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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 adding | ||||||
| 5 | Section 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 | ||||||
| 9 | of the owner, he or she knowingly obtains or exerts control | ||||||
| 10 | over property of the owner or aids or assists in obtaining or | ||||||
| 11 | exerting 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
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| 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. | ||||||
| 9 | (1) Copper theft not exceeding
$500 in value is a Class | ||||||
| 10 | 4 felony. | ||||||
| 11 | (2) Copper theft not exceeding
$500 in value if the | ||||||
| 12 | theft was committed in a school or place of worship or if | ||||||
| 13 | the theft was of governmental property is a Class 3 felony. | ||||||
| 14 | (3) Copper theft exceeding $500 and not exceeding | ||||||
| 15 | $10,000 in value, is a Class 2 felony. | ||||||
| 16 | (4) Copper theft exceeding $500 in value if the theft | ||||||
| 17 | was committed in a school or place of worship or if the | ||||||
| 18 | theft was of governmental property is a Class 1 felony. | ||||||
| 19 | (5) Copper theft exceeding $10,000 in value is a Class | ||||||
| 20 | 1 felony.
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