94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB2061

 

Introduced 2/14/2005, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Robert S. Molaro

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/33-5

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning chain of custody.


LRB094 03375 RLC 33376 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB2061 LRB094 03375 RLC 33376 b

1     AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
5 Section 33-5 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/33-5)
7     Sec. 33-5. Preservation of evidence.
8     (a) It is unlawful for a law enforcement agency or an agent
9 acting on behalf of the the law enforcement agency to
10 intentionally fail to comply with the provisions of subsection
11 (a) of Section 116-4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
12     (b) Sentence. A person who violates this Section is guilty
13 of a Class 4 felony.
14     (c) For purposes of this Section, "law enforcement agency"
15 has the meaning ascribed to it in subsection (e) of Section
16 116-4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
17 (Source: P.A. 91-871, eff. 1-1-01; 92-459, eff. 8-22-01.)