HB2059 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB103 04730 RLC 49739 b

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).

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing Section 33-1 as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/33-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 33-1)

Sec. 33-1. Bribery. A person commits bribery when:

(a) With intent to influence the performance of any act related to the employment or function of any public officer, public employee, elector of President and Vice-President of the United States, juror or witness, he or she promises or tenders to that person any property or personal advantage which he or she is not authorized by law to accept; or

(b) With intent to influence the performance of any act related to the employment or function of any public officer, public employee, elector of President and Vice-President of the United States, juror or witness, he or she promises or tenders to one whom he or she believes to be a public officer, public employee, elector of President and Vice-President of the United States, juror or witness, any property or personal advantage which a public officer, public employee, elector of President and Vice-President of the United States, juror or witness would not be authorized by law to accept; or

(c) With intent to cause any person to influence the performance of any act related to the employment or function of any public officer, public employee, elector of President and Vice-President of the United States, juror or witness, he or she promises or tenders to that person any property or personal advantage which he or she is not authorized by law to accept; or

(d) He or she receives, retains or agrees to accept any property or personal advantage which he or she is not authorized by law to accept knowing that the property or personal advantage was promised or tendered with intent to cause him or her to influence the performance of any act related to the employment or function of any public officer, public employee, elector of President and Vice-President of the United States, juror or witness; or

(e) He or she solicits, receives, retains, or agrees to accept any property or personal advantage pursuant to an understanding that he or she shall improperly influence or attempt to influence the performance of any act related to the employment or function of any public officer, public employee, elector of President and Vice-President of the United States, juror or witness.

As used in this Section, "tenders" means any delivery or proffer made with the requisite intent.

Sentence. Bribery is a Class 2 felony.

(Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)