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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4039

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 4039,  AS  AMENDED,
 3    by replacing the title with the following:
 4        "AN ACT in relation to interrogations."; and

 5    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 6    following:

 7        "Section 5.  The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
 8    adding Section 5-401.5 as follows:

 9        (705 ILCS 405/5-401.5 new)
10        Sec. 5-401.5.  When statements by minor may be used.
11        (a)  In this Section, a "written statement  of  a  minor"
12    means  a statement signed by the minor or a statement made by
13    the minor in his or her own handwriting or, if the  minor  is
14    unable  to  write,  a statement bearing his or her mark, when
15    the mark has been witnessed by a person other  than  a  peace
16    officer.
17        (b)  No  oral,  written,  or sign language statement of a
18    minor who, at the time of the commission of the offense,  was
19    under  the  age  of  17 years made as a result of a custodial
20    interrogation shall be admissible  as  evidence  against  the
21    minor  in any proceeding under this Act in which the minor is
 
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 1    alleged to be delinquent for an act that if committed  by  an
 2    adult would be a non-probationable felony unless:
 3             (1)  the  minor is represented by an attorney who is
 4        present at all times during the custodial interrogation;
 5             (2) an electronic video and audio recording is  made
 6        of the custodial interrogation;
 7             (3)  prior to the custodial interrogation but during
 8        the recording, the minor is given the following warnings:
 9                  i. that the  minor  has  the  right  to  remain
10             silent  and  not make any statement at all, and that
11             any statement he or she makes may  be  used  against
12             him or her at his or her trial;
13                  ii.  that  any statement he or she makes may be
14             used as evidence against him or her in court;
15                  iii. that he or she has the right  to  have  an
16             attorney  present  to advise him or her prior to and
17             during any questioning;
18                  iv. that if he or she is unable  to  employ  an
19             attorney,  he  or  she  has  the  right  to  have an
20             attorney appointed to advise him or her prior to and
21             during any questioning; and
22                  v. that he or she has the  right  to  terminate
23             the interrogation at any time.
24             (4) prior to the statement but during the recording,
25        the   minor  knowingly,  intelligently,  and  voluntarily
26        waives any rights described in paragraph (3);
27             (5) the recording device was capable  of  making  an
28        accurate  recording,  the operator was competent, and the
29        recording is accurate and has not been altered;
30             (6) all voices on the recording are identified;
31             (7) not later than the 20th day before the  date  of
32        the  proceeding,  the  attorney representing the minor is
33        provided with a true, complete, and accurate copy of  all
34        recordings of the minor made under this Section.
 
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 1        (c)  In addition to the requirements of subsection (b) of
 2    this  Section,  no  written  statement  made  by a minor as a
 3    result of a custodial interrogation is admissible as evidence
 4    against him or her in any proceeding under this Act unless it
 5    is shown on the face of the statement that:
 6             (1)  the  minor,  prior  to  making  the  statement,
 7        received from the person to whom the statement is made  a
 8        warning that:
 9                  (A)  he  or  she has the right to remain silent
10             and not make any  statement  at  all  and  that  any
11             statement he or she makes may be used against him or
12             her in any proceeding under this Act;
13                  (B)  any  statement he or she makes may be used
14             as evidence against him or her in court;
15                  (C)  he  or  she  has  the  right  to  have  an
16             attorney present to advise him or her prior  to  and
17             during any questioning;
18                  (D)  if  he  or  she  is  unable  to  employ an
19             attorney, he  or  she  has  the  right  to  have  an
20             attorney  appointed to advise the minor prior to and
21             during any questioning; and
22                  (E)  he or she has the right to  terminate  the
23             interrogation at any time.
24             (2)  the  minor,  prior  to and during the making of
25        the statement, knowingly, intelligently, and  voluntarily
26        waived  the  rights  set out in the warning prescribed by
27        item (1) of this subsection (c).
28        (d) Every electronic video and  audio  recording  of  any
29    statement  made  by  a minor during a custodial interrogation
30    must be preserved until such time as the minor's adjudication
31    for any offense relating to the statement is  final  and  all
32    direct  and  habeas  corpus  appeals  are  exhausted,  or the
33    prosecution of such offenses is barred by law.
34        (e) If the minor is a deaf person, the minor's statements
 
