99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB1123

 

Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/19-2  from Ch. 38, par. 19-2

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. 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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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
5Section 19-2 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/19-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 19-2)
7    Sec. 19-2. Possession of burglary tools.
8    (a) A person commits possession of burglary tools when he
9or she possesses any key, tool, instrument, device, or any
10explosive, suitable for use in breaking into a building,
11housetrailer, watercraft, aircraft, motor vehicle, railroad
12car, or any depository designed for the the safekeeping of
13property, or any part thereof, with intent to enter that place
14and with intent to commit therein a felony or theft. The trier
15of fact may infer from the possession of a key designed for
16lock bumping an intent to commit a felony or theft; however,
17this inference does not apply to any peace officer or other
18employee of a law enforcement agency, or to any person or
19agency licensed under the Private Detective, Private Alarm,
20Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of
212004. For the purposes of this Section, "lock bumping" means a
22lock picking technique for opening a pin tumbler lock using a
23specially-crafted bumpkey.

 

 

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1    (b) Sentence.
2    Possession of burglary tools is a Class 4 felony.
3(Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.)