|
|
Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
Filed: 3/9/2010
|
|
09600SB2824sam002 |
|
LRB096 19736 RLC 38529 a |
|
|
| 1 |
| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2824
|
| 2 |
| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2824, AS AMENDED, |
| 3 |
| by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the |
| 4 |
| following:
|
| 5 |
| "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding |
| 6 |
| Section 11-9.4-1 as follows:
|
| 7 |
| (720 ILCS 5/11-9.4-1 new) |
| 8 |
| Sec. 11-9.4-1. Sexual predator and child sex offender; |
| 9 |
| presence or loitering in or near public parks prohibited. |
| 10 |
| (a) For the purposes of this Section: |
| 11 |
| "Child sex offender" has the meaning ascribed to it in |
| 12 |
| subsection (d) of Section 11-9.4 of this Code, but does not |
| 13 |
| include as a sex offense under paragraph (2) of subsection |
| 14 |
| (d) of Section 11-9.4, the offenses under subsections (b) |
| 15 |
| and (c) of Section 12-15 of this Code. |
| 16 |
| "Public park" includes a park, forest preserve, or
|
|
|
|
09600SB2824sam002 |
- 2 - |
LRB096 19736 RLC 38529 a |
|
|
| 1 |
| conservation
area
under the jurisdiction of the State or a |
| 2 |
| unit of local government. |
| 3 |
| "Loiter" means: |
| 4 |
| (i) Standing, sitting idly, whether or not the |
| 5 |
| person is in a vehicle or
remaining in or around public |
| 6 |
| park property. |
| 7 |
| (ii) Standing, sitting idly, whether or not the |
| 8 |
| person is in a vehicle
or remaining in or around public |
| 9 |
| park property, for the purpose of committing
or
|
| 10 |
| attempting to commit a sex offense. |
| 11 |
| "Sexual predator" has the meaning ascribed to it in |
| 12 |
| subsection (E) of Section 2 of the Sex Offender |
| 13 |
| Registration Act. |
| 14 |
| (b) It is unlawful for a sexual predator or a child sex |
| 15 |
| offender to knowingly be present in any
public park building or |
| 16 |
| on real property comprising any public park. |
| 17 |
| (c) It is unlawful for a sexual predator or a child sex |
| 18 |
| offender to knowingly loiter on a public
way within 500 feet of |
| 19 |
| a public park building or real property comprising any
public |
| 20 |
| park.
For the purposes of this subsection (c), the 500 feet |
| 21 |
| distance shall be measured from the edge of the property |
| 22 |
| comprising the public park building or the real property |
| 23 |
| comprising the public park. |
| 24 |
| (d) Sentence. A person who violates this Section is guilty |
| 25 |
| of a Class A misdemeanor, except that a second or subsequent |
| 26 |
| violation is a Class 4
felony.".
|