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HB6902 Engrossed |
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LRB093 18413 RLC 44121 b |
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing |
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| Section 11-19.1 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/11-19.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 11-19.1)
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| Sec. 11-19.1. Juvenile Pimping and aggravated juvenile |
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| pimping.
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| (a) A person commits the offense of juvenile pimping if the |
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| person knowingly receives any form of consideration derived |
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| from the practice of prostitution, in whole or in part, and |
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| (1) the prostitute was under the age of 16 at the time |
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| the act of prostitution occurred; or |
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| (2) the prostitute was a severely or profoundly |
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| mentally retarded person at the time the act of |
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| prostitution occurred
Any person who receives any money, |
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| property, token, object, or
article or
anything of value |
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| from a prostitute under 16 years of age or from a
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| prostitute who is a severely or profoundly
mentally
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| retarded person, not for a lawful consideration, knowing it |
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| was earned in
whole or in part from the practice of |
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| prostitution, commits juvenile pimping.
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| (b) A person commits the offense of aggravated juvenile |
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| pimping if the person knowingly receives any form of |
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| consideration derived from the practice of prostitution, in |
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| whole or in part, and the prostitute was under the age of 13 at |
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| the time the act of prostitution occurred.
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| (c) It is an affirmative defense to a charge of juvenile |
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| pimping that
the accused reasonably believed the person was of |
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| the age of 16
years or over or was not a severely or profoundly
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| mentally retarded person at the time of the act giving rise to |
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| the charge.
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