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Rep. Monique D. Davis
Filed: 3/9/2012
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5182
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5182 on page 6, by |
| 3 | | replacing lines 10 through 18 with the following: |
| 4 | | "(b-1) If a first-time offender is charged with a |
| 5 | | non-violent offense, the court shall order him or her released |
| 6 | | on his or her own recognizance, unless the court makes a |
| 7 | | specific finding that a cash bond is necessary to secure his or |
| 8 | | her appearance, and in addition to any other conditions, may |
| 9 | | order as a condition of his or her release, his or her |
| 10 | | monitoring under electronic surveillance as provided in |
| 11 | | Article 8A of Chapter V of the Unified Code of Corrections. |
| 12 | | For the purposes of this subsection (b-1), "non-violent |
| 13 | | crime" means an offense that is not a forcible felony or a |
| 14 | | violent crime as defined in Section 3 of the Rights of Crime |
| 15 | | Victims and Witnesses Act.".
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