HB1162 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB095 08013 RLC 28175 b

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1162

Introduced , by Rep. Jack D. Franks

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/16A-6

from Ch. 38, par. 16A-6

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning an affirmative defense to retail theft.

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 1961 is amended by changing Section 16A-6 as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/16A-6) (from Ch. 38, par. 16A-6)

Sec. 16A-6. Affirmative Defense. A detention as permitted in this Article does not constitute an arrest or an unlawful restraint, as defined in Section 10-3 of this Code, nor shall it render the the merchant liable to the person so detained.

(Source: P.A. 79-840.)