SB1009

THE CONTEXT: The criminal code currently prescribes multiple forms of aggravated criminal damage. One such form is intentionally or recklessly, and without the express permission of the owner, defacing, damaging or tampering with any cemetery, mortuary or personal property of the cemetery or mortuary or other facility used for the purpose of burial or memorializing the dead.

WHAT THE BILL DID: of burial or memorializing the dead.

WHY IT MATTERED: The practical reason for this bill was to make a concrete adjustment to the existing rule for criminal damage. It would change existing form of aggravated criminal damage involving facilities used for the purpose of burial or memorializing the dead to provide that a person can commit the offense by defacing, damaging or tampering with a public or private monument, memorial or statue, and would also make technical and conforming changes, rather than leave the current rule unchanged.