97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB6195

 

Introduced , by Rep. Richard Morthland

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/33-3  from Ch. 38, par. 33-3

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 concerning official misconduct. Provides that a person who commits the offense with intent to obtain a personal advantage for himself, herself, or another and performs an act in excess of his or her lawful authority, if the personal advantage obtained for himself, herself, or another is property or has a specified monetary value, is guilty of a: (1) Class 2 felony if the value of the personal advantage obtained does not exceed $10,000; (2) Class 1 felony if the value of the personal advantage obtained exceeds $10,000 but does not exceed $100,000; and (3) Class X felony if the value of the personal advantage obtained exceeds $100,000.


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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
5Section 33-3 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/33-3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 33-3)
7    Sec. 33-3. Official misconduct. Misconduct.)
8    (a) A public officer or employee or special government
9agent commits official misconduct when, in his or her official
10capacity or capacity as a special government agent, he or she
11commits any of the following acts:
12        (1) intentionally (a) Intentionally or recklessly
13    fails to perform any mandatory duty as required by law; or
14        (2) knowingly (b) Knowingly performs an act which he or
15    she knows he or she is forbidden by law to perform; or
16        (3) with (c) With intent to obtain a personal advantage
17    for himself, herself, or another, he or she performs an act
18    in excess of his or her lawful authority; or
19        (4) solicits (d) Solicits or knowingly accepts for the
20    performance of any act a fee or reward which he or she
21    knows is not authorized by law.
22    (b) A public officer or employee or special government
23agent convicted of violating any provision of this Section

 

 

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1forfeits his or her office or employment or position as a
2special government agent.
3    (c) In addition to the forfeiture of office provided in
4subsection (b):
5        (1) A person who commits a violation of paragraph (1),
6    (2), or (4) of subsection (a) is guilty of , he commits a
7    Class 3 felony.
8        (2) A person who commits a violation of paragraph (3)
9    of subsection (a), if the personal advantage obtained for
10    himself, herself, or another has no specified monetary
11    value, is guilty of a Class 3 felony.
12        (3) A person who commits a violation of paragraph (3)
13    of subsection (a), if the personal advantage obtained for
14    himself, herself, or another is property or has a specified
15    monetary value, is guilty of a:
16            (A) Class 2 felony if the value of the personal
17        advantage obtained does not exceed $10,000.
18            (B) Class 1 felony if the value of the personal
19        advantage obtained exceeds $10,000 but does not exceed
20        $100,000.
21            (C) Class X felony if the value of the personal
22        advantage obtained exceeds $100,000.
23    (d) For purposes of this Section, "special government
24agent" has the meaning ascribed to it in subsection (l) of
25Section 4A-101 of the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.
26(Source: P.A. 94-338, eff. 1-1-06.)