Public Act 095-1035
 		





SB2452 Enrolled
LRB095 19269 RLC 46181 b






    AN ACT concerning criminal law.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:




 
    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended  by adding 
Sections 32-4e and 32-4f as follows:
 
    (720 ILCS 5/32-4e  new)
    Sec. 32-4e. Interfering with the duties of a judicial 
officer.
    (a) A person may not give or offer to give benefits, 
promises, pecuniary compensation, or any other form of 
compensation, either directly or indirectly, to a judicial 
officer or a member of the judicial officer's immediate family 
with the intent to:
        (1) induce such judicial officer to do, or fail to do, 
    any act in violation of the lawful execution of his or her 
    official duties; or
        (2) induce such judicial officer to commit or aid in 
    the commission of any fraud, or to collude in, allow, or 
    make available the opportunity for the commission of any 
    fraud on the State of Illinois.
    (b) A person may not give or offer to give benefits, 
promises, pecuniary compensation, or any other form of 
compensation, either directly or indirectly, to court 
employees and staff with the intent to interfere with the 
administration of the judicial process.
    (c) Sentence.  A person who violates this Section commits a 
Class 2 felony. 
    (d) Definitions.  For purposes of this Section:
    "Judicial officer" means a justice, judge, associate 
judge, or magistrate of a court of the United States of America 
or the State of Illinois.
    "Immediate family" means a judicial officer's spouse or 
children. 
 
    (720 ILCS 5/32-4f  new)
    Sec. 32-4f. Retaliating against a Judge by false claim, 
slander of title, or malicious recording of fictitious liens. A 
person who files or causes to be filed, in any public record or 
in any private record that is generally available to the 
public, any false lien or encumbrance against the real or 
personal property of a Supreme, Appellate, Circuit, or 
Associate Judge of the State of Illinois with knowledge that 
such lien or encumbrance is false or contains any materially 
false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation, 
and with the intent of retaliating against that Judge for the 
performance or non-performance of an official judicial duty, is 
guilty of a violation of this Section.  A person is guilty of a 
Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and  a Class 4 felony 
for a second or subsequent offense.



Effective Date:  6/1/2009