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90_HB3357
720 ILCS 5/20-1 from Ch. 38, par. 20-1
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that arson is
a Class 1 felony when the property damaged is a dwelling (now
arson is a Class 2 felony).
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1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
2 Section 20-1.
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 20-1 as follows:
7 (720 ILCS 5/20-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 20-1)
8 Sec. 20-1. Arson.
9 A person commits arson when, by means of fire or
10 explosive, he knowingly:
11 (a) Damages any real property, or any personal property
12 having a value of $150 or more, of another without his
13 consent; or
14 (b) With intent to defraud an insurer, damages any
15 property or any personal property having a value of $150 or
16 more.
17 Property "of another" means a building or other property,
18 whether real or personal, in which a person other than the
19 offender has an interest which the offender has no authority
20 to defeat or impair, even though the offender may also have
21 an interest in the building or property.
22 (c) Sentence.
23 Arson is a Class 2 felony. Arson is a Class 1 felony
24 when the property damaged is a dwelling.
25 (Source: P.A. 77-2638.)