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90_HB1243
720 ILCS 5/16-10 from Ch. 38, par. 16-10
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Adds a heading to
Section concerning cable television service.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
2 Section 16-10.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
6 changing Section 16-10 as follows:
7 (720 ILCS 5/16-10) (from Ch. 38, par. 16-10)
8 Sec. 16-10. Cable television service; violations.
9 (a) 1. As used in this subsection "cable television
10 service" means any and all services provided by or through
11 the facilities of any cable television system or closed
12 circuit coaxial cable communication system, or any microwave
13 or similar transmission service used in connection with any
14 cable television system or similar closed circuit coaxial
15 cable communications system.
16 2. No person shall knowingly obtain or use cable
17 television service without the authorization of or
18 compensation paid to the operator of such service. The
19 existence of any connection, wire, conductor, or other device
20 whatsoever, which effects the use of cable television service
21 by any person without such use being specifically authorized
22 by, or compensation paid to the operator of the cable
23 television service may be considered as evidence of intent to
24 violate this Section.
25 3. No person shall, with intent to defraud a cable
26 television operator, assist or instruct any other person in
27 obtaining any cable television service.
28 4. No person shall, with intent to defraud a cable
29 television operator, sell or rent, or offer to sell or rent
30 any instrument, apparatus, equipment or device, or any
31 plans, specifications or instructions for making or
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1 assembling any instrument, apparatus, equipment or device to
2 any person with knowledge that the person to whom the item is
3 sold or offered intends to use it to make unauthorized use of
4 cable television service.
5 (b) Sentence.
6 A person convicted under subsection (a) of this Section
7 is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor unless the person
8 committed the offense for renumeration, in which event it is
9 a Class 4 felony.
10 (Source: P.A. 88-466.)