96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4715


 
Introduced 1/4/2010, by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		





 







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     Amends the Criminal Code of 1961.  Creates the offense of unlawful sale of burglary tools.  Provides that a person commits
the offense when he
or she knowingly sells or transfers any key, including  a key designed for lock bumping, or any tool, instrument, device, or any explosive, suitable for
use in breaking into a building, housetrailer, watercraft, aircraft, railroad car, or any
depository designed for the safekeeping of property, or any part of that property.  Provides that the offense does not apply to the sale or transfer of burglary tools to  a peace officer or other employee of a law enforcement agency, or to any person or agency licensed as a locksmith under the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004.  Provides that a violation is a Class 4 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 adding 
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Section 19-2.5 as follows:
 
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    (720 ILCS 5/19-2.5 new)
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    Sec. 19-2.5. Unlawful sale of burglary tools.
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    (a)  For the purposes of this Section:
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        "Lock bumping" means a lock picking technique for 
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    opening a pin tumbler lock using a specially-crafted 
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    bumpkey. 
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        "Motor
vehicle" has the meaning ascribed to it in the 
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    Illinois Vehicle Code. 
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    (b) A person commits
the offense of unlawful sale of 
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burglary tools when he
or she knowingly sells or transfers any 
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key, including  a key designed for lock bumping, or any tool, 
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instrument, device, or any explosive, suitable for
use in 
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breaking into a building, housetrailer, watercraft, aircraft, 
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railroad car, or any
depository designed for the safekeeping of 
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property, or any part of that property.
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    (c)  This Section does not apply to the sale or transfer of 
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any item described in subsection (b) to any peace officer or 
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other employee of a law enforcement agency, or to any person or 
 


 






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agency licensed as a locksmith under the Private Detective, 
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Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and 
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Locksmith Act of 2004.
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    (d) Sentence.  Unlawful sale of burglary tools is a Class 4 
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felony.