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11 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2362 Introduced , by Rep. Jay Hoffman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/2-5.05 new720 ILCS 5/21-1 from Ch. 38, par. 21-1 720 ILCS 5/21-8 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person also commits criminal damage to property when he or she intentionally damages, destroys, or tampers with equipment in a critical infrastructure facility without authorization from the critical infrastructure facility. Provides that a violation is: (1) a Class 4 felony when the damage to property does not exceed $500; (2) a Class 3 felony when the damage to property exceeds $500 but does not exceed $10,000; and (3) a Class 2 felony when the damage to property exceeds $10,000. Provides that a person may be liable in any civil action for money damages to the owner of the critical infrastructure facility for any damage resulting from a violation. Provides that it is an affirmative defense to a violation that the owner of the property or land damaged consented to the damage. Provides that a person may also be liable to the owner for court costs and reasonable attorney's fees resulting from a violation. Changes the name of the offense of criminal trespass to a nuclear facility to criminal trespass to a critical infrastructure facility. Includes as an element of the offense that the person must have the intent to damage, destroy, or tamper with equipment of the facility. Provides that a person may also be liable in a civil action for money damages to the owner of the critical infrastructure facility for any damage to personal or real property of the facility resulting from the trespass. Provides that a person may also be liable to the owner for court costs and reasonable attorney's fees. Defines "critical infrastructure facility" and "with the intent to damage, destroy, or tamper with equipment of the facility". LRB103 05048 RLC 50062 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2362 Introduced , by Rep. Jay Hoffman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/2-5.05 new720 ILCS 5/21-1 from Ch. 38, par. 21-1 720 ILCS 5/21-8 720 ILCS 5/2-5.05 new 720 ILCS 5/21-1 from Ch. 38, par. 21-1 720 ILCS 5/21-8 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person also commits criminal damage to property when he or she intentionally damages, destroys, or tampers with equipment in a critical infrastructure facility without authorization from the critical infrastructure facility. Provides that a violation is: (1) a Class 4 felony when the damage to property does not exceed $500; (2) a Class 3 felony when the damage to property exceeds $500 but does not exceed $10,000; and (3) a Class 2 felony when the damage to property exceeds $10,000. Provides that a person may be liable in any civil action for money damages to the owner of the critical infrastructure facility for any damage resulting from a violation. Provides that it is an affirmative defense to a violation that the owner of the property or land damaged consented to the damage. Provides that a person may also be liable to the owner for court costs and reasonable attorney's fees resulting from a violation. Changes the name of the offense of criminal trespass to a nuclear facility to criminal trespass to a critical infrastructure facility. Includes as an element of the offense that the person must have the intent to damage, destroy, or tamper with equipment of the facility. Provides that a person may also be liable in a civil action for money damages to the owner of the critical infrastructure facility for any damage to personal or real property of the facility resulting from the trespass. Provides that a person may also be liable to the owner for court costs and reasonable attorney's fees. Defines "critical infrastructure facility" and "with the intent to damage, destroy, or tamper with equipment of the facility". LRB103 05048 RLC 50062 b LRB103 05048 RLC 50062 b A BILL FOR
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77 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person also commits criminal damage to property when he or she intentionally damages, destroys, or tampers with equipment in a critical infrastructure facility without authorization from the critical infrastructure facility. Provides that a violation is: (1) a Class 4 felony when the damage to property does not exceed $500; (2) a Class 3 felony when the damage to property exceeds $500 but does not exceed $10,000; and (3) a Class 2 felony when the damage to property exceeds $10,000. Provides that a person may be liable in any civil action for money damages to the owner of the critical infrastructure facility for any damage resulting from a violation. Provides that it is an affirmative defense to a violation that the owner of the property or land damaged consented to the damage. Provides that a person may also be liable to the owner for court costs and reasonable attorney's fees resulting from a violation. Changes the name of the offense of criminal trespass to a nuclear facility to criminal trespass to a critical infrastructure facility. Includes as an element of the offense that the person must have the intent to damage, destroy, or tamper with equipment of the facility. Provides that a person may also be liable in a civil action for money damages to the owner of the critical infrastructure facility for any damage to personal or real property of the facility resulting from the trespass. Provides that a person may also be liable to the owner for court costs and reasonable attorney's fees. Defines "critical infrastructure facility" and "with the intent to damage, destroy, or tamper with equipment of the facility".
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1313 1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.
