103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5533
 
Introduced 2/9/2024, by Rep. Brad Stephens
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/21-1.01  was 720 ILCS 5/21-4
    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the offense of criminal damage to government supported property includes damage to any property under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation.


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A BILL FOR
 
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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 
5changing Section 21-1.01 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/21-1.01)  (was 720 ILCS 5/21-4)
7    Sec. 21-1.01. Criminal Damage to Government Supported 
8Property. 
9    (a) A person commits criminal damage to government 
10supported property when he or she knowingly: 
11        (1) damages any government supported property without 
12    the consent of the State, including any property under the 
13    jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation; 
14        (2) by means of fire or explosive damages government 
15    supported property; 
16        (3) starts a fire on government supported property 
17    without the consent of the State; or 
18        (4) deposits on government supported land or in a 
19    government supported building, without the consent of the 
20    State, any stink bomb or any offensive smelling compound 
21    and thereby intends to interfere with the use by another 
22    of the land or building.
23    (b) For the purposes of this Section, "government 
 
 
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1supported" means any property supported in whole or in part 
2with State funds, funds of a unit of local government or school 
3district, or federal funds administered or granted through 
4State agencies.
5    (c) Sentence. A violation of this Section is a Class 4 
6felony when the damage to property is $500 or less; a Class 3 
7felony when the damage to property exceeds $500 but does not 
8exceed $10,000; a Class 2 felony when the damage to property 
9exceeds $10,000 but does not exceed $100,000; and a Class 1 
10felony when the damage to property exceeds $100,000. When the 
11damage to property exceeds $10,000, the court shall impose 
12upon the offender a fine equal to the value of the damages to 
13the property.
14(Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.)