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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4916
Introduced 02/04/04, by Robert W. Pritchard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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725 ILCS 5/112-3 |
from Ch. 38, par. 112-3 |
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Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that in all counties
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a population of less than 1,000,000 no more than 2 Grand Juries (instead of 1
Grand Jury in counties of 225,000 or less) shall sit at the same time.
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A BILL FOR
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HB4916 |
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LRB093 17166 RLC 42832 b |
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| AN ACT concerning grand juries.
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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 Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is |
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| amended by changing
Section 112-3 as follows:
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| (725 ILCS 5/112-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 112-3)
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| Sec. 112-3. Duration of Grand Jury.
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| (a) In counties with a population in excess of 1,000,000 a |
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| Grand Jury
shall be convened, impaneled and sworn, and shall |
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| commence the performance
of its duties for an indeterminate |
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| period, on the first Monday of each
month. In such counties a |
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| Grand Jury shall serve until discharged by the
court, except |
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| that no Grand Jury shall serve in excess of 18 months and not
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| more than 6 Grand Juries shall sit at the same time.
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| In counties with a population of
in excess of 225,000 but
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| less than
1,000,000
a Grand Jury may be convened, empaneled, |
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| and sworn and may sit at such times
and for such periods as the |
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| circuit court may order on its own motion or that
of the |
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| State's Attorney. No Grand Jury shall serve in excess of 18
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| months and not more than 2 Grand Juries shall sit at the same |
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| time.
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| (b) (Blank).
In all other counties the Grand Jury shall be |
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| called and
sit
at such
times and for such periods as the |
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| circuit court may order on its own motion
or that of the |
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| State's Attorney; provided, that no Grand Jury shall sit for
a |
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| period in excess of 18 months and, provided further, that no |
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| more than
one Grand Jury shall sit at the same time.
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| (c) At any time for cause shown the court may excuse a |
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| grand juror
either temporarily or permanently and, if |
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| permanently, may impanel another
person in place of the grand |
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| juror excused.
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| (Source: P.A. 88-31.)
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