(720 ILCS 5/17-20)
Sec. 17-20. Obstructing gas, water, or electric current meters. A person commits obstructing gas, water, or electric current meters when he or she knowingly, and
with intent to injure or defraud a
company, body corporate, copartnership, or individual, injures, alters,
obstructs, or prevents the
action of a meter provided for the purpose of measuring and
registering the quantity of gas, water, or electric current consumed by or
at a burner, orifice, or place, or supplied to a
lamp, motor, machine, or appliance, or causes,
procures, or aids the injuring or altering of any
such meter or the obstruction or prevention of its action, or makes or causes
to be made with a gas pipe, water
pipe, or
electrical conductor any connection so as to conduct or supply illumination or
inflammable gas, water, or electric current to any burner,
orifice, lamp, motor, or other machine or appliance
from which the gas, water, or electricity may be consumed or
utilized without passing through or being registered by a meter or without the
consent or acquiescence of the company, municipal corporation, body corporate,
copartnership, or individual furnishing or transmitting the
gas, water, or electric current through the gas pipe, water
pipe, or electrical conductor. A violation of this Section is a Class B
misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)
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