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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB2900 Introduced 2/23/2011, by Rep. Constance A. Howard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in
a Section concerning preservation of evidence.
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| | HB2900 | | LRB097 10432 RLC 50651 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 33-5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (720 ILCS 5/33-5)
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| 7 | | Sec. 33-5. Preservation of evidence.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 91-871, eff. 1-1-01; 92-459, eff. 8-22-01.)
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