Full Text of HB3011 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 3-5 as follows:
| 6 | | (720 ILCS 5/3-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 3-5)
| 7 | | Sec. 3-5. General Limitations. | 8 | | (a) A prosecution for: (1) first degree murder, attempt to | 9 | | commit first
degree
murder, second degree murder,
involuntary | 10 | | manslaughter, reckless homicide, leaving the scene of a motor | 11 | | vehicle accident involving death or personal injuries under | 12 | | Section 11-401 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, failing to give | 13 | | information and render aid under Section 11-403 of the Illinois | 14 | | Vehicle Code, concealment of homicidal
death, treason, arson, | 15 | | residential arson, aggravated arson, forgery, child | 16 | | pornography under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Section | 17 | | 11-20.1, aggravated child pornography under paragraph (1) of | 18 | | subsection (a) of Section 11-20.1B, or (2) any offense
| 19 | | involving sexual conduct or sexual penetration, as defined by
| 20 | | Section 11-0.1 of this Code in which the DNA profile of the | 21 | | offender is
obtained and entered into a DNA database within 10 | 22 | | years after the commission
of the offense, may be commenced at | 23 | | any
time.
Clause (2) of this subsection (a) applies if either: |
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| 1 | | (i) the victim reported the
offense to law enforcement | 2 | | authorities within 3 years after the commission
of the offense | 3 | | unless a longer period for reporting the offense to law
| 4 | | enforcement authorities
is provided in Section 3-6 or (ii) the | 5 | | victim is murdered during the course of the offense or within 2 | 6 | | years after the commission of the offense.
| 7 | | (b) Unless the statute describing the offense provides | 8 | | otherwise, or the
period of limitation is extended by Section | 9 | | 3-6, a prosecution for any
offense not designated in Subsection | 10 | | (a) must be commenced within 3 years
after the commission of | 11 | | the offense if it is a felony, or within one year
and 6 months | 12 | | after its commission if it is a misdemeanor.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 95-899, eff. 1-1-09; 96-292, eff. 1-1-10; | 14 | | 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11 .)
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