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Public Act 093-0834
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| HB4063 Enrolled |
LRB093 15199 RLC 40795 b |
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing |
Section 3-5 as follows:
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(720 ILCS 5/3-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 3-5)
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Sec. 3-5. General Limitations.
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(a) A prosecution for: (1) first degree murder, attempt to |
commit first
degree
murder, second degree murder,
involuntary |
manslaughter, reckless homicide, concealment of homicidal
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death, treason, arson, aggravated arson, forgery, or (2) any |
offense
involving sexual conduct or sexual penetration as |
defined by
Section 12-12 of this Code in which the DNA profile |
of the offender is
obtained and entered into a DNA database |
within 10 years after the commission
of the offense and the |
identity of the offender is unknown after a diligent
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investigation by law enforcement authorities, may be commenced |
at any
time.
Clause (2) of this subsection (a) applies only if |
either: (i) the victim reported the
offense to law enforcement |
authorities within 2 years after the commission
of the offense |
unless a longer period for reporting the offense to law
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enforcement authorities
is provided in Section 3-6 or (ii) the |
victim is murdered during the course of the offense or within 2 |
years after the commission of the offense.
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(b) Unless the statute describing the offense provides |
otherwise, or the
period of limitation is extended by Section |
3-6, a prosecution for any
offense not designated in Subsection |
(a) must be commenced within 3 years
after the commission of |
the offense if it is a felony, or within one year
and 6 months |
after its commission if it is a misdemeanor.
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(Source: P.A. 91-801, eff. 6-13-00; 92-752, eff. 8-2-02.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |