HB4841ham001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee

Filed: 3/13/2008

09500HB4841ham001 LRB095 18034 RLC 48286 a

AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4841

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4841 by replacing lines 5 through 16 with the following:

"Section 16-23 as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/16-23 new)

Sec. 16-23. Metal theft.

(a) A person commits metal theft when, without the consent of the owner, he or she knowingly obtains or exerts control over property of the owner or aids or assists in obtaining or exerting control over property of the owner consisting of any ferrous or non-ferrous metal, including, but not limited to, any copper or copper alloy, any telegraph, telephone, cable telecommunications, or electric power transmission pedestal or pole, or any telephone, cable telecommunications, or electric power line, wire or fiber insulator, power supply, transformer, transmission or other apparatus, equipment or fixture used in the transmission of telegraph, telephone, cable telecommunications, or electrical power service or any equipment related to wireless communications regulated by the Federal Communications Commission.

(b) Sentence. Metal theft is a Class 4 felony for a first offense and a Class 3 felony for a second or subsequent offense.".