over the defacement. In  addition,  whenever  any
14    person  is placed on supervision for an alleged offense under
15    this Section, the supervision shall be conditioned  upon  the
16    performance of the community service.
17    (Source: P.A. 90-685, eff. 1-1-99; 91-360, eff. 7-29-99.)

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