Sen. Kwame Raoul

Filed: 4/10/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2231

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2231 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
5changing Sections 21-1 and 21-1.3 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/21-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 21-1)
7    Sec. 21-1. Criminal damage to property.
8    (a) A person commits criminal damage to property when he or
9she:
10        (1) knowingly damages any property of another;
11        (2) recklessly by means of fire or explosive damages
12    property of another;
13        (3) knowingly starts a fire on the land of another;
14        (4) knowingly injures a domestic animal of another
15    without his or her consent;
16        (5) knowingly deposits on the land or in the building

 

 

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1    of another any stink bomb or any offensive smelling
2    compound and thereby intends to interfere with the use by
3    another of the land or building;
4        (6) knowingly damages any property, other than as
5    described in paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section
6    20-1, with intent to defraud an insurer;
7        (7) knowingly shoots a firearm at any portion of a
8    railroad train;
9        (8) knowingly, without proper authorization, cuts,
10    injures, damages, defaces, destroys, or tampers with any
11    fire hydrant or any public or private fire fighting
12    equipment, or any apparatus appertaining to fire fighting
13    equipment; or
14        (9) intentionally, without proper authorization, opens
15    any fire hydrant.
16    (b) When the charge of criminal damage to property
17exceeding a specified value is brought, the extent of the
18damage is an element of the offense to be resolved by the trier
19of fact as either exceeding or not exceeding the specified
20value.
21    (c) It is an affirmative defense to a violation of
22paragraph (1), (3), or (5) of subsection (a) of this Section
23that the owner of the property or land damaged consented to the
24damage.
25    (d) Sentence.
26        (1) A violation of subsection (a) shall have the

 

 

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1    following penalties:
2            (A) A violation of paragraph (8) or (9) is a Class
3        B misdemeanor.
4            (B) A violation of paragraph (1), (2), (3), (5), or
5        (6) is a Class A misdemeanor when the damage to
6        property does not exceed $300.
7             (C) A violation of paragraph (1), (2), (3), (5),
8        or (6) is a Class 4 felony when the damage to property
9        does not exceed $300 and the damage occurs to property
10        of a school or place of worship or to farm equipment or
11        immovable items of agricultural production, including
12        but not limited to grain elevators, grain bins, and
13        barns or individual graves, gravestones, or markers or
14        property which memorializes or honors police officers,
15        fire fighters, members of the United States Armed
16        Forces, National Guard, or veterans.
17             (D) A violation of paragraph (4) is a Class 4
18        felony when the damage to property does not exceed
19        $10,000.
20             (E) A violation of paragraph (7) is a Class 4
21        felony.
22             (F) A violation of paragraph (1), (2), (3), (5) or
23        (6) is a Class 4 felony when the damage to property
24        exceeds $300 but does not exceed $10,000.
25             (G) A violation of paragraphs (1) through (6) is a
26        Class 3 felony when the damage to property exceeds $300

 

 

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1        but does not exceed $10,000 and the damage occurs to
2        property of a school or place of worship or to farm
3        equipment or immovable items of agricultural
4        production, including but not limited to grain
5        elevators, grain bins, and barns or individual graves,
6        gravestones, or markers or property which memorializes
7        or honors police officers, fire fighters, members of
8        the United States Armed Forces, National Guard, or
9        veterans.
10             (H) A violation of paragraphs (1) through (6) is a
11        Class 3 felony when the damage to property exceeds
12        $10,000 but does not exceed $100,000.
13             (I) A violation of paragraphs (1) through (6) is a
14        Class 2 felony when the damage to property exceeds
15        $10,000 but does not exceed $100,000 and the damage
16        occurs to property of a school or place of worship or
17        to farm equipment or immovable items of agricultural
18        production, including but not limited to grain
19        elevators, grain bins, and barns or individual graves,
20        gravestones, or markers or property which memorializes
21        or honors police officers, fire fighters, members of
22        the United States Armed Forces, National Guard, or
23        veterans.
24             (J) A violation of paragraphs (1) through (6) is a
25        Class 2 felony when the damage to property exceeds
26        $100,000. A violation of paragraphs (1) through (6) is

 

 

