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Full Text of HB6778  93rd General Assembly

HB6778 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6778

 

Introduced 02/09/04, by Ron Stephens - Jim Watson - Mike Bost

 

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

    Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Extends the period of registration for a misdemeanant sex offender from 10 years to 15 years and the period of registration for a felony sex offender from 10 to 20 years.


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FISCAL 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 7 as follows:
 
6     (730 ILCS 150/7)  (from Ch. 38, par. 227)
7     Sec. 7. Duration of registration. A person who has been
8 adjudicated to be sexually dangerous and is later released or
9 found to be no longer sexually dangerous and discharged, shall
10 register for the period of his or her natural life. A sexually
11 violent person or sexual predator shall register for the period
12 of his or her natural life after conviction or adjudication if
13 not confined to a penal institution, hospital, or other
14 institution or facility, and if confined, for the period of his
15 or her natural life after parole, discharge, or release from
16 any such facility. Any other person who is required to register
17 under this Article shall be required to register for a period
18 of 15 10 years after conviction or adjudication if not confined
19 to a penal institution, hospital or any other institution or
20 facility, if the sex offense for which the sex offender is
21 required to register is a misdemeanor or 20 years if the sex
22 offense for which the sex offender is required to register is a
23 felony, and if confined, for a period of 15 10 years after
24 parole, discharge or release from any such facility if the sex
25 offense for which the sex offender is required to register is a
26 misdemeanor or 20 years if the sex offense for which the sex
27 offender is required to register is a felony. A sex offender
28 who is allowed to leave a county, State, or federal facility
29 for the purposes of work release, education, or overnight
30 visitations shall be required to register within 10 days of
31 beginning such a program. Liability for registration
32 terminates at the expiration of 15 10 years from the date of

 

 

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1 conviction or adjudication if not confined to a penal
2 institution, hospital or any other institution or facility if
3 the sex offense for which the sex offender is required to
4 register is a misdemeanor or 20 years if the sex offense for
5 which the sex offender is required to register is a felony and
6 if confined, at the expiration of 15 10 years from the date of
7 parole, discharge or release from any such facility if the sex
8 offense for which the sex offender is required to register is a
9 misdemeanor or 20 years if the sex offense for which the sex
10 offender is required to register is a felony, providing such
11 person does not, during that period, again become liable to
12 register under the provisions of this Article. The Director of
13 State Police, consistent with administrative rules, shall
14 extend for 15 10 years with respect to misdemeanant sex
15 offenders and 20 years with respect to felony sex offenders the
16 registration period of any sex offender, as defined in Section
17 2 of this Act, who fails to comply with the provisions of this
18 Article.
19 (Source: P.A. 91-48, eff. 7-1-99; 92-828, eff. 8-22-02.)