93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6795


 
Introduced 02/09/04, by JoAnn D. Osmond
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













725 ILCS 5/110-13
  from Ch. 38, par. 110-13







    Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Prohibits a victim of domestic
violence from furnishing any part of any security for bail in a criminal case
or proceeding for any alleged repeat offender alleged to have caused the abuse against the
victim and from acting as surety for the alleged repeat offender admitted to bail.
Provides that the provision is applicable even if an order of protection has
not been issued against the alleged repeat offender.
















LRB093 18066 RLC 43753 b

















 


 


A BILL FOR









 











HB6795

LRB093 18066 RLC 43753 b






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    AN ACT in relation to 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 Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is 
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amended by changing
Section 110-13 as follows:


 
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    (725 ILCS 5/110-13)  (from Ch. 38, par. 110-13)

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    Sec. 110-13. 
Persons prohibited from furnishing bail 
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security.


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    (a) No attorney at law practicing in this State and no 
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official
authorized
to admit another to bail or to accept bail 
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shall furnish any part of any
security for bail in any criminal 
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action or any proceeding nor shall any
such person act as 
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surety for any accused admitted to bail.


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    (b) A victim of domestic violence as defined in Section 
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112A-3 of this
Code may not furnish any part of any security 
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for bail in any criminal action
or any proceeding for any 
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alleged repeat offender alleged to have caused the abuse 
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against the
victim and may not act as surety for the alleged 
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repeat offender admitted to bail. This
subsection (b) is 
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applicable even if an order of protection has not been issued

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against the alleged repeat offender.


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(Source: Laws 1963, p. 2836.)