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
1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
5 Section 16A-6 as follows:
6 (720 ILCS 5/16A-6) (from Ch. 38, par. 16A-6)
7 Sec. 16A-6. Affirmative Defense. A detention as permitted
8 in this Article does not constitute an arrest or an unlawful
9 restraint, as defined in Section 10-3 of this Code, nor shall
10 it render the the merchant liable to the person so detained.
11 (Source: P.A. 79-840.)