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90_HB0927enr
705 ILCS 305/24 new
Amends the Jury Act. Provides that names of petit jurors
shall be made available to the public upon request unless the
court determines that a compelling interest requires that the
information be kept confidential. Provides for sealing of
juror records in criminal proceedings. Makes violation of
provisions limiting disclosure of information a Class B
misdemeanor.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
2 Section 32-4a.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
6 changing Section 32-4a as follows:
7 (720 ILCS 5/32-4a) (from Ch. 38, par. 32-4a)
8 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-686)
9 Sec. 32-4a. Harassment of jurors and witnesses. A person
10 who, with intent to harass or annoy one who has served as a
11 juror or as a witness, or who may be expected to serve as a
12 witness in a pending legal proceeding, because of the verdict
13 returned by the jury therein or the participation of such
14 juror in the verdict or because of the testimony or potential
15 testimony of such witness, communicates directly or
16 indirectly with the juror or witness in such manner as to
17 produce mental anguish or emotional distress or who conveys a
18 threat of injury or damage to the property or person of any
19 individual commits a Class 2 felony.
20 (Source: P.A. 88-276; 88-680, eff. 1-1-95.)
21 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-686)
22 Sec. 32-4a. Harassment of representatives for the child,
23 jurors, and witnesses and family members of representatives
24 for the child, jurors, and witnesses.
25 (a) A person who, with intent to harass or annoy one who
26 has served or is serving or who is a family member of a
27 person who has served or is serving (1) as a juror because of
28 the verdict returned by the jury in a pending legal
29 proceeding or the participation of the juror in the verdict
30 or (2) as a witness, or who may be expected to serve as a
31 witness in a pending legal proceeding, because of the
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1 testimony or potential testimony of the witness, communicates
2 directly or indirectly with the juror, or witness, or family
3 member of a juror or witness in such manner as to produce
4 mental anguish or emotional distress or who conveys a threat
5 of injury or damage to the property or person of any juror,
6 or witness, or family member of the juror or witness commits
7 a Class 2 felony.
8 (b) A person who, with intent to harass or annoy one who
9 has served or is serving or who is a family member of a
10 person who has served or is serving as a representative for
11 the child, appointed under Section 506 of the Illinois
12 Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, Section 12 of the
13 Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act, or Section 2-502 of
14 the Code of Civil Procedure, because of the representative
15 service of that capacity, communicates directly or indirectly
16 with the representative or a family member of the
17 representative in such manner as to produce mental anguish or
18 emotional distress or who conveys a threat of injury or
19 damage to the property or person of any representative or a
20 family member of the representative commits a Class A
21 misdemeanor.
22 (c) For purposes of this Section, "family member" means
23 a spouse, parent, child, stepchild or other person related by
24 blood or by present marriage, a person who has, or allegedly
25 has a child in common, and a person who shares or allegedly
26 shares a blood relationship through a child.
27 (Source: P.A. 88-276; 88-680, eff. 1-1-95; 89-686, eff.
28 6-1-97.)
29 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act
30 makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
31 text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
32 Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that
33 text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
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1 the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
2 any other Public Act.
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