Public Act 90-0126 of the 90th General Assembly

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Public Act 90-0126

HB0927 Enrolled                                LRB9003703DJbd

    AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code  of  1961  by  changing
Section 32-4a.

    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
changing Section 32-4a as follows:

    (720 ILCS 5/32-4a) (from Ch. 38, par. 32-4a)
    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-686)
    Sec. 32-4a.  Harassment of jurors and witnesses. A person
who,  with  intent to harass or annoy one who has served as a
juror or as a witness, or who may be expected to serve  as  a
witness in a pending legal proceeding, because of the verdict
returned  by  the  jury  therein or the participation of such
juror in the verdict or because of the testimony or potential
testimony  of  such   witness,   communicates   directly   or
indirectly  with  the  juror  or witness in such manner as to
produce mental anguish or emotional distress or who conveys a
threat of injury or damage to the property or person  of  any
individual commits a Class 2 felony.
(Source: P.A. 88-276; 88-680, eff. 1-1-95.)

    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-686)
    Sec. 32-4a.  Harassment of representatives for the child,
jurors,  and  witnesses and family members of representatives
for the child, jurors, and witnesses.
    (a)  A person who, with intent to harass or annoy one who
has served or is serving or who  is  a  family  member  of  a
person who has served or is serving (1) as a juror because of
the   verdict  returned  by  the  jury  in  a  pending  legal
proceeding or the participation of the juror in  the  verdict
or  (2)  as  a  witness, or who may be expected to serve as a
witness  in  a  pending  legal  proceeding,  because  of  the
testimony or potential testimony of the witness, communicates
directly or indirectly with the juror, or witness, or  family
member  of  a  juror  or witness in such manner as to produce
mental anguish or emotional distress or who conveys a  threat
of  injury  or damage to the property or person of any juror,
or witness, or family member of the juror or witness  commits
a Class 2 felony.
    (b)  A person who, with intent to harass or annoy one who
has  served  or  is  serving  or  who is a family member of a
person who has served or is serving as a  representative  for
the  child,  appointed  under  Section  506  of  the Illinois
Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, Section 12  of  the
Uniform  Child  Custody Jurisdiction Act, or Section 2-502 of
the Code of Civil Procedure, because  of  the  representative
service of that capacity, communicates directly or indirectly
with   the   representative   or   a  family  member  of  the
representative in such manner as to produce mental anguish or
emotional distress or who  conveys  a  threat  of  injury  or
damage  to  the property or person of any representative or a
family  member  of  the  representative  commits  a  Class  A
misdemeanor.
    (c)  For purposes of this Section, "family member"  means
a spouse, parent, child, stepchild or other person related by
blood  or by present marriage, a person who has, or allegedly
has a child in common, and a person who shares  or  allegedly
shares a blood relationship through a child.
(Source:  P.A.  88-276;  88-680,  eff.  1-1-95;  89-686, eff.
6-1-97.)

    Section 95.  No acceleration or delay.   Where  this  Act
makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
text  that  is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
Section represented by multiple versions), the  use  of  that
text  does  not  accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived  from
any other Public Act.

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