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90_HB1585
755 ILCS 5/6-1 from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 6-1
Amends the Probate Act of 1975 to provide that a person
who wilfully alters or destroys a will or willfully secretes
a will after the death of the testator shall be sentenced as
in cases of theft of property classified as a Class 3 felony
(instead of as in cases of theft of property exceeding $150
in value) by the law in effect at the date of the offense.
Effective immediately.
LRB9003934NTsb
LRB9003934NTsb
1 AN ACT to amend the Probate Act of 1975 by changing
2 Section 6-1.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Probate Act of 1975 is amended by
6 changing Section 6-1 as follows:
7 (755 ILCS 5/6-1) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 6-1)
8 Sec. 6-1. Duty to file will - altering, destroying or
9 secreting.) (a) Immediately upon the death of the testator
10 any person who has the testator's will in his possession
11 shall file it with the clerk of the court of the proper
12 county and upon failure or refusal to do so, the court on its
13 motion or on the petition of any interested person may issue
14 an attachment and compel the production of the will.
15 (b) If any person wilfully alters or destroys a will
16 without the direction of the testator or wilfully secretes it
17 for the period of 30 days after the death of the testator is
18 known to him, the person so offending, on conviction thereof,
19 shall be sentenced as in cases of theft of property
20 classified as a Class 3 felony exceeding $150 in value by the
21 law in effect at the date of the offense.
22 (Source: P.A. 79-328.)
23 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24 becoming law.