1414 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
1515 3 represented in the General Assembly:
1616 4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
1717 5 changing Sections 21-1 and 21-8 and by adding Section 2-5.05
1818 6 as follows:
1919 7 (720 ILCS 5/2-5.05 new)
2020 8 Sec. 2-5.05. Critical infrastructure facility. "Critical
2121 9 infrastructure facility" means:
2222 10 (1) any one of the following, if completely enclosed
2323 11 by a fence or other physical barrier that is obviously
2424 12 designed to exclude intruders:
2525 13 (A) a petroleum or alumina refinery;
2626 14 (B) an electrical power generating facility,
2727 15 substation, switching station, electrical control
2828 16 center, or electric power lines, and associated
2929 17 equipment infrastructure;
3030 18 (C) a chemical, polymer, or rubber manufacturing
3131 19 facility;
3232 20 (D) a water intake structure, water treatment
3333 21 facility, wastewater treatment plant, or pump station;
3434 22 (E) a natural gas compressor station;
3535 23 (F) a liquid natural gas terminal or storage
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4444 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person also commits criminal damage to property when he or she intentionally damages, destroys, or tampers with equipment in a critical infrastructure facility without authorization from the critical infrastructure facility. Provides that a violation is: (1) a Class 4 felony when the damage to property does not exceed $500; (2) a Class 3 felony when the damage to property exceeds $500 but does not exceed $10,000; and (3) a Class 2 felony when the damage to property exceeds $10,000. Provides that a person may be liable in any civil action for money damages to the owner of the critical infrastructure facility for any damage resulting from a violation. Provides that it is an affirmative defense to a violation that the owner of the property or land damaged consented to the damage. Provides that a person may also be liable to the owner for court costs and reasonable attorney's fees resulting from a violation. Changes the name of the offense of criminal trespass to a nuclear facility to criminal trespass to a critical infrastructure facility. Includes as an element of the offense that the person must have the intent to damage, destroy, or tamper with equipment of the facility. Provides that a person may also be liable in a civil action for money damages to the owner of the critical infrastructure facility for any damage to personal or real property of the facility resulting from the trespass. Provides that a person may also be liable to the owner for court costs and reasonable attorney's fees. Defines "critical infrastructure facility" and "with the intent to damage, destroy, or tamper with equipment of the facility".
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7474 1 facility;
7575 2 (G) a telecommunications central switching office;
7676 3 (H) a wireless telecommunications infrastructure,
7777 4 including cell towers, telephone poles and lines,
7878 5 including fiber optic lines;
7979 6 (I) a port, railroad switching yard, railroad
8080 7 tracks, trucking terminal, or other freight
8181 8 transportation facility;
8282 9 (J) a gas processing plant, including a plant used
8383 10 in the processing, treatment or fractionation of
8484 11 natural gas or natural gas liquids;
8585 12 (K) a transmission facility used by a federally
8686 13 licensed radio or television station;
8787 14 (L) a steelmaking facility;
8888 15 (M) a facility identified and regulated by the
8989 16 United States Department of Homeland Security Chemical
9090 17 Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program;
9191 18 (N) a dam that is regulated by the State or federal
9292 19 government;
9393 20 (O) a natural gas distribution utility facility
9494 21 including, but not limited to, pipeline
9595 22 interconnections, a city gate or town border station,
9696 23 metering station, aboveground piping, regulator
9797 24 station, or natural gas storage facility;
9898 25 (P) a crude oil or refined products storage and
9999 26 distribution facility including, but not limited to,
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111111 2 metering station, below or aboveground pipeline or
112112 3 piping, or truck loading or off-loading facility or an
113113 4 aboveground pipeline that is under construction that
114114 5 is clearly marked that entry is forbidden;
115115 6 (Q) a nuclear facility as defined in Section 3 of
116116 7 the Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act;
117117 8 (R) a manufacturing facility that is engaged in
118118 9 activities described in Codes 3111 through 339999 of
119119 10 the 2017 North American Industry Classification System
120120 11 (NAICS);
121121 12 (S) a coal mine; or
122122 13 (T) a mining operation, including any processing
123123 14 equipment, batching operation, or support facility for
124124 15 that mining operation; or
125125 16 (2) any aboveground portion of an oil, gas, hazardous
126126 17 liquid or chemical pipeline, tank, railroad facility, or
127127 18 other storage facility that is enclosed by a fence, or
128128 19 other physical barrier.
129129 20 (720 ILCS 5/21-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 21-1)
130130 21 Sec. 21-1. Criminal damage to property.
