(720 ILCS 5/16E‑3) (from Ch. 38, par. 16E‑3)
Sec. 16E‑3. Offense.
(a) A person commits the offense of delivery container theft when he knowingly does any of the following:
(1) Uses for any purpose, when not on the premises |
| of the owner or an adjacent parking area, a container of another person which is marked by a name or mark unless the use is authorized by the owner. | |
(2) Sells, or offers for sale, a container of |
| another person which is marked by a name or mark unless the sale is authorized by the owner. | |
(3) Defaces, obliterates, destroys, covers up or |
| otherwise removes or conceals a name or mark on a container of another person without the written consent of the owner. | |
(4) Removes the container of another person from the |
| premises, parking area or any other area under the control of any processor, distributor or retail establishment, or from any delivery vehicle, without the consent of the owner of the container. Any person who possesses any marked or named container without the consent of the owner and while not on the premises, parking area or other area under control of a processor, distributor or retail establishment doing business with the owner shall be presumed to have removed the container in violation of this paragraph. | |
(b) Any common carrier or private carrier for hire, except those engaged in transporting bakery or dairy products to and from the places where they are produced, that receives or transports any container marked with a name or mark without having in its possession a bill of lading or invoice for that container commits the offense of delivery container theft.
(Source: P.A. 87‑613.) |
(720 ILCS 5/16E‑3) (from Ch. 38, par. 16E‑3)
Sec. 16E‑3. Offense.
(a) A person commits the offense of delivery container theft when he knowingly does any of the following:
(1) Uses for any purpose, when not on the premises |
| of the owner or an adjacent parking area, a container of another person which is marked by a name or mark unless the use is authorized by the owner. | |
(2) Sells, or offers for sale, a container of |
| another person which is marked by a name or mark unless the sale is authorized by the owner. | |
(3) Defaces, obliterates, destroys, covers up or |
| otherwise removes or conceals a name or mark on a container of another person without the written consent of the owner. | |
(4) Removes the container of another person from the |
| premises, parking area or any other area under the control of any processor, distributor or retail establishment, or from any delivery vehicle, without the consent of the owner of the container. Any person who possesses any marked or named container without the consent of the owner and while not on the premises, parking area or other area under control of a processor, distributor or retail establishment doing business with the owner shall be presumed to have removed the container in violation of this paragraph. | |
(b) Any common carrier or private carrier for hire, except those engaged in transporting bakery or dairy products to and from the places where they are produced, that receives or transports any container marked with a name or mark without having in its possession a bill of lading or invoice for that container commits the offense of delivery container theft.
(Source: P.A. 87‑613.) |
