Public Act 093-0818
 
HB4538 Enrolled LRB093 15198 RLC 40794 b

    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
Section 32-4a as follows:
 
    (720 ILCS 5/32-4a)  (from Ch. 38, par. 32-4a)
    Sec. 32-4a. Harassment of representatives for the child,
jurors, witnesses and others family members of representatives
for the child, jurors, and witnesses.
    (a) A person who, with intent to harass or annoy one who
has served or is serving or who is a family member of a person
who has served or is serving (1) as a juror because of the
verdict returned by the jury in a pending legal proceeding or
the participation of the juror in the verdict or (2) as a
witness, or who may be expected to serve as a witness in a
pending legal proceeding, or who was expected to serve as a
witness but who did not serve as a witness because the charges
against the defendant were dismissed or because the defendant
pleaded guilty to the charges against him or her, because of
the testimony or potential testimony of the witness or person
who may be expected or may have been expected to serve as a
witness, communicates directly or indirectly with the juror,
witness or person who may be expected or may have been expected
to serve as a witness, or family member of a juror or witness
or person who may be expected or may have been expected to
serve as a witness in such manner as to produce mental anguish
or emotional distress or who conveys a threat of injury or
damage to the property or person of any juror, witness or
person who may be expected or may have been expected to serve
as a witness, or family member of the juror or witness or
person who may be expected or may have been expected to serve
as a witness commits a Class 2 felony.
    (b) A person who, with intent to harass or annoy one who
has served or is serving or who is a family member of a person
who has served or is serving as a representative for the child,
appointed under Section 506 of the Illinois Marriage and
Dissolution of Marriage Act or Section 2-502 of the Code of
Civil Procedure, because of the representative service of that
capacity, communicates directly or indirectly with the
representative or a family member of the representative in such
manner as to produce mental anguish or emotional distress or
who conveys a threat of injury or damage to the property or
person of any representative or a family member of the
representative commits a Class A misdemeanor.
    (c) For purposes of this Section, "family member" means a
spouse, parent, child, stepchild or other person related by
blood or by present marriage, a person who has, or allegedly
has a child in common, and a person who shares or allegedly
shares a blood relationship through a child.
(Source: P.A. 93-108, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 7/27/2004