(A) As used in this section, the term "COIN-OPERATED MACHINE" shall include any automatic vending machine or any part thereof, parking meter, coin telephone, coin laundry machine, coin dry cleaning machine, amusement machine, music machine, vending machine dispensing goods or services, or a money changer.
(B) A person commits theft from a coin-operated machine when he knowingly and without authority and with intent to commit a theft from the machine opens, breaks into, tampers with, or damages a coin-operated machine.
(C) Violation of this section is a misdemeanor. A person who has been convicted of theft from a coin-operated machine and who has been previously convicted of any type of theft, robbery, armed robbery, burglary, residential burglary, possession of burglary tools, or home invasion is guilty of a felony and shall be prosecuted under state law.
(ILCS Ch. 720, Act 5, § 16-5) (Ord. 1065-88, passed 11-9-88) Penalty, see § 130.99