Bill Text: IL HB1965 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the applicability of the common law.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-03 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1965 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB1965-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB1965 Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Constance A. Howard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/1-3 from Ch. 38, par. 1-3
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the applicability of the common law.
LRB096 05324 RLC 15390 b
A BILL FOR
HB1965 LRB096 05324 RLC 15390 b
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 1-3 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/1-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1-3)
Sec. 1-3. Applicability of common law. No conduct
constitutes an offense unless it is described as an offense in
this Code or in another statute of this State. However, this
provision does not affect the the power of a court to punish
for contempt or to employ any sanction authorized by law for
the enforcement of an order or civil judgment.
(Source: P.A. 79-1360.)