95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0088


 
Introduced 1/31/2007, by Sen. William R. Haine
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














720 ILCS 5/16-14
  from Ch. 38, par. 16-14







    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961.  Provides that unlawful interference
with public utility services includes the knowing delay in restoration of the services, as a result of the person's theft of wire used for such services.  Provides that if the disruption of the public utility services or the delay in the restoration of the public utility services occurs to 10 or more customers or affects an area of more than one square mile, unlawful interference with public utility
services is a Class 2 felony.
















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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 16-14 as follows:
 



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    (720 ILCS 5/16-14)  (from Ch. 38, par. 16-14)



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    Sec. 16-14. (a) A person commits the offense of unlawful 
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interference
with public utility services when he or she

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knowingly, without the consent of the
owner of the services, 
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impairs or interrupts any public water, gas or power
supply, 
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telecommunications service, or other public services, or 
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diverts,
or causes to be diverted in whole or in part, any 
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public water, gas, or power
supply, telecommunications service 
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or other public services, or installs or
removes any device for 
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the purpose of such diversion, or knowingly delays restoration 
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of such public services, as a result of the person's theft of 
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wire used for such services.

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    (b) The terms "public water, gas, or power supply, or other 
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public service"
mean any service subject to regulation by the 
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Illinois Commerce Commission;
any service furnished by a public 
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utility that is owned and operated by
any political 
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subdivision, public institution of higher education or 
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municipal
corporation of this State; any service furnished by 
 


 






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any public
utility that is owned by such political subdivision, 
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public institution
of higher education, or municipal 
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corporation and operated by any of its
lessees or operating 
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agents; and any service furnished by an electric
cooperative  as 
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defined in Section 3.4 of the Electric Supplier Act.

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    (c) Any instrument, apparatus, or device used in obtaining 
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utility
services without paying the full charge therefore or 
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any meter that has been
altered, tampered with, or bypassed so 
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as to cause a lack of measurement or
inaccurate measurement of 
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utility services on premises controlled by the
customer or by 
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the person using or receiving the direct benefit of utility

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service at that location shall raise a rebuttable presumption 
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of the commission
of the offense described in subparagraph (a) 
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by such person.

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    (d) (1) A person convicted of unlawful interference with 
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public utility
services is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor 
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unless the offense was committed
for remuneration, in which 
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case it is a Class 4 felony.

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    (2) After a first conviction of unlawful interference with 
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public
utility services any subsequent conviction shall be a 
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Class 4 felony.
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    (3) If the disruption of the public utility services or the 
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delay in the restoration of the public utility services occurs 
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to 10 or more customers or affects an area of more than one 
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square mile, unlawful interference with public utility

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services is a Class 2 felony.


 


 






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(Source: P.A. 88-75.)