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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 927
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 927 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
5 Section 32-4a."; and
6 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
7 following:
8 "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
9 changing Section 32-4a as follows:
10 (720 ILCS 5/32-4a) (from Ch. 38, par. 32-4a)
11 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-686)
12 Sec. 32-4a. Harassment of jurors and witnesses. A person
13 who, with intent to harass or annoy one who has served as a
14 juror or as a witness, or who may be expected to serve as a
15 witness in a pending legal proceeding, because of the verdict
16 returned by the jury therein or the participation of such
17 juror in the verdict or because of the testimony or potential
18 testimony of such witness, communicates directly or
19 indirectly with the juror or witness in such manner as to
20 produce mental anguish or emotional distress or who conveys a
21 threat of injury or damage to the property or person of any
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1 individual commits a Class 2 felony.
2 (Source: P.A. 88-276; 88-680, eff. 1-1-95.)
3 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-686)
4 Sec. 32-4a. Harassment of representatives for the child,
5 jurors, and witnesses and family members of representatives
6 for the child, jurors, and witnesses.
7 (a) A person who, with intent to harass or annoy one who
8 has served or is serving or who is a family member of a
9 person who has served or is serving (1) as a juror because of
10 the verdict returned by the jury in a pending legal
11 proceeding or the participation of the juror in the verdict
12 or (2) as a witness, or who may be expected to serve as a
13 witness in a pending legal proceeding, because of the
14 testimony or potential testimony of the witness, communicates
15 directly or indirectly with the juror, or witness, or family
16 member of a juror or witness in such manner as to produce
17 mental anguish or emotional distress or who conveys a threat
18 of injury or damage to the property or person of any juror,
19 or witness, or family member of the juror or witness commits
20 a Class 2 felony.
21 (b) A person who, with intent to harass or annoy one who
22 has served or is serving or who is a family member of a
23 person who has served or is serving as a representative for
24 the child, appointed under Section 506 of the Illinois
25 Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, Section 12 of the
26 Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act, or Section 2-502 of
27 the Code of Civil Procedure, because of the representative
28 service of that capacity, communicates directly or indirectly
29 with the representative or a family member of the
30 representative in such manner as to produce mental anguish or
31 emotional distress or who conveys a threat of injury or
32 damage to the property or person of any representative or a
33 family member of the representative commits a Class A
34 misdemeanor.
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1 (c) For purposes of this Section, "family member" means
2 a spouse, parent, child, stepchild or other person related by
3 blood or by present marriage, a person who has, or allegedly
4 has a child in common, and a person who shares or allegedly
5 shares a blood relationship through a child.
6 (Source: P.A. 88-276; 88-680, eff. 1-1-95; 89-686, eff.
7 6-1-97.)
8 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act
9 makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
10 text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
11 Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that
12 text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
13 the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
14 any other Public Act.".