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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 21-1.3 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/21-1.3)
7    Sec. 21-1.3. Criminal defacement of property.
8    (a) A person commits criminal defacement of property when
9the person knowingly damages the property of another by
10defacing, deforming, or otherwise damaging the property by the
11use of paint or any other similar substance, or by the use of a
12writing instrument, etching tool, or any other similar device.
13It is an affirmative defense to a violation of this Section
14that the owner of the property damaged consented to such
15damage.
16    (b) Sentence.
17    (1) Criminal defacement of property is a Class A
18misdemeanor for a first offense when the aggregate value of the
19damage to the property does not exceed $300. Criminal
20defacement of property is a Class 4 felony when the aggregate
21value of the damage to property does not exceed $300 and the
22property damaged is a school building or place of worship.
23Criminal defacement of property is a Class 4 felony for a

 

 

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1second or subsequent conviction or when the aggregate value of
2the damage to the property exceeds $300. Criminal defacement of
3property is a Class 3 felony when the aggregate value of the
4damage to property exceeds $300 and the property damaged is a
5school building or place of worship.
6    (2) In addition to any other sentence that may be imposed
7for a violation of this Section that is chargeable as a Class 3
8or Class 4 felony, a person convicted of criminal defacement of
9property shall:
10        (A) pay be subject to a mandatory minimum fine of $500
11    plus the actual costs incurred by the property owner or the
12    unit of government to abate, remediate, repair, or remove
13    the effect of the damage to the property. To the extent
14    permitted by law, reimbursement for the costs of abatement,
15    remediation, repair, or removal shall be payable to the
16    person who incurred the costs; and
17        (B) if convicted of criminal defacement of property
18    that is chargeable as a Class 3 or Class 4 felony pay a
19    mandatory minimum fine of $500.
20    (3) In addition to any other sentence that may be imposed,
21a court shall order any person convicted of criminal defacement
22of property to perform community service for not less than 30
23and not more than 120 hours, if community service is available
24in the jurisdiction. The community service shall include, but
25need not be limited to, the cleanup and repair of the damage to
26property that was caused by the offense, or similar damage to

 

 

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1property located in the municipality or county in which the
2offense occurred. When the property damaged is a school
3building, the community service may include cleanup, removal,
4or painting over the defacement. In addition, whenever any
5person is placed on supervision for an alleged offense under
6this Section, the supervision shall be conditioned upon the
7performance of the community service.
8    (4) For the purposes of this subsection (b), aggregate
9value shall be determined by adding the value of the damage to
10one or more properties if the offenses were committed as part
11of a single course of conduct.
12(Source: P.A. 96-499, eff. 8-14-09; 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.)
 
13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14becoming law.