HB6902 Engrossed LRB093 18413 RLC 44121 b

1     AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
5 Section 11-19.1 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/11-19.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 11-19.1)
7     Sec. 11-19.1. Juvenile Pimping and aggravated juvenile
8 pimping.
9     (a) A person commits the offense of juvenile pimping if the
10 person knowingly receives any form of consideration derived
11 from the practice of prostitution, in whole or in part, and
12         (1) the prostitute was under the age of 16 at the time
13 the act of prostitution occurred; or
14         (2) the prostitute was a severely or profoundly
15 mentally retarded person at the time the act of
16 prostitution occurred Any person who receives any money,
17 property, token, object, or article or anything of value
18 from a prostitute under 16 years of age or from a
19 prostitute who is a severely or profoundly mentally
20 retarded person, not for a lawful consideration, knowing it
21 was earned in whole or in part from the practice of
22 prostitution, commits juvenile pimping.
23     (b) A person commits the offense of aggravated juvenile
24 pimping if the person knowingly receives any form of
25 consideration derived from the practice of prostitution, in
26 whole or in part, and the prostitute was under the age of 13 at
27 the time the act of prostitution occurred.
28     (c) It is an affirmative defense to a charge of juvenile
29 pimping that the accused reasonably believed the person was of
30 the age of 16 years or over or was not a severely or profoundly
31 mentally retarded person at the time of the act giving rise to
32 the charge.

 

 

HB6902 Engrossed - 2 - LRB093 18413 RLC 44121 b

1     (d) (c) Sentence.
2     A person who commits a violation of subsection (a) is
3 guilty of Juvenile pimping is a Class 1 felony. A person who
4 commits a violation of subsection (b) is guilty of a Class X
5 felony.
6 (Source: P.A. 91-696, eff. 4-13-00; 92-434, eff. 1-1-02.)
 
7     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
8 1, 2005.