Full Text of HB5707 095th General Assembly
HB5707eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 3-5 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/3-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 3-5)
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| Sec. 3-5. General Limitations. | 8 |
| (a) A prosecution for: (1) first degree murder, attempt to | 9 |
| commit first
degree
murder, second degree murder,
involuntary | 10 |
| manslaughter, reckless homicide, leaving the scene of a motor | 11 |
| vehicle accident involving death or personal injuries under | 12 |
| Section 11-401 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, failing to give | 13 |
| information and render aid under Section 11-403 of the Illinois | 14 |
| Vehicle Code, aggravated driving under the influence of | 15 |
| alcohol,
other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or | 16 |
| compounds, or any combination
thereof involving a motor | 17 |
| vehicle, snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or watercraft
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| accident that resulted in
the death of another person, when the | 19 |
| violation was
a proximate cause of the death under subparagraph | 20 |
| (F) of paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 11-501 of the | 21 |
| Illinois Vehicle Code, concealment of homicidal
death, | 22 |
| treason, arson, aggravated arson, forgery, or (2) any offense
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| involving sexual conduct or sexual penetration as defined by
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| Section 12-12 of this Code in which the DNA profile of the | 2 |
| offender is
obtained and entered into a DNA database within 10 | 3 |
| years after the commission
of the offense and the identity of | 4 |
| the offender is unknown after a diligent
investigation by law | 5 |
| enforcement authorities, may be commenced at any
time.
Clause | 6 |
| (2) of this subsection (a) applies if either: (i) the victim | 7 |
| reported the
offense to law enforcement authorities within 2 | 8 |
| years after the commission
of the offense unless a longer | 9 |
| period for reporting the offense to law
enforcement authorities
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| is provided in Section 3-6 or (ii) the victim is murdered | 11 |
| during the course of the offense or within 2 years after the | 12 |
| commission of the offense.
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| (b) Unless the statute describing the offense provides | 14 |
| otherwise, or the
period of limitation is extended by Section | 15 |
| 3-6, a prosecution for any
offense not designated in Subsection | 16 |
| (a) must be commenced within 3 years
after the commission of | 17 |
| the offense if it is a felony, or within one year
and 6 months | 18 |
| after its commission if it is a misdemeanor.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-834, eff. 7-29-04; 94-487, eff. 11-9-05; | 20 |
| 94-683, eff. 11-9-05.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 22 |
| becoming law.
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