100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5125

 

Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/16-1  from Ch. 38, par. 16-1

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that theft of property that is delivered either by United States mail or an express company, common carrier, or contract carrier and left on the stoop or porch of a residence is a Class 4 felony. Defines "stoop or porch of a residence".


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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 2012 is amended by changing
5Section 16-1 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/16-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 16-1)
7    Sec. 16-1. Theft.
8    (a) A person commits theft when he or she knowingly:
9        (1) Obtains or exerts unauthorized control over
10    property of the owner; or
11        (2) Obtains by deception control over property of the
12    owner; or
13        (3) Obtains by threat control over property of the
14    owner; or
15        (4) Obtains control over stolen property knowing the
16    property to have been stolen or under such circumstances as
17    would reasonably induce him or her to believe that the
18    property was stolen; or
19        (5) Obtains or exerts control over property in the
20    custody of any law enforcement agency which any law
21    enforcement officer or any individual acting in behalf of a
22    law enforcement agency explicitly represents to the person
23    as being stolen or represents to the person such

 

 

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1    circumstances as would reasonably induce the person to
2    believe that the property was stolen, and
3            (A) Intends to deprive the owner permanently of the
4        use or benefit of the property; or
5            (B) Knowingly uses, conceals or abandons the
6        property in such manner as to deprive the owner
7        permanently of such use or benefit; or
8            (C) Uses, conceals, or abandons the property
9        knowing such use, concealment or abandonment probably
10        will deprive the owner permanently of such use or
11        benefit.
12    (b) Sentence.
13        (1) Theft of property not from the person and not
14    exceeding $500 in value is a Class A misdemeanor.
15        (1.1) Theft of property not from the person and not
16    exceeding $500 in value is a Class 4 felony if the theft
17    was committed in a school or place of worship or if the
18    theft was of governmental property.
19        (2) A person who has been convicted of theft of
20    property not from the person and not exceeding $500 in
21    value who has been previously convicted of any type of
22    theft, robbery, armed robbery, burglary, residential
23    burglary, possession of burglary tools, home invasion,
24    forgery, a violation of Section 4-103, 4-103.1, 4-103.2, or
25    4-103.3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code relating to the
26    possession of a stolen or converted motor vehicle, or a

 

 

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1    violation of Section 17-36 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or
2    the Criminal Code of 2012, or Section 8 of the Illinois
3    Credit Card and Debit Card Act is guilty of a Class 4
4    felony.
5        (3) (Blank).
6        (4) Theft of property from the person not exceeding
7    $500 in value, or theft of property exceeding $500 and not
8    exceeding $10,000 in value, is a Class 3 felony.
9        (4.1) Theft of property from the person not exceeding
10    $500 in value, or theft of property exceeding $500 and not
11    exceeding $10,000 in value, is a Class 2 felony if the
12    theft was committed in a school or place of worship or if
13    the theft was of governmental property.
14        (5) Theft of property exceeding $10,000 and not
15    exceeding $100,000 in value is a Class 2 felony.
16        (5.1) Theft of property exceeding $10,000 and not
17    exceeding $100,000 in value is a Class 1 felony if the
18    theft was committed in a school or place of worship or if
19    the theft was of governmental property.
20        (6) Theft of property exceeding $100,000 and not
21    exceeding $500,000 in value is a Class 1 felony.
22        (6.1) Theft of property exceeding $100,000 in value is
23    a Class X felony if the theft was committed in a school or
24    place of worship or if the theft was of governmental
25    property.
26        (6.2) Theft of property exceeding $500,000 and not

 

 

