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90_SB0988

      720 ILCS 5/4-7            from Ch. 38, par. 4-7
          Amends the Criminal Code of  1961  to  make  a  technical
      change to a provision concerning negligence.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
 2    Section 4-7.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The  Criminal  Code  of  1961 is amended by
 6    changing Section 4-7 as follows:
 7        (720 ILCS 5/4-7) (from Ch. 38, par. 4-7)
 8        Sec. 4-7. Negligence.
 9        A person is negligent, or acts negligently,  when  he  or
10    she fails to be aware of a substantial and unjustifiable risk
11    that  circumstances  exist or a result will follow, described
12    by  the  statute  defining  the  offense;  and  such  failure
13    constitutes a substantial deviation from the standard of care
14    which a reasonable person would exercise in the situation.
15    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)

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