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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2292
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2292 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 12C-5 as follows:
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| 6 | (720 ILCS 5/12C-5)
(was 720 ILCS 5/12-21.6)
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| 7 | Sec. 12C-5. Endangering the life or health of a child.
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| 8 | (a) A person commits endangering the life or health of a | ||||||
| 9 | child when he or she knowingly: (1) causes or permits the life | ||||||
| 10 | or
health of a child under the age of 18 to be endangered; or | ||||||
| 11 | (2) causes or permits a child to be placed in circumstances | ||||||
| 12 | that endanger the child's life
or health. It is not a violation | ||||||
| 13 | of this Section for a person to relinquish a child
in | ||||||
| 14 | accordance with the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act.
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| 15 | (b) A trier of fact may infer that a child 6 years of age or | ||||||
| 16 | younger is unattended if that child is left in a motor
vehicle | ||||||
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| 1 | for more than 10 minutes.
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| 2 | (c) "Unattended" means either: (i) not accompanied by a | ||||||
| 3 | person 14 years
of age or older; or (ii) if accompanied by a | ||||||
| 4 | person 14 years of age or older,
out of sight of that person.
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| 5 | (d) Sentence. A violation of this Section is a Class A | ||||||
| 6 | misdemeanor. A second or
subsequent violation of this Section | ||||||
| 7 | is a Class 3 felony. A violation of this Section that is a | ||||||
| 8 | proximate cause of bodily harm to the child is a Class 4 | ||||||
| 9 | felony. A violation of
this Section that is a proximate cause | ||||||
| 10 | of the death of the child is a Class
3 felony for which a | ||||||
| 11 | person, if sentenced to a term of imprisonment, shall
be | ||||||
| 12 | sentenced to a term of not less than 2 years and not more than | ||||||
| 13 | 10 years. A parent, who is found to be in violation of this | ||||||
| 14 | Section with respect to his or her child, may be sentenced to | ||||||
| 15 | probation for this offense pursuant to Section 12C-15.
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| 16 | (Source: P.A. 97-1109, eff. 1-1-13.)".
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