97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2780

 

Introduced 1/18/2012, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/2-10.1  from Ch. 38, par. 2-10.1

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "severely or profoundly mentally retarded person".


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
5Section 2-10.1 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/2-10.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 2-10.1)
7    Sec. 2-10.1. "Severely or profoundly intellectually
8disabled person" means a person (i) whose intelligence quotient
9does not exceed 40 or (ii) whose intelligence quotient does not
10exceed 55 and and who suffers from significant mental illness
11to the extent that the person's ability to exercise rational
12judgment is impaired. In any proceeding in which the defendant
13is charged with committing a violation of Section 10-2, 10-5,
1411-1.30, 11-1.60, 11-14.4, 11-15.1, 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 11-20.1,
1511-20.1B, 11-20.3, 12-4.3, 12-14, or 12-16, or subdivision
16(b)(1) of Section 12-3.05, of this Code against a victim who is
17alleged to be a severely or profoundly intellectually disabled
18person, any findings concerning the victim's status as a
19severely or profoundly intellectually disabled person, made by
20a court after a judicial admission hearing concerning the
21victim under Articles V and VI of Chapter 4 of the Mental
22Health and Developmental Disabilities Code shall be
23admissible.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 96-1551, Article 1, Section 960, eff. 7-1-11;
296-1551, Article 2, Section 1035, eff. 7-1-11; 97-227, eff.
31-1-12; revised 9-12-11.)