Illinois House Bill 5521 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 9 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-04-08 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of theft of recyclable metal. Provides that a person commits theft of recyclable metal when, without the consent of the owner, he or she knowingly obtains or exerts control over property consisting of any recyclable metal as defined in the Recyclable Metal Purchase Registration Law that is manufactured, sold, or used for certain specified purposes. Provides that a person also commits theft of recyclable metal when he or she, in committing theft of recyclable metal, knowingly damages or destroys any property of another by removing or damaging recyclable metal components of that property. Provides differing criminal penalties depending on the value or type of the recyclable metal and where it was acquired.

CRIM CD-THEFT-RECYC METAL

Rep. Michael Unes [R]

Rep. Jay Hoffman [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-04-08	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2016-04-07	House	To Sentencing, Penalties, and Criminal Procedure Subcommittee
2016-03-23	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
2016-03-18	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
2016-02-10	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2016-02-10	House	First Reading
2016-02-09	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael D. Unes

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
720	5	16-1.4	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5521&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=88&GA=99
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/HB/09900HB5521.htm