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90_HB2982

      725 ILCS 5/103-3          from Ch. 38, par. 103-3
          Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.   Makes  a
      stylistic  change  in  Section that allows an arrested person
      the right to communicate with an attorney and a member of his
      or her family.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 by
 2    changing Section 103-3.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The  Code  of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
 6    amended by changing Section 103-3 as follows:
 7        (725 ILCS 5/103-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 103-3)
 8        Sec.  103-3.  Right  to  communicate  with  attorney  and
 9    family; transfers.
10        (a)  Persons who are arrested shall  have  the  right  to
11    communicate  with an attorney of their choice and a member of
12    their family by making a reasonable number of telephone calls
13    or in any other reasonable manner. Such  communication  shall
14    be  permitted  within  a reasonable time after arrival at the
15    first place of custody.
16        (b)  In the event the accused is  transferred  to  a  new
17    place  of  custody  his right to communicate with an attorney
18    and a member of his or her family is renewed.
19    (Source: Laws 1963, p. 2836.)

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