99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB1482

 

Introduced 2/6/2015, by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/33-3  from Ch. 38, par. 33-3

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 concerning official misconduct. Increases the penalty for official misconduct from a Class 3 felony to a Class 2 felony. Provides that a prosecutor commits official misconduct when he or she, in the prosecution of a criminal case, knowingly fails to make timely disclosure to the accused of all evidence or information known to the prosecutor that tends to negate the guilt of the accused or mitigates the offense, and, in connection with sentencing, fails to disclose to the accused and to the tribunal all unprivileged mitigating information known to the prosecutor, except when the prosecutor is relieved of this responsibility by a protective order of the tribunal.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
5Section 33-3 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/33-3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 33-3)
7    Sec. 33-3. Official misconduct.
8    (a) A public officer or employee or special government
9agent commits misconduct when, in his official capacity or
10capacity as a special government agent, he or she commits any
11of the following acts:
12        (1) Intentionally or recklessly fails to perform any
13    mandatory duty as required by law; or
14        (2) Knowingly performs an act which he knows he is
15    forbidden by law to perform; or
16        (3) With intent to obtain a personal advantage for
17    himself or another, he performs an act in excess of his
18    lawful authority; or
19        (4) Solicits or knowingly accepts for the performance
20    of any act a fee or reward which he knows is not authorized
21    by law.
22    (b) An employee of a law enforcement agency commits
23misconduct when he or she knowingly uses or communicates,

 

 

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1directly or indirectly, information acquired in the course of
2employment, with the intent to obstruct, impede, or prevent the
3investigation, apprehension, or prosecution of any criminal
4offense or person. Nothing in this subsection (b) shall be
5construed to impose liability for communicating to a
6confidential resource, who is participating or aiding law
7enforcement, in an ongoing investigation.
8    (b-5) A prosecutor commits misconduct when he or she, in
9the prosecution of a criminal case, knowingly fails to make
10timely disclosure to the accused of all evidence or information
11known to the prosecutor that tends to negate the guilt of the
12accused or mitigates the offense, and, in connection with
13sentencing, fails to disclose to the accused and to the
14tribunal all unprivileged mitigating information known to the
15prosecutor, except when the prosecutor is relieved of this
16responsibility by a protective order of the tribunal.
17    (c) A public officer or employee or special government
18agent convicted of violating any provision of this Section
19forfeits his or her office or employment or position as a
20special government agent. In addition, he or she commits a
21Class 2 3 felony.
22    (d) For purposes of this Section, "special government
23agent" has the meaning ascribed to it in subsection (l) of
24Section 4A-101 of the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.
25(Source: P.A. 98-867, eff. 1-1-15.)