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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2562
Introduced 1/20/2006, by Sen. John M. Sullivan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act. Defines "sexually violent offense" to include the offense of indecent solicitation of a child. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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SB2562 |
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LRB094 16171 RLC 51413 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 Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
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| (725 ILCS 207/5)
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| Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act, the term:
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| (a) "Department" means the Department of Human
Services.
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| (b) "Mental disorder" means a congenital or acquired
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| condition affecting the emotional or volitional capacity that
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| predisposes a person to engage in acts of sexual violence.
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| (c) "Secretary" means the Secretary of
Human Services.
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| (d) "Sexually motivated" means that one of the purposes for
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| an act is for the actor's sexual arousal or gratification.
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| (e) "Sexually violent offense" means any of the following:
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| (1) Any crime specified in Section 11-6, 12-13, 12-14, |
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| 12-14.1,
or 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961; or
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| (1.5) Any former law of this State specified in Section |
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| 11-1 (rape),
11-3 (deviate sexual assault), 11-4 (indecent |
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| liberties with a child) or 11-4
(aggravated indecent |
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| liberties with a child) of the Criminal Code of 1961; or
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| (2) First degree murder, if it is determined by the |
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| agency
with jurisdiction to have been sexually motivated; |
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| or
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| (3) Any solicitation, conspiracy or attempt to commit a
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| crime under paragraph (e)(1) or (e)(2) of this Section.
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| (f) "Sexually violent person" means a person who has been
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| convicted of a sexually violent offense, has been adjudicated
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| delinquent for a sexually violent offense, or has been found |
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| not
guilty of a sexually violent offense by
reason of insanity |
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| and who is
dangerous because he or she suffers from a mental |
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| disorder that
makes it substantially probable that the person |