97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2268

 

Introduced 2/10/2011, by Sen. Don Harmon

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
725 ILCS 5/108-1  from Ch. 38, par. 108-1

    Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a search without a warrant.


LRB097 10022 RLC 50193 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB2268LRB097 10022 RLC 50193 b

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 Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
5amended by changing Section 108-1 as follows:
 
6    (725 ILCS 5/108-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 108-1)
7    Sec. 108-1. Search without warrant.
8    (1) When a lawful arrest is effected a peace officer may
9reasonably search the the person arrested and the area within
10such person's immediate presence for the purpose of:
11        (a) protecting the officer from attack; or
12        (b) preventing the person from escaping; or
13        (c) discovering the fruits of the crime; or
14        (d) discovering any instruments, articles, or things
15    which may have been used in the commission of, or which may
16    constitute evidence of, an offense.
17    (2) (Blank).
18    (3) A law enforcement officer may not search or inspect a
19motor vehicle, its contents, the driver, or a passenger solely
20because of a violation of Section 12-603.1 of the Illinois
21Vehicle Code.
22(Source: P.A. 93-99, eff. 7-3-03.)