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| 1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding | ||||||
| 5 | Section 11-9.4-1 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (720 ILCS 5/11-9.4-1 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 11-9.4-1. Sexual predator and child sex offender; | ||||||
| 8 | presence or loitering in or near public parks prohibited. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) For the purposes of this Section: | ||||||
| 10 | "Child sex offender" has the meaning ascribed to it in | ||||||
| 11 | subsection (d) of Section 11-9.4 of this Code, but does not | ||||||
| 12 | include as a sex offense under paragraph (2) of subsection | ||||||
| 13 | (d) of Section 11-9.4, the offenses under subsections (b) | ||||||
| 14 | and (c) of Section 12-15 of this Code. | ||||||
| 15 | "Public park" includes a park, forest preserve, or
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| 16 | conservation
area
under the jurisdiction of the State or a | ||||||
| 17 | unit of local government. | ||||||
| 18 | "Loiter" means: | ||||||
| 19 | (i) Standing, sitting idly, whether or not the | ||||||
| 20 | person is in a vehicle or
remaining in or around public | ||||||
| 21 | park property. | ||||||
| 22 | (ii) Standing, sitting idly, whether or not the | ||||||
| 23 | person is in a vehicle
or remaining in or around public | ||||||
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| 1 | park property, for the purpose of committing
or
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| 2 | attempting to commit a sex offense. | ||||||
| 3 | "Sexual predator" has the meaning ascribed to it in | ||||||
| 4 | subsection (E) of Section 2 of the Sex Offender | ||||||
| 5 | Registration Act. | ||||||
| 6 | (b) It is unlawful for a sexual predator or a child sex | ||||||
| 7 | offender to knowingly be present in any
public park building or | ||||||
| 8 | on real property comprising any public park. | ||||||
| 9 | (c) It is unlawful for a sexual predator or a child sex | ||||||
| 10 | offender to knowingly loiter on a public
way within 500 feet of | ||||||
| 11 | a public park building or real property comprising any
public | ||||||
| 12 | park.
For the purposes of this subsection (c), the 500 feet | ||||||
| 13 | distance shall be measured from the edge of the property | ||||||
| 14 | comprising the public park building or the real property | ||||||
| 15 | comprising the public park. | ||||||
| 16 | (d) Sentence. A person who violates this Section is guilty | ||||||
| 17 | of a Class A misdemeanor, except that a second or subsequent | ||||||
| 18 | violation is a Class 4
felony. | ||||||