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 1    under subsection (b)  of  this  Section  are  not  admissible
 2    against  the  minor unless the warnings in subsection (b) are
 3    interpreted to the deaf  person  by  an  interpreter  who  is
 4    qualified and sworn as provided by Illinois law.
 5        (f)  If  the  minor  can prove, by a preponderance of the
 6    evidence, that  he  or  she  was  subjected  to  a  custodial
 7    interrogation  prior  to the custodial interrogation that was
 8    the subject of the electronic video and audio recording,  and
 9    if  that  prior  custodial  interrogation was not recorded as
10    required by this Section, then any  statements  made  by  the
11    minor   during   or  following  that  non-recorded  custodial
12    interrogation, even if  otherwise  in  compliance  with  this
13    Section,  are inadmissible in any criminal proceeding against
14    the minor except for the purposes of impeachment.
15        (g) In all cases where a question is  raised  as  to  the
16    voluntariness  of a statement of a minor, the court must make
17    an independent finding in the  absence  of  the  jury  as  to
18    whether  the  statement  was made under voluntary conditions.
19    If the statement has been found to have been voluntarily made
20    and held admissible as a matter of law and fact by the  court
21    in a hearing in the absence of the jury, the court must enter
22    an  order  stating  its  conclusion  as to whether or not the
23    statement was  voluntarily  made,  along  with  the  specific
24    finding  of  facts upon which the conclusion was based, which
25    order shall be filed among the  papers  of  the  cause.   The
26    order may not be exhibited to the jury nor the finding of the
27    order made known to the jury in any manner.  Upon the finding
28    by  the  judge as a matter of law and fact that the statement
29    was voluntarily made, evidence pertaining to the  matter  may
30    be  submitted  to  the  jury  and it shall be instructed that
31    unless a jury believes beyond a  reasonable  doubt  that  the
32    statement was voluntarily made, the jury may not consider the
33    statement  for  any  purpose  nor  any evidence obtained as a
34    result of the statement.  In any case in which  a  motion  to
 
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 1    suppress  the  statement has been filed and evidence has been
 2    submitted to the court on this issue, the  court  within  its
 3    discretion  may  reconsider  the evidence in its finding that
 4    the statement was voluntarily  made  and  the  same  evidence
 5    submitted  to  the  court  at  the  hearing  on the motion to
 6    suppress shall be made a part of the record the same as if it
 7    were being presented at the  time  of  trial.   However,  the
 8    State  or  the  minor  shall  be  entitled to present any new
 9    evidence on the issue of the voluntariness of  the  statement
10    prior  to  the  court's  final  ruling  and order stating its
11    findings.
12        (h) Nothing in this Section precludes the  admission  (i)
13    of  a  statement  made  by  the  minor  in  open court in any
14    proceeding under this Act, before  a  grand  jury,  or  at  a
15    preliminary  hearing,  (ii)  of  a  statement that is the res
16    gestae of the arrest or of the offense, (iii) of a  statement
17    that  does  not  stem from custodial interrogation, (iv) of a
18    statement made during a custodial interrogation that was  not
19    electronically recorded as required by this Section, provided
20    that  a  court  finds  by  clear and convincing evidence that
21    electronic  recording  of  the  minor's  statements  was  not
22    feasible, (v) of a voluntary statement, whether  or  not  the
23    result  of custodial interrogation, that has a bearing on the
24    credibility of the accused as a witness, or (vi) of any other
25    statement that may be admissible under law.  The State  shall
26    bear  the  burden  of  proving,  by  a  preponderance  of the
27    evidence, that  one  of  the  exceptions  described  in  this
28    subsection  (h)  is  applicable,  except that the State shall
29    bear the burden of proving by clear and  convincing  evidence
30    that the exception in subsection (iv) is applicable.  Nothing
31    in  this  Section  precludes  the  admission  of a statement,
32    otherwise inadmissible under this Section, that is used  only
33    for impeachment and not as substantive evidence.
 