131131 22 (a) A person commits criminal damage to property when he
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133133 24 (1) knowingly damages any property of another;
134134 25 (2) recklessly by means of fire or explosive damages
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145145 1 property of another;
146146 2 (3) knowingly starts a fire on the land of another;
147147 3 (4) knowingly injures a domestic animal of another
148148 4 without his or her consent;
149149 5 (5) knowingly deposits on the land or in the building
150150 6 of another any stink bomb or any offensive smelling
151151 7 compound and thereby intends to interfere with the use by
152152 8 another of the land or building;
153153 9 (6) knowingly damages any property, other than as
154154 10 described in paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section
155155 11 20-1, with intent to defraud an insurer;
156156 12 (7) knowingly shoots a firearm at any portion of a
157157 13 railroad train;
158158 14 (8) knowingly, without proper authorization, cuts,
159159 15 injures, damages, defaces, destroys, or tampers with any
160160 16 fire hydrant or any public or private fire fighting
161161 17 equipment, or any apparatus appertaining to fire fighting
162162 18 equipment; or
163163 19 (9) intentionally, without proper authorization, opens
164164 20 any fire hydrant; or
165165 21 (10) intentionally damages, destroys, or tampers with
166166 22 equipment in a critical infrastructure facility without
167167 23 authorization from the critical infrastructure facility.
168168 24 (b) When the charge of criminal damage to property
169169 25 exceeding a specified value is brought, the extent of the
170170 26 damage is an element of the offense to be resolved by the trier
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181181 1 of fact as either exceeding or not exceeding the specified
182182 2 value.
183183 3 (c) It is an affirmative defense to a violation of
184184 4 paragraph (1), (3), or (5), or (10) of subsection (a) of this
185185 5 Section that the owner of the property or land damaged
186186 6 consented to the damage.
187187 7 (d) Sentence.
188188 8 (1) A violation of subsection (a) shall have the
189189 9 following penalties:
190190 10 (A) A violation of paragraph (8) or (9) is a Class
191191 11 B misdemeanor.
192192 12 (B) A violation of paragraph (1), (2), (3), (5),
193193 13 or (6) is a Class A misdemeanor when the damage to
194194 14 property does not exceed $500.
195195 15 (C) A violation of paragraph (1), (2), (3), (5),
196196 16 or (6) is a Class 4 felony when the damage to property
197197 17 does not exceed $500 and the damage occurs to property
198198 18 of a school or place of worship or to farm equipment or
199199 19 immovable items of agricultural production, including
200200 20 but not limited to grain elevators, grain bins, and
201201 21 barns or property which memorializes or honors an
202202 22 individual or group of police officers, fire fighters,
203203 23 members of the United States Armed Forces, National
204204 24 Guard, or veterans.
205205 25 (D) A violation of paragraph (4) is a Class 4
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218218 2 (E) A violation of paragraph (7) is a Class 4
219219 3 felony.
220220 4 (F) A violation of paragraph (1), (2), (3), (5) or
221221 5 (6) is a Class 4 felony when the damage to property
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223223 7 (G) A violation of paragraphs (1) through (6) is a
224224 8 Class 3 felony when the damage to property exceeds
225225 9 $500 but does not exceed $10,000 and the damage occurs
226226 10 to property of a school or place of worship or to farm
227227 11 equipment or immovable items of agricultural
228228 12 production, including but not limited to grain
229229 13 elevators, grain bins, and barns or property which
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231231 15 police officers, fire fighters, members of the United
232232 16 States Armed Forces, National Guard, or veterans.
233233 17 (H) A violation of paragraphs (1) through (6) is a
234234 18 Class 3 felony when the damage to property exceeds
235235 19 $10,000 but does not exceed $100,000.
236236 20 (I) A violation of paragraphs (1) through (6) is a
237237 21 Class 2 felony when the damage to property exceeds
238238 22 $10,000 but does not exceed $100,000 and the damage
239239 23 occurs to property of a school or place of worship or
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254254 2 police officers, fire fighters, members of the United
255255 3 States Armed Forces, National Guard, or veterans.
256256 4 (J) A violation of paragraphs (1) through (6) is a
257257 5 Class 2 felony when the damage to property exceeds
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260260 8 $100,000 and the damage occurs to property of a school
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263263 11 limited to grain elevators, grain bins, and barns or
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268268 16 (K) A violation of paragraph (10) is a Class 4
269269 17 felony when the damage to property does not exceed
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271271 19 (L) A violation of paragraph (10) is a Class 3
272272 20 felony when the damage to property exceeds $500 but
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274274 22 (M) A violation of paragraph (10) is a Class 2
275275 23 felony when the damage to property exceeds $10,000.
276276 24 (1.5) A person may be liable in a civil action for
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289289 1 paragraph (10). A person may also be liable to the owner
290290 2 for court costs and reasonable attorney's fees resulting
291291 3 from a violation of paragraph (10).
