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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1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
5changing Section 21-1.01 as follows:
6 (720 ILCS 5/21-1.01) (was 720 ILCS 5/21-4)
7 Sec. 21-1.01. Criminal Damage to Government Supported
8Property.
9 (a) A person commits criminal damage to government
10supported property when he or she knowingly:
11 (1) damages any government supported property without
12 the consent of the State, including any property under the
13 jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation;
14 (2) by means of fire or explosive damages government
15 supported property;
16 (3) starts a fire on government supported property
17 without the consent of the State; or
18 (4) deposits on government supported land or in a
19 government supported building, without the consent of the
20 State, any stink bomb or any offensive smelling compound
21 and thereby intends to interfere with the use by another
22 of the land or building.
23 (b) For the purposes of this Section, "government

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