97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB4395

 

Introduced 1/30/2012, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/21-1.2  from Ch. 38, par. 21-1.2

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the offense of institutional vandalism.


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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 1961 is amended by changing
5Section 21-1.2 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/21-1.2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 21-1.2)
7    Sec. 21-1.2. Institutional vandalism.
8    (a) A person commits institutional vandalism when, by
9reason of the the actual or perceived race, color, creed,
10religion or national origin of another individual or group of
11individuals, regardless of the existence of any other
12motivating factor or factors, he or she knowingly and without
13consent inflicts damage to any of the following properties:
14        (1) A church, synagogue, mosque, or other building,
15    structure or place used for religious worship or other
16    religious purpose;
17        (2) A cemetery, mortuary, or other facility used for
18    the purpose of burial or memorializing the dead;
19        (3) A school, educational facility or community
20    center;
21        (4) The grounds adjacent to, and owned or rented by,
22    any institution, facility, building, structure or place
23    described in paragraphs (1), (2) or (3) of this subsection

 

 

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1    (a); or
2        (5) Any personal property contained in any
3    institution, facility, building, structure or place
4    described in paragraphs (1), (2) or (3) of this subsection
5    (a).
6    (b) Institutional vandalism is a Class 3 felony if the
7damage to the property does not exceed $300. Institutional
8vandalism is a Class 2 felony if the damage to the property
9exceeds $300. Institutional vandalism is a Class 2 felony for
10any second or subsequent offense.
11    (b-5) Upon imposition of any sentence, the trial court
12shall also either order restitution paid to the victim or
13impose a fine up to $1,000. In addition, any order of probation
14or conditional discharge entered following a conviction or an
15adjudication of delinquency shall include a condition that the
16offender perform public or community service of no less than
17200 hours if that service is established in the county where
18the offender was convicted of institutional vandalism. The
19court may also impose any other condition of probation or
20conditional discharge under this Section.
21    (c) Independent of any criminal prosecution or the result
22of that prosecution, a person suffering damage to property or
23injury to his or her person as a result of institutional
24vandalism may bring a civil action for damages, injunction or
25other appropriate relief. The court may award actual damages,
26including damages for emotional distress, or punitive damages.

 

 

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1A judgment may include attorney's fees and costs. The parents
2or legal guardians of an unemancipated minor, other than
3guardians appointed under the Juvenile Court Act or the
4Juvenile Court Act of 1987, shall be liable for the amount of
5any judgment for actual damages rendered against the minor
6under this subsection in an amount not exceeding the amount
7provided under Section 5 of the Parental Responsibility Law.
8(Source: P.A. 92-830, eff. 1-1-03.)