093_HB2930

 
                                     LRB093 06927 RLC 07073 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to criminal law.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Code of Criminal  Procedure  of  1963  is
 5    amended by changing Section 110-13 as follows:

 6        (725 ILCS 5/110-13) (from Ch. 38, par. 110-13)
 7        Sec.  110-13.  Persons  prohibited  from  furnishing bail
 8    security.
 9        (a)  No attorney at law practicing in this State  and  no
10    official  authorized  to  admit  another to bail or to accept
11    bail shall furnish any part of any security for bail  in  any
12    criminal  action  or any proceeding nor shall any such person
13    act as surety for any accused admitted to bail.
14        (b)  A victim of domestic violence as defined in  Section
15    112A-3  of this Code may not furnish any part of any security
16    for bail in any criminal action or  any  proceeding  for  any
17    person  alleged  to  have caused the abuse against the victim
18    and may not act as surety for the alleged abuser admitted  to
19    bail.  This  subsection (b) is applicable even if an order of
20    protection has not been issued against the alleged abuser.
21    (Source: Laws 1963, p. 2836.)