Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
Filed: 5/20/2008
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5756 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5756, AS AMENDED, by 
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replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 
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following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is 
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amended  by changing Section 113-8 as follows:
 



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    (725 ILCS 5/113-8)



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    Sec. 113-8. Advisement concerning status as an alien. At 
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arraignment, and before Before the acceptance of a plea of 
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guilty, guilty but mentally ill, or
nolo contendere to a 
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misdemeanor or felony
offense, the court shall give the 
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following advisement to the defendant in open
court:

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    "If you are not a citizen of the United States, you are 
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hereby advised that
conviction of the offense for which you

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have been charged may have the consequences of deportation, 
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exclusion from
admission to the United States, or denial of

 


 






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naturalization under the laws of the United States. This 
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advisement in no way requires you to declare your immigration 
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status to the court at this or any other time.".
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The court shall not use this advisement as the occasion to 
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inquire whether the defendant is or is not a citizen of the 
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United States or to otherwise inquire about the defendant's 
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immigration status. 

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(Source: P.A. 93-373, eff. 1-1-04.)".