Bill Text: IL SB3534 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a prosecution for theft by deception of a victim 60 years of age or older or a person with a disability under the theft statute may be commenced within 7 years of the last act committed in furtherance of the crime (rather than 3 years after the commission of the offense).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3534 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB3534-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB3534 Introduced 2/13/2020, by Sen. Rachelle Crowe SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/3-5 from Ch. 38, par. 3-5
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a prosecution for theft by deception of a victim 60 years of age or older or a person with a disability under the theft statute may be commenced within 7 years of the last act committed in furtherance of the crime (rather than 3 years after the commission of the offense).
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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 3-5 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/3-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 3-5)
Sec. 3-5. General limitations.
(a) A prosecution for: (1) first degree murder, attempt to
commit first degree murder, second degree murder, involuntary
manslaughter, reckless homicide, a violation of subparagraph
(F) of paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 11-501 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code for the offense of aggravated driving
under the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, or
intoxicating compound or compounds, or any combination thereof
when the violation was a proximate cause of a death, leaving
the scene of a motor vehicle accident involving death or
personal injuries under Section 11-401 of the Illinois Vehicle
Code, failing to give information and render aid under Section
11-403 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, concealment of homicidal
death, treason, arson, residential arson, aggravated arson,
forgery, child pornography under paragraph (1) of subsection
(a) of Section 11-20.1, or aggravated child pornography under
paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Section 11-20.1B, or (2) any

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offense involving sexual conduct or sexual penetration, as
defined by Section 11-0.1 of this Code may be commenced at any
time.
(a-5) A prosecution for theft of property exceeding
$100,000 in value under Section 16-1, identity theft under
subsection (a) of Section 16-30, aggravated identity theft
under subsection (b) of Section 16-30, financial exploitation
of an elderly person or a person with a disability under
Section 17-56; theft by deception of a victim 60 years of age
or older or a person with a disability under Section 16-1; or
any offense set forth in Article 16H or Section 17-10.6 may be
commenced within 7 years of the last act committed in
furtherance of the crime.
(b) Unless the statute describing the offense provides
otherwise, or the period of limitation is extended by Section
3-6, a prosecution for any offense not designated in subsection
(a) or (a-5) must be commenced within 3 years after the
commission of the offense if it is a felony, or within one year
and 6 months after its commission if it is a misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 100-149, eff. 1-1-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18;
101-130, eff. 1-1-20.)