Rep. William Davis
Filed: 4/9/2014
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4094 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4094, AS AMENDED, by 
3replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 
4following:

 
5    "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended  by 
6changing Section 11-9.4-1 as follows:
      
7    (720 ILCS 5/11-9.4-1)
8    Sec. 11-9.4-1. Sexual predator and child sex offender; 
9presence 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 11-9.3 of this Code, but does not 
13    include as a sex offense under paragraph (2) of subsection 
14    (d) of Section 11-9.3, the offenses under subsections (b) 
15    and (c) of Section 11-1.50 or subsections (b) and (c) of 
16    Section 12-15 of this Code. 
 
 
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1        "Public park" includes a park, forest preserve, 
2    bikeway, trail, or
conservation
area
under the 
3    jurisdiction of the State or a unit of local government.
4        "Loiter" means:
5            (i) Standing, sitting idly, whether or not the 
6        person is in a vehicle or
remaining in or around public 
7        park property.
8            (ii) Standing, sitting idly, whether or not the 
9        person is in a vehicle
or remaining in or around public 
10        park property, for the purpose of committing
or

11        attempting to commit a sex offense.
12        "Sexual predator" has the meaning ascribed to it in 
13    subsection (E) of Section 2 of the Sex Offender 
14    Registration Act. 
15    (b)  Except as otherwise provided by law, it It is unlawful 
16for a sexual predator or a child sex offender to knowingly be 
17present in any
public park building or on real property 
18comprising any public park.
19    (c)  Except as otherwise provided by law, it It is unlawful 
20for a sexual predator or a child sex offender to knowingly 
21loiter on a public
way within 500 feet of a public park 
22building or real property comprising any
public park.
For the 
23purposes of this subsection (c), the 500 feet distance shall be 
24measured from the edge of the property  comprising the public 
25park building or the real property comprising the public park.
26    (d)  Sentence.  A person who violates this Section is guilty 
 
 
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1of a Class A misdemeanor, except that a second or subsequent 
2violation is a Class 4
felony.

3(Source: P.A. 96-1099, eff. 1-1-11; 97-698, eff. 1-1-13; 
497-1109, eff. 1-1-13.)".