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1    exceeding $1,000,000 in value is a Class 1
2    non-probationable felony.
3        (6.3) Theft of property exceeding $1,000,000 in value
4    is a Class X felony.
5        (6.4) Theft of property that is delivered either by
6    United States mail or an express company, common carrier,
7    or contract carrier and left on the stoop or porch of a
8    residence is a Class 4 felony. As used in this paragraph
9    (6.4), "stoop or porch of a residence" means an area in
10    which a package is left until the owner or occupier of the
11    residence takes possession of the package and includes the
12    area in which an occupant of an apartment dwelling takes
13    delivery of a left package.
14        (7) Theft by deception, as described by paragraph (2)
15    of subsection (a) of this Section, in which the offender
16    obtained money or property valued at $5,000 or more from a
17    victim 60 years of age or older is a Class 2 felony.
18        (8) Theft by deception, as described by paragraph (2)
19    of subsection (a) of this Section, in which the offender
20    falsely poses as a landlord or agent or employee of the
21    landlord and obtains a rent payment or a security deposit
22    from a tenant is a Class 3 felony if the rent payment or
23    security deposit obtained does not exceed $500.
24        (9) Theft by deception, as described by paragraph (2)
25    of subsection (a) of this Section, in which the offender
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1    landlord and obtains a rent payment or a security deposit
2    from a tenant is a Class 2 felony if the rent payment or
3    security deposit obtained exceeds $500 and does not exceed
4    $10,000.
5        (10) Theft by deception, as described by paragraph (2)
6    of subsection (a) of this Section, in which the offender
7    falsely poses as a landlord or agent or employee of the
8    landlord and obtains a rent payment or a security deposit
9    from a tenant is a Class 1 felony if the rent payment or
10    security deposit obtained exceeds $10,000 and does not
11    exceed $100,000.
12        (11) Theft by deception, as described by paragraph (2)
13    of subsection (a) of this Section, in which the offender
14    falsely poses as a landlord or agent or employee of the
15    landlord and obtains a rent payment or a security deposit
16    from a tenant is a Class X felony if the rent payment or
17    security deposit obtained exceeds $100,000.
18    (c) When a charge of theft of property exceeding a
19specified value is brought, the value of the property involved
20is an element of the offense to be resolved by the trier of
21fact as either exceeding or not exceeding the specified value.
22    (d) Theft by lessee; permissive inference. The trier of
23fact may infer evidence that a person intends to deprive the
24owner permanently of the use or benefit of the property (1) if
25a lessee of the personal property of another fails to return it
26to the owner within 10 days after written demand from the owner

 

 

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1for its return or (2) if a lessee of the personal property of
2another fails to return it to the owner within 24 hours after
3written demand from the owner for its return and the lessee had
4presented identification to the owner that contained a
5materially fictitious name, address, or telephone number. A
6notice in writing, given after the expiration of the leasing
7agreement, addressed and mailed, by registered mail, to the
8lessee at the address given by him and shown on the leasing
9agreement shall constitute proper demand.
10    (e) Permissive inference; evidence of intent that a person
11obtains by deception control over property. The trier of fact
12may infer that a person "knowingly obtains by deception control
13over property of the owner" when he or she fails to return,
14within 45 days after written demand from the owner, the
15downpayment and any additional payments accepted under a
16promise, oral or in writing, to perform services for the owner
17for consideration of $3,000 or more, and the promisor knowingly
18without good cause failed to substantially perform pursuant to
19the agreement after taking a down payment of 10% or more of the
20agreed upon consideration. This provision shall not apply where
21the owner initiated the suspension of performance under the
22agreement, or where the promisor responds to the notice within
23the 45-day notice period. A notice in writing, addressed and
24mailed, by registered mail, to the promisor at the last known
25address of the promisor, shall constitute proper demand.
26    (f) Offender's interest in the property.

 

 

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1        (1) It is no defense to a charge of theft of property
2    that the offender has an interest therein, when the owner
3    also has an interest to which the offender is not entitled.
4        (2) Where the property involved is that of the
5    offender's spouse, no prosecution for theft may be
6    maintained unless the parties were not living together as
7    man and wife and were living in separate abodes at the time
8    of the alleged theft.
9(Source: P.A. 96-496, eff. 1-1-10; 96-534, eff. 8-14-09;
1096-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1301, eff. 1-1-11; 96-1532, eff.
111-1-12; 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-597, eff. 1-1-12; 97-1150,
12eff. 1-25-13.)