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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB6185 Introduced 2/11/2016, by Rep. Mark Batinick SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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725 ILCS 5/110-13 | from Ch. 38, par. 110-13 |
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Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that an attorney at law or an official authorized to admit another to bail or to accept bail may furnish any part of any security for bail if the bail security was derived from donations collected by a nonprofit organization which receives donations from the public on behalf of the defendant to provide bail security for the defendant and neither the attorney at law nor official or an immediate family member of the attorney at law or the official: (1) donated funds or other property to the nonprofit organization on behalf of the defendant for his or her bail security; or (2) is an officer or director of the nonprofit organization.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB6185 | | LRB099 19177 RLC 43569 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 110-13 as follows:
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| 6 | | (725 ILCS 5/110-13) (from Ch. 38, par. 110-13)
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| 7 | | Sec. 110-13. Persons prohibited from furnishing bail |
| 8 | | security.
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| 9 | | No attorney at law practicing in this State and no official |
| 10 | | authorized
to admit another to bail or to accept bail shall |
| 11 | | furnish any part of any
security for bail in any criminal |
| 12 | | action or any proceeding nor shall any
such person act as |
| 13 | | surety for any accused admitted to bail. Nothing in this |
| 14 | | Section prohibits an attorney at law or an official authorized |
| 15 | | to admit another to bail or to accept bail from furnishing any |
| 16 | | part of any security for bail if the bail security was derived |
| 17 | | from donations collected by a nonprofit organization which |
| 18 | | receives donations from the public on behalf of the defendant |
| 19 | | to provide bail security for the defendant and neither the |
| 20 | | attorney at law nor official or an immediate family member of |
| 21 | | the attorney at law or the official: (1) donated funds or other |
| 22 | | property to the nonprofit organization on behalf of the |
| 23 | | defendant for his or her bail security; or (2) is an officer or |