103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2059

 

Introduced 2/7/2023, by Rep. Daniel Didech

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/33-1  from Ch. 38, par. 33-1

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Expands the crime of bribery to include an elector of the President and Vice-President of the United States (in addition to public officers, public employees, jurors, and witnesses).


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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
5changing Section 33-1 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/33-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 33-1)
7    Sec. 33-1. Bribery. A person commits bribery when:
8        (a) With intent to influence the performance of any
9    act related to the employment or function of any public
10    officer, public employee, elector of President and
11    Vice-President of the United States, juror or witness, he
12    or she promises or tenders to that person any property or
13    personal advantage which he or she is not authorized by
14    law to accept; or
15        (b) With intent to influence the performance of any
16    act related to the employment or function of any public
17    officer, public employee, elector of President and
18    Vice-President of the United States, juror or witness, he
19    or she promises or tenders to one whom he or she believes
20    to be a public officer, public employee, elector of
21    President and Vice-President of the United States, juror
22    or witness, any property or personal advantage which a
23    public officer, public employee, elector of President and

 

 

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1    Vice-President of the United States, juror or witness
2    would not be authorized by law to accept; or
3        (c) With intent to cause any person to influence the
4    performance of any act related to the employment or
5    function of any public officer, public employee, elector
6    of President and Vice-President of the United States,
7    juror or witness, he or she promises or tenders to that
8    person any property or personal advantage which he or she
9    is not authorized by law to accept; or
10        (d) He or she receives, retains or agrees to accept
11    any property or personal advantage which he or she is not
12    authorized by law to accept knowing that the property or
13    personal advantage was promised or tendered with intent to
14    cause him or her to influence the performance of any act
15    related to the employment or function of any public
16    officer, public employee, elector of President and
17    Vice-President of the United States, juror or witness; or
18        (e) He or she solicits, receives, retains, or agrees
19    to accept any property or personal advantage pursuant to
20    an understanding that he or she shall improperly influence
21    or attempt to influence the performance of any act related
22    to the employment or function of any public officer,
23    public employee, elector of President and Vice-President
24    of the United States, juror or witness.
25    As used in this Section, "tenders" means any delivery or
26proffer made with the requisite intent.

 

 

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1    Sentence. Bribery is a Class 2 felony.
2(Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)