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HB3050 Engrossed                     LRB093 07248 LCB 07406 b

 1        AN ACT concerning grand juries.

 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 112-3 as follows:

 6        (725 ILCS 5/112-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 112-3)
 7        Sec. 112-3.  Duration of Grand Jury.
 8        (a)  In counties with a population in excess of 1,000,000
 9    a Grand Jury shall be  convened,  impaneled  and  sworn,  and
10    shall   commence   the  performance  of  its  duties  for  an
11    indeterminate period, on the first Monday of each  month.  In
12    such  counties  a  Grand Jury shall serve until discharged by
13    the court, except that no Grand Jury shall serve in excess of
14    18 months and not more than 6 Grand Juries shall sit  at  the
15    same time.
16        In counties with a population of in excess of 225,000 but
17    less  than 1,000,000 a Grand Jury may be convened, empaneled,
18    and sworn and may sit at such times and for such  periods  as
19    the  circuit court may order on its own motion or that of the
20    State's Attorney.  No Grand Jury shall serve in excess of  18
21    months and not more than 2 Grand Juries shall sit at the same
22    time.
23        (b)  (Blank).  In all other counties the Grand Jury shall
24    be called and sit at such times and for such periods  as  the
25    circuit  court  may  order  on  its own motion or that of the
26    State's Attorney; provided, that no Grand Jury shall sit  for
27    a  period  in excess of 18 months and, provided further, that
28    no more than one Grand Jury shall sit at the same time.
29        (c)  At any time for cause shown the court may  excuse  a
30    grand   juror  either  temporarily  or  permanently  and,  if
31    permanently, may impanel another person in place of the grand
 
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 1    juror excused.
 2    (Source: P.A. 88-31.)