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| Public Act 096-0529 |
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing | ||||
Section 21-1 as follows: | ||||
(720 ILCS 5/21-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 21-1)
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Sec. 21-1. Criminal damage to property.
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(1) A person commits an illegal act when he:
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(a) knowingly damages any property of another;
or
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(b) recklessly by means of fire or explosive damages | ||||
property of
another; or
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(c) knowingly starts a fire on the land of another; or
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(d) knowingly injures a domestic animal of another | ||||
without his
consent; or
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(e) knowingly deposits on the land or in the building | ||||
of another any stink bomb or any offensive smelling | ||||
compound
and thereby intends to interfere with the use by | ||||
another of the land or
building; or
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(f) damages any property, other than as described in | ||||
subsection (b) of
Section 20-1, with intent to defraud an | ||||
insurer; or
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(g) knowingly shoots a firearm at any portion of a | ||||
railroad train.
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When the charge of criminal damage to property exceeding a | ||
specified
value is brought, the extent of the damage is an | ||
element of the offense to
be resolved by the trier of fact as | ||
either exceeding or not exceeding
the specified value.
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It is an affirmative defense to a violation of item (a), | ||
(c), or (e) of this Section that the owner of the property or | ||
land damaged consented to such damage.
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(2) The acts described in items (a), (b), (c), (e), and (f)
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are Class
A misdemeanors if the damage to property does not | ||
exceed $300.
The acts
described in items (a), (b), (c), (e), | ||
and (f) are Class 4
felonies if the damage to
property does not | ||
exceed $300 if the damage occurs to property of a school
or
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place of worship or to farm equipment or immovable items of | ||
agricultural
production, including
but not
limited to grain | ||
elevators, grain bins, and barns. The act described in item (d) | ||
is a Class 4
felony if the
damage to property does not exceed | ||
$10,000. The act
described in item (g) is a Class 4 felony. The | ||
acts described in items (a),
(b), (c), (e), and (f) are Class 4 | ||
felonies if the damage to property
exceeds $300 but does not | ||
exceed $10,000. The acts described in items (a)
through (f) are | ||
Class 3 felonies if the damage to property exceeds $300 but
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does not exceed $10,000 if the damage occurs to property of a | ||
school
or place
of worship or to farm equipment or immovable | ||
items of agricultural
production,
including
but not
limited to | ||
grain elevators, grain bins, and barns. The acts described in | ||
items (a)
through (f) are Class 3 felonies if the damage to | ||
property
exceeds $10,000 but does not exceed $100,000. The acts | ||
described in items
(a) through (f) are Class 2 felonies if the | ||
damage to property exceeds $10,000
but does not exceed $100,000 | ||
if the damage occurs to property of a school
or
place of | ||
worship or to farm equipment or immovable items
of agricultural | ||
production, including
but not
limited to grain elevators, grain | ||
bins, and barns.
The acts described in items
(a) through (f) | ||
are Class 2 felonies if the damage to property exceeds
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$100,000. The acts described in items (a) through (f) are Class | ||
1 felonies
if the damage to property exceeds $100,000 and the | ||
damage occurs to property of
a school or place of worship or to | ||
farm equipment or immovable items
of agricultural production, | ||
including
but not
limited to grain elevators, grain bins, and | ||
barns.
If the damage to property exceeds $10,000,
the
court | ||
shall impose
upon the offender a fine equal to the value of the | ||
damages to the property.
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For the purposes of this subsection (2), "farm equipment" | ||
means machinery
or
other equipment used in farming.
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(3) In addition to any other sentence that may be imposed, | ||
a court shall
order any person convicted of criminal damage to | ||
property to perform community
service for not less than 30 and | ||
not more than 120 hours, if community service
is available in | ||
the jurisdiction
and is funded and approved by the county board | ||
of the county where the
offense was committed.
In addition, | ||
whenever any person is placed
on supervision for an alleged | ||
offense under this Section, the supervision shall
be | ||
conditioned upon the performance of the community service.
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This subsection does not apply when the court imposes a | ||
sentence of
incarceration.
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(4) In addition to any criminal penalties imposed for a | ||
violation of this Section, if a person is convicted of or | ||
placed on supervision for knowingly damaging or destroying | ||
crops of another, including crops intended for personal, | ||
commercial, research, or developmental purposes, the person is | ||
liable in a civil action to the owner of any crops damaged or | ||
destroyed for money damages up to twice the market value of the | ||
crops damaged or destroyed. | ||
(Source: P.A. 94-509, eff. 8-9-05; 95-553, eff. 6-1-08.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||
2009.
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