Public Act 095-0857
 
SB2366 Enrolled LRB095 18686 RLC 44785 b

    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
Section 16-1.1 as follows:
 
    (720 ILCS 5/16-1.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 16-1.1)
    Sec. 16-1.1. Theft by lessee; permissive inference prima
facie evidence. The trier of fact may infer It shall be prima
facie evidence that a person intends to deprive the owner
permanently of the use or benefit of the property "knowingly
obtains or exerts unauthorized control over property of the
owner" (1) if a lessee of the personal property of another
fails to return it to the owner within 10 days after written
demand from the owner for its return or (2) if a lessee of the
personal property of another fails to return it to the owner
within 24 hours after written demand from the owner for its
return and the lessee had presented identification to the owner
that contained a materially fictitious name, address, or
telephone number. A notice in writing, given after the
expiration of the leasing agreement, addressed and mailed, by
registered mail, to the lessee at the address given by him and
shown on the leasing agreement shall constitute proper demand.
(Source: P.A. 89-373, eff. 1-1-96.)