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CRIMES AND OFFENSES Crimes Against the Person: Provide for the Criminal Offense of Offering to Assist in the Commission of Suicide and Committing an Act in Furtherance Thereof

The Act provides criminal penalties for those who offer or hold themselves out to assist another person in the commission of suicide and commit an act in furtherance thereof. The Act also provides criminal penalties for anyone who overcomes the will of another person and thereby causes that person to

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DOMESTIC RELATIONS Alimony and Child Support Generally: Provide for Accident and Sickness Insurance Coverage for Children

The Act provides for a mechanism for the Department of Human Resources, the Department of Medical Assistance, or a custodial parent to require a support-paying parent's employer to obtain court-ordered accident and sickness insurance on behalf of the parent's child. The Act provides for criminal and

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT Urban Redevelopment: Allow County or Municipality to Offset Payment in Condemnation Proceedings by Amount of Existing Municipal or County Tax Liens, Including Special Assessment Tax Liens

The Act permits counties and local municipalities to offset the price they would normally pay for property condemned in an eminent domain proceeding by the amount of any existing special assessment tax liens on the property. The purpose of the Act is to encourage urban development by allowing municipal or

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CRIMES AND OFFENSES Offenses Against Health and Morals: Provide Felony Penalties for Soliciting, Engaging in, Contracting with, Conspiring with, Encouraging, Abetting, or Directing a Minor to Commit a Violent Felony

The Act prohibits a person from knowingly and willfully soliciting, engaging in, contracting with, conspiring with, encouraging, abetting, or directing a minor to commit a crime which is a felony and is violent in nature. Additionally, the Act prohibits a person from knowingly or willfully providing a weapon to a

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CRIMES AND OFFENSES Offenses Involving Theft: Provide for Presumption of Intent to Convert Rented or Leased Personal Property After a Certain Term; Change Venue Requirements

The Act creates a presumption of intent to convert rented or leased personal property if the renter or lessee, upon formal request by the owner, does not return the property within a specified period of time. Additionally, the Act changes the venue requirements by providing for venue in the county

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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Bonds and Recognizances: Provide that Certain Persons Arrested Without a Warrant Upon Acts of Family Violence Shall Not Be Eligible for Bail Prior to an Appearance Before a Judicial Officer; Provide for Increased Bail and Specific Co...

The Act requires a law enforcement officer making a warrantless arrest for an act of family violence to bring the accused before a judicial officer for a bond hearing before release. Furthermore, it requires one accused of family violence, when serious injury occurs and there is danger of further violence,

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DOMESTIC RELATIONS Family Violence: Provide that a Hearing Shall Be Held Within Ten Days of the Filing of a Family Violence Petition or as Soon as Practical Thereafter, But in No Case Later Than Thirty Days After the Filing of a Family Violence Petiti...

This portion of the Act, pertaining to petitions seeking relief from family violence, extends the length of time between the petition and the time of the hearing from ten to thirty days. Further, it gives the court discretion to convert a temporary order granting relief from family violence to a

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COURTS Probate Courts: Provide Method for Service of Process on Minors or Incapacitated Adults in Probate Court Proceedings

The Act provides a modernized method for serving process upon minors or incapacitated adults in probate court proceedings. There are two requirements. First, the probate court must mail, by certified mail, a copy of the document being served to the minor or incapacitated adult. Second, the probate court must serve

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ELECTIONS Ethics in Government: Provide for the Applicability of Disclosure Provisions to Activities Relating to the Influencing of Certain Local Public Officers and Employees

The Act requires lobbyists to disclose expenditures made to any public officer intended to influence the passage of any ordinance or resolution. The Act subjects city and county officials to the same ethics requirements as state legislators. Download PDF

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