Bill Text: IL SB1469 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning extended statutes of limitations.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB1469 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB1469-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, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 3-6 as follows:
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| 6 | (720 ILCS 5/3-6) (from Ch. 38, par. 3-6)
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| 7 | Sec. 3-6. Extended limitations. The
The period within which | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | a prosecution
must be commenced under the provisions of Section | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 3-5 or other applicable
statute is extended under the following | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | conditions: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | (a) A prosecution for theft involving a breach of a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | fiduciary obligation
to the aggrieved person may be commenced | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | as follows:
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| 14 | (1) If the aggrieved person is a minor or a person | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | under legal disability,
then during the minority or legal | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | disability or within one year after the
termination | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | thereof.
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| 18 | (2) In any other instance, within one year after the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | discovery of the
offense by an aggrieved person, or by a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | person who has legal capacity to
represent an aggrieved | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | person or has a legal duty to report the offense,
and is | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | not himself or herself a party to the offense; or in the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | absence of such
discovery, within one year after the proper | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | prosecuting officer becomes
aware of the offense. However, | ||||||
| 2 | in no such case is the period of limitation
so extended | ||||||
| 3 | more than 3 years beyond the expiration of the period | ||||||
| 4 | otherwise
applicable.
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| 5 | (b) A prosecution for any offense based upon misconduct in | ||||||
| 6 | office by a
public officer or employee may be commenced within | ||||||
| 7 | one year after discovery
of the offense by a person having a | ||||||
| 8 | legal duty to report such offense, or
in the absence of such | ||||||
| 9 | discovery, within one year after the proper
prosecuting officer | ||||||
| 10 | becomes aware of the offense. However, in no such case
is the | ||||||
| 11 | period of limitation so extended more than 3 years beyond the
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| 12 | expiration of the period otherwise applicable.
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| 13 | (c) (Blank).
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| 14 | (d) A prosecution for child pornography, indecent
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| 15 | solicitation of a
child, soliciting for a juvenile prostitute, | ||||||
| 16 | juvenile pimping or
exploitation of a child may be commenced | ||||||
| 17 | within one year of the victim
attaining the age of 18 years. | ||||||
| 18 | However, in no such case shall the time
period for prosecution | ||||||
| 19 | expire sooner than 3 years after the commission of
the offense. | ||||||
| 20 | When the victim is under 18 years of age, a prosecution for
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| 21 | criminal
sexual abuse may be commenced within
one year of the | ||||||
| 22 | victim attaining the age of 18 years. However, in no such
case | ||||||
| 23 | shall the time period for prosecution expire sooner than 3 | ||||||
| 24 | years after
the commission of the offense.
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| 25 | (e) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (j), a | ||||||
| 26 | prosecution for
any offense involving sexual conduct or sexual
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| 1 | penetration, as defined in Section 12-12 of this Code, where | ||||||
| 2 | the defendant
was within a professional or fiduciary | ||||||
| 3 | relationship or a purported
professional or fiduciary | ||||||
| 4 | relationship with the victim at the
time of the commission of | ||||||
| 5 | the offense may be commenced within one year
after the | ||||||
| 6 | discovery of the offense by the victim.
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| 7 | (f) A prosecution for any offense set forth in Section 44
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| 8 | of the "Environmental Protection Act", approved June 29, 1970, | ||||||
| 9 | as amended,
may be commenced within 5 years after the discovery | ||||||
| 10 | of such
an offense by a person or agency having the legal duty | ||||||
| 11 | to report the
offense or in the absence of such discovery, | ||||||
| 12 | within 5 years
after the proper prosecuting officer becomes | ||||||
| 13 | aware of the offense.
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| 14 | (f-5) A prosecution for any offense set forth in Section | ||||||
| 15 | 16G-15 or 16G-20 of this Code may be commenced within 5 years | ||||||
| 16 | after the discovery of the offense by the victim of that | ||||||
| 17 | offense.
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| 18 | (g) (Blank).
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| 19 | (h) (Blank).
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| 20 | (i) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (j), a | ||||||
| 21 | prosecution for
criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal
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| 22 | sexual assault, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse may be | ||||||
| 23 | commenced within 10
years of the commission of the offense if | ||||||
| 24 | the victim reported the offense to
law enforcement authorities | ||||||
| 25 | within 3 years after the commission of the offense.
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| 26 | Nothing in this subdivision (i) shall be construed to
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| 1 | shorten a period within which a prosecution must be commenced | ||||||
| 2 | under any other
provision of this Section.
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| 3 | (j) When the victim is under 18 years of age at the time of | ||||||
| 4 | the offense, a
prosecution
for criminal sexual assault, | ||||||
| 5 | aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory
criminal sexual | ||||||
| 6 | assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, or felony | ||||||
| 7 | criminal sexual abuse, or a
prosecution for failure of a person | ||||||
| 8 | who is required to report an alleged
or suspected commission of | ||||||
| 9 | any of these offenses under the Abused and Neglected
Child | ||||||
| 10 | Reporting Act may be
commenced within 20 years after the child | ||||||
| 11 | victim attains 18
years of age. When the victim is under 18 | ||||||
| 12 | years of age at the time of the offense, a
prosecution
for | ||||||
| 13 | misdemeanor criminal sexual abuse may be
commenced within 10 | ||||||
| 14 | years after the child victim attains 18
years of age.
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| 15 | Nothing in this subdivision (j) shall be construed to
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| 16 | shorten a period within which a prosecution must be commenced | ||||||
| 17 | under any other
provision of this Section.
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| 18 | (k) A prosecution for theft involving real property | ||||||
| 19 | exceeding $100,000 in value under Section 16-1, identity theft | ||||||
| 20 | under Section 16G-15, aggravated identity theft under Section | ||||||
| 21 | 16G-20, or any offense set forth in Article 16H may be | ||||||
| 22 | commenced within 7 years of the last act committed in | ||||||
| 23 | furtherance of the crime.
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| 24 | (Source: P.A. 95-548, eff. 8-30-07; 96-233, eff. 1-1-10.)
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