HB5462ham001 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Bill Mitchell

Filed: 2/21/2006

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5462

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5462 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing Section 19-1 as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/19-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 19-1)

Sec. 19-1. Burglary.

(a) A person commits burglary when without authority he knowingly enters or without authority remains within a building, housetrailer, watercraft, aircraft, motor vehicle as defined in the Illinois Vehicle Code, railroad car, or any part thereof, with intent to commit therein a felony or theft. This offense shall not include the offenses set out in Section 4-102 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.

(b) Sentence.

Burglary is a Class 2 felony. A burglary committed in a school or place of worship is a Class 1 felony. A burglary committed in a facility that stores the necessities of life such as food, clothing, or other tangibles for free distribution to economically disadvantaged persons is a Class 1 felony.

(Source: P.A. 91-360, eff. 7-29-99; 91-928, eff. 6-1-01.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".