Bill Text: IL SB0545 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning prosecution of a traffic, boating, or fish and game law or ordinance violation committed by a minor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB0545 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB0545-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB0545 Introduced 1/24/2017, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
705 ILCS 405/5-125
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning prosecution of a traffic, boating, or fish and game law or ordinance violation committed by a minor.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning courts.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
changing Section 5-125 as follows:
(705 ILCS 405/5-125)
Sec. 5-125. Concurrent jurisdiction. Any minor alleged to
have violated a traffic, boating, or fish and and game law, or
a municipal or county ordinance, may be prosecuted for the
violation and if found guilty punished under any statute or
ordinance relating to the violation, without reference to the
procedures set out in this Article, except that:
(1) any detention, must be in compliance with this
Article; and
(2) the confidentiality of records provisions in Part 9
of this Article shall apply to any law enforcement and
court records relating to prosecution of a minor under 18
years of age for a municipal or county ordinance violation
or a violation of subsection (a) of Section 4 of the
Cannabis Control Act or subsection (c) of Section 3.5 of
the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act; except that these
confidentiality provisions shall not apply to or affect any
proceeding to adjudicate the violation.

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For the purpose of this Section, "traffic violation" shall
include a violation of Section 9-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961
or the Criminal Code of 2012 relating to the offense of
reckless homicide, Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
or any similar county or municipal ordinance.
(Source: P.A. 99-697, eff. 7-29-16.)