97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3408
 
Introduced 2/24/2011, by Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
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     Amends the Criminal Code of 1961.  Creates the offense of providing false information to a law enforcement officer attempting to serve a protective order.  Provides that a person commits the  offense when he or she makes a false or misleading statement to
a law enforcement officer attempting to serve a protective order and the person:  (1)  knows that the statement is false or misleading and (2)  has  the intent to mislead the officer as to the identity of the person, the
whereabouts of the person, or the residence of the person the officer is
attempting to serve, or to otherwise thwart the service of a protective order.  Provides that a violation is a Class B misdemeanor for which the court,  in addition to any other penalty, may impose a fine not to exceed $500.  Effective immediately.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended  by adding 
5Section 32-15 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/32-15 new)
7    Sec. 32-15. Providing false information to a law 
8enforcement officer attempting to serve a protective order.
9    (a)  For the purposes of this Section:
10        "Law enforcement officer" means any peace officer, and 
11    includes a deputy sheriff, municipal police
officer, 
12    probation officer, or parole agent while acting in his or 
13    her official capacity.
14        "Protective order" means a temporary restraining 
15    order, protective order, preliminary
injunction, permanent 
16    injunction, or court-approved consent agreement resulting

17    from actions brought pursuant to a criminal procedure, or 
18    as part of a disposition,
sentence, or bail, or a condition 
19    of a criminal matter when such order is issued for the

20    purpose of preventing violent or threatening acts or 
21    harassment against, contact or
communication with, or 
22    physical proximity to, another person to prevent domestic

23    abuse or dating violence. 
 
 
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1    (b)  A person commits providing false information to a law 
2enforcement officer attempting to serve a protective order when 
3he or she makes a false or misleading statement to
a law 
4enforcement officer attempting to serve a protective order and 
5the person:
6        (1)  knows that the statement is false or misleading; 
7    and
8        (2)  has  the intent to mislead the officer as to the 
9    identity of the person, the
whereabouts of the person, or 
10    the residence of the person the officer is
attempting to 
11    serve, or to otherwise thwart the service of a protective 
12    order.
13    (c)  Sentence.  A person who commits providing false 
14information to a law enforcement officer attempting to serve a 
15protective order is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor for which 
16the court,  in addition to any other penalty, may impose a fine 
17not to exceed $500. 
 
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
19becoming law.