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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB3873
Introduced 2/25/2005, by Rep. Richard P. Myers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of criminal trespass to an agricultural facility. Defines the offense as entering upon lands or buildings owned by any other person
without the license of the owner or legal occupant, where signs
forbidding trespass are displayed, and where cattle, goats, pigs,
sheep, fowl, or any other animal is being raised, bred, fed, or held
for the purpose of food for human consumption; or injuring,
gathering, or carrying away any animal being housed on any of those
lands, without the license of the owner or legal occupant; or
damaging, destroying, or removing, or causing to be removed, damaged,
or destroyed, any stakes, marks, fences, or signs intended to
designate the boundaries and limits of any of those lands. Provides that criminal trespass to an agricultural facility is a Class B misdemeanor.
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A BILL FOR
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HB3873 |
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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 adding |
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| Section 21-3.5 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/21-3.5 new) |
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| Sec. 21-3.5. Criminal trespass to an agricultural |
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| facility. |
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| (a) A person commits the offense of criminal trespass to an |
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| agricultural facility when he or she enters upon lands or |
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| buildings owned by any other person
without the license of the |
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| owner or legal occupant, where signs
forbidding trespass are |
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| displayed, and where cattle, goats, pigs,
sheep, fowl, or any |
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| other animal is being raised, bred, fed, or held
for the |
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| purpose of food for human consumption; or injures,
gathers, or |
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| carries away any animal being housed on any of those
lands, |
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| without the license of the owner or legal occupant; or
damages, |
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| destroys, or removes, or causes to be removed, damaged,
or |
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| destroyed, any stakes, marks, fences, or signs intended to
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| designate the boundaries and limits of any of those lands. |
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| (b) This Section may not be construed to preclude
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| prosecution or punishment under any other provision of law,
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| including, but not limited to, theft or any provision that
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| provides for a greater penalty or longer term of imprisonment. |
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| (c) Criminal trespass to an agricultural facility is a |
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| Class B misdemeanor.
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