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 1        Section  10.   The  Criminal  Code  of 1961 is amended by
 2    changing Section 14-3 as follows:

 3        (720 ILCS 5/14-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 14-3)
 4        Sec. 14-3.  Exemptions.  The following  activities  shall
 5    be exempt from the provisions of this Article:
 6        (a)  Listening   to   radio,   wireless   and  television
 7    communications of any sort where the same are publicly made;
 8        (b)  Hearing conversation when heard by employees of  any
 9    common  carrier  by  wire  incidental to the normal course of
10    their employment in the operation, maintenance or  repair  of
11    the  equipment  of  such common carrier by wire so long as no
12    information obtained thereby  is  used  or  divulged  by  the
13    hearer;
14        (c)  Any  broadcast  by  radio,  television  or otherwise
15    whether it be a broadcast or  recorded  for  the  purpose  of
16    later  broadcasts  of  any  function  where  the public is in
17    attendance and the conversations are overheard incidental  to
18    the  main  purpose  for  which such broadcasts are then being
19    made;
20        (d)  Recording or listening with the aid of any device to
21    any emergency communication made  in  the  normal  course  of
22    operations  by  any  federal,  state or local law enforcement
23    agency  or  institutions  dealing  in   emergency   services,
24    including,  but not limited to, hospitals, clinics, ambulance
25    services,  fire  fighting  agencies,  any   public   utility,
26    emergency  repair facility, civilian defense establishment or
27    military installation;
28        (e)  Recording the proceedings of any meeting required to
29    be open by the Open Meetings Act, as amended;
30        (f)  Recording or listening with the aid of any device to
31    incoming telephone calls of phone lines  publicly  listed  or
32    advertised   as   consumer  "hotlines"  by  manufacturers  or
33    retailers of food and drug products.  Such recordings must be
 
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 1    destroyed, erased or turned over  to  local  law  enforcement
 2    authorities  within  24 hours from the time of such recording
 3    and shall not be otherwise disseminated.  Failure on the part
 4    of the individual or business operating any such recording or
 5    listening device to comply  with  the  requirements  of  this
 6    subsection  shall  eliminate  any  civil or criminal immunity
 7    conferred upon that individual or business by  the  operation
 8    of this Section;
 9        (g)  With  prior  notification to the State's Attorney of
10    the county in which it is to occur,  recording  or  listening
11    with  the  aid  of any device to any conversation where a law
12    enforcement officer, or any person acting at the direction of
13    law enforcement, is a  party  to  the  conversation  and  has
14    consented   to   it   being  intercepted  or  recorded  under
15    circumstances where the use of the device  is  necessary  for
16    the  protection  of the law enforcement officer or any person
17    acting at the direction of law enforcement, in the course  of
18    an  investigation of a forcible felony, a felony violation of
19    the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, a felony violation of
20    the Cannabis Control Act,  or  any  "streetgang  related"  or
21    "gang-related"  felony  as  those  terms  are  defined in the
22    Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus  Prevention  Act.   Any
23    recording or evidence derived as the result of this exemption
24    shall  be  inadmissible in any proceeding, criminal, civil or
25    administrative, except (i) where a party to the  conversation
26    suffers   great  bodily  injury  or  is  killed  during  such
27    conversation, or (ii) when used as direct  impeachment  of  a
28    witness  concerning  matters contained in the interception or
29    recording.  The Director of the Department  of  State  Police
30    shall  issue  regulations as are necessary concerning the use
31    of  devices,  retention  of  tape  recordings,  and   reports
32    regarding their use;
33        (h)  Recordings   made   simultaneously   with   a  video
34    recording of an oral conversation between  a  peace  officer,
 
