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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 21-1 as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | (720 ILCS 5/21-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 21-1)
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7 | Sec. 21-1. Criminal damage to property.
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8 | (1) A person commits an illegal act when he:
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9 | (a) knowingly damages any property of another without | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | his consent;
or
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11 | (b) recklessly by means of fire or explosive damages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | property of
another; or
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13 | (c) knowingly starts a fire on the land of another | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | without his
consent; or
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15 | (d) knowingly injures a domestic animal of another | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | without his
consent; or
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17 | (e) knowingly deposits on the land or in the building | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | of another,
without his consent, any stink bomb or any | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | offensive smelling compound
and thereby intends to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | interfere with the use by another of the land or
building; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | or
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22 | (f) damages any property, other than as described in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | subsection (b) of
Section 20-1, with intent to defraud an |
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1 | insurer; or
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2 | (g) knowingly shoots a firearm at any portion of a | ||||||
3 | railroad train.
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4 | When the charge of criminal damage to property exceeding a | ||||||
5 | specified
value is brought, the extent of the damage is an | ||||||
6 | element of the offense to
be resolved by the trier of fact as | ||||||
7 | either exceeding or not exceeding
the specified value.
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8 | (2) The acts described in items (a), (b), (c), (e), and (f)
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9 | are Class
A misdemeanors if the damage to property does not | ||||||
10 | exceed $300.
The acts
described in items (a), (b), (c), (e), | ||||||
11 | and (f) are Class 4
felonies if the damage to
property does not | ||||||
12 | exceed $300 if the damage occurs to property of a law | ||||||
13 | enforcement agency used for the enforcement of the criminal and | ||||||
14 | traffic laws and ordinances of this State or a unit of local | ||||||
15 | government or a school
or
place of worship or to farm equipment | ||||||
16 | or immovable items of agricultural
production, including
but | ||||||
17 | not
limited to grain elevators, grain bins, and barns. The act | ||||||
18 | described in item (d) is a Class 4
felony if the
damage to | ||||||
19 | property does not exceed $10,000. The act
described in item (g) | ||||||
20 | is a Class 4 felony. The acts described in items (a),
(b), (c), | ||||||
21 | (e), and (f) are Class 4 felonies if the damage to property
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22 | exceeds $300 but does not exceed $10,000. The acts described in | ||||||
23 | items (a)
through (f) are Class 3 felonies if the damage to | ||||||
24 | property exceeds $300 but
does not exceed $10,000 if the damage | ||||||
25 | occurs to property of a law enforcement agency used for the | ||||||
26 | enforcement of the criminal and traffic laws and ordinances of |
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1 | this State or a unit of local government or a school
or place
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2 | of worship or to farm equipment or immovable items of | ||||||
3 | agricultural
production,
including
but not
limited to grain | ||||||
4 | elevators, grain bins, and barns. The acts described in items | ||||||
5 | (a)
through (f) are Class 3 felonies if the damage to property
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6 | exceeds $10,000 but does not exceed $100,000. The acts | ||||||
7 | described in items
(a) through (f) are Class 2 felonies if the | ||||||
8 | damage to property exceeds $10,000
but does not exceed $100,000 | ||||||
9 | if the damage occurs to property of a law enforcement agency | ||||||
10 | used for the enforcement of the criminal and traffic laws and | ||||||
11 | ordinances of this State or a unit of local government or a
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12 | school
or
place of worship or to farm equipment or immovable | ||||||
13 | items
of agricultural production, including
but not
limited to | ||||||
14 | grain elevators, grain bins, and barns.
The acts described in | ||||||
15 | items
(a) through (f) are Class 2 felonies if the damage to | ||||||
16 | property exceeds
$100,000. The acts described in items (a) | ||||||
17 | through (f) are Class 1 felonies
if the damage to property | ||||||
18 | exceeds $100,000 and the damage occurs to property of
a law | ||||||
19 | enforcement agency used for the enforcement of the criminal and | ||||||
20 | traffic laws and ordinances of this State or a unit of local | ||||||
21 | government or a school or place of worship or to farm equipment | ||||||
22 | or immovable items
of agricultural production, including
but | ||||||
23 | not
limited to grain elevators, grain bins, and barns.
If the | ||||||
24 | damage to property exceeds $10,000,
the
court shall impose
upon | ||||||
25 | the offender a fine equal to the value of the damages to the | ||||||
26 | property.
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1 | For the purposes of this subsection (2), "farm equipment" | ||||||
2 | means machinery
or
other equipment used in farming and | ||||||
3 | "property of a law enforcement agency used for the enforcement | ||||||
4 | of the criminal and traffic laws and ordinances of this State | ||||||
5 | or a unit of local government" includes, but is not limited to, | ||||||
6 | a police vehicle, police dog or horse, or police surveillance | ||||||
7 | equipment or any other equipment used by a law enforcement | ||||||
8 | agency of this State or a unit of local government for the | ||||||
9 | enforcement of the criminal and traffic laws or ordinances of | ||||||
10 | this State or a unit of local government .
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11 | (3) In addition to any other sentence that may be imposed, | ||||||
12 | a court shall
order any person convicted of criminal damage to | ||||||
13 | property to perform community
service for not less than 30 and | ||||||
14 | not more than 120 hours, if community service
is available in | ||||||
15 | the jurisdiction
and is funded and approved by the county board | ||||||
16 | of the county where the
offense was committed.
In addition, | ||||||
17 | whenever any person is placed
on supervision for an alleged | ||||||
18 | offense under this Section, the supervision shall
be | ||||||
19 | conditioned upon the performance of the community service.
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20 | This subsection does not apply when the court imposes a | ||||||
21 | sentence of
incarceration.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 94-509, eff. 8-9-05.)
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