94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2008

 

Introduced 2/25/2005, by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard - Peter J. Roskam

 

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

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a special government agent may be guilty of official misconduct as well as a public officer or employee. Effective immediately.


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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
5 Section 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
8 employee or special government agent commits misconduct when,
9 in his official capacity or capacity as a special government
10 agent, 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 himself
16 or another, he performs an act in excess of his lawful
17 authority; or
18     (d) Solicits or knowingly accepts for the performance of
19 any act a fee or reward which he knows is not authorized by
20 law.
21     A public officer or employee or special government agent
22 convicted of violating any provision of this Section forfeits
23 his office or employment or position as a special government
24 agent. In addition, he commits a Class 3 felony.
25     For purposes of this Section, "special government agent"
26 has the meaning ascribed to it in subsection (l) of Section
27 4A-101 of the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.
28 (Source: P.A. 82-790.)
 
29     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
30 becoming law.