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      725 ILCS 5/115-10         from Ch. 38, par. 115-10
          Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.   Reenacts
      provision  from  Public Act 89-428 (declared unconstitutional
      by the Illinois  Supreme  Court)  that  states  that  certain
      hearsay statements made by a child victim under the age of 13
      shall  not  be  excluded  from evidence in court on the basis
      that they were obtained as a result of  interviews  conducted
      under  a  protocol adopted by a Child Advocacy Advisory Board
      or that an interviewer or witness to the interview was or  is
      an  employee,  agent, or investigator of a State's Attorney's
      office.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 by
 2    changing Section 115-10.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The  Code  of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
 6    amended by changing Section 115-10 as follows:
 7        (725 ILCS 5/115-10) (from Ch. 38, par. 115-10)
 8        Sec. 115-10. Certain hearsay exceptions.
 9        (a)  In a  prosecution  for  a  physical  or  sexual  act
10    perpetrated upon or against a child under the age of 13, or a
11    person  who  was  an institutionalized severely or profoundly
12    mentally retarded person as defined in Section 2-10.1 of  the
13    Criminal  Code  of  1961  at  the time the act was committed,
14    including but not limited to prosecutions for  violations  of
15    Sections 12-13 through 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961 and
16    prosecutions  for  violations  of  Sections 10-1, 10-2, 10-3,
17    10-3.1, 10-4, 10-5, 10-6, 10-7, 11-6, 11-9,  11-11,  11-15.1,
18    11-17.1,  11-18.1,  11-19.1,  11-19.2,  11-20.1, 11-21, 12-1,
19    12-2, 12-3, 12-3.2, 12-4,  12-4.1,  12-4.2,  12-4.3,  12-4.7,
20    12-5,  12-6,  12-6.1,  12-7.1,  12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-10, 12-11,
21    12-21.5, 12-21.6 and 12-32 of the Criminal Code of 1961,  the
22    following  evidence  shall be admitted as an exception to the
23    hearsay rule:
24             (1)  testimony by such  child  or  institutionalized
25        severely  or  profoundly  mentally retarded person, of an
26        out  of  court  statement   made   by   such   child   or
27        institutionalized   severely   or   profoundly   mentally
28        retarded person, that he or she complained of such act to
29        another; and
30             (2)  testimony  of an out of court statement made by
31        such child or institutionalized  severely  or  profoundly
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 1        mentally  retarded  person,  describing  any complaint of
 2        such act or matter or detail pertaining to any act  which
 3        is  an  element  of  an offense which is the subject of a
 4        prosecution for a sexual or physical act perpetrated upon
 5        or against  a  child  or  institutionalized  severely  or
 6        profoundly mentally retarded person.
 7        (b)  Such testimony shall only be admitted if:
 8             (1)  The  court finds in a hearing conducted outside
 9        the presence of the jury  that  the  time,  content,  and
10        circumstances   of   the   statement  provide  sufficient
11        safeguards of reliability; and
12             (2)  The  child  or  institutionalized  severely  or
13        profoundly mentally retarded person either:
14                  (A)  testifies at the proceeding; or
15                  (B)  is unavailable as a witness and  there  is
16             corroborative  evidence  of  the  act  which  is the
17             subject of the statement.
18        (c)  If a statement is admitted pursuant to this Section,
19    the court shall instruct the jury that it is for the jury  to
20    determine   the  weight  and  credibility  to  be  given  the
21    statement and that, in making  the  determination,  it  shall
22    consider   the   age  and  maturity  of  the  child,  or  the
23    intellectual capabilities of the  institutionalized  severely
24    or  profoundly  mentally  retarded  person, the nature of the
25    statement, the circumstances under which  the  statement  was
26    made, and any other relevant factor.
27        (d)  The  proponent  of  the  statement  shall  give  the
28    adverse party reasonable notice of his intention to offer the
29    statement and the particulars of the statement.
30        (e)  Statements  described  in  paragraphs (1) and (2) of
31    subsection (a) shall not be excluded on the basis  that  they
32    were obtained as a result of interviews conducted pursuant to
33    a  protocol adopted by a Child Advocacy Advisory Board as set
34    forth in subsections (c), (d), and (e) of Section  3  of  the
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 1    Children's  Advocacy  Center  Act  or  that an interviewer or
 2    witness to the interview was or is  an  employee,  agent,  or
 3    investigator of a State's Attorney's office.
 4    (Source: P.A. 88-166; 88-479; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
 5        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 6    becoming law.

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