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91_HB2930
LRB9109345RCks
1 AN ACT to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 by
2 adding Section 119-10.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
6 amended by adding Section 119-10 as follows:
7 (725 ILCS 5/119-10 new)
8 Sec. 119-10. Commission on the death penalty; delay of
9 executions.
10 (a) No execution of a defendant may take place for 18
11 months from the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
12 91st General Assembly. A commission on the death penalty is
13 created to study the law that provides for the death penalty
14 and the administration of the death penalty. The commission
15 must report to the General Assembly within 15 months from the
16 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st General
17 Assembly.
18 (b) The commission consists of 8 members as follows: 2
19 members appointed by the Governor, 2 members appointed by the
20 Supreme Court, one member appointed by the Speaker of the
21 House of Representatives, one member appointed by the
22 Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, one member
23 appointed by the President of the Senate, and one member
24 appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate.
25 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
26 becoming law.