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Public Act 90-0293

HB0759 Enrolled                                LRB9002885SMdv

    AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code  of  1961  by  changing
Section 32-5.

    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 32-5 as follows:

    (720 ILCS 5/32-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 32-5)
    Sec.  32-5.  False  personation of attorney, judicial, or
governmental officials.
    (a)  A person who falsely represents himself  or  herself
to  be an attorney authorized to practice law for purposes of
compensation or consideration commits a Class 4 felony.  This
subsection (a) does not apply to a person who unintentionally
fails  to  pay  attorney  registration  fees  established  by
Supreme Court Rule.
    (b)  A person who falsely represents himself  or  herself
to  be  an  attorney  authorized  to practice law or a public
officer or a public employee commits a Class B misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 77-2638.)
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