Bill Text: IL HB4579 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of making a false statement to a peace officer or criminal investigative officer. Provides that a person commits the offense if: (1) the person knowingly makes a false statement to a peace officer or criminal investigative officer of the State or a unit of local government regarding a criminal matter that the person knows to be under investigation by the officer; and (2) during the interview, the person is first informed by a prosecutor who is working with the officer on the investigation that a knowing false statement to the officer relating to the investigation would constitute a criminal offense. Provides that a violation is a Class 4 felony.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-15 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4579 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB4579-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB4579 Introduced , by Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/31-4.5 new
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of making a false statement to a peace officer or criminal investigative officer. Provides that a person commits the offense if: (1) the person knowingly makes a false statement to a peace officer or criminal investigative officer of the State or a unit of local government regarding a criminal matter that the person knows to be under investigation by the officer; and (2) during the interview, the person is first informed by a prosecutor who is working with the officer on the investigation that a knowing false statement to the officer relating to the investigation would constitute a criminal offense. Provides that a violation is a Class 4 felony.
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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 adding
Section 31-4.5 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/31-4.5 new)
Sec. 31-4.5. Making a false statement to a peace officer or
criminal investigative officer.
(a) A person commits the offense of making a false
statement to a peace officer or criminal investigative officer
if:
(1) the person knowingly makes a false statement to a
peace officer or criminal investigative officer of the
State or a unit of local government regarding a criminal
matter that the person knows to be under investigation by
the officer; and
(2) during the interview, the person is first informed
by a prosecutor who is working with the officer on the
investigation that a knowing false statement to the officer
relating to the investigation would constitute a criminal
offense.
(b) Sentence. Making a false statement to a peace officer
or criminal investigative officer is a Class 4 felony.