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 1    who  has  identified  his or her office, and a person stopped
 2    for an investigation of an offense under the Illinois Vehicle
 3    Code;
 4        (i)  Recording of  a  conversation  made  by  or  at  the
 5    request  of  a person, not a law enforcement officer or agent
 6    of  a  law  enforcement  officer,  who  is  a  party  to  the
 7    conversation, under reasonable suspicion that  another  party
 8    to the conversation is committing, is about to commit, or has
 9    committed  a  criminal offense against the person or a member
10    of his or her immediate household, and  there  is  reason  to
11    believe that evidence of the criminal offense may be obtained
12    by the recording; and
13        (j)  The  use  of a telephone monitoring device by either
14    (1)  a  corporation  or  other  business  entity  engaged  in
15    marketing or opinion research or (2) a corporation  or  other
16    business entity engaged in telephone solicitation, as defined
17    in  this  subsection,  to  record or listen to oral telephone
18    solicitation conversations or marketing or  opinion  research
19    conversations  by  an  employee  of  the corporation or other
20    business entity when:
21             (i)  the monitoring  is  used  for  the  purpose  of
22        service  quality control of marketing or opinion research
23        or telephone solicitation, the education or  training  of
24        employees  or contractors engaged in marketing or opinion
25        research or telephone solicitation, or internal  research
26        related  to  marketing  or  opinion research or telephone
27        solicitation; and
28             (ii)  the monitoring is used with the consent of  at
29        least  one person who is an active party to the marketing
30        or   opinion   research   conversation    or    telephone
31        solicitation conversation being monitored.
32        No communication or conversation or any part, portion, or
33    aspect  of  the communication or conversation made, acquired,
34    or obtained, directly or  indirectly,  under  this  exemption
 
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 1    (j),  may  be,  directly  or indirectly, furnished to any law
 2    enforcement officer, agency, or official for any  purpose  or
 3    used  in  any  inquiry or investigation, or used, directly or
 4    indirectly,  in  any  administrative,  judicial,   or   other
 5    proceeding, or divulged to any third party.
 6        When recording or listening authorized by this subsection
 7    (j) on telephone lines used for marketing or opinion research
 8    or  telephone  solicitation  purposes results in recording or
 9    listening to a conversation that does not relate to marketing
10    or opinion research or  telephone  solicitation;  the  person
11    recording  or  listening  shall, immediately upon determining
12    that the conversation does not relate to marketing or opinion
13    research or telephone solicitation, terminate  the  recording
14    or  listening  and  destroy  any such recording as soon as is
15    practicable.
16        Business entities that  use  a  telephone  monitoring  or
17    telephone  recording  system  pursuant  to this exemption (j)
18    shall provide current and prospective employees  with  notice
19    that the monitoring or recordings may occur during the course
20    of  their  employment.   The  notice  shall include prominent
21    signage notification within the workplace.
22        Business entities that  use  a  telephone  monitoring  or
23    telephone  recording  system  pursuant  to this exemption (j)
24    shall provide  their  employees  or  agents  with  access  to
25    personal-only  telephone  lines  which may be pay telephones,
26    that are not subject to  telephone  monitoring  or  telephone
27    recording.
28        For  the  purposes  of  this  subsection  (j), "telephone
29    solicitation" means a communication  through  the  use  of  a
30    telephone by live operators:
31             (i)  soliciting the sale of goods or services;
32             (ii)  receiving  orders  for  the  sale  of goods or
33        services;
34             (iii)  assisting in the use of goods or services; or
 
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 1             (iv)  engaging in the solicitation,  administration,
 2        or collection of bank or retail credit accounts.
 3        For  the  purposes  of this subsection (j), "marketing or
 4    opinion research"  means  a  marketing  or  opinion  research
 5    interview  conducted  by a live telephone interviewer engaged
 6    by a corporation or other  business  entity  whose  principal
 7    business  is  the  design, conduct, and analysis of polls and
 8    surveys measuring the opinions, attitudes, and  responses  of
 9    respondents  toward  products  and  services,  or  social  or
10    political issues, or both.
11        (k)  Electronic recordings, including but not limited to,
12    motion   picture,   videotape,  or  other  visual  and  audio
13    recording, made of a custodial interrogation of an individual
14    by a law enforcement officer under  Section  5-401.5  of  the
15    Juvenile  Court Act of 1987 or Section 103-2.1 of the Code of
16    Criminal Procedure of 1963.
17    (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

18        Section 15.  The Code of Criminal Procedure  of  1963  is
19    amended  by  adding  Section  103-2.1  and  Article  106F  as
20    follows:

21        (725 ILCS 5/103-2.1 new)
22        Sec. 103-2.1.  When statements by accused may be used.
23        (a)  In this Section, a "written statement of an accused"
24    means  a  statement signed by the accused or a statement made
25    by the accused in his or  her  own  handwriting  or,  if  the
26    accused  is  unable  to write, a statement bearing his or her
27    mark, when the mark has been witnessed by a person other than
28    a peace officer.
29        (b) No oral, written, or sign language  statement  of  an
30    accused  made  as a result of a custodial interrogation shall
31    be admissible as evidence against the accused in any criminal
32    proceeding brought under Section 9-1, 9-1.2, 9-2, 9-2.1, 9-3,
 
