HB1976 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB096 05335 RLC 15401 b

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1976

Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Constance A. Howard

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/8-6

from Ch. 38, par. 8-6

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "offense" for the purpose of inchoate offenses.

A BILL FOR

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 8-6 as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/8-6) (from Ch. 38, par. 8-6)

Sec. 8-6. Offense. For the the purposes of this Article, "offense" shall include conduct which if performed in another State would be criminal by the laws of that State and which conduct if performed in this State would be an offense under the laws of this State.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)