Public Act 095-0323
 
SB0088 Enrolled LRB095 04104 RLC 24493 b

    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
Section 16-14 as follows:
 
    (720 ILCS 5/16-14)  (from Ch. 38, par. 16-14)
    Sec. 16-14. (a) A person commits the offense of unlawful
interference with public utility services when he or she
knowingly, without the consent of the owner of the services,
impairs or interrupts any public water, gas or power supply,
telecommunications service, wireless service, or other public
services, or diverts, or causes to be diverted in whole or in
part, any public water, gas, or power supply,
telecommunications service, wireless service, or other public
services, or installs or removes any device for the purpose of
such diversion, or knowingly delays restoration of such public
services, as a result of the person's theft of wire used for
such services.
    (b) The terms "public water, gas, or power supply, or other
public services service" mean any service subject to regulation
by the Illinois Commerce Commission; any service furnished by a
public utility that is owned and operated by any political
subdivision, public institution of higher education or
municipal corporation of this State; any service furnished by
any public utility that is owned by such political subdivision,
public institution of higher education, or municipal
corporation and operated by any of its lessees or operating
agents; and any service furnished by an electric cooperative as
defined in Section 3.4 of the Electric Supplier Act; or
wireless service or other service regulated by the Federal
Communications Commission.
    (c) Any instrument, apparatus, or device used in obtaining
utility services without paying the full charge therefore or
any meter that has been altered, tampered with, or bypassed so
as to cause a lack of measurement or inaccurate measurement of
utility services on premises controlled by the customer or by
the person using or receiving the direct benefit of utility
service at that location shall raise a rebuttable presumption
of the commission of the offense described in subparagraph (a)
by such person.
    (d) (1) A person convicted of unlawful interference with
public utility services is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor
unless the offense was committed for remuneration, in which
case it is a Class 4 felony.
    (2) After a first conviction of unlawful interference with
public utility services any subsequent conviction shall be a
Class 4 felony.
    (3) If the disruption of the public utility services or the
delay in the restoration of the public utility services occurs
to 10 or more customers or affects an area of more than one
square mile, unlawful interference with public utility
services is a Class 2 felony.
(Source: P.A. 88-75.)