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90_HB1373enr 720 ILCS 5/12-7.1 from Ch. 38, par. 12-7.1 720 ILCS 5/19-4 from Ch. 38, par. 19-4 720 ILCS 5/21-3 from Ch. 38, par. 21-3 730 ILCS 5/5-9-1.5 from Ch. 38, par. 1005-9-1.5 Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 and the Unified Code of Corrections. Changes name of the offense of "criminal trespass to residence" to "criminal trespass to a building or residence". Includes in the offense of criminal trespass to a residence, knowingly, without authority, entering or remaining within or on a building, water tower, grain silo, or residence. Removes references to buildings and barns in criminal trespass to real property offense. Effective immediately. LRB9002446RCpcB HB1373 Enrolled LRB9002446RCpcB 1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing 2 Section 21-3. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by 6 changing Section 21-3 as follows: 7 (720 ILCS 5/21-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 21-3) 8 Sec. 21-3. Criminal trespass to real property. 9 (a) Whoever: 10 (1) knowingly and without lawful authority enters 11 or remains within or on a building; or 12 (2) enters upon the land of another, after 13 receiving, prior to such entry, notice from the owner or 14 occupant that such entry is forbidden; or 15 (3) remains upon the land of another, after 16 receiving notice from the owner or occupant to depart; or 17 (4) enters upon one of the following areas in or on 18 a motor vehicle (including an off-road vehicle, 19 motorcycle, moped, or any other powered two-wheel 20 vehicle), after receiving prior to that entry, notice 21 from the owner or occupant that the entry is forbidden or 22 remains upon or in the area after receiving notice from 23 the owner or occupant to depart: 24 (A) any field that is used for growing crops 25 or which is capable of being used for growing crops; 26 or 27 (B) an enclosed area containing livestock; or 28 (C) an orchard; or 29 (D) a barn or other agricultural building 30 containing livestock; 31 commits a Class B misdemeanor. HB1373 Enrolled -2- LRB9002446RCpcB 1 For purposes of item (1) of this subsection, this Section 2 shall not apply to being in a building which is open to the 3 public while the building is open to the public during its 4 normal hours of operation; nor shall this Section apply to a 5 person who enters a public building under the reasonable 6 belief that the building is still open to the public. 7(a) Whoever enters upon the land or a building, other8than a residence, or any part thereof of another, after9receiving, prior to such entry, notice from the owner or10occupant that such entry is forbidden, or remains upon the11land or in a building, other than a residence, of another12after receiving notice from the owner or occupant to depart,13commits a Class B misdemeanor. A person who violates this14subsection (a) by entering upon one of the following areas,15in or on a motor vehicle (including an off-road vehicle,16motorcycle, moped, or any other powered two-wheel vehicle),17after receiving prior to that entry, notice from the owner or18occupant that the entry is forbidden or remains upon or in19the area after receiving notice from the owner or occupant to20depart commits a Class B misdemeanor:21(1) any field that is used for growing crops or22which is capable of being used for growing crops;23(2) an enclosed area containing livestock;24(3) an orchard; or25(4) a barn or other agricultural building26containing livestock.27 (b) A person has received notice from the owner or 28 occupant within the meaning of Subsection (a) if he has been 29 notified personally, either orally or in writing including a 30 valid court order as defined by subsection (7) of Section 31 112A-3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 granting 32 remedy (2) of subsection (b) of Section 112A-14 of that Code, 33 or if a printed or written notice forbidding such entry has 34 been conspicuously posted or exhibited at the main entrance HB1373 Enrolled -3- LRB9002446RCpcB 1 to such land or the forbidden part thereof. 2 (c) This Section does not apply to any person, whether a 3 migrant worker or otherwise, living on the land with 4 permission of the owner or of his agent having apparent 5 authority to hire workers on such land and assign them living 6 quarters or a place of accommodations for living thereon, nor 7 to anyone living on such land at the request of, or by 8 occupancy, leasing or other agreement or arrangement with the 9 owner or his agent, nor to anyone invited by such migrant 10 worker or other person so living on such land to visit him at 11 the place he is so living upon the land. 12 (d) A person shall be exempt from prosecution under this 13 Section if he beautifies unoccupied and abandoned residential 14 and industrial properties located within any municipality. 15 For the purpose of this subsection, "unoccupied and abandoned 16 residential and industrial property" means any real estate 17 (1) in which the taxes have not been paid for a period of at 18 least 2 years; and (2) which has been left unoccupied and 19 abandoned for a period of at least one year; and "beautifies" 20 means to landscape, clean up litter, or to repair dilapidated 21 conditions on or to board up windows and doors. 22 (e) No person shall be liable in any civil action for 23 money damages to the owner of unoccupied and abandoned 24 residential and industrial property which that person 25 beautifies pursuant to subsection (d) of this Section. 26 (f) This Section does not prohibit a person from 27 entering a building or upon the land of another for emergency 28 purposes. For purposes of this subsection (f), "emergency" 29 means a condition or circumstance in which an individual is 30 or is reasonably believed by the person to be in imminent 31 danger of serious bodily harm or in which property is or is 32 reasonably believed to be in imminent danger of damage or 33 destruction. 34 (Source: P.A. 89-346, eff. 1-1-96; 89-373, eff. 1-1-96; HB1373 Enrolled -4- LRB9002446RCpcB 1 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.) 2 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 3 becoming law.