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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB2859
Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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720 ILCS 5/19-2 |
from Ch. 38, par. 19-2 |
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Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section
that prohibits the possession of burglary tools.
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A BILL FOR
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HB2859 |
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LRB095 06090 RLC 26183 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 19-2 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/19-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 19-2)
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| Sec. 19-2. Possession of burglary tools.
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| (a) A person commits the
the offense of possession of |
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| burglary tools when he
possesses any key, tool, instrument, |
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| device, or any explosive, suitable for
use in breaking into a |
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| building, housetrailer, watercraft, aircraft, motor
vehicle as |
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| defined in The Illinois Vehicle Code, railroad car, or any
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| depository designed for the safekeeping of property, or any |
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| part thereof,
with intent to enter any such place and with |
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| intent to commit therein a
felony or theft. |
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| (b) Sentence.
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| Possession of burglary tools in violation of this Section |
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| is a Class 4
felony.
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| (Source: P.A. 78-255.)
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