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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning children.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Child |
| 5 | | Abuse Notice Act.
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| 6 | | Section 5. Posted notice required. Each of the following |
| 7 | | businesses and other establishments shall, upon the |
| 8 | | availability of the model notice described in Section 10, post |
| 9 | | a notice that complies with the requirements of this Act in a |
| 10 | | conspicuous place in all restrooms open to the public, or in |
| 11 | | another conspicuous location in clear view of the public and |
| 12 | | employees where similar notices are customarily posted: |
| 13 | | (1) Hotels and motels. |
| 14 | | (2) Entertainment facilities or sporting facilities |
| 15 | | providing services or opportunities to those under the age |
| 16 | | of 18. |
| 17 | | (3) Tattoo and body piercing establishments. |
| 18 | | (4) Primary airports, as defined in Section 47102(16) |
| 19 | | of Title 49 of the United States Code. |
| 20 | | (5) Intercity passenger rail or light rail stations. |
| 21 | | (6) Bus stations. |
| 22 | | (7) Truck stops. As used in this Act, "truck stop" |
| 23 | | means a privately-owned and operated facility that |
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| 1 | | provides food, fuel, shower, or other sanitary facilities, |
| 2 | | and lawful overnight truck parking. |
| 3 | | (8) Emergency rooms within general acute care |
| 4 | | hospitals, in which case the notice may be posted by |
| 5 | | electronic means. |
| 6 | | (9) Urgent care centers, in which case the notice may |
| 7 | | be posted by electronic means.
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| 8 | | Section 10. Form of posted notice. |
| 9 | | (a) The notice required under this Act shall be at least 8 |
| 10 | | 1/2 inches by 11 inches in size, written in a 16-point font, |
| 11 | | except that when the notice is provided by electronic means |
| 12 | | the size of the notice and font shall not be required to comply |
| 13 | | with these specifications. |
| 14 | | (b) No later than 6 months after the effective date of this |
| 15 | | Act, the Department of Children and Family Services, in |
| 16 | | consultation with an accredited Children's Advocacy Center, |
| 17 | | shall develop a model notice aimed toward children under 18 |
| 18 | | that provides information on what constitutes physical and |
| 19 | | sexual abuse and how to report such abuse. The Department of |
| 20 | | Children and Family Services shall make the model notice |
| 21 | | available for download on the Department's Internet website. |
| 22 | | Upon request, the Department shall furnish copies of the model |
| 23 | | notice without charge to a business, establishment, or school |
| 24 | | identified in Section 5. |
| 25 | | (c) The notice shall be printed in English, Spanish, and |
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| 1 | | in one other language that is the most widely spoken language |
| 2 | | in the county where the establishment is located and for which |
| 3 | | translation is mandated by the federal Voting Rights Act, as |
| 4 | | applicable. This Section does not require a business or other |
| 5 | | establishment in a county where a language other than English |
| 6 | | or Spanish is the most widely spoken language to print the |
| 7 | | notice in more than one language in addition to English and |
| 8 | | Spanish.
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| 9 | | Section 15. Penalties. |
| 10 | | (a) A business or establishment identified in subsection |
| 11 | | (a) of Section 5 that fails to comply with the requirements of |
| 12 | | this Act within 30 days of receipt of a notice described in |
| 13 | | subsection (b) is guilty of a petty offense, and subject to a |
| 14 | | fine of up to $500 for each violation. |
| 15 | | (b) The governmental entity regulating a business or |
| 16 | | establishment and local law enforcement agency having |
| 17 | | jurisdiction shall, in the course of regulating a business or |
| 18 | | establishment or carrying out law enforcement duties, monitor |
| 19 | | and enforce compliance with this Act. Upon discovering a |
| 20 | | violation, the governmental entity or local law enforcement |
| 21 | | agency having jurisdiction shall provide the business or |
| 22 | | establishment with reasonable notice of noncompliance that |
| 23 | | informs the business or establishment that it is subject to a |
| 24 | | fine if it does not correct the violation within 30 days from |
| 25 | | the date the notice is sent to the business or establishment. |