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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Sections 3-6 and 12-34 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/3-6) (from Ch. 38, par. 3-6)
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7 | Sec. 3-6. Extended limitations. The period within which a | ||||||
8 | prosecution
must be commenced under the provisions of Section | ||||||
9 | 3-5 or other applicable
statute is extended under the following | ||||||
10 | conditions:
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11 | (a) A prosecution for theft involving a breach of a | ||||||
12 | fiduciary obligation
to the aggrieved person may be commenced | ||||||
13 | as follows:
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14 | (1) If the aggrieved person is a minor or a person | ||||||
15 | under legal disability,
then during the minority or legal | ||||||
16 | disability or within one year after the
termination | ||||||
17 | thereof.
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18 | (2) In any other instance, within one year after the | ||||||
19 | discovery of the
offense by an aggrieved person, or by a | ||||||
20 | person who has legal capacity to
represent an aggrieved | ||||||
21 | person or has a legal duty to report the offense,
and is | ||||||
22 | not himself or herself a party to the offense; or in the | ||||||
23 | absence of such
discovery, within one year after the proper |
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1 | prosecuting officer becomes
aware of the offense. However, | ||||||
2 | in no such case is the period of limitation
so extended | ||||||
3 | more than 3 years beyond the expiration of the period | ||||||
4 | otherwise
applicable.
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5 | (b) A prosecution for any offense based upon misconduct in | ||||||
6 | office by a
public officer or employee may be commenced within | ||||||
7 | one year after discovery
of the offense by a person having a | ||||||
8 | legal duty to report such offense, or
in the absence of such | ||||||
9 | discovery, within one year after the proper
prosecuting officer | ||||||
10 | becomes aware of the offense. However, in no such case
is the | ||||||
11 | period of limitation so extended more than 3 years beyond the
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12 | expiration of the period otherwise applicable.
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13 | (b-5) When the victim is under 18 years of age at the time | ||||||
14 | of the offense, a prosecution for involuntary servitude, | ||||||
15 | involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, or trafficking in | ||||||
16 | persons and related offenses under Section 10-9 of this Code | ||||||
17 | may be commenced within 25 years of the victim attaining the | ||||||
18 | age of 18 years. | ||||||
19 | (b-6) When the victim is under 18 years of age at the time | ||||||
20 | of the offense, a prosecution for female genital mutilation may | ||||||
21 | be commenced at any time. | ||||||
22 | (c) (Blank).
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23 | (d) A prosecution for child pornography, aggravated child | ||||||
24 | pornography, indecent
solicitation of a
child, soliciting for a | ||||||
25 | juvenile prostitute, juvenile pimping,
exploitation of a | ||||||
26 | child, or promoting juvenile prostitution except for keeping a |
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1 | place of juvenile prostitution may be commenced within one year | ||||||
2 | of the victim
attaining the age of 18 years. However, in no | ||||||
3 | such case shall the time
period for prosecution expire sooner | ||||||
4 | than 3 years after the commission of
the offense.
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5 | (e) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (j), a | ||||||
6 | prosecution for
any offense involving sexual conduct or sexual
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7 | penetration, as defined in Section 11-0.1 of this Code, where | ||||||
8 | the defendant
was within a professional or fiduciary | ||||||
9 | relationship or a purported
professional or fiduciary | ||||||
10 | relationship with the victim at the
time of the commission of | ||||||
11 | the offense may be commenced within one year
after the | ||||||
12 | discovery of the offense by the victim.
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13 | (f) A prosecution for any offense set forth in Section 44
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14 | of the Environmental Protection Act
may be commenced within 5 | ||||||
15 | years after the discovery of such
an offense by a person or | ||||||
16 | agency having the legal duty to report the
offense or in the | ||||||
17 | absence of such discovery, within 5 years
after the proper | ||||||
18 | prosecuting officer becomes aware of the offense.
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19 | (f-5) A prosecution for any offense set forth in Section | ||||||
20 | 16-30 of this Code may be commenced within 5 years after the | ||||||
21 | discovery of the offense by the victim of that offense.
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22 | (g) (Blank).
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23 | (h) (Blank).
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24 | (i) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (j), a | ||||||
25 | prosecution for
criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal
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26 | sexual assault, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse may be |
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1 | commenced within 10
years of the commission of the offense if | ||||||
2 | the victim reported the offense to
law enforcement authorities | ||||||
3 | within 3 years after the commission of the offense. If the | ||||||
4 | victim consented to the collection of evidence using an | ||||||
5 | Illinois State Police Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit | ||||||
6 | under the Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act, it | ||||||
7 | shall constitute reporting for purposes of this Section.
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8 | Nothing in this subdivision (i) shall be construed to
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9 | shorten a period within which a prosecution must be commenced | ||||||
10 | under any other
provision of this Section.
