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720 ILCS 5/11-6.6

    (720 ILCS 5/11-6.6)
    Sec. 11-6.6. Solicitation to meet a child.

(a)   A person of the age of 18 or more years commits the offense of solicitation to meet a child if the person while using a computer, cellular telephone, or any other device, with the intent to meet a child or one whom he or she believes to be a child, solicits, entices, induces, or arranges with the child to meet at a location without the knowledge of the child's  parent or guardian and the meeting with the child is arranged for a purpose   other than a lawful purpose under Illinois law.

(b) Sentence. Solicitation to meet a child is a Class A misdemeanor.

Solicitation to meet a child is a Class 4 felony when the solicitor believes he or she is 5 or more years older than the child.

(c)  For purposes of this Section,   "child" means any person under 17 years of age; and "computer" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 17-0.5 of this Code.

(Source: P.A. 101-87, eff. 1-1-20.)