Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB2253 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

---

Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
No roll call record information currently on file.

States not producing parsable votes may be available as images in Supplemental Documents.

Social Comments on IL SB2253