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11 | (i-5) A prosecution for armed robbery, home invasion, | ||||||
12 | kidnapping, or aggravated kidnaping may be commenced within 10 | ||||||
13 | years of the commission of the offense if it arises out of the | ||||||
14 | same course of conduct and meets the criteria under one of the | ||||||
15 | offenses in subsection (i) of this Section. | ||||||
16 | (j) (1) When the victim is under 18 years of age at the | ||||||
17 | time of the offense, a
prosecution
for criminal sexual assault, | ||||||
18 | aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory
criminal sexual | ||||||
19 | assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, or felony | ||||||
20 | criminal sexual abuse , or female genital mutilation may be | ||||||
21 | commenced at any time. | ||||||
22 | (2) When in circumstances other than as described in | ||||||
23 | paragraph (1) of this subsection (j), when When the victim is | ||||||
24 | under 18 years of age at the time of the offense, a prosecution | ||||||
25 | for failure of a person who is required to report an alleged
or | ||||||
26 | suspected commission of criminal sexual assault, aggravated |
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1 | criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a | ||||||
2 | child, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, or felony criminal | ||||||
3 | sexual abuse under the Abused and Neglected
Child Reporting Act | ||||||
4 | may be
commenced within 20 years after the child victim attains | ||||||
5 | 18
years of age. | ||||||
6 | (3) When the victim is under 18 years of age at the time of | ||||||
7 | the offense, a
prosecution
for misdemeanor criminal sexual | ||||||
8 | abuse may be
commenced within 10 years after the child victim | ||||||
9 | attains 18
years of age.
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10 | (4) Nothing in this subdivision (j) shall be construed to
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11 | shorten a period within which a prosecution must be commenced | ||||||
12 | under any other
provision of this Section.
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13 | (j-5) A prosecution for armed robbery, home invasion, | ||||||
14 | kidnapping, or aggravated kidnaping may be commenced at any | ||||||
15 | time if it arises out of the same course of conduct and meets | ||||||
16 | the criteria under one of the offenses in subsection (j) of | ||||||
17 | this Section. | ||||||
18 | (k) (Blank).
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19 | (l) A prosecution for any offense set forth in Section 26-4 | ||||||
20 | of this Code may be commenced within one year after the | ||||||
21 | discovery of the offense by the victim of that offense. | ||||||
22 | (l-5) A prosecution for any offense involving sexual | ||||||
23 | conduct or sexual penetration, as defined in Section 11-0.1 of | ||||||
24 | this Code, in which the victim was 18 years of age or older at | ||||||
25 | the time of the offense, may be commenced within one year after | ||||||
26 | the discovery of the offense by the victim when corroborating |
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1 | physical evidence is available. The charging document shall | ||||||
2 | state that the statute of limitations is extended under this | ||||||
3 | subsection (l-5) and shall state the circumstances justifying | ||||||
4 | the extension.
Nothing in this subsection (l-5) shall be | ||||||
5 | construed to shorten a period within which a prosecution must | ||||||
6 | be commenced under any other provision of this Section or | ||||||
7 | Section 3-5 of this Code. | ||||||
8 | (m) The prosecution shall not be required to prove at trial | ||||||
9 | facts which extend the general limitations in Section 3-5 of | ||||||
10 | this Code when the facts supporting extension of the period of | ||||||
11 | general limitations are properly pled in the charging document. | ||||||
12 | Any challenge relating to the extension of the general | ||||||
13 | limitations period as defined in this Section shall be | ||||||
14 | exclusively conducted under Section 114-1 of the Code of | ||||||
15 | Criminal Procedure of 1963. | ||||||
16 | (n) A prosecution for any offense set forth in subsection | ||||||
17 | (a), (b), or (c) of Section 8A-3 or Section 8A-13 of the | ||||||
18 | Illinois Public Aid Code, in which the total amount of money | ||||||
19 | involved is $5,000 or more, including the monetary value of | ||||||
20 | food stamps and the value of commodities under Section 16-1 of | ||||||
21 | this Code may be commenced within 5 years of the last act | ||||||
22 | committed in furtherance of the offense. | ||||||
23 | (Source: P.A. 99-234, eff. 8-3-15; 99-820, eff. 8-15-16; | ||||||
24 | 100-80, eff. 8-11-17; 100-318, eff. 8-24-17; 100-434, eff. | ||||||
25 | 1-1-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 100-998, eff. 1-1-19; 100-1010, | ||||||
26 | eff. 1-1-19; 100-1087, eff. 1-1-19; revised 10-9-18.)
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1 | (720 ILCS 5/12-34)
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2 | Sec. 12-34. Female genital mutilation.
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3 | (a) Except as otherwise permitted in subsection (b), | ||||||
4 | whoever knowingly
circumcises, excises, or infibulates, in | ||||||
5 | whole or in part, the labia majora,
labia minora, or clitoris | ||||||
6 | of another commits female genital
mutilation. Consent to the | ||||||
7 | procedure by a minor on whom it is performed or by
the minor's | ||||||
8 | parent or guardian is not a defense to a violation of this | ||||||
9 | Section.
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10 | (a-5) A parent, guardian, or other person having physical | ||||||
11 | custody or control of a child who knowingly facilitates or | ||||||
12 | permits the circumcision, excision, or infibulation, in whole | ||||||
13 | or in part, of the labia majora, labia minora, or clitoris of | ||||||
14 | the child commits female genital mutilation. | ||||||
15 | (b) A surgical procedure is not a violation of subsection | ||||||
16 | (a) if the
procedure is performed by a physician licensed to | ||||||
17 | practice medicine in all its branches and:
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18 | (1) is necessary to the health of the person on whom it | ||||||
19 | is performed; or
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20 | (2) is performed on a person who is in labor or who has | ||||||
21 | just given birth
and is performed for medical purposes | ||||||
22 | connected with that labor or birth.
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23 | (c) Sentence. Female genital mutilation as described in | ||||||
24 | subsection (a) is a Class X felony. Female genital mutilation | ||||||
25 | as described in subsection (a-5) is a Class 1 felony.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11 .)
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