Full Text of HB3014 98th General Assembly
HB3014eng 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning 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 2012 is amended by adding | 5 | | Section 16-1.4 as follows: | 6 | | (720 ILCS 5/16-1.4 new) | 7 | | Sec. 16-1.4. Theft of recyclable metal. | 8 | | (a) A person commits theft of recyclable metal when, | 9 | | without the consent of the owner, he or she knowingly obtains | 10 | | or exerts control over property of the owner or aids or assists | 11 | | in obtaining or exerting control over property of the owner: | 12 | | (1) consisting of any recyclable metal as defined in | 13 | | Section 2 of the Recyclable Metal Purchase Registration | 14 | | Law; and | 15 | | (2) which is manufactured, sold, or used as: | 16 | | (A) telegraph, telephone, cable
| 17 | | telecommunications, or electric transmission or | 18 | | distribution equipment including, but not limited to, | 19 | | wires, transformers, grounds, grounding straps or | 20 | | wire, poles, pedestals, or underground equipment; | 21 | | (B) telephone, cable telecommunications, or | 22 | | electric
power line equipment; | 23 | | (C) a wire or fiber insulator, power supply, |
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| 1 | | transformer,
grounding system, transmission or other | 2 | | apparatus, equipment or fixture used in
the | 3 | | transmission of telegraph, telephone, cable
| 4 | | telecommunications, or electrical power service; | 5 | | (D) equipment related to wireless communications | 6 | | regulated by the
Federal Communications Commission; | 7 | | (E) a fire hydrant, gutter, downspout, plumbing | 8 | | pipe, or plumbing fixture; | 9 | | (F) an irrigation unit including a cable, pump, or | 10 | | power supply; | 11 | | (G) a heating, ventilation, or air conditioning | 12 | | unit or system, or any component of a heating, | 13 | | ventilation, or air conditioning unit or system; or | 14 | | (H) a guardrail, manhole cover, historical marker, | 15 | | or cemetery plaque. | 16 | | (b) A person also commits theft of recyclable metal when he | 17 | | or she, in committing theft of recyclable metal under | 18 | | subsection (a), knowingly damages or destroys any property of | 19 | | another by removing or damaging recyclable metal components of | 20 | | that property. | 21 | | (c) Sentence. | 22 | | (1) Theft of recyclable metal not exceeding $500 in | 23 | | value is a Class 4 felony. | 24 | | (2) Theft of recyclable metal not exceeding $500 in | 25 | | value if the theft was
committed in a school or place of | 26 | | worship or if the theft was of governmental
property is a |
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| 1 | | Class 3 felony. | 2 | | (3) Theft of recyclable metal exceeding $500 and not | 3 | | exceeding $10,000 in value,
is a Class 2 felony. | 4 | | (4) Theft of recyclable metal exceeding $500 in value | 5 | | if the theft was committed in
a school or place of worship | 6 | | or if the theft was of governmental property is a
Class 1 | 7 | | felony. | 8 | | (5) Theft of recyclable metal exceeding $10,000 in | 9 | | value is a Class 1 felony. | 10 | | (6) For the purpose of this Section, "value" means the | 11 | | sum of: | 12 | | (A) the fair market value of any recyclable metal | 13 | | unlawfully obtained or controlled under subsection (a) | 14 | | of this Section; | 15 | | (B) the fair market value of any property damaged | 16 | | or destroyed under subsection (b) of this Section; and | 17 | | (C) the cost of restoring electric, water, gas, or | 18 | | other utility service if the theft of recyclable metal | 19 | | proximately causes an interruption in the utility | 20 | | service.
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