97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1615

 

Introduced 2/15/2011, by Rep. Emily McAsey

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/2-7  from Ch. 38, par. 2-7

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "felony".


LRB097 07837 RLC 47951 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB1615LRB097 07837 RLC 47951 b

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 1961 is amended by changing
5Section 2-7 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/2-7)  (from Ch. 38, par. 2-7)
7    Sec. 2-7. "Felony". "Felony" means an an offense for which
8a sentence to death or to a term of imprisonment in a
9penitentiary for one year or more is provided.
10(Source: P.A. 77-2638.)