Sen. Matt Murphy
Filed: 5/31/2007
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1979




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1979 on page 1, by 
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replacing lines 4 and 5 with the following:

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    "Section 5.  The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by 
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changing Section 32-5 and by adding Section 10-5.1 as 
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follows:"; and
 
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on page 5, by inserting immediately below line 17 the 
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following:
 



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    "(720 ILCS 5/32-5)  (from Ch. 38, par. 32-5)



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    Sec. 32-5. False
personation of attorney, judicial, or 
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governmental officials.

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    (a) A person who falsely represents himself or herself to 
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be an attorney
authorized to practice law for purposes of 
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compensation or consideration
commits a Class 4 felony.  This 
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subsection (a) does not apply to a person who
unintentionally 
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fails to pay attorney registration fees established by Supreme

 


 






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Court Rule.

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    (b) A person who falsely represents himself or herself to 
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be a public
officer or a public employee or an official or 
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employee of the federal government commits a Class B

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misdemeanor.

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    (c)  A person who falsely represents himself or herself to 
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be a public
officer or a public employee commits a Class 4 
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felony if that false representation was for the purpose of 
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effectuating identity theft as defined in Section 16G-15 of 
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this Code.

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(Source: P.A. 94-985, eff. 1-1-07.)".