93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4036


 
Introduced 1/14/2004, by Lou Lang
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














720 ILCS 5/21-1
  from Ch. 38, par. 21-1







    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 relating to criminal damage to property.  Changes the threshold amount in which criminal damage to property is a felony from damage exceeding $300 to damage exceeding $1,500.  Provides that if the damage occurs to property of a school or place of worship, changes the threshold amount for which the penalty is a Class 3 felony from damage exceeding $300 to damage exceeding $1,500.



















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    AN ACT concerning criminal law.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended  by changing 
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Section 21-1 as follows:
 



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    (720 ILCS 5/21-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 21-1)



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    Sec. 21-1. Criminal damage to property. 

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    (1) A person commits an illegal act when he:


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        (a) knowingly damages any property of another without 
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    his consent;
or


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        (b) recklessly by means of fire or explosive damages 
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    property of
another; or


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        (c) knowingly starts a fire on the land of another 
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    without his
consent; or


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        (d) knowingly injures a domestic animal of another 
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    without his
consent; or


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        (e) knowingly deposits on the land or in the building 
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    of another,
without his consent, any stink bomb or any 
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    offensive smelling compound
and thereby intends to 
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    interfere with the use by another of the land or
building; 
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    or


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        (f) damages any property, other than as described in 
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    subsection (b) of
Section 20-1, with intent to defraud an 
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    insurer; or


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        (g) knowingly shoots a firearm at any portion of a 
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    railroad train.

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    When the charge of criminal damage to property exceeding a 
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specified
value is brought, the extent of the damage is an 
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element of the offense to
be resolved by the trier of fact as 
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either exceeding or not exceeding
the specified value.

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    (2) The acts described in items (a), (b), (c), (e), and (f)

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are Class
A misdemeanors if the damage to property does not 
 


 









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exceed $1,500
$300.
 The acts
described in items (a), (b), (c), 
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(e), and (f) are Class 4
felonies if the damage to
property 
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does not exceed $1,500
$300 if the damage occurs to property of 
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a school or
place of worship.  The act described in item (d) is 
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a Class 4 felony if the
damage to property does not exceed 
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$10,000.  The act
described in item (g) is a Class 4 felony.  The 
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acts described in items (a),
(b), (c), (e), and (f) are Class 4 
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felonies if the damage to property
exceeds $1,500
$300 but does 
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not exceed $10,000.  The acts described in items (a)
through (f) 
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are Class 3 felonies if the damage to property exceeds $1,500

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$300 but
does not exceed $10,000 if the damage occurs to 
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property of a school or place
of worship.  The acts described in 
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items (a)
through (f) are Class 3 felonies if the damage to 
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property
exceeds $10,000 but does not exceed $100,000.  The acts 
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described in items
(a) through (f) are Class 2 felonies if the 
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damage to property exceeds $10,000
but does not exceed $100,000 
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if the damage occurs to property of a school or
place of 
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worship.  The acts described in items
(a) through (f) are Class 
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2 felonies if the damage to property exceeds
$100,000.  The acts 
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described in items (a) through (f) are Class 1 felonies
if the 
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damage to property exceeds $100,000 and the damage occurs to 
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property of
a school or place of worship.  If the damage to 
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property exceeds $10,000, the
court shall impose
upon the 
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offender a fine equal to the value of the damages to the 
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property.

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    (3) In addition to any other sentence that may be imposed, 
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a court shall
order any person convicted of criminal damage to 
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property to perform community
service for not less than 30 and 
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not more than 120 hours, if community service
is available in 
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the jurisdiction
and is funded and approved by the county board 
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of the county where the
offense was committed.
In addition, 
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whenever any person is placed
on supervision for an alleged 
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offense under this Section, the supervision shall
be 
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conditioned upon the performance of the community service.

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    This subsection does not apply when the court imposes a 
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sentence of
incarceration.

 


 









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(Source: P.A. 91-360, eff. 7-29-99; 92-454, eff. 1-1-02.)