Bill Text: IL HB4388 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that a defendant may not be released on his or her own recognizance if he or she: (1) is on release on a recognizance bond for another offense; (2) had 2 or more recognizance bonds within the 12-month period preceding his or her application for release on his or her own recognizance; or (3) had 3 or more recognizance bonds within the 24-month period preceding his or her application for release on his or her own recognizance.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-29 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB4388 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB4388-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 110-2 as follows:
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| 6 | (725 ILCS 5/110-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 110-2)
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| 7 | Sec. 110-2. Release on own recognizance. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), when | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | When from all the circumstances the court is of the opinion | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | that the
defendant will appear as required either before or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | after
conviction and the
defendant will not pose a danger to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | any person or the community
and that the
defendant will comply | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | with all conditions of bond, which
shall include the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | defendant's current address with a written admonishment to
the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | defendant that he or she must comply with the provisions of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Section 110-12
of this Code regarding any change in his or her | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | address, the defendant may be released on his or her own | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | recognizance. The
defendant's address shall at all times remain | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | a matter of public record with
the clerk of the court. A | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | failure to appear as
required by such recognizance shall | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | constitute an offense subject to the
penalty provided in | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | Section 32-10 of the Criminal Code of 2012 for violation of the
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| 23 | bail bond, and any obligated sum fixed in the recognizance | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | shall be
forfeited and collected in accordance with subsection | ||||||
| 2 | (g) of Section 110-7
of this Code.
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| 3 | (b) A defendant may not be released on his or her own | ||||||
| 4 | recognizance if he or she: | ||||||
| 5 | (1) is on release on a recognizance bond for another | ||||||
| 6 | offense; | ||||||
| 7 | (2) had 2 or more recognizance bonds within the | ||||||
| 8 | 12-month period preceding his or her application for | ||||||
| 9 | release on his or her own recognizance; or | ||||||
| 10 | (3) had 3 or more recognizance bonds within the | ||||||
| 11 | 24-month period preceding his or her application for | ||||||
| 12 | release on his or her own recognizance. | ||||||
| 13 | (c) This Section shall be liberally construed to effectuate | ||||||
| 14 | the purpose of
relying upon contempt of court proceedings or | ||||||
| 15 | criminal sanctions
instead of financial loss to assure the
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| 16 | appearance of the defendant, and that the defendant will not | ||||||
| 17 | pose a danger to
any person or the community and that the | ||||||
| 18 | defendant will comply with all
conditions of bond. Except as | ||||||
| 19 | otherwise provided in subsection (b), monetary Monetary bail | ||||||
| 20 | should be set only when it is
determined that no other | ||||||
| 21 | conditions of release will reasonably assure the
defendant's | ||||||
| 22 | appearance in court, that the defendant does not present a
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| 23 | danger to any person or the community and that the defendant | ||||||
| 24 | will comply
with all conditions of bond.
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| 25 | (d) The State may appeal any order permitting release by | ||||||
| 26 | personal recognizance.
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| 1 | (Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
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