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HB3873 Engrossed |
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LRB094 08308 RXD 38500 b |
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding |
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| Section 21-3.5 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/21-3.5 new) |
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| Sec. 21-3.5. Criminal trespass to an agricultural |
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| facility. |
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| (a) A person commits the offense of criminal trespass to an |
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| agricultural facility when he or she enters upon lands or |
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| buildings owned by any other person
without the license of the |
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| owner or legal occupant, where signs
forbidding trespass are |
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| displayed, and where cattle, goats, pigs,
sheep, fowl, or any |
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| other animal is being raised, bred, fed, or held
for the |
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| purpose of food for human consumption; or injures,
gathers, or |
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| carries away any animal being housed on any of those
lands, |
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| without the license of the owner or legal occupant; or
damages, |
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| destroys, or removes, or causes to be removed, damaged,
or |
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| destroyed, any stakes, marks, fences, or signs intended to
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| designate the boundaries and limits of any of those lands. |
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| (b) This Section may not be construed to preclude
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| prosecution or punishment under any other provision of law,
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| including, but not limited to, theft or any provision that
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| provides for a greater penalty or longer term of imprisonment. |
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| (c) Criminal trespass to an agricultural facility is a |
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| Class B misdemeanor.
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