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| 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010SB1025
  Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton  SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 
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| 720 ILCS 5/2-7 |   from Ch. 38, par. 2-7 |  
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    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961.  Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning the definition of
"felony".
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|  |  | SB1025 |  | LRB096 07086 RLC 17172 b |  | 
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| 1 |  |     AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 |  |     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,  | 
| 3 |  | represented in the General Assembly: 
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| 4 |  |     Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
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| 5 |  | Section 2-7 as follows:
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| 6 |  |     (720 ILCS 5/2-7)  (from Ch. 38, par. 2-7)
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| 7 |  |     Sec. 2-7. "Felony".
"Felony" means an an offense for which  | 
| 8 |  | a sentence to death or to a term of
imprisonment in a  | 
| 9 |  | penitentiary for one year or more is provided.
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| 10 |  | (Source: P.A. 77-2638.)
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