HB2061 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB094 03375 RLC 33376 b

94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB2061

Introduced 2/14/2005, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Robert S. Molaro

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/33-5

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning chain of custody.

A BILL FOR

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 changing Section 33-5 as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/33-5)

Sec. 33-5. Preservation of evidence.

(a) It is unlawful for a law enforcement agency or an agent acting on behalf of the the law enforcement agency to intentionally fail to comply with the provisions of subsection (a) of Section 116-4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.

(b) Sentence. A person who violates this Section is guilty of a Class 4 felony.

(c) For purposes of this Section, "law enforcement agency" has the meaning ascribed to it in subsection (e) of Section 116-4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.

(Source: P.A. 91-871, eff. 1-1-01; 92-459, eff. 8-22-01.)