HB5571 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB5571

Introduced , by Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

730 ILCS 5/5-1-10

from Ch. 38, par. 1005-1-10

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

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 5-1-10 as follows:

(730 ILCS 5/5-1-10) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-1-10)

Sec. 5-1-10. Imprisonment. "Imprisonment" means incarceration in a correctional institution under a sentence of imprisonment and and does not include "periodic imprisonment" under Article 7. "Imprisonment" also includes electronic home detention served by an offender after (i) the offender has been committed to the custody of the sheriff to serve the sentence and (ii) the sheriff has placed the offender in an electronic home detention program in accordance with Article 8A of Chapter V of this Code.

(Source: P.A. 98-161, eff. 1-1-14.)