093_HB3893

                                     LRB093 13559 RLC 18917 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to criminal law.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Criminal  Code  of  1961  is  amended  by
 5    adding Section 12-7.6 as follows:

 6        (720 ILCS 5/12-7.6 new)
 7        Sec. 12-7.6.  Cross burning.
 8        (a)  A  person  commits the offense of cross burning who,
 9    with the intent to intimidate any other person  or  group  of
10    persons, burns or causes to be burned a cross.
11        (b)  Sentence. Cross burning is a Class A misdemeanor for
12    a  first  offense  and  a  Class  4  felony  for  a second or
13    subsequent offense.
14        (c)  For the purposes of this Section, a person acts with
15    the "intent to  intimidate"  when  he  or  she  intentionally
16    places  or  attempts  to  place  another  person  in  fear of
17    physical injury or fear of  damage  to  that  other  person's
18    property.