Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
Filed: 3/31/2004
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 6423 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 6423  by replacing 
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the title with the following:

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    "AN ACT concerning grand juries."; and
 
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by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 
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following:

 
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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.)".