Public Act 096-1207
Public Act 1207 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Public Act 096-1207
| | SB3389 Enrolled | LRB096 17970 RLC 33339 b |
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| represented in the General Assembly:
| Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is | amended by changing Section 111-4 as follows:
| (725 ILCS 5/111-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 111-4)
| Sec. 111-4. Joinder of offenses and defendants.
| (a) Two or more offenses may be charged in the same | indictment,
information or complaint in a separate count for | each offense if the
offenses charged, whether felonies or | misdemeanors or both, are based on
the same act or on 2 or more | acts which are part of the same comprehensive
transaction.
| (b) Two or more defendants may be charged in the same | indictment,
information or complaint if they are alleged to | have participated in the
same act or in the same comprehensive | transaction out of which the offense
or offenses arose. Such | defendants may be charged in one or more counts
together or | separately and all of the defendants need not be charged in
| each count.
| (c) Two or more acts or transactions in violation of any | provision or
provisions of Sections 8A-2, 8A-3, 8A-4, 8A-4A and | 8A-5 of the Illinois
Public Aid Code, Sections 16-1, 16-1.3, | 16-2, 16-3, 16-5, 16-7, 16-8, 16-10, 16A-3,
16B-2, 16C-2, |
| 16G-15, 16G-20, 16H-15, 16H-20, 16H-25, 16H-30, 16H-45, | 16H-50, 16H-55, 17-1, 17-3, 17-6, 17-7, 17-8, 17-9 or 17-10 of | the Criminal Code of
1961 and Section 118 of Division I of the | Criminal Jurisprudence Act, may
be charged as a single offense | in a single count of the same indictment,
information or | complaint, if such acts or transactions by one or more
| defendants are in furtherance of a single intention and design | or if the
property, labor or services obtained are of the same | person or are of
several persons having a common interest in | such property, labor or
services. In such a charge, the period | between the dates of the first and
the final such acts or | transactions may be alleged as the date of the
offense and, if | any such act or transaction by any defendant was committed
in | the county where the prosecution was commenced, such county may | be
alleged as the county of the offense.
| (Source: P.A. 95-384, eff. 1-1-08; 96-354, eff. 8-13-09.)
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | becoming law.
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Effective Date: 7/22/2010
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