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90_SB1260eng

      720 ILCS 5/2-17           from Ch. 38, par. 2-17
      720 ILCS 5/33-3           from Ch. 38, par. 33-3
          Amends the  Criminal  Code  of  1961.   Includes  in  the
      definition  of  "public  employee",  an  employee of a public
      school district.  Provides  that  for  the  purposes  of  the
      official  misconduct  statute,  acts  committed  by  a public
      officer or employee in his or her official  capacity  include
      acts  within the scope of employment as well as acts that are
      facilitated  because  of  a  public  officer  or   employee's
      position or status.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
 2    Sections 2-17 and 33-3.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The  Criminal  Code  of  1961 is amended by
 6    changing Sections 2-17 and 33-3 as follows:
 7        (720 ILCS 5/2-17) (from Ch. 38, par. 2-17)
 8        Sec. 2-17. "Public employee".
 9        "Public employee" means a person,  other  than  a  public
10    officer,  who  is authorized to perform any official function
11    on behalf of, and is paid  by,  the  State,  or  any  of  its
12    political subdivisions, or a public school district.
13    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)
14        (720 ILCS 5/33-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 33-3)
15        Sec.  33-3.   Official  Misconduct.)  A public officer or
16    employee commits misconduct when, in his  official  capacity,
17    or  through  his  position  of  trust  as a public officer or
18    employee,  he commits any of the following acts:
19        (a)  Intentionally or recklessly  fails  to  perform  any
20    mandatory duty as required by law; or
21        (b)  Knowingly  performs  an  act  which  he  knows he is
22    forbidden by law to perform; or
23        (c)  With intent  to  obtain  a  personal  advantage  for
24    himself  or  another,  he  performs  an  act in excess of his
25    lawful authority; or
26        (d)  Solicits or knowingly accepts for the performance of
27    any act a fee or reward which he knows is not  authorized  by
28    law.
29        A  public  officer or employee convicted of violating any
30    provision of this Section forfeits his office or  employment.
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 1    In addition, he commits a Class 3 felony.
 2    (Source: P.A. 82-790.)

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