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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB2252 Introduced 1/27/2016, by Sen. Steve Stadelman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 725 ILCS 5/110-9 | from Ch. 38, par. 110-9 |
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Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that a peace officer taking cash bail or bail deposits shall accept payments made in the form of currency, and may accept other forms of payment as authorized by the sheriff. Defines "currency".
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | SB2252 | | LRB099 15509 JWD 39799 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 110-9 as follows:
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| 6 | | (725 ILCS 5/110-9) (from Ch. 38, par. 110-9)
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| 7 | | Sec. 110-9. Taking of bail by peace officer. When bail has |
| 8 | | been set by a judicial officer for a particular offense or
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| 9 | | offender any sheriff or other peace officer may take bail in |
| 10 | | accordance
with the provisions of Section 110-7 or 110-8 of |
| 11 | | this Code and release
the offender to appear in accordance with |
| 12 | | the conditions of the bail bond,
the Notice to Appear or the |
| 13 | | Summons. The officer shall give a receipt to
the offender for |
| 14 | | the bail so taken and within a reasonable time deposit
such |
| 15 | | bail with the clerk of the court having jurisdiction of the |
| 16 | | offense. A sheriff or other peace officer taking bail in |
| 17 | | accordance with the provisions of Section 110-7 or 110-8 of |
| 18 | | this Code shall accept payments made in the form of currency, |
| 19 | | and may accept other forms of payment as the sheriff shall by |
| 20 | | rule authorize. For purposes of this Section, "currency" has |
| 21 | | the meaning provided in subsection (a) of Section 3 of the |
| 22 | | Currency Reporting Act.
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| 23 | | (Source: Laws 1963, p. 2836.)
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