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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 21-3 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) Except as provided in subsection (a-5), 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        (3.5) presents false documents or falsely represents
17    his or her identity orally to the owner or occupant of a
18    building or land in order to obtain permission from the
19    owner or occupant to enter or remain in the building or on
20    the land;
21commits a Class B misdemeanor.
22    For purposes of item (1) of this subsection, this Section
23shall not apply to being in a building which is open to the

 

 

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1public while the building is open to the public during its
2normal hours of operation; nor shall this Section apply to a
3person who enters a public building under the reasonable belief
4that the building is still open to the public.
5    (a-5) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection,
6whoever enters upon any of the following areas in or on a motor
7vehicle (including an off-road vehicle, motorcycle, moped, or
8any other powered two-wheel vehicle) after receiving, prior to
9that entry, notice from the owner or occupant that the entry is
10forbidden or remains upon or in the area after receiving notice
11from the owner or occupant to depart commits a Class A
12misdemeanor:
13        (1) A field that is used for growing crops or that is
14    capable of being used for growing crops.
15        (2) An enclosed area containing livestock.
16        (3) An orchard.
17        (4) A barn or other agricultural building containing
18    livestock.
19    (b) A person has received notice from the owner or occupant
20within the meaning of Subsection (a) if he has been notified
21personally, either orally or in writing including a valid court
22order as defined by subsection (7) of Section 112A-3 of the
23Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 granting remedy (2) of
24subsection (b) of Section 112A-14 of that Code, or if a printed
25or written notice forbidding such entry has been conspicuously
26posted or exhibited at the main entrance to such land or the

 

 

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1forbidden part thereof.
2    (c) This Section does not apply to any person, whether a
3migrant worker or otherwise, living on the land with permission
4of the owner or of his agent having apparent authority to hire
5workers on such land and assign them living quarters or a place
6of accommodations for living thereon, nor to anyone living on
7such land at the request of, or by occupancy, leasing or other
8agreement or arrangement with the owner or his agent, nor to
9anyone invited by such migrant worker or other person so living
10on such land to visit him at the place he is so living upon the
11land.
12    (d) A person shall be exempt from prosecution under this
13Section if he beautifies unoccupied and abandoned residential
14and industrial properties located within any municipality. For
15the purpose of this subsection, "unoccupied and abandoned
16residential and industrial property" means any real estate (1)
17in which the taxes have not been paid for a period of at least 2
18years; and (2) which has been left unoccupied and abandoned for
19a period of at least one year; and "beautifies" means to
20landscape, clean up litter, or to repair dilapidated conditions
21on or to board up windows and doors.
22    (e) No person shall be liable in any civil action for money
23damages to the owner of unoccupied and abandoned residential
24and industrial property which that person beautifies pursuant
25to subsection (d) of this Section.
26    (f) This Section does not prohibit a person from entering a

 

 

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1building or upon the land of another for emergency purposes.
2For purposes of this subsection (f), "emergency" means a
3condition or circumstance in which an individual is or is
4reasonably believed by the person to be in imminent danger of
5serious bodily harm or in which property is or is reasonably
6believed to be in imminent danger of damage or destruction.
7    (g) Paragraph (3.5) of subsection (a) does not apply to a
8peace officer or other official of a unit of government who
9enters a building or land in the performance of his or her
10official duties.
11    (h) A person may be liable in any civil action for money
12damages to the owner of the land he or she entered upon with a
13motor vehicle as prohibited under subsection (a-5) of this
14Section. A person may also be liable to the owner for court
15costs and reasonable attorney's fees. The measure of damages
16shall be: (i) the actual damages, but not less than $250, if
17the vehicle is operated in a nature preserve or registered area
18as defined in Sections 3.11 and 3.14 of the Illinois Natural
19Areas Preservation Act; (ii) twice the actual damages if the
20owner has previously notified the person to cease trespassing;
21or (iii) in any other case, the actual damages, but not less
22than $50. If the person operating the vehicle is under the age
23of 16, the owner of the vehicle and the parent or legal
24guardian of the minor are jointly and severally liable. For the
25purposes of this subsection (h):
26        "Land" includes, but is not limited to, land used for

 

 

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1    crop land, fallow land, orchard, pasture, feed lot, timber
2    land, prairie land, mine spoil nature preserves and
3    registered areas. "Land" does not include driveways or
4    private roadways upon which the owner allows the public to
5    drive.
6        "Owner" means the person who has the right to
7    possession of the land, including the owner, operator or
8    tenant.
9        "Vehicle" has the same meaning as provided under
10    Section 1-217 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
11    (i) This Section does not apply to the following persons
12while serving process:
13        (1) a person authorized to serve process under Section
14    2-202 of the Code of Civil Procedure; or
15        (2) a special process server appointed by the circuit
16    court.
17(Source: P.A. 94-263, eff. 1-1-06; 94-509, eff. 8-9-05; 94-512,
18eff. 1-1-06; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law.