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90_HB2568eng

      720 ILCS 5/11-23 new
          Amends the Criminal Code of 1961.  Provides that it is  a
      Class  4  felony  to  disclose  the  name, address, telephone
      number, or e-mail address of a person under 18 years  of  age
      on  an  adult  obscenity  or child pornography Internet site.
      Effective immediately.
                                                     LRB9008949RCks
HB2568 Engrossed                               LRB9008949RCks
 1        AN ACT to amend the  Criminal  Code  of  1961  by  adding
 2    Section 11-23.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Criminal  Code  of  1961  is  amended  by
 6    adding Section 11-23 as follows:
 7        (720 ILCS 5/11-23 new)
 8        Sec. 11-23. Posting of child identifying information on a
 9    pornographic Internet site.
10        (a)  A  person  at least 18 years of age who discloses on
11    an adult obscenity or child  pornography  Internet  site  the
12    name,  address,  telephone  number,  or  e-mail  address of a
13    person under 18 years of age at the time of the commission of
14    the offense is guilty of the  offense  of  posting  of  child
15    identifying information on a pornographic Internet site.
16        (b)  Sentence.   A  person  who  violates this Section is
17    guilty of a Class 4 felony.
18        (c)  Definitions.  For purposes of this Section:
19             (1)  "Adult obscenity or child pornography  Internet
20        site" means a site on the Internet that contains material
21        that  is obscene as defined in Section 11-20 of this Code
22        or that  is  child  pornography  as  defined  in  Section
23        11-20.1 of this Code.
24             (2)  "Internet"   includes   the   World  Wide  Web,
25        electronic mail, a newsgroup posting,  or  Internet  file
26        transfer.
27        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
28    becoming law.

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