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92_HB2022
LRB9207965ACmg
1 AN ACT concerning criminal offenses.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
5 changing Section 33-5 as follows:
6 (720 ILCS 5/33-5)
7 Sec. 33-5. Chain of custody; sentence.
8 (a) It is unlawful for a State's Attorney, an Assistant
9 State's Attorney, or other employee of the Office of the
10 State's Attorney or for a peace officer or other employee of
11 a law enforcement agency to intentionally fail to comply with
12 the provisions of subsection (a) of Section 116-4 of the Code
13 of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
14 (b) Sentence. A person who violates this Section is
15 guilty of a Class 4 felony.
16 (c) For purposes of this Section, "law enforcement
17 agency" has the meaning ascribed to it in clause (a)(4) of
18 Section 107-4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
19 (Source: P.A. 91-871, eff. 1-1-01.)