101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3190

 

Introduced , by Rep. John Connor

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/21-8.5 new

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of criminal trespass to a critical infrastructure facility. Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she knowingly: (1) operates an unmanned aircraft system over a critical infrastructure facility at an altitude not higher than 400 feet above ground level; or (2) allows an unmanned aircraft system to make contact with a critical infrastructure facility, including any person or object on the premises of or within the facility. Provides exemptions. Defines "critical infrastructure facility". Provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor.


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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by adding
5Section 21-8.5 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/21-8.5 new)
7    Sec. 21-8.5. Criminal trespass to a critical
8infrastructure facility.
9    (a) In this Section, "critical infrastructure facility"
10means any of the following facilities, if completely enclosed
11by a fence or other physical barrier that is obviously designed
12to exclude intruders, or if marked with a sign conspicuously
13posted on the property that indicates that entry is forbidden:
14        (1) a petroleum or alumina refinery;
15        (2) an electrical power generating facility,
16    substation, switching station, or electrical control
17    center;
18        (3) a chemical, polymer, or rubber manufacturing
19    facility;
20        (4) a water intake structure, water treatment
21    facility, wastewater treatment plant, or pump station;
22        (5) a natural gas compressor station;
23        (6) a liquid natural gas terminal or storage facility;

 

 

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1        (7) a telecommunications central switching office;
2        (8) a port, railroad switching yard, trucking
3    terminal, or other freight transportation facility;
4        (9) a gas processing plant, including a plant used in
5    the processing, treatment, or fractionation of natural
6    gas;
7        (10) a transmission facility used by a federally
8    licensed radio or television station;
9        (11) a steelmaking facility that uses an electric arc
10    furnace to make steel;
11        (12) a dam that is classified as a high hazard by the
12    Illinois Emergency Management Agency;
13        (13) any portion of an aboveground oil, gas, or
14    chemical pipeline that is enclosed by a fence or other
15    physical barrier that is obviously designed to exclude
16    intruders; or
17        (14) a correctional facility or law enforcement
18    facility.
19    (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), a person commits
20criminal trespass to a critical infrastructure facility when he
21or she knowingly:
22        (1) operates an unmanned aircraft system over a
23    critical infrastructure facility at an altitude not higher
24    than 400 feet above ground level; or
25        (2) allows an unmanned aircraft system to make contact
26    with a critical infrastructure facility, including any

 

 

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1    person or object on the premises of or within the facility.
2    (c) This Section does not apply to:
3        (1) The federal government.
4        (2) A public body.
5        (3) A law enforcement agency.
6        (4) A person under contract with or otherwise acting
7    under the direction or on behalf of the federal government,
8    a public body, or a law enforcement agency.
9        (5) An owner or operator of the critical infrastructure
10    facility.
11        (6) A person who has the prior written consent of the
12    owner or operator of the critical infrastructure facility.
13        (7) The owner or occupant of the property on which the
14    critical infrastructure facility is located.
15        (8) A person who has the prior written consent of the
16    owner or occupant of the property on which the critical
17    infrastructure facility is located.
18        (9) A person operating an unmanned aircraft system for
19    commercial purposes in compliance with authorization
20    granted by the Federal Aviation Administration.
21    (d) Sentence. Criminal trespass to a critical
22infrastructure facility is a Class A misdemeanor.