96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB3911


 
Introduced 2/26/2009, by Rep. Suzanne Bassi - Kay Hatcher, Mark H. Beaubien, Jr., Franco Coladipietro, Michael W. Tryon, et al.
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













720 ILCS 5/21-1.6 new










    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961.  Creates the offense of domestic damage to property when a person knowingly or intentionally causes damage to a family or household member's personal property or commonly owned property while in the immediate presence of that family or household member so as to deliberately and intentionally intimidate or threaten that family or household member. Requires a peace officer to arrest the offender upon the establishment of probable cause.  Makes the offense a Class A misdemeanor.
















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HB3911

LRB096 03167 RLC 13184 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 adding 
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Section 21-1.6 as follows:
 
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    (720 ILCS 5/21-1.6  new)
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    Sec. 21-1.6. Domestic damage to property.
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    (a) A person commits domestic damage to property when he or 
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she knowingly or intentionally causes damage to a family or 
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household member's personal property or commonly owned 
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property while in the immediate presence of that family or 
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household member, as defined in subsection (3) of Section 
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112A-3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, so as to 
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deliberately and intentionally intimidate or threaten that 
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family or household member. A peace officer must arrest the 
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offender upon the establishment of probable cause.
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    (b) Sentence. Domestic damage to property is a Class A 
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misdemeanor.