Public Act 095-0095
 		





HB1076 Enrolled
LRB095 06568 RLC 26672 b






    AN ACT concerning criminal law.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:


 
    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended  by changing 
Sections 11-15.1, 11-17.1, and 11-19.1 as follows:
 



    (720 ILCS 5/11-15.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 11-15.1)



    Sec. 11-15.1. Soliciting for a Juvenile Prostitute. 

    (a) Any person who
violates any of the provisions of 
Section 11-15(a) of this Act commits
soliciting for a juvenile 
prostitute where the prostitute for whom such
person is 
soliciting is under 17
16 years of age or is a
severely or 
profoundly mentally retarded person.

    (b) It is an affirmative defense to a charge of soliciting 
for a
juvenile prostitute that the accused reasonably believed 
the person was of
the age of 17
16 years or over or was not a 
severely
or
profoundly mentally retarded person at the time of 
the act giving rise to the
charge.

    (c) Sentence.

    Soliciting for a juvenile prostitute is a Class 1 felony.

(Source: P.A. 92-434, eff. 1-1-02.)

 



    (720 ILCS 5/11-17.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 11-17.1)



    Sec. 11-17.1. Keeping a Place of Juvenile Prostitution. 

    (a) Any
person who knowingly violates any of the provisions 
of Section 11-17 of
this Act commits keeping a place of 
juvenile prostitution when any
prostitute in the place of 
prostitution is under 17
16 years of age.

    (b) It is an affirmative defense to a charge of keeping a 
place of juvenile
prostitution that the accused reasonably 
believed the person was of the age
of 17
16 years or over at the 
time of the act giving rise to the charge.

    (c) Sentence.  Keeping a place of juvenile prostitution is a 
Class 1
felony.  A person convicted of a second or subsequent 
violation of this
Section is guilty of a Class X felony.

    (d) Forfeiture.  Any person convicted under this Section is 
subject to
the forfeiture provisions of Section 11-20.1A of 
this Act.

(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

 



    (720 ILCS 5/11-19.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 11-19.1)



    Sec. 11-19.1. Juvenile Pimping and aggravated juvenile 
pimping. 

    (a) A person commits the offense of juvenile pimping if the 
person knowingly receives any form of consideration derived 
from the practice of prostitution, in whole or in part, and
        (1) the prostitute was under the age of 17
16 at the 
    time the act of prostitution occurred; or
        (2) the prostitute was a severely or profoundly 
    mentally retarded person at the time the act of 
    prostitution occurred.

    (b) A person commits the offense of aggravated juvenile 
pimping if the person knowingly receives any form of 
consideration derived from the practice of prostitution, in 
whole or in part, and the prostitute was under the age of 13 at 
the time the act of prostitution occurred.

    (c) It is an affirmative defense to a charge of juvenile 
pimping that
the accused reasonably believed the person was of 
the age of 17
16
years or over or was not a severely or 
profoundly
mentally retarded person at the time of the act 
giving rise to the charge.

    (d) Sentence.

    A person who commits a violation of subsection (a) is 
guilty of a Class 1 felony. A person who commits a violation of 
subsection (b) is guilty of a Class X felony.


(Source: P.A. 92-434, eff. 1-1-02; 93-696, eff. 1-1-05.)