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Public Act 91-0879

SB1319 Enrolled                                LRB9109457RCks

    AN ACT to amend the  Criminal  Code  of  1961  by  adding
Section 32-4d.

    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
adding Section 32-4d as follows:

    (720 ILCS 5/32-4d new)
    Sec. 32-4d.  Payment of jurors by parties prohibited.
    (a)   After  a  verdict  has  been rendered in a civil or
criminal case, a person who was a plaintiff or  defendant  in
the  case  may  not  offer  or pay an award or other fee to a
juror who was a member of the jury that rendered the  verdict
in the  case.
    (b)  After  a  verdict  has  been  rendered in a civil or
criminal case, a member of the jury that rendered the verdict
may not  accept  an  award  or  fee  from  the  plaintiff  or
defendant in that case.
    (c)  A   violation   of   this   Section  is  a  Class  A
misdemeanor.
    (d)  This Section does not apply to the payment of a  fee
or  award  to a person who was a juror for purposes unrelated
to the jury's verdict or to the outcome of the case.

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