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Public Act 095-0857 |
SB2366 Enrolled |
LRB095 18686 RLC 44785 b |
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing |
Section 16-1.1 as follows:
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(720 ILCS 5/16-1.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 16-1.1)
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Sec. 16-1.1. Theft by lessee; permissive inference prima |
facie evidence . The trier of fact may infer It shall be prima
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facie evidence that a person intends to deprive the owner |
permanently of the use or benefit of the property "knowingly
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obtains or exerts unauthorized control over property of the |
owner" (1) if a
lessee of the personal property of another |
fails to return it to the
owner within 10 days after written |
demand from the owner for its
return or (2) if a lessee of the |
personal property of another fails to return
it to the owner |
within 24 hours after written demand from the owner for its
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return and the lessee had presented identification to the owner |
that contained
a materially fictitious name, address, or |
telephone number. A notice in
writing, given after the |
expiration of the leasing agreement, addressed and
mailed, by |
registered mail, to the lessee at the address given by him and |
shown
on the leasing agreement shall constitute proper demand.
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(Source: P.A. 89-373, eff. 1-1-96.)
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