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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 2012 is amended by adding | ||||||
| 5 | Section 16-1.4 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (720 ILCS 5/16-1.4 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 16-1.4. Theft of recyclable metal. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) A person commits theft of recyclable metal when, | ||||||
| 9 | without the consent of the owner, he or she knowingly obtains | ||||||
| 10 | or exerts control over property of the owner or aids or assists | ||||||
| 11 | in obtaining or exerting control over property of the owner: | ||||||
| 12 | (1) consisting of any recyclable metal as defined in | ||||||
| 13 | Section 2 of the Recyclable Metal Purchase Registration | ||||||
| 14 | Law; and | ||||||
| 15 | (2) which is manufactured, sold, or used as: | ||||||
| 16 | (A) telegraph, telephone, cable
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| 17 | telecommunications, or electric transmission or | ||||||
| 18 | distribution equipment including, but not limited to, | ||||||
| 19 | wires, transformers, grounds, grounding straps or | ||||||
| 20 | wire, poles, pedestals, or underground equipment; | ||||||
| 21 | (B) telephone, cable telecommunications, or | ||||||
| 22 | electric
power line equipment; | ||||||
| 23 | (C) a wire or fiber insulator, power supply, | ||||||
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| 1 | transformer,
grounding system, transmission or other | ||||||
| 2 | apparatus, equipment or fixture used in
the | ||||||
| 3 | transmission of telegraph, telephone, cable
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| 4 | telecommunications, or electrical power service; | ||||||
| 5 | (D) equipment related to wireless communications | ||||||
| 6 | regulated by the
Federal Communications Commission; | ||||||
| 7 | (E) a fire hydrant, gutter, downspout, plumbing | ||||||
| 8 | pipe, or plumbing fixture; | ||||||
| 9 | (F) an irrigation unit including a cable, pump, or | ||||||
| 10 | power supply; | ||||||
| 11 | (G) a heating, ventilation, or air conditioning | ||||||
| 12 | unit or system, or any component of a heating, | ||||||
| 13 | ventilation, or air conditioning unit or system; or | ||||||
| 14 | (H) a guardrail, manhole cover, historical marker, | ||||||
| 15 | or cemetery plaque. | ||||||
| 16 | (b) A person also commits theft of recyclable metal when he | ||||||
| 17 | or she, in committing theft of recyclable metal under | ||||||
| 18 | subsection (a), knowingly damages or destroys any property of | ||||||
| 19 | another by removing or damaging recyclable metal components of | ||||||
| 20 | that property. | ||||||
| 21 | (c) Sentence. | ||||||
| 22 | (1) Theft of recyclable metal not exceeding $500 in | ||||||
| 23 | value is a Class 4 felony. | ||||||
| 24 | (2) Theft of recyclable metal not exceeding $500 in | ||||||
| 25 | value if the theft was
committed in a school or place of | ||||||
| 26 | worship or if the theft was of governmental
property is a | ||||||
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| 1 | Class 3 felony. | ||||||
| 2 | (3) Theft of recyclable metal exceeding $500 and not | ||||||
| 3 | exceeding $10,000 in value,
is a Class 2 felony. | ||||||
| 4 | (4) Theft of recyclable metal exceeding $500 in value | ||||||
| 5 | if the theft was committed in
a school or place of worship | ||||||
| 6 | or if the theft was of governmental property is a
Class 1 | ||||||
| 7 | felony. | ||||||
| 8 | (5) Theft of recyclable metal exceeding $10,000 in | ||||||
| 9 | value is a Class 1 felony. | ||||||
| 10 | (6) For the purpose of this Section, "value" means the | ||||||
| 11 | sum of: | ||||||
| 12 | (A) the fair market value of any recyclable metal | ||||||
| 13 | unlawfully obtained or controlled under subsection (a) | ||||||
| 14 | of this Section; | ||||||
| 15 | (B) the fair market value of any property damaged | ||||||
| 16 | or destroyed under subsection (b) of this Section; and | ||||||
| 17 | (C) the cost of restoring electric, water, gas, or | ||||||
| 18 | other utility service if the theft of recyclable metal | ||||||
| 19 | proximately causes an interruption in the utility | ||||||
| 20 | service.
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