94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4227

 

Introduced 12/5/2005, by Rep. Dan Brady

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 150/10   from Ch. 38, par. 230

    Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Provides that a person who knowingly rents a housing unit to or otherwise shelters or provides housing to a sex offender who is required to register under the Act whom the person knows is not registered as a sex offender is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense.


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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning sex offenders.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Sex Offender Registration Act is amended by
5 changing Section 10 as follows:
 
6     (730 ILCS 150/10)  (from Ch. 38, par. 230)
7     Sec. 10. Penalty.
8     (a) Any person who is required to register under this
9 Article who violates any of the provisions of this Article and
10 any person who is required to register under this Article who
11 seeks to change his or her name under Article 21 of the Code of
12 Civil Procedure is guilty of a Class 3 felony. Any person who
13 is convicted for a violation of this Act for a second or
14 subsequent time is guilty of a Class 2 felony. Any person who
15 is required to register under this Article who knowingly or
16 wilfully gives material information required by this Article
17 that is false is guilty of a Class 3 felony. Any person
18 convicted of a violation of any provision of this Article
19 shall, in addition to any other penalty required by law, be
20 required to serve a minimum period of 7 days confinement in the
21 local county jail. The court shall impose a mandatory minimum
22 fine of $500 for failure to comply with any provision of this
23 Article. These fines shall be deposited in the Sex Offender
24 Registration Fund. Any sex offender, as defined in Section 2 of
25 this Act, or sexual predator who violates any provision of this
26 Article may be arrested and tried in any Illinois county where
27 the sex offender can be located. The local police department or
28 sheriff's office is not required to determine whether the
29 person is living within its jurisdiction.
30     (b) A person who knowingly rents a housing unit to or
31 otherwise shelters or provides housing to a sex offender who is
32 required to register under this Article whom the person knows

 

 

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1 is not registered as a sex offender is guilty of a Class A
2 misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 4 felony for a
3 second or subsequent offense.
4 (Source: P.A. 93-979, eff. 8-20-04; 94-168, eff. 1-1-06.)