93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4913

 

Introduced 02/04/04, by Kevin Joyce

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/21-3   from Ch. 38, par. 21-3

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in the Section concerning criminal trespass to real property.


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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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
5 Section 21-3 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/21-3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 21-3)
7     Sec. 21-3. Criminal trespass to real property.
8     (a) Whoever:
9         (1) knowingly and without lawful authority enters or
10     remains within or on a building; or
11         (2) enters upon the land of another, after receiving,
12     prior to such entry, notice from the owner or occupant that
13     such entry is forbidden; or
14         (3) remains upon the land of another, after receiving
15     notice from the owner or occupant to depart; or
16         (4) enters upon one of the following areas in or on a
17     motor vehicle (including an off-road vehicle, motorcycle,
18     moped, or any other powered two-wheel vehicle), after
19     receiving prior to that entry, notice from the owner or
20     occupant that the entry is forbidden or remains upon or in
21     the area after receiving notice from the owner or occupant
22     to depart:
23             (A) any field that is used for growing crops or
24         which is capable of being used for growing crops; or
25             (B) an enclosed area containing livestock; or
26             (C) or an orchard; or
27             (D) a barn or other agricultural building
28         containing livestock;
29 commits a Class B misdemeanor.
30     For purposes of item (1) of this subsection (a), this
31 Section shall not apply to being in a building which is open to
32 the public while the building is open to the public during its

 

 

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1 normal hours of operation; nor shall this Section apply to a
2 person who enters a public building under the reasonable belief
3 that the building is still open to the public.
4     (b) A person has received notice from the owner or occupant
5 within the meaning of Subsection (a) if he has been notified
6 personally, either orally or in writing including a valid court
7 order as defined by subsection (7) of Section 112A-3 of the
8 Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 granting remedy (2) of
9 subsection (b) of Section 112A-14 of that Code, or if a printed
10 or written notice forbidding such entry has been conspicuously
11 posted or exhibited at the main entrance to such land or the
12 forbidden part thereof.
13     (c) This Section does not apply to any person, whether a
14 migrant worker or otherwise, living on the land with permission
15 of the owner or of his agent having apparent authority to hire
16 workers on such land and assign them living quarters or a place
17 of accommodations for living thereon, nor to anyone living on
18 such land at the request of, or by occupancy, leasing or other
19 agreement or arrangement with the owner or his agent, nor to
20 anyone invited by such migrant worker or other person so living
21 on such land to visit him at the place he is so living upon the
22 land.
23     (d) A person shall be exempt from prosecution under this
24 Section if he beautifies unoccupied and abandoned residential
25 and industrial properties located within any municipality. For
26 the purpose of this subsection, "unoccupied and abandoned
27 residential and industrial property" means any real estate (1)
28 in which the taxes have not been paid for a period of at least 2
29 years; and (2) which has been left unoccupied and abandoned for
30 a period of at least one year; and "beautifies" means to
31 landscape, clean up litter, or to repair dilapidated conditions
32 on or to board up windows and doors.
33     (e) No person shall be liable in any civil action for money
34 damages to the owner of unoccupied and abandoned residential
35 and industrial property which that person beautifies pursuant
36 to subsection (d) of this Section.

 

 

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1     (f) This Section does not prohibit a person from entering a
2 building or upon the land of another for emergency purposes.
3 For purposes of this subsection (f), "emergency" means a
4 condition or circumstance in which an individual is or is
5 reasonably believed by the person to be in imminent danger of
6 serious bodily harm or in which property is or is reasonably
7 believed to be in imminent danger of damage or destruction.
8 (Source: P.A. 89-346, eff. 1-1-96; 89-373, eff. 1-1-96; 89-626,
9 eff. 8-9-96; 90-419, eff. 8-15-97.)