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1        a Class 1 felony when the damage to property exceeds
2        $100,000 and the damage occurs to property of a school
3        or place of worship or to farm equipment or immovable
4        items of agricultural production, including but not
5        limited to grain elevators, grain bins, and barns or
6        individual graves, gravestones, or markers or property
7        which memorializes or honors police officers, fire
8        fighters, members of the United States Armed Forces,
9        National Guard, or veterans.
10        (2) When the damage to property exceeds $10,000, the
11    court shall impose upon the offender a fine equal to the
12    value of the damages to the property.
13        (3) In addition to any other sentence that may be
14    imposed, a court shall order any person convicted of
15    criminal damage to property to perform community service
16    for not less than 30 and not more than 120 hours, if
17    community service is available in the jurisdiction and is
18    funded and approved by the county board of the county where
19    the offense was committed. In addition, whenever any person
20    is placed on supervision for an alleged offense under this
21    Section, the supervision shall be conditioned upon the
22    performance of the community service.
23        The community service requirement does not apply when
24    the court imposes a sentence of incarceration.
25        (4) In addition to any criminal penalties imposed for a
26    violation of this Section, if a person is convicted of or

 

 

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1    placed on supervision for knowingly damaging or destroying
2    crops of another, including crops intended for personal,
3    commercial, research, or developmental purposes, the
4    person is liable in a civil action to the owner of any
5    crops damaged or destroyed for money damages up to twice
6    the market value of the crops damaged or destroyed.
7        (5) For the purposes of this subsection (d), "farm
8    equipment" means machinery or other equipment used in
9    farming.
10(Source: P.A. 96-529, eff. 8-14-09; 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.)
 
11    (720 ILCS 5/21-1.3)
12    Sec. 21-1.3. Criminal defacement of property.
13    (a) A person commits criminal defacement of property when
14the person knowingly damages the property of another by
15defacing, deforming, or otherwise damaging the property by the
16use of paint or any other similar substance, or by the use of a
17writing instrument, etching tool, or any other similar device.
18It is an affirmative defense to a violation of this Section
19that the owner of the property damaged consented to such
20damage.
21    (b) Sentence.
22    (1) Criminal defacement of property is a Class A
23misdemeanor for a first offense when the aggregate value of the
24damage to the property does not exceed $300. Criminal
25defacement of property is a Class 4 felony when the aggregate

 

 

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1value of the damage to property does not exceed $300 and the
2property damaged is a school building or place of worship or
3individual graves, gravestones, or markers or property which
4memorializes or honors police officers, fire fighters, members
5of the United States Armed Forces, National Guard, or veterans.
6Criminal defacement of property is a Class 4 felony for a
7second or subsequent conviction or when the aggregate value of
8the damage to the property exceeds $300. Criminal defacement of
9property is a Class 3 felony when the aggregate value of the
10damage to property exceeds $300 and the property damaged is a
11school building or place of worship or individual graves,
12gravestones, or markers or property which memorializes or
13honors police officers, fire fighters, members of the United
14States Armed Forces, National Guard, or veterans.
15    (2) In addition to any other sentence that may be imposed
16for a violation of this Section that is chargeable as a Class 3
17or Class 4 felony, a person convicted of criminal defacement of
18property shall be subject to a mandatory minimum fine of $500
19plus the actual costs incurred by the property owner or the
20unit of government to abate, remediate, repair, or remove the
21effect of the damage to the property. To the extent permitted
22by law, reimbursement for the costs of abatement, remediation,
23repair, or removal shall be payable to the person who incurred
24the costs.
25    (3) In addition to any other sentence that may be imposed,
26a court shall order any person convicted of criminal defacement

 

 

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1of property to perform community service for not less than 30
2and not more than 120 hours, if community service is available
3in the jurisdiction. The community service shall include, but
4need not be limited to, the cleanup and repair of the damage to
5property that was caused by the offense, or similar damage to
6property located in the municipality or county in which the
7offense occurred. When the property damaged is a school
8building, the community service may include cleanup, removal,
9or painting over the defacement. In addition, whenever any
10person is placed on supervision for an alleged offense under
11this Section, the supervision shall be conditioned upon the
12performance of the community service.
13    (4) For the purposes of this subsection (b), aggregate
14value shall be determined by adding the value of the damage to
15one or more properties if the offenses were committed as part
16of a single course of conduct.
17(Source: P.A. 96-499, eff. 8-14-09; 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.)".