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HB4063 Engrossed |
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LRB093 15199 RLC 40795 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 |
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| Section 3-5 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/3-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 3-5)
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| Sec. 3-5. General Limitations.
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| (a) A prosecution for: (1) first degree murder, attempt to |
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| commit first
degree
murder, second degree murder,
involuntary |
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| manslaughter, reckless homicide, concealment of homicidal
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| death, treason, arson, aggravated arson, forgery, or (2) any |
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| offense
involving sexual conduct or sexual penetration as |
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| defined by
Section 12-12 of this Code in which the DNA profile |
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| of the offender is
obtained and entered into a DNA database |
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| within 10 years after the commission
of the offense and the |
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| identity of the offender is unknown after a diligent
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| investigation by law enforcement authorities, may be commenced |
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| at any
time.
Clause (2) of this subsection (a) applies only if |
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| either: (i) the victim reported the
offense to law enforcement |
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| authorities within 2 years after the commission
of the offense |
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| unless a longer period for reporting the offense to law
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| enforcement authorities
is provided in Section 3-6 or (ii) the |
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| victim is murdered during the course of the offense or within 2 |
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| years after the commission of the offense.
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| (b) Unless the statute describing the offense provides |
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| otherwise, or the
period of limitation is extended by Section |
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| 3-6, a prosecution for any
offense not designated in Subsection |
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| (a) must be commenced within 3 years
after the commission of |
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| the offense if it is a felony, or within one year
and 6 months |
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| after its commission if it is a misdemeanor.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-801, eff. 6-13-00; 92-752, eff. 8-2-02.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |