SB2452enr 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB2452 Enrolled LRB095 19269 RLC 46181 b

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 adding Sections 32-4e and 32-4f as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/32-4e new)

Sec. 32-4e. Interfering with the duties of a judicial officer.

(a) A person may not give or offer to give benefits, promises, pecuniary compensation, or any other form of compensation, either directly or indirectly, to a judicial officer or a member of the judicial officer's immediate family with the intent to:

(1) induce such judicial officer to do, or fail to do, any act in violation of the lawful execution of his or her official duties; or

(2) induce such judicial officer to commit or aid in the commission of any fraud, or to collude in, allow, or make available the opportunity for the commission of any fraud on the State of Illinois.

(b) A person may not give or offer to give benefits, promises, pecuniary compensation, or any other form of compensation, either directly or indirectly, to court employees and staff with the intent to interfere with the administration of the judicial process.

(c) Sentence. A person who violates this Section commits a Class 2 felony.

(d) Definitions. For purposes of this Section:

"Judicial officer" means a justice, judge, associate judge, or magistrate of a court of the United States of America or the State of Illinois.

"Immediate family" means a judicial officer's spouse or children.

(720 ILCS 5/32-4f new)

Sec. 32-4f. Retaliating against a Judge by false claim, slander of title, or malicious recording of fictitious liens. A person who files or causes to be filed, in any public record or in any private record that is generally available to the public, any false lien or encumbrance against the real or personal property of a Supreme, Appellate, Circuit, or Associate Judge of the State of Illinois with knowledge that such lien or encumbrance is false or contains any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation, and with the intent of retaliating against that Judge for the performance or non-performance of an official judicial duty, is guilty of a violation of this Section. A person is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense.