HB2854 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB095 06111 RLC 26204 b

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB2854

Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Tom Cross

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".

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing Section 2-7 as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/2-7) (from Ch. 38, par. 2-7)

Sec. 2-7. "Felony". "Felony" means an an offense for which a sentence to death or to a term of imprisonment in a penitentiary for one year or more is provided.

(Source: P.A. 77-2638.)