97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB2054
 
Introduced , by Rep. David Reis
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 


720 ILCS 5/16-23 new
    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of copper theft. Provides that a person commits copper theft when, without the consent of the owner, he or she knowingly obtains or exerts control over property of the owner or aids or assists in obtaining or exerting control over property of the owner consisting of  any copper or copper alloy that is manufactured, sold,  or used for certain specified purposes.  Provides that copper theft is a  Class 4 felony for a first offense and a Class 3 felony for a second or subsequent offense.



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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 16-23 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/16-23 new)
7    Sec. 16-23. Copper theft.
8    (a)  A person commits copper theft when, without the consent 
9of the owner, he or she knowingly obtains or exerts control 
10over property of the owner or aids or assists in obtaining or 
11exerting control over property of the owner:
12        (1) consisting of any copper or copper alloy; and
13        (2)  which is manufactured, sold,  or used as:
14            (A) a telegraph, telephone, cable

15        telecommunications, electric power transmission 
16        pedestal, underground residential distribution device, 
17        or
pole;
18            (B) a telephone, cable telecommunications, or 
19        electric
power line;
20            (C)  a wire or fiber insulator, power supply, 
21        transformer,
grounding system, transmission or other 
22        apparatus, equipment or fixture used in
the 
23        transmission of telegraph, telephone, cable





  
 
 
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1        telecommunications, or electrical power service;
2            (D)  equipment related to wireless communications 
3        regulated by the
Federal Communications Commission;
4            (E)  a fixture, including a gutter, downspout, 
5        plumbing pipe or fixture; or
6            (F) an irrigation unit including a cable, pump, or 
7        power supply.
8    (b)  Sentence. Copper theft is a  Class 4 felony for a first 
9offense and a Class 3 felony for a second or subsequent 
10offense.