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91_HB1674

 
                                               LRB9103251EGfg

 1        AN ACT to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 by
 2    adding Sections 103-10 and 115-10.4.

 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section 5.  The Code of Criminal  Procedure  of  1963  is
 6    amended by adding Sections 103-10 and 115-10.4 as follows:

 7        (725 ILCS 5/103-10 new)
 8        Sec.  103-10.  Recording of interrogation of person under
 9    age 17.  Beginning January 1, 2000, a law enforcement officer
10    or other person conducting a  custodial  interrogation  of  a
11    person  under 17 years of age shall cause an audio and visual
12    electronic recording of the interrogation to  be  made.   The
13    recording shall be preserved and made available to interested
14    parties  in  the  same manner as physical evidence, until the
15    matter with respect to which the interrogation was  conducted
16    has been finally resolved.

17        (725 ILCS 5/115-10.4 new)
18        Sec.  115-10.4.   Admissibility  of  statements of person
19    under age 17.  An oral or sign language statement made on  or
20    after  January  1,  2000  by  a  person under 17 years of age
21    during a custodial interrogation shall not be  admissible  at
22    trial  unless an audio and visual electronic recording of the
23    statement was made and is available to the court.

24        Section  99.  Effective  date.   This  Act  takes  effect
25    January 1, 2000.

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