101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2518

 

Introduced , by Rep. Justin Slaughter

 

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 not from the person and not exceeding $500 in value is a petty offense if the offense was committed by a person under 18 years of age. Provides that theft of property not from the person and not exceeding $500 in value is a Class A misdemeanor if the theft was committed in a school or place of worship or if the theft was of governmental property committed by a person under 18 years of age.


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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        (1.0) Theft of property not from the person and not
16    exceeding $500 in value is a petty offense if the offense
17    was committed by a person under 18 years of age.
18        (1.1) Theft of property not from the person and not
19    exceeding $500 in value is a Class 4 felony if the theft
20    was committed in a school or place of worship or if the
21    theft was of governmental property.
22        (1.2) Theft of property not from the person and not
23    exceeding $500 in value is a Class A misdemeanor if the
24    theft was committed in a school or place of worship or if
25    the theft was of governmental property committed by a
26    person under 18 years of age.

 

 

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1        (2) A person who has been convicted of theft of
2    property not from the person and not exceeding $500 in
3    value who has been previously convicted of any type of
4    theft, robbery, armed robbery, burglary, residential
5    burglary, possession of burglary tools, home invasion,
6    forgery, a violation of Section 4-103, 4-103.1, 4-103.2, or
7    4-103.3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code relating to the
8    possession of a stolen or converted motor vehicle, or a
9    violation of Section 17-36 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or
10    the Criminal Code of 2012, or Section 8 of the Illinois
11    Credit Card and Debit Card Act is guilty of a Class 4
12    felony.
13        (3) (Blank).
14        (4) Theft of property from the person not exceeding
15    $500 in value, or theft of property exceeding $500 and not
16    exceeding $10,000 in value, is a Class 3 felony.
17        (4.1) Theft of property from the person not exceeding
18    $500 in value, or theft of property exceeding $500 and not
19    exceeding $10,000 in value, is a Class 2 felony if the
20    theft was committed in a school or place of worship or if
21    the theft was of governmental property.
22        (5) Theft of property exceeding $10,000 and not
23    exceeding $100,000 in value is a Class 2 felony.
24        (5.1) Theft of property exceeding $10,000 and not
25    exceeding $100,000 in value is a Class 1 felony if the
26    theft was committed in a school or place of worship or if

 

 

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1    the theft was of governmental property.
2        (6) Theft of property exceeding $100,000 and not
3    exceeding $500,000 in value is a Class 1 felony.
4        (6.1) Theft of property exceeding $100,000 in value is
5    a Class X felony if the theft was committed in a school or
6    place of worship or if the theft was of governmental
7    property.
8        (6.2) Theft of property exceeding $500,000 and not
9    exceeding $1,000,000 in value is a Class 1
10    non-probationable felony.
11        (6.3) Theft of property exceeding $1,000,000 in value
12    is a Class X felony.
13        (7) Theft by deception, as described by paragraph (2)
14    of subsection (a) of this Section, in which the offender
15    obtained money or property valued at $5,000 or more from a
16    victim 60 years of age or older is a Class 2 felony.
17        (8) Theft by deception, as described by paragraph (2)
18    of subsection (a) of this Section, in which the offender
19    falsely poses as a landlord or agent or employee of the
20    landlord and obtains a rent payment or a security deposit
21    from a tenant is a Class 3 felony if the rent payment or
22    security deposit obtained does not exceed $500.
23        (9) Theft by deception, as described by paragraph (2)
24    of subsection (a) of this Section, in which the offender
25    falsely poses as a landlord or agent or employee of the
26    landlord and obtains a rent payment or a security deposit

 

 

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1    from a tenant is a Class 2 felony if the rent payment or
2    security deposit obtained exceeds $500 and does not exceed
3    $10,000.
4        (10) Theft by deception, as described by paragraph (2)
5    of subsection (a) of this Section, in which the offender
6    falsely poses as a landlord or agent or employee of the
7    landlord and obtains a rent payment or a security deposit
8    from a tenant is a Class 1 felony if the rent payment or
9    security deposit obtained exceeds $10,000 and does not
10    exceed $100,000.
11        (11) Theft by deception, as described by paragraph (2)
12    of subsection (a) of this Section, in which the offender
13    falsely poses as a landlord or agent or employee of the
14    landlord and obtains a rent payment or a security deposit
15    from a tenant is a Class X felony if the rent payment or
16    security deposit obtained exceeds $100,000.
17    (c) When a charge of theft of property exceeding a
18specified value is brought, the value of the property involved
19is an element of the offense to be resolved by the trier of
20fact as either exceeding or not exceeding the specified value.
21    (d) Theft by lessee; permissive inference. The trier of
22fact may infer evidence that a person intends to deprive the
23owner permanently of the use or benefit of the property (1) if
24a lessee of the personal property of another fails to return it
25to the owner within 10 days after written demand from the owner
26for its return or (2) if a lessee of the personal property of

 

 

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1another fails to return it to the owner within 24 hours after
2written demand from the owner for its return and the lessee had
3presented identification to the owner that contained a
4materially fictitious name, address, or telephone number. A
5notice in writing, given after the expiration of the leasing
6agreement, addressed and mailed, by registered mail, to the
7lessee at the address given by him and shown on the leasing
8agreement shall constitute proper demand.
9    (e) Permissive inference; evidence of intent that a person
10obtains by deception control over property. The trier of fact
11may infer that a person "knowingly obtains by deception control
12over property of the owner" when he or she fails to return,
13within 45 days after written demand from the owner, the
14downpayment and any additional payments accepted under a
15promise, oral or in writing, to perform services for the owner
16for consideration of $3,000 or more, and the promisor knowingly
17without good cause failed to substantially perform pursuant to
18the agreement after taking a down payment of 10% or more of the
19agreed upon consideration. This provision shall not apply where
20the owner initiated the suspension of performance under the
21agreement, or where the promisor responds to the notice within
22the 45-day notice period. A notice in writing, addressed and
23mailed, by registered mail, to the promisor at the last known
24address of the promisor, shall constitute proper demand.
25    (f) Offender's interest in the property.
26        (1) It is no defense to a charge of theft of property

 

 

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1    that the offender has an interest therein, when the owner
2    also has an interest to which the offender is not entitled.
3        (2) Where the property involved is that of the
4    offender's spouse, no prosecution for theft may be
5    maintained unless the parties were not living together as
6    man and wife and were living in separate abodes at the time
7    of the alleged theft.
8(Source: P.A. 96-496, eff. 1-1-10; 96-534, eff. 8-14-09;
996-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1301, eff. 1-1-11; 96-1532, eff.
101-1-12; 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-597, eff. 1-1-12; 97-1150,
11eff. 1-25-13.)