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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 21-3 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/21-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 21-3)
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7 | Sec. 21-3. Criminal trespass to real property.
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8 | (a) Whoever:
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9 | (1) knowingly and without lawful authority enters or | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | remains within or on
a building; or
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11 | (2) enters upon the land of another, after receiving, | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | prior to such entry,
notice from the owner or occupant that | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | such entry is forbidden; or
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14 | (3) remains upon the land of another, after receiving | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | notice from the
owner or occupant to depart; or
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16 | (4) enters upon one of the following areas in or on a | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | motor vehicle
(including an off-road vehicle, motorcycle, | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | moped, or any other powered
two-wheel vehicle), after | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | receiving prior to that entry, notice from the owner
or | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | occupant that the entry is forbidden or remains upon or in | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | the area after
receiving notice from the owner or occupant | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | to depart:
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23 | (A) any field that is used for growing crops or | |||||||||||||||||||
24 | which is capable of
being used for growing crops; or
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25 | (B) an enclosed area containing livestock; or
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26 | (C) or an orchard; or
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27 | (D) a barn or other agricultural building | |||||||||||||||||||
28 | containing livestock;
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29 | commits a Class B misdemeanor.
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30 | For purposes of item (1) of this subsection (a) , this | |||||||||||||||||||
31 | Section shall not apply
to being in a building which is open to | |||||||||||||||||||
32 | the public while the building is open
to the public during its |
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1 | normal hours of operation; nor shall this Section
apply to a | ||||||
2 | person who enters a public building under the reasonable belief | ||||||
3 | that
the building is still open to the public.
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4 | (b) A person has received notice from the owner or occupant | ||||||
5 | within the
meaning of Subsection (a) if he has been notified | ||||||
6 | personally, either orally
or in writing including a valid court | ||||||
7 | order as defined by subsection (7)
of Section 112A-3 of the | ||||||
8 | Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 granting remedy
(2) of | ||||||
9 | subsection (b) of Section 112A-14 of that Code, or if a printed | ||||||
10 | or
written notice forbidding such entry has been conspicuously | ||||||
11 | posted or
exhibited at the main entrance to such land or the | ||||||
12 | forbidden part thereof.
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13 | (c) This Section does not apply to any person, whether a | ||||||
14 | migrant worker
or otherwise, living on the land with permission | ||||||
15 | of the owner or of his
agent having apparent authority to hire | ||||||
16 | workers on such land and assign
them living quarters or a place | ||||||
17 | of accommodations for living thereon, nor
to anyone living on | ||||||
18 | such land at the request of, or by occupancy, leasing
or other | ||||||
19 | agreement or arrangement with the owner or his agent, nor to
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20 | anyone invited by such migrant worker or other person so living | ||||||
21 | on such
land to visit him at the place he is so living upon the | ||||||
22 | land.
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23 | (d) A person shall be exempt from prosecution under this | ||||||
24 | Section if
he beautifies unoccupied and abandoned residential | ||||||
25 | and industrial properties
located within any municipality. For | ||||||
26 | the purpose of this subsection,
"unoccupied and abandoned | ||||||
27 | residential and industrial property" means any
real estate (1) | ||||||
28 | in which the taxes have not been paid for a period of at
least 2 | ||||||
29 | years; and (2) which has been left unoccupied and abandoned for | ||||||
30 | a
period of at least one year; and "beautifies" means to | ||||||
31 | landscape, clean up
litter, or to repair dilapidated conditions | ||||||
32 | on or to board up windows
and doors.
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33 | (e) No person shall be liable in any civil action for money | ||||||
34 | damages
to the owner of unoccupied and abandoned residential | ||||||
35 | and industrial property
which that person beautifies pursuant | ||||||
36 | to subsection (d) of this Section.
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1 | (f) This Section does not prohibit a person from entering a | ||||||
2 | building or
upon the land of another for emergency purposes. | ||||||
3 | For purposes of this
subsection (f), "emergency" means a | ||||||
4 | condition or circumstance in which an
individual is or is | ||||||
5 | reasonably believed by the person to be in imminent danger
of | ||||||
6 | serious bodily harm or in which property is or is reasonably | ||||||
7 | believed to be
in imminent danger of damage or destruction.
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8 | (Source: P.A. 89-346, eff. 1-1-96; 89-373, eff. 1-1-96; 89-626, | ||||||
9 | eff.
8-9-96; 90-419, eff. 8-15-97.)
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