97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3593

 

Introduced 2/24/2011, by Rep. Michelle Mussman

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 150/7  from Ch. 38, par. 227

    Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Provides that a person who is required to register under the Act who is not initially required to register for the period of his or her natural life upon any violation of any of the provisions of the Act shall register for the period of his or her natural life after conviction or adjudication for the violation if not confined to a penal institution, hospital, or other institution or facility, and if confined, for the period of his or her natural life after parole, discharge, or release from any such facility.


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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,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Sex Offender Registration Act is amended by
5changing Section 7 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 150/7)  (from Ch. 38, par. 227)
7    Sec. 7. Duration of registration. A person who has been
8adjudicated to be sexually dangerous and is later released or
9found to be no longer sexually dangerous and discharged, shall
10register for the period of his or her natural life. A sexually
11violent person or sexual predator shall register for the period
12of his or her natural life after conviction or adjudication if
13not confined to a penal institution, hospital, or other
14institution or facility, and if confined, for the period of his
15or her natural life after parole, discharge, or release from
16any such facility. A person who becomes subject to registration
17under this Article who has previously been subject to
18registration under this Article or under the Child Murderer and
19Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act or similar
20registration requirements of other jurisdictions shall
21register for the period of his or her natural life if not
22confined to a penal institution, hospital, or other institution
23or facility, and if confined, for the period of his or her

 

 

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1natural life after parole, discharge, or release from any such
2facility. A person who is required to register under this
3Article who is not initially required to register for the
4period of his or her natural life upon any violation of any of
5the provisions of this Article shall register for the period of
6his or her natural life after conviction or adjudication for
7the violation if not confined to a penal institution, hospital,
8or other institution or facility, and if confined, for the
9period of his or her natural life after parole, discharge, or
10release from any such facility. Any other person who is
11required to register under this Article shall be required to
12register for a period of 10 years after conviction or
13adjudication if not confined to a penal institution, hospital
14or any other institution or facility, and if confined, for a
15period of 10 years after parole, discharge or release from any
16such facility. A sex offender who is allowed to leave a county,
17State, or federal facility for the purposes of work release,
18education, or overnight visitations shall be required to
19register within 3 days of beginning such a program. Liability
20for registration terminates at the expiration of 10 years from
21the date of conviction or adjudication if not confined to a
22penal institution, hospital or any other institution or
23facility and if confined, at the expiration of 10 years from
24the date of parole, discharge or release from any such
25facility, providing such person does not, during that period,
26again become liable to register under the provisions of this

 

 

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1Article. Reconfinement due to a violation of parole or other
2circumstances that relates to the original conviction or
3adjudication shall extend the period of registration to 10
4years after final parole, discharge, or release. Reconfinement
5due to a violation of parole or other circumstances that do not
6relate to the original conviction or adjudication shall toll
7the running of the balance of the 10-year period of
8registration, which shall not commence running until after
9final parole, discharge, or release. The Director of State
10Police, consistent with administrative rules, shall extend for
1110 years the registration period of any sex offender, as
12defined in Section 2 of this Act, who fails to comply with the
13provisions of this Article. The registration period for any sex
14offender who fails to comply with any provision of the Act
15shall extend the period of registration by 10 years beginning
16from the first date of registration after the violation. If the
17registration period is extended, the Department of State Police
18shall send a registered letter to the law enforcement agency
19where the sex offender resides within 3 days after the
20extension of the registration period. The sex offender shall
21report to that law enforcement agency and sign for that letter.
22One copy of that letter shall be kept on file with the law
23enforcement agency of the jurisdiction where the sex offender
24resides and one copy shall be returned to the Department of
25State Police.
26(Source: P.A. 94-166, eff. 1-1-06; 94-168, eff. 1-1-06; 95-169,

 

 

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1eff. 8-14-07; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-513, eff. 6-1-08;
295-640, eff. 6-1-08; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)