Full Text of HB2054 97th General Assembly
HB2054eng 97TH 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 1961 is amended by adding | 5 | | Section 16-23 as follows: | 6 | | (720 ILCS 5/16-23 new) | 7 | | Sec. 16-23. Copper theft. | 8 | | (a) A person commits copper theft when, without the consent | 9 | | of the owner, he or she knowingly obtains or exerts control | 10 | | over property of the owner or aids or assists in obtaining or | 11 | | exerting control over property of the owner: | 12 | | (1) consisting of any copper or copper alloy; and | 13 | | (2) which is manufactured, sold, or used as: | 14 | | (A) a telegraph, telephone, cable
| 15 | | telecommunications, electric power transmission | 16 | | pedestal, underground residential distribution device, | 17 | | or
pole; | 18 | | (B) a telephone, cable telecommunications, or | 19 | | electric
power line; | 20 | | (C) a wire or fiber insulator, power supply, | 21 | | transformer,
grounding system, transmission or other | 22 | | apparatus, equipment or fixture used in
the | 23 | | transmission of telegraph, telephone, cable
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| 1 | | telecommunications, or electrical power service; | 2 | | (D) equipment related to wireless communications | 3 | | regulated by the
Federal Communications Commission; | 4 | | (E) a fixture, including a gutter, downspout, | 5 | | plumbing pipe or fixture; or | 6 | | (F) an irrigation unit including a cable, pump, or | 7 | | power supply. | 8 | | (b) Sentence. | 9 | | (1) Copper theft not exceeding
$500 in value is a Class | 10 | | 4 felony. | 11 | | (2) Copper theft not exceeding
$500 in value if the | 12 | | theft was committed in a school or place of worship or if | 13 | | the theft was of governmental property is a Class 3 felony. | 14 | | (3) Copper theft exceeding $500 and not exceeding | 15 | | $10,000 in value, is a Class 2 felony. | 16 | | (4) Copper theft exceeding $500 in value if the theft | 17 | | was committed in a school or place of worship or if the | 18 | | theft was of governmental property is a Class 1 felony. | 19 | | (5) Copper theft exceeding $10,000 in value is a Class | 20 | | 1 felony.
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