Public Act 0818 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Public Act 093-0818
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| HB4538 Enrolled |
LRB093 15198 RLC 40794 b |
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing |
Section 32-4a as follows:
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(720 ILCS 5/32-4a) (from Ch. 38, par. 32-4a)
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Sec. 32-4a. Harassment of representatives for the child, |
jurors,
witnesses and others
family members of representatives |
for the child, jurors, and
witnesses.
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(a) A person who, with intent to harass or annoy one who |
has served or
is serving or who is a family member of a person |
who has served or is
serving (1) as a juror because of the |
verdict returned by the jury in a
pending legal proceeding or |
the participation of the juror in the verdict or
(2) as a |
witness, or who may be expected to serve as a witness in a
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pending legal proceeding, or who was expected to serve as a |
witness but who did not serve as a witness because the charges |
against the defendant were dismissed or because the defendant |
pleaded guilty to the charges against him or her, because of |
the testimony
or potential testimony of the witness or person |
who may be expected or may have been expected to serve as a |
witness, communicates directly
or indirectly with the juror, |
witness or person who may be expected or may have been expected |
to serve as a witness, or family member of a juror
or witness |
or person who may be expected or may have been expected to |
serve as a witness in such manner
as to produce mental
anguish |
or emotional distress or who conveys a threat of injury or |
damage
to the property or person of any juror, witness or |
person who may be expected or may have been expected to serve |
as a witness, or family member
of the juror or witness or |
person who may be expected or may have been expected to serve |
as a witness commits a Class 2
felony.
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(b) A person who, with intent to harass or annoy one who |
has served or is
serving or who is a family member of a person |
who has served or is serving
as a representative for the child, |
appointed under Section 506 of
the Illinois Marriage and |
Dissolution of Marriage Act or Section 2-502 of the Code of |
Civil
Procedure, because of the representative service of that |
capacity, communicates
directly or indirectly with the |
representative or a family member of the
representative in such |
manner as to produce
mental anguish or emotional distress or |
who conveys a threat of injury or
damage to the property or |
person of any representative or a family member of
the |
representative commits a Class A
misdemeanor.
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(c) For purposes of this Section, "family member" means a |
spouse, parent,
child, stepchild or other person related by |
blood or by present marriage, a
person who has, or allegedly |
has a child in common, and a person who shares or
allegedly |
shares a
blood relationship through a child.
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(Source: P.A. 93-108, eff. 1-1-04.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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