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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4121
Introduced 1/15/2004, by Sidney H. Mathias SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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720 ILCS 5/21-7 |
from Ch. 38, par. 21-7 |
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Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a criminal trespass to the
restricted
areas and restricted landing areas of an airport a Class 4 felony (instead of a
Class A misdemeanor). Makes criminal trespass to the restricted areas and
restricted landing areas of an airport while in possession of a weapon, replica
of a weapon, or ammunition a Class 3 felony.
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A BILL FOR
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HB4121 |
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LRB093 16679 RLC 42330 b |
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| AN ACT concerning criminal actions.
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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 |
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| Section 21-7 as
follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/21-7) (from Ch. 38, par. 21-7)
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| Sec. 21-7. Criminal trespass to Restricted areas and |
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| restricted Landing
areas at airports.) Whoever enters upon, or |
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| remains in, any restricted area
or restricted landing area used |
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| in connection with an airport facility,
or part thereof, in |
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| this State, after such person has received notice from
the |
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| airport authority that such entry is forbidden
commits a Class |
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| 4 felony
A misdemeanor. Whoever enters upon, or
remains in, any |
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| restricted area or restricted landing area used in connection
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| with an airport facility, or part thereof, in this State, while |
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| in possession
of a weapon, replica of a weapon, or ammunition, |
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| after the person has received
notice from the airport authority |
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| that the entry is forbidden commits a Class 3
felony. Notice |
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| that the area is "restricted" and
entry thereto "forbidden", |
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| for purposes of this Section, means that the
person or persons |
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| have been notified personally, either orally or in writing,
or |
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| by a printed or written notice forbidding such entry to him or |
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| a group
or an organization of which he is a member, which has |
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| been conspicuously
posted
or exhibited at every usable entrance |
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| to such area or the forbidden part
thereof.
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| The terms "Restricted area" or "Restricted landing area" in |
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| this Section
are defined to incorporate the meaning ascribed to |
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| those terms in Section
8 of the "Illinois Aeronautics Act", |
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| approved July 24, 1945, as amended,
and also include any other |
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| area of the airport that has been designated
such by the |
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| airport authority.
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| (Source: P.A. 81-564.)
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