Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
Filed: 4/16/2007
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2859
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2859 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 19-2 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/19-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 19-2)
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7 | Sec. 19-2. Possession of burglary tools.
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8 | (a) A person commits
the offense of possession of burglary | ||||||
9 | tools when he
possesses any key, tool, instrument, device, or | ||||||
10 | any explosive, suitable for
use in breaking into a building, | ||||||
11 | housetrailer, watercraft, aircraft, motor
vehicle as defined | ||||||
12 | in The Illinois Vehicle Code, railroad car, or any
depository | ||||||
13 | designed for the safekeeping of property, or any part thereof,
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14 | with intent to enter any such place and with intent to commit | ||||||
15 | therein a
felony or theft. The possession of a key designed for | ||||||
16 | lock bumping demonstrates intent to commit a felony or theft. |
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1 | For the purposes of this Section, "lock bumping" means a lock | ||||||
2 | picking technique for opening a pin tumbler lock using a | ||||||
3 | specially-crafted bumpkey. | ||||||
4 | (b) Sentence.
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5 | Possession of burglary tools in violation of this Section | ||||||
6 | is a Class 4
felony.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 78-255.)".
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