98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB2241

 

Introduced 2/15/2013, by Sen. Gary Forby

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/33-3  from Ch. 38, par. 33-3

    Amends the Criminal Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning official misconduct.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 2012 is amended by changing
5Section 33-3 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/33-3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 33-3)
7    Sec. 33-3. Official Misconduct.) A public officer or or
8employee or special government agent commits misconduct when,
9in his official capacity or capacity as a special government
10agent, he commits any of the following acts:
11        (a) Intentionally or recklessly fails to perform any
12    mandatory duty as required by law; or
13        (b) Knowingly performs an act which he knows he is
14    forbidden by law to perform; or
15        (c) With intent to obtain a personal advantage for
16    himself or another, he performs an act in excess of his
17    lawful authority; or
18        (d) Solicits or knowingly accepts for the performance
19    of any act a fee or reward which he knows is not authorized
20    by law.
21    A public officer or employee or special government agent
22convicted of violating any provision of this Section forfeits
23his office or employment or position as a special government

 

 

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1agent. In addition, he commits a Class 3 felony.
2    For purposes of this Section, "special government agent"
3has the meaning ascribed to it in subsection (l) of Section
44A-101 of the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.
5(Source: P.A. 94-338, eff. 1-1-06.)