Bill Text: IL HB3713 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that criminal defacement of property is a Class 3 (rather than a Class 4) felony when the aggregate value of the damage to property does not exceed $500 and the property damaged is a place of worship. Criminal defacement of property is a Class 2 (rather than a Class 3) felony when the aggregate value of the damage to property exceeds $500 and the property damaged is a place of worship.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3713 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB3713-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 21-1.3 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/21-1.3)
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7 | Sec. 21-1.3. Criminal defacement of property.
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8 | (a) A person commits criminal defacement of property when | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | the person
knowingly damages the property of another by
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10 | defacing, deforming, or otherwise damaging the property by the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | use of paint or
any other similar substance, or by the use of a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | writing instrument, etching
tool, or any other similar device. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | It is an affirmative defense to a violation of this Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | that the owner of the property damaged consented to such | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | damage.
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16 | (b) Sentence. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | (1) Criminal defacement of property is a Class A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | misdemeanor for a
first offense when the aggregate value of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | damage to the property does not exceed $500. Criminal
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20 | defacement of property is a Class 4 felony when the aggregate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | value of the damage to property does not
exceed $500 and the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | property damaged is a school building or place of
worship or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | property which memorializes or honors an individual or group of |
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1 | police officers, fire fighters, members of the United States | ||||||
2 | Armed Forces or National Guard, or veterans. Criminal
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3 | defacement of property , other than when the property damaged is | ||||||
4 | a school building, place of worship, or property which | ||||||
5 | memorializes or honors an individual or group of police | ||||||
6 | officers, fire fighters, members of the United States Armed | ||||||
7 | Forces or National Guard, or veterans is a Class 4 felony for a | ||||||
8 | second or subsequent
conviction or when the aggregate value of | ||||||
9 | the damage to the property exceeds $500.
Criminal defacement of | ||||||
10 | property is a Class 3 felony when the aggregate value of the | ||||||
11 | damage to property
exceeds $500 and the property damaged is a | ||||||
12 | school building or place of
worship or property which | ||||||
13 | memorializes or honors an individual or group of police | ||||||
14 | officers, fire fighters, members of the United States Armed | ||||||
15 | Forces or National Guard, or veterans.
Criminal
defacement of | ||||||
16 | property is a Class 3 felony when the aggregate value of the | ||||||
17 | damage to property does not
exceed $500 and the property | ||||||
18 | damaged is a place of
worship. Criminal defacement of property | ||||||
19 | is a Class 2 felony when the aggregate value of the damage to | ||||||
20 | property
exceeds $500 and the property damaged is a place of
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21 | worship. | ||||||
22 | (2) In addition to any other sentence that may be imposed
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23 | for a violation of this Section,
a person convicted of
criminal | ||||||
24 | defacement of
property shall: | ||||||
25 | (A) pay the
actual costs incurred
by the property owner | ||||||
26 | or the unit of government to abate, remediate,
repair, or |
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1 | remove the effect of the damage to the property. To the | ||||||
2 | extent
permitted by law, reimbursement for the costs of | ||||||
3 | abatement, remediation,
repair, or removal shall be | ||||||
4 | payable to the person who incurred the costs; and | ||||||
5 | (B) if convicted of criminal defacement of property | ||||||
6 | that is chargeable as a Class 3 or Class 4 felony, pay a | ||||||
7 | mandatory minimum fine of $500.
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8 | (3) In addition to any
other sentence that may be imposed, | ||||||
9 | a court shall order any person convicted of
criminal defacement | ||||||
10 | of property to perform community service for not less than
30 | ||||||
11 | and not more than 120 hours, if community service is available | ||||||
12 | in the
jurisdiction. The community service shall include, but | ||||||
13 | need
not be limited to, the cleanup and repair of the damage to | ||||||
14 | property that was
caused by the offense, or similar damage to | ||||||
15 | property located in the
municipality or county in which the | ||||||
16 | offense occurred.
When the property damaged is a school | ||||||
17 | building, the community service may
include cleanup, removal, | ||||||
18 | or painting over the defacement.
In addition, whenever any
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19 | person is placed on supervision for an alleged offense under | ||||||
20 | this Section, the
supervision shall be conditioned
upon the | ||||||
21 | performance of the community service. | ||||||
22 | (4) For the purposes of this subsection (b), aggregate | ||||||
23 | value shall be determined by adding the value of the damage to | ||||||
24 | one or more properties if the offenses were committed as part | ||||||
25 | of a single course of conduct.
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26 | (Source: P.A. 98-315, eff. 1-1-14; 98-466, eff. 8-16-13; |
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1 | 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 99-631, eff. 1-1-17 .)
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