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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 111-1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (725 ILCS 5/111-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 111-1)
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| 7 | | Sec. 111-1. Methods of prosecution. When authorized by law |
| 8 | | a prosecution may be commenced by:
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| 9 | | (a) A complaint;
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| 10 | | (b) An information;
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| 11 | | (c) An indictment.
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| 12 | | (d) Upon commencement of a prosecution for a violation of |
| 13 | | Section
11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, or a similar |
| 14 | | provision of a local
ordinance, or Section 9-3 of the Criminal |
| 15 | | Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012
relating to the |
| 16 | | offense of reckless homicide, the victims of these offenses
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| 17 | | shall have all the rights under this Section as they do in |
| 18 | | Section 4 of the
Bill of Rights for Victims and Witnesses of |
| 19 | | Violent Crime Act.
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| 20 | | For the purposes of this Section "victim" shall mean an |
| 21 | | individual
who has suffered personal injury as a result of the |
| 22 | | commission of a
violation of Section 11-501 of the Illinois |
| 23 | | Vehicle Code, or a similar
provision of a local ordinance, or |
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| 1 | | Section 9-3 of the Criminal Code of
1961 or the Criminal Code |
| 2 | | of 2012 relating to the offense of reckless homicide. In regard
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| 3 | | to a violation of Section 9-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or |
| 4 | | the Criminal Code of 2012
relating to the offense of reckless |
| 5 | | homicide, "victim" shall also include,
but not be limited to, |
| 6 | | spouse, guardian, parent, or other family member.
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| 7 | | (e) Upon commencement of a prosecution for a sex offense |
| 8 | | against a person known to be an employee, the State's Attorney |
| 9 | | shall immediately provide the superintendent of schools or |
| 10 | | school administrator that employs the employee with a copy of |
| 11 | | the complaint, information, or indictment. |
| 12 | | For the purposes of this subsection: "employee" has the |
| 13 | | meaning provided in subsection (a) of Section 24-5 of the |
| 14 | | School Code; and "sex offense" has the meaning provided in |
| 15 | | Section 2 of the Sex Offender Registration Act. |
| 16 | | This subsection shall not be construed to diminish the |
| 17 | | rights, privileges, or remedies of an employee under a |
| 18 | | collective bargaining agreement or employment contract. |
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
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| 20 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 21 | | becoming law.
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