Public Act 097-0184
 
SB1554 EnrolledLRB097 05310 RLC 45365 b

    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 1961 is amended by changing
Section 21-3 as follows:
 
    (720 ILCS 5/21-3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 21-3)
    Sec. 21-3. Criminal trespass to real property.
    (a) Except as provided in subsection (a-5), whoever:
        (1) knowingly and without lawful authority enters or
    remains within or on a building; or
        (2) enters upon the land of another, after receiving,
    prior to such entry, notice from the owner or occupant that
    such entry is forbidden; or
        (3) remains upon the land of another, after receiving
    notice from the owner or occupant to depart; or
        (3.5) presents false documents or falsely represents
    his or her identity orally to the owner or occupant of a
    building or land in order to obtain permission from the
    owner or occupant to enter or remain in the building or on
    the land;
commits a Class B misdemeanor.
    For purposes of item (1) of this subsection, this Section
shall not apply to being in a building which is open to the
public while the building is open to the public during its
normal hours of operation; nor shall this Section apply to a
person who enters a public building under the reasonable belief
that the building is still open to the public.
    (a-5) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection,
whoever enters upon any of the following areas in or on a motor
vehicle (including an off-road vehicle, motorcycle, moped, or
any other powered two-wheel vehicle) after receiving, prior to
that entry, notice from the owner or occupant that the entry is
forbidden or remains upon or in the area after receiving notice
from the owner or occupant to depart commits a Class A
misdemeanor:
        (1) A field that is used for growing crops or that is
    capable of being used for growing crops.
        (2) An enclosed area containing livestock.
        (3) An orchard.
        (4) A barn or other agricultural building containing
    livestock.
    (b) A person has received notice from the owner or occupant
within the meaning of Subsection (a) if he has been notified
personally, either orally or in writing including a valid court
order as defined by subsection (7) of Section 112A-3 of the
Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 granting remedy (2) of
subsection (b) of Section 112A-14 of that Code, or if a printed
or written notice forbidding such entry has been conspicuously
posted or exhibited at the main entrance to such land or the
forbidden part thereof.
    (c) This Section does not apply to any person, whether a
migrant worker or otherwise, living on the land with permission
of the owner or of his agent having apparent authority to hire
workers on such land and assign them living quarters or a place
of accommodations for living thereon, nor to anyone living on
such land at the request of, or by occupancy, leasing or other
agreement or arrangement with the owner or his agent, nor to
anyone invited by such migrant worker or other person so living
on such land to visit him at the place he is so living upon the
land.
    (d) A person shall be exempt from prosecution under this
Section if he beautifies unoccupied and abandoned residential
and industrial properties located within any municipality. For
the purpose of this subsection, "unoccupied and abandoned
residential and industrial property" means any real estate (1)
in which the taxes have not been paid for a period of at least 2
years; and (2) which has been left unoccupied and abandoned for
a period of at least one year; and "beautifies" means to
landscape, clean up litter, or to repair dilapidated conditions
on or to board up windows and doors.
    (e) No person shall be liable in any civil action for money
damages to the owner of unoccupied and abandoned residential
and industrial property which that person beautifies pursuant
to subsection (d) of this Section.
    (f) This Section does not prohibit a person from entering a
building or upon the land of another for emergency purposes.
For purposes of this subsection (f), "emergency" means a
condition or circumstance in which an individual is or is
reasonably believed by the person to be in imminent danger of
serious bodily harm or in which property is or is reasonably
believed to be in imminent danger of damage or destruction.
    (g) Paragraph (3.5) of subsection (a) does not apply to a
peace officer or other official of a unit of government who
enters a building or land in the performance of his or her
official duties.
    (h) A person may be liable in any civil action for money
damages to the owner of the land he or she entered upon with a
motor vehicle as prohibited under subsection (a-5) of this
Section. A person may also be liable to the owner for court
costs and reasonable attorney's fees. The measure of damages
shall be: (i) the actual damages, but not less than $250, if
the vehicle is operated in a nature preserve or registered area
as defined in Sections 3.11 and 3.14 of the Illinois Natural
Areas Preservation Act; (ii) twice the actual damages if the
owner has previously notified the person to cease trespassing;
or (iii) in any other case, the actual damages, but not less
than $50. If the person operating the vehicle is under the age
of 16, the owner of the vehicle and the parent or legal
guardian of the minor are jointly and severally liable. For the
purposes of this subsection (h):
        "Land" includes, but is not limited to, land used for
    crop land, fallow land, orchard, pasture, feed lot, timber
    land, prairie land, mine spoil nature preserves and
    registered areas. "Land" does not include driveways or
    private roadways upon which the owner allows the public to
    drive.
        "Owner" means the person who has the right to
    possession of the land, including the owner, operator or
    tenant.
        "Vehicle" has the same meaning as provided under
    Section 1-217 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
    (i) This Section does not apply to the following persons
while serving process:
        (1) a person authorized to serve process under Section
    2-202 of the Code of Civil Procedure; or
        (2) a special process server appointed by the circuit
    court.
(Source: P.A. 94-263, eff. 1-1-06; 94-509, eff. 8-9-05; 94-512,
eff. 1-1-06; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.