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Full Text of HB3408 97th General Assembly

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HB3408eng 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB3408 Engrossed LRB097 10576 RLC 50930 b

1     AN ACT concerning criminal law.

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

4     Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding
5 Section 32-15 as follows:

6     (720 ILCS 5/32-15 new)
7     Sec. 32-15. Providing false information to a law
8 enforcement officer attempting to serve a protective order.
9     (a) For the purposes of this Section:
10         "Law enforcement officer" means any peace officer, and
11     includes a deputy sheriff, municipal police officer,
12     probation officer, or parole agent while acting in his or
13     her official capacity.
14         "Protective order" means a temporary restraining
15     order, protective order, preliminary injunction, permanent
16     injunction, or court-approved consent agreement resulting
17     from actions brought pursuant to a criminal procedure, or
18     as part of a disposition, sentence, or bail, or a condition
19     of a criminal matter when such order is issued for the
20     purpose of preventing violent or threatening acts or
21     harassment against, contact or communication with, or
22     physical proximity to, another person to prevent domestic
23     abuse or dating violence.

HB3408 Engrossed - 2 - LRB097 10576 RLC 50930 b

1     (b) A person commits providing false information to a law
2 enforcement officer attempting to serve a protective order when
3 he or she makes a false or misleading statement to a law
4 enforcement officer attempting to serve a protective order and
5 the person:
6         (1) knows that the statement is false or misleading;
7     and
8         (2) has the intent to mislead the officer as to the
9     identity of the person, the whereabouts of the person, or
10     the residence of the person the officer is attempting to
11     serve, or to otherwise thwart the service of a protective
12     order.
13     (c) Sentence. A person who commits providing false
14 information to a law enforcement officer attempting to serve a
15 protective order is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor for which
16 the court, in addition to any other penalty, may impose a fine
17 not to exceed $500.

18     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19 becoming law.

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