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| Public Act 095-1035 |
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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 adding | ||||
Sections 32-4e and 32-4f as follows: | ||||
(720 ILCS 5/32-4e new) | ||||
Sec. 32-4e. Interfering with the duties of a judicial | ||||
officer. | ||||
(a) A person may not give or offer to give benefits, | ||||
promises, pecuniary compensation, or any other form of | ||||
compensation, either directly or indirectly, to a judicial | ||||
officer or a member of the judicial officer's immediate family | ||||
with the intent to: | ||||
(1) induce such judicial officer to do, or fail to do, | ||||
any act in violation of the lawful execution of his or her | ||||
official duties; or | ||||
(2) induce such judicial officer to commit or aid in | ||||
the commission of any fraud, or to collude in, allow, or | ||||
make available the opportunity for the commission of any | ||||
fraud on the State of Illinois. | ||||
(b) A person may not give or offer to give benefits, | ||||
promises, pecuniary compensation, or any other form of | ||||
compensation, either directly or indirectly, to court | ||||
employees and staff with the intent to interfere with the | ||
administration of the judicial process. | ||
(c) Sentence. A person who violates this Section commits a | ||
Class 2 felony. | ||
(d) Definitions. For purposes of this Section: | ||
"Judicial officer" means a justice, judge, associate | ||
judge, or magistrate of a court of the United States of America | ||
or the State of Illinois. | ||
"Immediate family" means a judicial officer's spouse or | ||
children. | ||
(720 ILCS 5/32-4f new) | ||
Sec. 32-4f. Retaliating against a Judge by false claim, | ||
slander of title, or malicious recording of fictitious liens. A | ||
person who files or causes to be filed, in any public record or | ||
in any private record that is generally available to the | ||
public, any false lien or encumbrance against the real or | ||
personal property of a Supreme, Appellate, Circuit, or | ||
Associate Judge of the State of Illinois with knowledge that | ||
such lien or encumbrance is false or contains any materially | ||
false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation, | ||
and with the intent of retaliating against that Judge for the | ||
performance or non-performance of an official judicial duty, is | ||
guilty of a violation of this Section. A person is guilty of a | ||
Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 4 felony | ||
for a second or subsequent offense. | ||