98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB0804

 

Introduced 1/25/2013, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/31-4  from Ch. 38, par. 31-4

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning obstructing justice.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
5Section 31-4 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/31-4)  (from Ch. 38, par. 31-4)
7    Sec. 31-4. Obstructing justice.
8    (a) A person obstructs justice when, with intent to prevent
9the the apprehension or obstruct the prosecution or defense of
10any person, he or she knowingly commits any of the following
11acts:
12        (1) Destroys, alters, conceals or disguises physical
13    evidence, plants false evidence, furnishes false
14    information; or
15        (2) Induces a witness having knowledge material to the
16    subject at issue to leave the State or conceal himself or
17    herself; or
18        (3) Possessing knowledge material to the subject at
19    issue, he or she leaves the State or conceals himself; or
20        (4) If a parent, legal guardian, or caretaker of a
21    child under 13 years of age reports materially false
22    information to a law enforcement agency, medical examiner,
23    coroner, State's Attorney, or other governmental agency

 

 

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1    during an investigation of the disappearance or death of a
2    child under circumstances described in subsection (a) or
3    (b) of Section 10-10 of this Code.
4    (b) Sentence.
5        (1) Obstructing justice is a Class 4 felony, except as
6    provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection (b).
7        (2) Obstructing justice in furtherance of streetgang
8    related or gang-related activity, as defined in Section 10
9    of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention
10    Act, is a Class 3 felony.
11(Source: P.A. 97-1079, eff. 1-1-13.)