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Full Text of SB2824 96th General Assembly

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SB2824sam002 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
Filed: 3/9/2010

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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2824
2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2824, AS AMENDED,
3 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:

5     "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding
6 Section 11-9.4-1 as follows:

7     (720 ILCS 5/11-9.4-1 new)
8     Sec. 11-9.4-1. Sexual predator and child sex offender;
9 presence or loitering in or near public parks prohibited.
10     (a) For the purposes of this Section:
11         "Child sex offender" has the meaning ascribed to it in
12     subsection (d) of Section 11-9.4 of this Code, but does not
13     include as a sex offense under paragraph (2) of subsection
14     (d) of Section 11-9.4, the offenses under subsections (b)
15     and (c) of Section 12-15 of this Code.
16         "Public park" includes a park, forest preserve, or

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1     conservation area under the jurisdiction of the State or a
2     unit of local government.
3         "Loiter" means:
4             (i) Standing, sitting idly, whether or not the
5         person is in a vehicle or remaining in or around public
6         park property.
7             (ii) Standing, sitting idly, whether or not the
8         person is in a vehicle or remaining in or around public
9         park property, for the purpose of committing or
10         attempting to commit a sex offense.
11         "Sexual predator" has the meaning ascribed to it in
12     subsection (E) of Section 2 of the Sex Offender
13     Registration Act.
14     (b) It is unlawful for a sexual predator or a child sex
15 offender to knowingly be present in any public park building or
16 on real property comprising any public park.
17     (c) It is unlawful for a sexual predator or a child sex
18 offender to knowingly loiter on a public way within 500 feet of
19 a public park building or real property comprising any public
20 park. For the purposes of this subsection (c), the 500 feet
21 distance shall be measured from the edge of the property
22 comprising the public park building or the real property
23 comprising the public park.
24     (d) Sentence. A person who violates this Section is guilty
25 of a Class A misdemeanor, except that a second or subsequent
26 violation is a Class 4 felony.".

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