Public Act 90-0126 of the 90th General Assembly
Public Act 90-0126
HB0927 Enrolled LRB9003703DJbd
AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
Section 32-4a.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
changing Section 32-4a as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/32-4a) (from Ch. 38, par. 32-4a)
(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-686)
Sec. 32-4a. Harassment of jurors and witnesses. A person
who, with intent to harass or annoy one who has served as a
juror or as a witness, or who may be expected to serve as a
witness in a pending legal proceeding, because of the verdict
returned by the jury therein or the participation of such
juror in the verdict or because of the testimony or potential
testimony of such witness, communicates directly or
indirectly with the juror or witness in such manner as to
produce mental anguish or emotional distress or who conveys a
threat of injury or damage to the property or person of any
individual commits a Class 2 felony.
(Source: P.A. 88-276; 88-680, eff. 1-1-95.)
(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-686)
Sec. 32-4a. Harassment of representatives for the child,
jurors, and witnesses and family members of representatives
for the child, jurors, and witnesses.
(a) A person who, with intent to harass or annoy one who
has served or is serving or who is a family member of a
person who has served or is serving (1) as a juror because of
the verdict returned by the jury in a pending legal
proceeding or the participation of the juror in the verdict
or (2) as a witness, or who may be expected to serve as a
witness in a pending legal proceeding, because of the
testimony or potential testimony of the witness, communicates
directly or indirectly with the juror, or witness, or family
member of a juror or witness in such manner as to produce
mental anguish or emotional distress or who conveys a threat
of injury or damage to the property or person of any juror,
or witness, or family member of the juror or witness commits
a Class 2 felony.
(b) A person who, with intent to harass or annoy one who
has served or is serving or who is a family member of a
person who has served or is serving as a representative for
the child, appointed under Section 506 of the Illinois
Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, Section 12 of the
Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act, or Section 2-502 of
the Code of Civil Procedure, because of the representative
service of that capacity, communicates directly or indirectly
with the representative or a family member of the
representative in such manner as to produce mental anguish or
emotional distress or who conveys a threat of injury or
damage to the property or person of any representative or a
family member of the representative commits a Class A
misdemeanor.
(c) For purposes of this Section, "family member" means
a spouse, parent, child, stepchild or other person related by
blood or by present marriage, a person who has, or allegedly
has a child in common, and a person who shares or allegedly
shares a blood relationship through a child.
(Source: P.A. 88-276; 88-680, eff. 1-1-95; 89-686, eff.
6-1-97.)
Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act
makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that
text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
any other Public Act.