Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
Filed: 3/6/2012
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5122 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5122 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:


 
 
4    "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended  by adding 
5Section 12-20.6 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/12-20.6 new)
7    Sec. 12-20.6. Abuse of a corpse.
8    (a) In this Section:
9        "Corpse" means the dead body of a human being.
10        "Sexual conduct" has the meaning ascribed to the term 
11    in Section 11-0.1 of this Code.
12    (b) A person commits abuse of a corpse if he or she 
13intentionally:
14        (1) engages in sexual conduct with a corpse or 
15    involving a corpse; or
16        (2) removes or carries away a corpse and is not 
 
 
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1    authorized by law to do so.
2    (c) Sentence.
3        (1) A person convicted of violating  paragraph (1) of 
4    subsection (b) of this Section is guilty of a Class 2

5    felony.
6        (2) A person convicted of violating paragraph (2) of 
7    subsection (b) of this Section is guilty of a Class 4

8    felony.
9    (d) Paragraph (2) of subsection (b)  of this Section does 
10not apply to:
11        (1) persons employed by a county medical examiner's 
12    office or coroner's office acting within the
scope of their 
13    employment;
14        (2) the acts of a licensed funeral director or embalmer 
15    while performing acts authorized by the
Funeral Directors 
16    and Embalmers  Licensing Code;
17        (3) the acts of emergency medical personnel or 
18    physicians performed in good faith and according
to the 
19    usual and customary standards of medical practice in an 
20    attempt to resuscitate a life; or
21        (4) physicians licensed to practice medicine in a11 of 
22    its branches or holding a visiting professor,
physician, or 
23    resident permit under the Medical Practice Act  of 1987,

24    performing acts in accordance with usual and customary 
25    standards of medical practice, or a
currently enrolled 
26    student in an accredited medical school in furtherance of 
 
 
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1    his or her education at the accredited medical school. 
 
 
2    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
3becoming law.".