Bill Text: IL HB5533 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the offense of criminal damage to government supported property includes damage to any property under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-09 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5533 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB5533-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5533 Introduced , by Rep. Brad Stephens SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/21-1.01 was 720 ILCS 5/21-4
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the offense of criminal damage to government supported property includes damage to any property under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation.
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A BILL FOR
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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 2012 is amended by
changing Section 21-1.01 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/21-1.01) (was 720 ILCS 5/21-4)
Sec. 21-1.01. Criminal Damage to Government Supported
Property.
(a) A person commits criminal damage to government
supported property when he or she knowingly:
(1) damages any government supported property without
the consent of the State, including any property under the
jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation;
(2) by means of fire or explosive damages government
supported property;
(3) starts a fire on government supported property
without the consent of the State; or
(4) deposits on government supported land or in a
government supported building, without the consent of the
State, any stink bomb or any offensive smelling compound
and thereby intends to interfere with the use by another
of the land or building.
(b) For the purposes of this Section, "government

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