Bill Text: IL SB1533 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the applicability of the common law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-20 - Referred to Assignments [SB1533 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB1533-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB1533 Introduced 2/20/2015, by Sen. Michael Noland SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/1-3 from Ch. 38, par. 1-3
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the applicability of the common law.
LRB099 07459 RLC 27581 b
A BILL FOR
SB1533 LRB099 07459 RLC 27581 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 2012 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.)