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Public Act 91-0231

HB1304 Enrolled                                LRB9101088RCtm

    AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code  of  1961  by  changing
Section 3-7.

    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 3-7 as follows:

    (720 ILCS 5/3-7) (from Ch. 38, par. 3-7)
    Sec. 3-7. Periods excluded from limitation.
    The  period  within which a prosecution must be commenced
does not include any period in which:
    (a)  The defendant is not usually and  publicly  resident
within this State; or
    (b)  The  defendant  is  a public officer and the offense
charged is theft of public funds while in public office; or
    (c)  A prosecution is pending against the  defendant  for
the same conduct, even if the indictment or information which
commences  the  prosecution  is  quashed  or  the proceedings
thereon are set aside, or are reversed on appeal; or.
    (d)  A proceeding or an appeal from a proceeding relating
to the quashing or  enforcement  of  a  Grand  Jury  subpoena
issued  in connection with an investigation of a violation of
a criminal law of this State is pending. However, the  period
within  which  a  prosecution  must be commenced includes any
period in which the State brings a proceeding  or  an  appeal
from a proceeding specified in this subsection (d).
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)

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