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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 33E-16 and by adding Section 16-1.4 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/16-1.4 new)
7    Sec. 16-1.4. Theft of public funds.
8    (a) A person commits theft of public funds when he or she:
9        (1) embezzles, steals, purloins, obtains by fraud, or
10    knowingly converts to his or her use or the use of another,
11    or without authority sells, conveys, or disposes of, any
12    record, voucher, money, or thing of value of the State of
13    Illinois or any department or agency of the State, or of
14    any unit of local government or school district, or any
15    property made or being made under contract for the State of
16    Illinois or any department or agency of the State, or any
17    unit of local government or school district; or
18        (2) receives, conceals, or retains the record,
19    voucher, money, thing of value, or property described in
20    paragraph (1) with intent to convert it to his or her use
21    or gain, knowing it to have been embezzled, stolen,
22    purloined, obtained by fraud, or converted.
23    (b) For the purposes of this Section, "value" means face,

 

 

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1par, or market value, or cost price, either wholesale or
2retail, whichever is greater.
3    (c) Sentence.
4        (1) Theft of public funds involving property not
5    exceeding $300 in value is a Class 4 felony.
6        (2) Theft of public funds involving property exceeding
7    $300 and not exceeding $10,000 in value, is a Class 2
8    felony.
9        (3) Theft of public funds involving property exceeding
10    $10,000 and not exceeding $100,000 in value is a Class 1
11    felony.
12        (4) Theft of public funds involving property exceeding
13    $100,000 in value is a Class X felony.
 
14    (720 ILCS 5/33E-16)
15    Sec. 33E-16. Misapplication of funds.
16    (a) An officer, director, agent, or employee of, or
17affiliated in any capacity with the State of Illinois or any
18agency of the State, or any unit of local government or school
19district commits misapplication of funds when he or she
20embezzles, steals, obtains by fraud, or otherwise without
21authority knowingly converts to the use of any person other
22than the rightful owner or intentionally misapplies, property
23that is owned by, or is under the care, custody, or control of
24the State of Illinois or of any agency of the State, a unit of
25local government, or school district knowingly misapplies any

 

 

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1of the moneys, funds, or credits of the unit of local
2government or school district.
3    (b) Sentence. Misapplication of funds is a Class 3 felony.
4(Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.)
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6becoming law.