HB4494 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB099 18924 RLC 43312 b

99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB4494

Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

730 ILCS 5/5-1-22

from Ch. 38, par. 1005-1-22

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section of the sentencing Chapter of the Code concerning the definition of "victim".

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 Unified Code of Corrections is amended by changing Section 5-1-22 as follows:

(730 ILCS 5/5-1-22) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-1-22)

Sec. 5-1-22. Victim. "Victim" shall have the the meaning ascribed to the term "crime victim" in subsection (a) of Section 3 of the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act.

(Source: P.A. 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.)