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1 AN ACT in relation to 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 adding
5 Section 21-9 as follows:
6 (720 ILCS 5/21-9 new)
7 Sec. 21-9. Criminal trespass to a place of public
8 amusement.
9 (a) A person commits the offense of criminal trespass to
10 a place of public amusement if he or she knowingly and
11 without lawful authority enters or remains on any portion of
12 a place of public amusement after having received notice that
13 the general public is restricted from access to that portion
14 of the place of public amusement. Such areas may include, but
15 are not limited to: a playing field, an athletic surface, a
16 stage, a locker room, or a dressing room located at the place
17 of public amusement.
18 (b) A property owner, a lessee, an agent of either the
19 owner or lessee, or a performer or participant may use
20 reasonable force to restrain a trespasser and remove him or
21 her from the restricted area; however, any use of force
22 beyond reasonable force may subject that person to any
23 applicable criminal penalty.
24 (c) A person has received notice within the meaning of
25 subsection (a) if he or she has been notified personally,
26 either orally or in writing, or if a printed or written
27 notice forbidding such entry has been conspicuously posted or
28 exhibited at the entrance to the portion of the place of
29 public amusement that is restricted or an oral warning has
30 been broadcast over the public address system of the place of
31 public amusement.
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1 (d) In this Section, "place of public amusement" means a
2 stadium, a theater, or any other facility of any kind,
3 whether licensed or not, where a live performance, a sporting
4 event, or any other activity takes place for other
5 entertainment and where access to the facility is made
6 available to the public, regardless of whether admission is
7 charged.
8 (e) Sentence. Criminal trespass to a place of public
9 amusement is a Class 4 felony. Upon imposition of any
10 sentence, the court shall also impose a fine of not less than
11 $1,000. In addition, any order of probation or conditional
12 discharge entered following a conviction shall include a
13 condition that the offender perform public or community
14 service of not less than 30 and not more than 120 hours, if
15 community service is available in the jurisdiction and is
16 funded and approved by the county board of the county where
17 the offender was convicted. The court may also impose any
18 other condition of probation or conditional discharge under
19 this Section.