Bill Text: IL HB1155 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning an affirmative defense to retail theft.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1155 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB1155-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB1155 Introduced 2/11/2009, by Rep. Daniel J. Burke SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/16A-6 from Ch. 38, par. 16A-6
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning an affirmative defense to retail theft.
LRB096 07842 RLC 17945 b
A BILL FOR
HB1155 LRB096 07842 RLC 17945 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 1961 is amended by changing
Section 16A-6 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/16A-6) (from Ch. 38, par. 16A-6)
Sec. 16A-6. Affirmative Defense. A detention as permitted
in this Article does not constitute an arrest or an unlawful
restraint, as defined in Section 10-3 of this Code, nor shall
it render the the merchant liable to the person so detained.
(Source: P.A. 79-840.)