97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1074

 

Introduced 02/03/11, by Rep. Sandra M. Pihos

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/21-1.6 new

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of domestic damage to property when a person knowingly or intentionally causes damage to a family or household member's personal property or commonly owned property while in the immediate presence of that family or household member so as to deliberately and intentionally intimidate or threaten that family or household member. Requires a peace officer to arrest the offender upon the establishment of probable cause. Makes the offense a Class A misdemeanor.


LRB097 05784 RLC 45852 b

CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB1074LRB097 05784 RLC 45852 b

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 1961 is amended by adding
5Section 21-1.6 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/21-1.6 new)
7    Sec. 21-1.6. Domestic damage to property.
8    (a) A person commits domestic damage to property when he or
9she knowingly or intentionally causes damage to a family or
10household member's personal property or commonly owned
11property while in the immediate presence of that family or
12household member, as defined in subsection (3) of Section
13112A-3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, so as to
14deliberately and intentionally intimidate or threaten that
15family or household member. A peace officer must arrest the
16offender upon the establishment of probable cause.
17    (b) Sentence. Domestic damage to property is a Class A
18misdemeanor.