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HB0444 Enrolled |
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LRB094 06278 RLC 36351 b |
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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 20-1.1 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/20-1.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 20-1.1)
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| Sec. 20-1.1. Aggravated Arson.
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| (a) A person commits
aggravated arson when in the course of |
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| committing arson he or she
knowingly
damages, partially or |
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| totally, any building or
structure, including any adjacent |
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| building or
structure, including all or any part of a school |
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| building, house trailer,
watercraft, motor
vehicle, or |
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| railroad car, and (1) he knows or reasonably should know that
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| one or
more persons are present therein or (2) any person |
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| suffers
great bodily harm, or permanent disability or |
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| disfigurement
as a result of the fire or explosion or (3) a |
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| fireman,
or
policeman, or correctional officer who is present |
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| at the scene acting in the line
of duty, is injured as a result |
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| of the fire or explosion.
For purposes of this Section, |
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| property "of another" means a building or
other
property,
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| whether real or personal, in which a person other than the |
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| offender has an
interest that
the offender has no authority to |
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| defeat or impair, even though the offender may
also have
an |
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| interest in the building or property; and "school building"
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| means any public or private preschool, elementary or secondary |
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| school,
community college, college, or university.
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| (b) Sentence. Aggravated arson is a Class X felony.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-421, eff. 8-17-01; P.A. 93-335, eff. 7-24-03.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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