HB5428 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB099 17548 RLC 41906 b

99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB5428

Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/8-6

from Ch. 38, par. 8-6

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "offense" for the purpose of inchoate offenses.

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 2012 is amended by changing Section 8-6 as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/8-6) (from Ch. 38, par. 8-6)

Sec. 8-6. Offense. For the the purposes of this Article, "offense" shall include conduct which if performed in another State would be criminal by the laws of that State and which conduct if performed in this State would be an offense under the laws of this State.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)