99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB1552
 
Introduced , by Rep. Dwight Kay
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
720 ILCS 5/12-4.4b new

     Amends the Criminal Code of 2012.  Creates the offense of tampering with police equipment.  Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she knowingly damages or tampers with any police vehicle or other property or equipment of a law enforcement agency and: (1) intends to kill or cause bodily harm to another person; or (2) knows or reasonably should know that those acts create a strong probability of death or bodily harm to another person.  Provides that tampering with police equipment is a Class X felony.
  


LRB099 05631 RLC 25669 b

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HB1552LRB099 05631 RLC 25669 b


  
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 adding 
5Section 12-4.4b as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/12-4.4b new)
7    Sec. 12-4.4b. Tampering with police equipment.
8    (a) A person commits tampering with police equipment when 
9he or she knowingly damages or tampers with any police vehicle 
10or other property or equipment of a law enforcement agency and:
11        (1) intends to kill or cause bodily harm to another 
12    person; or
13        (2) knows or reasonably should know that those acts 
14    create a strong probability of death or bodily harm to 
15    another person.
16    (b) Sentence. Tampering with police equipment is a Class X 
17felony.