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90_HB3038

      720 ILCS 5/12-15          from Ch. 38, par. 12-15
          Amends the Criminal Code of 1961.  Increases the  penalty
      for  criminal  sexual  abuse  when  the accused uses force or
      threat of force or when the accused knew that the victim  was
      unable  to  understand the nature of the act or was unable to
      give knowing consent from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class  4
      felony.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
 2    Section 12-15.
 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    changing Section 12-15 as follows:
 7        (720 ILCS 5/12-15) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-15)
 8        Sec. 12-15.  Criminal Sexual Abuse.
 9        (a) The accused commits criminal sexual abuse  if  he  or
10    she:
11             (1)  commits  an act of sexual conduct by the use of
12        force or threat of force; or
13             (2)  commits  an  act  of  sexual  conduct  and  the
14        accused knew that the victim was unable to understand the
15        nature of the act or was unable to give knowing consent.
16        (b)  The accused commits criminal sexual abuse if
17          the accused was under 17 years of age  and  commits  an
18    act of sexual penetration or sexual conduct with a victim who
19    was  at  least  9 years of age but under 17 years of age when
20    the act was committed.
21        (c)  The accused commits criminal sexual abuse if  he  or
22    she  commits  an  act of sexual penetration or sexual conduct
23    with a victim who was at least 13 years of age but  under  17
24    years of age and the accused was less than 5 years older than
25    the victim.
26        (d)  Sentence.   Criminal sexual abuse for a violation of
27    subsection  (b)  or  (c)  of  this  Section  is  a  Class   A
28    misdemeanor.   Criminal  sexual  abuse  for  a  violation  of
29    paragraph  (1)  or (2) of subsection (a) of this Section is a
30    Class 4 felony.  A second  or  subsequent  conviction  for  a
31    violation  of  subsection  (a)  of  this Section is a Class 2
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 1    felony.  For purposes of this  Section  it  is  a  second  or
 2    subsequent  conviction  if  the  accused has at any time been
 3    convicted under this Section or under any similar statute  of
 4    this  State  or  any  other  state  for any offense involving
 5    sexual  abuse  or  sexual  assault  that   is   substantially
 6    equivalent   to   or  more  serious  than  the  sexual  abuse
 7    prohibited under this Section.
 8    (Source: P.A. 85-651.)

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