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Rep. Robert S. Molaro
Filed: 5/28/2008
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2750
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2750 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding |
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| Sections 32-4e and 32-4f as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/32-4e new) |
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| Sec. 32-4e. Interfering with the duties of a judicial |
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| officer. |
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| (a) A person may not give or offer to give benefits, |
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| promises, pecuniary compensation, or any other form of |
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| compensation, either directly or indirectly, to a judicial |
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| officer or a member of the judicial officer's immediate family |
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| with the intent to: |
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| (1) induce such judicial officer to do, or fail to do, |
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| any act in violation of the lawful execution of his or her |
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| official duties; or |
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| (2) induce such judicial officer to commit or aid in |
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| the commission of any fraud, or to collude in, allow, or |
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| make available the opportunity for the commission of any |
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| fraud on the State of Illinois. |
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| (b) A person may not give or offer to give benefits, |
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| promises, pecuniary compensation, or any other form of |
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| compensation, either directly or indirectly, to court |
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| employees and staff with the intent to interfere with the |
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| administration of the judicial process. |
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| (c) Sentence. A person who violates this Section commits a |
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| Class 2 felony. |
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| (d) Definitions. For purposes of this Section: |
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| "Judicial officer" means a justice, judge, associate |
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| judge, or magistrate of a court of the United States of America |
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| or the State of Illinois. |
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| "Immediate family" means a judicial officer's spouse or |
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| children.
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| (720 ILCS 5/32-4f new) |
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| Sec. 32-4f. Retaliating against a Judge by false claim, |
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| slander of title, or malicious recording of fictitious liens. A |
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| person who files or causes to be filed, in any public record or |
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| in any private record that is generally available to the |
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| public, any false lien or encumbrance against the real or |
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| personal property of a Supreme, Appellate, Circuit, or |
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| Associate Judge of the State of Illinois with knowledge that |
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| such lien or encumbrance is false or contains any materially |
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| false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation, |
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| and with the intent of retaliating against that Judge for the |
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| performance or non-performance of an official judicial duty, is |
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| guilty of a violation of this Section. A person is guilty of a |
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| Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 4 felony |
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| for a second or subsequent offense.".
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