292292 4 (2) When the damage to property exceeds $10,000, the
293293 5 court shall impose upon the offender a fine equal to the
294294 6 value of the damages to the property.
295295 7 (3) In addition to any other sentence that may be
296296 8 imposed, a court shall order any person convicted of
297297 9 criminal damage to property to perform community service
298298 10 for not less than 30 and not more than 120 hours, if
299299 11 community service is available in the jurisdiction and is
300300 12 funded and approved by the county board of the county
301301 13 where the offense was committed. In addition, whenever any
302302 14 person is placed on supervision for an alleged offense
303303 15 under this Section, the supervision shall be conditioned
304304 16 upon the performance of the community service.
305305 17 The community service requirement does not apply when
306306 18 the court imposes a sentence of incarceration.
307307 19 (4) In addition to any criminal penalties imposed for
308308 20 a violation of this Section, if a person is convicted of or
309309 21 placed on supervision for knowingly damaging or destroying
310310 22 crops of another, including crops intended for personal,
311311 23 commercial, research, or developmental purposes, the
312312 24 person is liable in a civil action to the owner of any
313313 25 crops damaged or destroyed for money damages up to twice
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326326 2 equipment" means machinery or other equipment used in
327327 3 farming.
328328 4 (Source: P.A. 98-315, eff. 1-1-14; 99-631, eff. 1-1-17.)
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330330 6 Sec. 21-8. Criminal trespass to a critical infrastructure
331331 7 nuclear facility.
332332 8 (a) A person commits criminal trespass to a critical
333333 9 infrastructure nuclear facility when he or she intentionally
334334 10 knowingly and without lawful authority, and with intent to
335335 11 damage, destroy, or tamper with equipment of the facility:
336336 12 (1) enters or remains within a critical infrastructure
337337 13 nuclear facility or on the grounds of a critical
338338 14 infrastructure nuclear facility, after receiving notice
339339 15 before entry that entry to the critical infrastructure
340340 16 nuclear facility is forbidden;
341341 17 (2) remains within the critical infrastructure
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360360 1 documents or falsely representing his or her identity
361361 2 orally to the owner or manager of the facility. This
362362 3 paragraph (3) does not apply to a peace officer or other
363363 4 official of a unit of government who enters or remains in
364364 5 the facility in the performance of his or her official
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366366 7 (a-5) In this Section, "with intent to damage, destroy, or
367367 8 tamper with equipment of the facility" means actions that
368368 9 create a serious risk for loss of human life, serious risk of
369369 10 harm to public health, or a serious risk of significant damage
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371371 12 (b) A person has received notice from the owner or manager
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373373 14 manager of the facility within the meaning of paragraphs (1)
374374 15 and (2) of subsection (a) if he or she has been notified
375375 16 personally, either orally or in writing, or if a printed or
376376 17 written notice forbidding the entry has been conspicuously
377377 18 posted or exhibited at the main entrance to the facility or
378378 19 grounds of the facility or the forbidden part of the facility.
379379 20 (b-5) This Section does not apply to:
380380 21 (1) any person or organization:
381381 22 (i) monitoring or attentive to compliance with
382382 23 public or worker safety laws, wage and hour
383383 24 requirements, or other statutory requirements;
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397397 2 salaries, hours, working conditions or benefits,
398398 3 including health and welfare, sick leave, insurance,
399399 4 and pension or retirement provisions, the managing or
400400 5 maintenance of collective bargaining agreements, and
401401 6 the terms to be included in those agreements; or
402402 7 (iii) engaged in union organizing or recruitment
403403 8 activities including attempting to reach workers
404404 9 verbally, in writing with pamphlets and in the
405405 10 investigation of non-union working conditions, or
406406 11 both; or
407407 12 (2) an exercise of the right of free speech or
408408 13 assembly that is otherwise lawful. Nothing in this
409409 14 amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly shall be
410410 15 deemed to limit or impede the right to free speech or
411411 16 assembly, including, but not limited to, protesting and
412412 17 picketing.
413413 18 (c) (Blank). In this Section, "nuclear facility" has the
414414 19 meaning ascribed to it in Section 3 of the Illinois Nuclear
415415 20 Safety Preparedness Act.
416416 21 (d) Sentence. Criminal trespass to a critical
417417 22 infrastructure nuclear facility is a Class 4 felony punishable
418418 23 by a fine of not less than $1,000, imprisonment, or both.
419419 24 (e) A person may also be liable in a civil action for money
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433433 2 owner for court costs and reasonable attorney's fees.
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