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91_SB1319
LRB9109457RCks
1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by adding
2 Section 32-4d.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
6 adding Section 32-4d as follows:
7 (720 ILCS 5/32-4d new)
8 Sec. 32-4d. Payment of jurors by parties prohibited.
9 (a) After a verdict has been rendered in a civil or
10 criminal case, a person who was a plaintiff or defendant in
11 the case may not offer or pay an award or other fee to a
12 juror who was a member of the jury that rendered the verdict
13 in the case.
14 (b) After a verdict has been rendered in a civil or
15 criminal case, a member of the jury that rendered the verdict
16 may not accept an award or fee from the plaintiff or
17 defendant in that case.
18 (c) A violation of this Section is a Class A
19 misdemeanor.
20 (d) This Section does not apply to the payment of a fee
21 or award to a person who was a juror for purposes unrelated
22 to the jury's verdict or to the outcome of the case.