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 1    9-3.2, 9-3.3, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, or 12-16  of  the
 2    Criminal Code of 1961, unless:
 3             (1)  an electronic video and audio recording is made
 4        of the custodial interrogation;
 5             (2) prior to the custodial interrogation but  during
 6        the   recording   the  accused  is  given  the  following
 7        warnings:
 8                  (i) that the accused has the  right  to  remain
 9             silent  and  not make any statement at all, and that
10             any statement the accused makes may be used  against
11             the accused at his or her trial;
12                  (ii)  that  any statement the accused makes may
13             be used as evidence against the accused in court;
14                  (iii) that the accused has the right to have an
15             attorney present to advise him or her prior  to  and
16             during any questioning;
17                  (iv) that if the accused is unable to employ an
18             attorney,  he  or  she  has  the  right  to  have an
19             attorney appointed to advise him or her prior to and
20             during any questioning; and
21                  (v) that he or she has the right  to  terminate
22             the interrogation at any time.
23             (3) prior to the statement but during the recording,
24        the  accused  knowingly,  intelligently,  and voluntarily
25        waives the rights described in paragraph (2);
26             (4) the recording device was capable  of  making  an
27        accurate  recording,  the operator was competent, and the
28        recording is accurate and has not been altered;
29             (5) all voices on the recording are identified;
30             (6) not later than the 20th day before the  date  of
31        the  proceeding,  the attorney representing the defendant
32        is provided with a true, complete, and accurate  copy  of
33        all recordings of the defendant made under this Section.
34        (c)  In addition to the requirements of subsection (b) of
 
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 1    this  Section,  no  written statement made by an accused as a
 2    result of a custodial interrogation is admissible as evidence
 3    against his or her in any criminal proceeding  unless  it  is
 4    shown on the face of the statement that:
 5             (1)  the  accused,  prior  to  making the statement,
 6        received from the person to whom the statement is made  a
 7        warning that:
 8                  (A)  he  or  she has the right to remain silent
 9             and not make any  statement  at  all  and  that  any
10             statement he or she makes may be used against him or
11             her at his or her trial;
12                  (B)  any  statement he or she makes may be used
13             as evidence against him or her in court;
14                  (C)  He  or  she  has  the  right  to  have  an
15             attorney present to advise him or her prior  to  and
16             during any questioning;
17                  (D)  if  he  or  she  is  unable  to  employ an
18             attorney, he  or  she  has  the  right  to  have  an
19             attorney appointed to advise him or her prior to and
20             during any questioning; and
21                  (E)  he  or  she has the right to terminate the
22             interrogation at any time.
23             (2)  the accused, prior to and during the making  of
24        the  statement, knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily
25        waived the rights set out in the  warning  prescribed  by
26        item (1) of this subsection (c).
27        (d)  Every  electronic  video  and audio recording of any
28    statement made by an accused during a custodial interrogation
29    must  be  preserved  until  such  time  as  the   defendant's
30    conviction for any offense relating to the statement is final
31    and  all  direct  and habeas corpus appeals are exhausted, or
32    the prosecution of such offenses is barred by law.
33        (e) If the  accused  is  a  deaf  person,  the  accused's
34    statements  under  subsection  (b)  of  this  Section are not
 
