Illinois Senate Bill 2253 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 8 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of a municipality may, by ordinance, declare retail theft to be unlawful. Provides that the ordinance shall only apply to first time offenders that have not previously been convicted of theft, robbery, burglary, or home invasion. Further provides that a municipality shall enforce a retail theft offense by bringing action in the circuit court, and that an offense shall be reported to the State's Attorney within 10 days after the offense has been charged. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person who commits retail theft in a municipality that has adopted an ordinance that makes the offense unlawful, shall be civilly liable to the merchant of the merchandise. Sets forth the amounts in which a person who commits retail theft shall be civilly liable. Effective immediately.

MUNI CD-RETAIL THEFT ORDINANCE

Sen. William Haine [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-08	Senate	Session Sine Die
2011-03-18	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2011-03-17	Senate	Postponed - Criminal Law
2011-03-09	Senate	To Criminal Law Subcommittee on Special Issues; - 3-17-11 - Held
2011-03-02	Senate	Assigned to Criminal Law
2011-02-10	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2011-02-10	Senate	First Reading
2011-02-10	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
65	5	11-1-12	New Code	See Bill Text
720	5	16A-7	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2253&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=84&GA=97
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/SB/09700SB2253.htm