103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2059 Introduced , by Rep. Daniel Didech SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/33-1 from Ch. 38, par. 33-1 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Expands the crime of bribery to include an elector of the President and Vice-President of the United States (in addition to public officers, public employees, jurors, and witnesses). LRB103 04730 RLC 49739 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2059 Introduced , by Rep. Daniel Didech SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/33-1 from Ch. 38, par. 33-1 720 ILCS 5/33-1 from Ch. 38, par. 33-1 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Expands the crime of bribery to include an elector of the President and Vice-President of the United States (in addition to public officers, public employees, jurors, and witnesses). LRB103 04730 RLC 49739 b LRB103 04730 RLC 49739 b A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2059 Introduced , by Rep. Daniel Didech SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/33-1 from Ch. 38, par. 33-1 720 ILCS 5/33-1 from Ch. 38, par. 33-1
720 ILCS 5/33-1 from Ch. 38, par. 33-1
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Expands the crime of bribery to include an elector of the President and Vice-President of the United States (in addition to public officers, public employees, jurors, and witnesses).
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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 2012 is amended by
5 changing Section 33-1 as follows:
6 (720 ILCS 5/33-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 33-1)
7 Sec. 33-1. Bribery. A person commits bribery when:
8 (a) With intent to influence the performance of any
9 act related to the employment or function of any public
10 officer, public employee, elector of President and
11 Vice-President of the United States, juror or witness, he
12 or she promises or tenders to that person any property or
13 personal advantage which he or she is not authorized by
14 law to accept; or
15 (b) With intent to influence the performance of any
16 act related to the employment or function of any public
17 officer, public employee, elector of President and
18 Vice-President of the United States, juror or witness, he
19 or she promises or tenders to one whom he or she believes
20 to be a public officer, public employee, elector of
21 President and Vice-President of the United States, juror
22 or witness, any property or personal advantage which a
23 public officer, public employee, elector of President and
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2059 Introduced , by Rep. Daniel Didech SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/33-1 from Ch. 38, par. 33-1 720 ILCS 5/33-1 from Ch. 38, par. 33-1
720 ILCS 5/33-1 from Ch. 38, par. 33-1
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Expands the crime of bribery to include an elector of the President and Vice-President of the United States (in addition to public officers, public employees, jurors, and witnesses).
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720 ILCS 5/33-1 from Ch. 38, par. 33-1
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1 Vice-President of the United States, juror or witness
2 would not be authorized by law to accept; or
3 (c) With intent to cause any person to influence the
4 performance of any act related to the employment or
5 function of any public officer, public employee, elector
6 of President and Vice-President of the United States,
7 juror or witness, he or she promises or tenders to that
8 person any property or personal advantage which he or she
9 is not authorized by law to accept; or
10 (d) He or she receives, retains or agrees to accept
11 any property or personal advantage which he or she is not
12 authorized by law to accept knowing that the property or
13 personal advantage was promised or tendered with intent to
14 cause him or her to influence the performance of any act
15 related to the employment or function of any public
16 officer, public employee, elector of President and
17 Vice-President of the United States, juror or witness; or
18 (e) He or she solicits, receives, retains, or agrees
19 to accept any property or personal advantage pursuant to
20 an understanding that he or she shall improperly influence
21 or attempt to influence the performance of any act related
22 to the employment or function of any public officer,
23 public employee, elector of President and Vice-President
24 of the United States, juror or witness.
25 As used in this Section, "tenders" means any delivery or
26 proffer made with the requisite intent.
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1 Sentence. Bribery is a Class 2 felony.
2 (Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
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