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90_HB3008
720 ILCS 5/10-6 from Ch. 38, par. 10-6
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a stylistic
change in the harboring a runaway statute.
LRB9010804RCks
LRB9010804RCks
1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
2 Section 10-6.
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 changing Section 10-6 as follows:
7 (720 ILCS 5/10-6) (from Ch. 38, par. 10-6)
8 Sec. 10-6. Harboring a runaway. (a) A Any person, other
9 than an agency or association providing crisis intervention
10 services as defined in Section 3-5 of the Juvenile Court Act
11 of 1987, or an operator of a youth emergency shelter as
12 defined in Section 2.21 of the Child Care Act of 1969, who,
13 without the knowledge and consent of the minor's parent or
14 guardian, knowingly gives shelter to a minor, other than a
15 mature minor who has been emancipated under the Emancipation
16 of Mature Minors Act, for more than 48 hours without the
17 consent of the minor's parent or guardian, and without
18 notifying the local law enforcement authorities of the
19 minor's name and the fact that the minor is being provided
20 shelter commits the offense of harboring a runaway.
21 (b) Any person who commits the offense of harboring a
22 runaway is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
23 (Source: P.A. 86-278; 86-386.)