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720 ILCS 5/11-24

    (720 ILCS 5/11-24)
    Sec. 11-24. Child photography by sex offender.
    (a) In this Section:
    "Child" means a person under 18 years of age.

"Child sex offender" has the meaning ascribed  to  it  in
Section 11-0.1 of this Code.

(b)  It   is   unlawful  for  a  child  sex  offender  to
    knowingly:

(1) conduct or operate any type of business in

which he or she photographs, videotapes, or takes a digital image of a child; or

(2) conduct or operate any type of business in

 which  he  or  she instructs or directs another person to          photograph, videotape, or  take  a  digital  image  of  a          child; or

(3) photograph, videotape, or take a digital image of

a child, or instruct or direct another person to photograph, videotape, or take a digital image of a child without the consent of the parent or guardian.

(c)  Sentence. A violation of this Section is a  Class  2
    felony. A person who violates this Section at a playground, park facility, school, forest preserve, day care facility, or at a facility providing programs or services directed to persons under 17 years of age is guilty of a Class 1 felony.

(Source: P.A. 95-983, eff. 6-1-09; 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)