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Full Text of HB5032 95th General Assembly

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HB5032 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2007 and 2008
HB5032

Introduced , by Rep. Arthur L. Turner

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.

LRB095 19342 RLC 45637 b

A BILL FOR

HB5032 LRB095 19342 RLC 45637 b

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 16A-6 as follows:

6     (720 ILCS 5/16A-6)  (from Ch. 38, par. 16A-6)
7     Sec. 16A-6. Affirmative Defense. A detention as permitted
8 in this Article does not constitute an arrest or an unlawful
9 restraint, as defined in Section 10-3 of this Code, nor shall
10 it render the~~the~~ merchant liable to the person so detained.
11 (Source: P.A. 79-840.)

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