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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB4613
Introduced , by Rep. LaShawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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720 ILCS 5/17-3 |
from Ch. 38, par. 17-3 |
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Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that forgery of a property deed is a Class 2 (rather than a Class 3) felony. Effective immediately.
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| CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | |
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A BILL FOR
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HB4613 |
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LRB095 16534 RLC 42565 b |
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing |
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| Section 17-3 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/17-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 17-3)
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| Sec. 17-3. Forgery.
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| (a) A person commits forgery when, with intent to defraud, |
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| he knowingly:
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| (1) makes or alters any document apparently capable of |
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| defrauding
another in such manner that it purports to have |
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| been made by another or at
another time, or with different |
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| provisions, or by authority of one who did
not give such |
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| authority; or
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| (2) issues or delivers such document knowing it to have |
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| been thus
made or altered; or
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| (3) possesses, with intent to issue or deliver, any |
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| such document
knowing it to have been thus made or altered; |
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| or
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| (4) unlawfully uses the digital signature, as defined |
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| in the Financial
Institutions Electronic Documents and |
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| Digital Signature Act, of another; or
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| (5) unlawfully uses the signature device of another to |