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DEL VALLE.

   720 ILCS 5/12-5.05 new                                                      

        Amends the  Criminal  Code  of  1961.   Creates  the  offense  of      
   reckless  corporate  conduct.   Provides  that  a  corporate entity or      
   corporate official commits reckless corporate conduct when the  entity      
   or official: (1) conceals from authorities any product or process that      
   may cause death or serious injury; (2) engages in conduct that results      
   in  death,  that  the  corporate  entity or corporate official knew or      
   should have known would result in death, or that was reckless;   (3)        
   knowingly  or  recklessly  endangers  the  public;  or (4) destroys or      
   falsifies documents  pertaining  to  hazards  to  the  public  or  the      
   corporate entity's employees or agents.  Reckless corporate conduct is      
   a  Class  3  felony,  except  that the destruction or falsification of      
   documents pertaining to hazards to the  public  or  to  the  corporate      
   entity's  employees  or  agents  is  a Class 4 felony.  Makes both the      
   corporate official and the chief executive officer  of  the  corporate      
   entity  criminally  liable  for  the  offense  of  reckless  corporate      
   conduct.  Effective immediately.                                            
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