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HB5931 Engrossed |
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LRB096 18497 RLC 36259 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 Sex Offense Victim Polygraph Act is amended |
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| by changing Section 1 as follows:
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| (725 ILCS 200/1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1551)
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| Sec. 1. Lie Detector Tests. (a) No law enforcement officer,
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| State's Attorney or other official shall ask or require an |
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| alleged victim of
an offense described in Sections 12-13 |
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| through 12-16 of
the Criminal Code of 1961, as amended,
to |
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| submit to a
polygraph examination or any form of a mechanical |
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| or electrical lie
detector test as a condition for proceeding |
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| with the investigation, charging or
prosecution of such |
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| offense, and such test shall be administered to such
victim |
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| solely at the victim's request.
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| (b) A victim's refusal to submit to a polygraph or any form |
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| of a
mechanical or electrical lie detector test shall not |
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| mitigate against the
investigation, charging or prosecution of |
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| the
pending case as originally charged.
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| (Source: P.A. 85-664.)
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