Bill Text: IL SB2241 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning official misconduct.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB2241 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB2241-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 SB2241 Introduced 2/15/2013, by Sen. Gary Forby SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/33-3 from Ch. 38, par. 33-3
Amends the Criminal Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning official misconduct.
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A BILL FOR
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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 2012 is amended by changing
Section 33-3 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/33-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 33-3)
Sec. 33-3. Official Misconduct.) A public officer or or
employee or special government agent commits misconduct when,
in his official capacity or capacity as a special government
agent, he commits any of the following acts:
(a) Intentionally or recklessly fails to perform any
mandatory duty as required by law; or
(b) Knowingly performs an act which he knows he is
forbidden by law to perform; or
(c) With intent to obtain a personal advantage for
himself or another, he performs an act in excess of his
lawful authority; or
(d) Solicits or knowingly accepts for the performance
of any act a fee or reward which he knows is not authorized
by law.
A public officer or employee or special government agent
convicted of violating any provision of this Section forfeits
his office or employment or position as a special government

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agent. In addition, he commits a Class 3 felony.
For purposes of this Section, "special government agent"
has the meaning ascribed to it in subsection (l) of Section
4A-101 of the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.
(Source: P.A. 94-338, eff. 1-1-06.)