94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB2061


 
Introduced 2/14/2005, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Robert S. Molaro
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













720 ILCS 5/33-5









    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961.  Makes a technical change in
a Section concerning chain of custody.
















LRB094 03375 RLC 33376 b

















 


 


A BILL FOR









 











HB2061

LRB094 03375 RLC 33376 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 
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Section 33-5 as follows:
 



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    (720 ILCS 5/33-5)



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    Sec. 33-5. Preservation of evidence. 

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    (a) It is unlawful for a
law enforcement agency
or an agent 
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acting on behalf of the
the law enforcement agency to 
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intentionally fail to comply with the provisions of subsection 
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(a)
of
Section 116-4 of
the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
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    (b) Sentence.  A person who violates this Section is guilty 
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of a Class 4
felony.

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    (c) For purposes of this Section, "law enforcement agency" 
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has the meaning
ascribed to it in subsection (e) of Section 
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116-4 of the Code of Criminal
Procedure of 1963.

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(Source: P.A. 91-871, eff. 1-1-01; 92-459, eff. 8-22-01.)