SB0132 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB095 06875 RLC 26994 b

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0132

Introduced 1/31/2007, by Sen. John O. Jones

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/32-5

from Ch. 38, par. 32-5

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person who falsely represents himself or herself to be a public officer or a public employee or an official or employee of the federal government commits a Class A (rather than a Class B) misdemeanor. Provides that if the false representation is made in furtherance of the commission of a felony, the penalty for a violation of this provision is a Class 4 felony.

CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

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 32-5 as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/32-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 32-5)

Sec. 32-5. False personation of attorney, judicial, or governmental officials.

(a) A person who falsely represents himself or herself to be an attorney authorized to practice law for purposes of compensation or consideration commits a Class 4 felony. This subsection (a) does not apply to a person who unintentionally fails to pay attorney registration fees established by Supreme Court Rule.

(b) A person who falsely represents himself or herself to be a public officer or a public employee or an official or employee of the federal government commits a Class A B misdemeanor. If the false representation is made in furtherance of the commission of a felony, the penalty for a violation of this subsection (b) is a Class 4 felony.

(Source: P.A. 94-985, eff. 1-1-07.)