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90_HB3194
730 ILCS 5/3-6-5 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-5
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a
stylistic change in Section relating to crimes committed by
persons confined by the Department of Corrections.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Unified Code of Corrections by
2 changing Section 3-6-5.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
6 changing Section 3-6-5 as follows:
7 (730 ILCS 5/3-6-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-5)
8 Sec. 3-6-5. Crimes Committed by Persons Confined by the
9 Department.
10 When any person is charged with committing an offense
11 while confined by the Department, cognizance thereof shall be
12 taken by the circuit court of the county wherein such crime
13 was committed. The Such court shall adjudicate and sentence
14 the person charged with such crime in the same manner and
15 subject to the same rules and limitations as are now
16 established by law in relation to other persons charged with
17 crime. The expense of prosecution shall be paid by the
18 Department.
19 (Source: P.A. 77-2097.)