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 1    admissible  against  the  accused  unless  the  warnings   in
 2    subsection  (b)  are  interpreted  to  the  deaf person by an
 3    interpreter  who  is  qualified  and  sworn  as  provided  by
 4    Illinois law.
 5        (f) If the defendant can prove, by a preponderance of the
 6    evidence, that  he  or  she  was  subjected  to  a  custodial
 7    interrogation  prior  to the custodial interrogation that was
 8    the subject of the electronic video and audio recording,  and
 9    if  that  prior  custodial  interrogation was not recorded as
10    required by this Section, then any  statements  made  by  the
11    defendant  during  or  following  that non-recorded custodial
12    interrogation, even if  otherwise  in  compliance  with  this
13    Section,  are inadmissible in any criminal proceeding against
14    the defendant except for the purposes of impeachment.
15        (g) In all cases where a question is  raised  as  to  the
16    voluntariness  of  a  statement of an accused, the court must
17    make an independent finding in the absence of the jury as  to
18    whether  the  statement  was made under voluntary conditions.
19    If the statement has been found to have been voluntarily made
20    and held admissible as a matter of law and fact by the  court
21    in a hearing in the absence of the jury, the court must enter
22    an  order  stating  its  conclusion  as to whether or not the
23    statement was  voluntarily  made,  along  with  the  specific
24    finding  of  facts upon which the conclusion was based, which
25    order shall be filed among the  papers  of  the  cause.   The
26    order  shall  not be exhibited to the jury nor the finding of
27    the order made known to the jury in any  manner.    Upon  the
28    finding  by  the  judge  as a matter of law and fact that the
29    statement was voluntarily made, evidence  pertaining  to  the
30    matter  may  be  submitted  to  the  jury  and  it  shall  be
31    instructed  that  unless  a jury believes beyond a reasonable
32    doubt that the statement was voluntarily made, the  jury  may
33    not  consider  the statement for any purpose nor any evidence
34    obtained as a result of the statement.  In any case  where  a
 
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 1    motion  to suppress the statement has been filed and evidence
 2    has been submitted to the court  on  this  issue,  the  court
 3    within  its  discretion  may  reconsider  the evidence in its
 4    finding that the statement was voluntarily made and the  same
 5    evidence  submitted to the court at the hearing on the motion
 6    to suppress shall be made a part of the record the same as if
 7    it were being presented at the time of trial.   However,  the
 8    State  or  the defendant shall be entitled to present any new
 9    evidence on the issue of the voluntariness of  the  statement
10    prior  to  the  court's  final  ruling  and order stating its
11    findings.
12        (h) Nothing in this Section precludes the  admission  (i)
13    of  a  statement  made by the accused in open court at his or
14    her trial, before a grand jury, or at a preliminary  hearing,
15    (ii)  of  a statement that is the res gestae of the arrest or
16    of the offense, (iii) of a statement that does not stem  from
17    custodial  interrogation,  (iv)  of a statement made during a
18    custodial interrogation that was not electronically  recorded
19    as  required  by this Section, provided that a court finds by
20    clear and convincing evidence that  electronic  recording  of
21    the accused's statements was not feasible, (v) of a voluntary
22    statement,   whether   or   not   the   result  of  custodial
23    interrogation, that has a bearing on the credibility  of  the
24    accused as a witness, or (vi) of any other statement that may
25    be  admissible under law.  The State shall bear the burden of
26    proving, by a preponderance of the evidence, that one of  the
27    exceptions  described  in  this subsection (h) is applicable,
28    except that the State shall bear the  burden  of  proving  by
29    clear  and  convincing  evidence that the exception in clause
30    (iv) is applicable.  Nothing in this  Section  precludes  the
31    admission  of  a statement, otherwise inadmissible under this
32    Section, that  is  used  only  for  impeachment  and  not  as
33    substantive evidence.
 
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 1        (725 ILCS 5/Art. 106F heading new)
 2             ARTICLE 106F.  VIDEOTAPE OF INTERROGATIONS

 3        (725 ILCS 5/106F-5 new)
 4        Sec. 106F-5.  Videotape of interrogations of suspects.
 5        (a)  A  peace  officer  who  interrogates  a  person in a
 6    police station who  is  suspected  of  committing  a  capital
 7    offense must videotape the interrogation.
 8        (b)  The   videotape   is   admissible   in  court  in  a
 9    prosecution of the suspect for  an  offense  if  the  suspect
10    confesses to the offense or otherwise makes an admission that
11    may  be  used in a prosecution of the suspect for the offense
12    and  if  the  suspect  recants  his  or  her  confession   or
13    contradicts any admission made to a peace officer.
14        (c)  The  Department  of  State  Police shall make grants
15    available to local law enforcement  agencies,  subject  to  a
16    separate   appropriation,   for  the  purpose  of  purchasing
17    videotape equipment.

18        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
19    becoming law.".

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