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91_SB1319

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the  Criminal  Code  of  1961  by  adding
 2    Section 32-4d.

 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    adding Section 32-4d as follows:

 7        (720 ILCS 5/32-4d new)
 8        Sec. 32-4d.  Payment of jurors by parties prohibited.
 9        (a)   After  a  verdict  has  been rendered in a civil or
10    criminal case, a person who was a plaintiff or  defendant  in
11    the  case  may  not  offer  or pay an award or other fee to a
12    juror who was a member of the jury that rendered the  verdict
13    in the  case.
14        (b)  After  a  verdict  has  been  rendered in a civil or
15    criminal case, a member of the jury that rendered the verdict
16    may not  accept  an  award  or  fee  from  the  plaintiff  or
17    defendant in that case.
18        (c)  A   violation   of   this   Section  is  a  Class  A
19    misdemeanor.
20        (d)  This Section does not apply to the payment of a  fee
21    or  award  to a person who was a juror for purposes unrelated
22    to the jury's verdict or to the outcome of the case.

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