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90_SB1217

      720 ILCS 5/11-20.1        from Ch. 38, par. 11-20.1
          Amends  the  Criminal  Code  of  1961.   Eliminates   the
      affirmative defense to a charge of child pornography that the
      defendant  was  employed  by  a  public  library or a library
      operated by an accredited institution at  the  time  the  act
      leading to the charge of child pornography took place and the
      act was committed during the course of employment.  Effective
      immediately.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
 2    Section 11-20.1.
 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 11-20.1 as follows:
 7        (720 ILCS 5/11-20.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 11-20.1)
 8        Sec. 11-20.1.  Child pornography.
 9        (a)  A person commits the offense  of  child  pornography
10    who:
11             (1)  films,  videotapes,  photographs,  or otherwise
12        depicts or portrays by means of any similar visual medium
13        or reproduction or depicts by computer any child whom  he
14        knows or reasonably should know to be under the age of 18
15        or  any institutionalized severely or profoundly mentally
16        retarded person where  such  child  or  institutionalized
17        severely or profoundly mentally retarded person is:
18                  (i)  actually  or  by simulation engaged in any
19             act of sexual intercourse with any person or animal;
20             or
21                  (ii)  actually or by simulation engaged in  any
22             act  of  sexual  contact involving the sex organs of
23             the   child   or   institutionalized   severely   or
24             profoundly mentally retarded person and  the  mouth,
25             anus,  or sex organs of another person or animal; or
26             which involves the mouth, anus or sex organs of  the
27             child  or  institutionalized  severely or profoundly
28             mentally retarded  person  and  the  sex  organs  of
29             another person or animal; or
30                  (iii)  actually or by simulation engaged in any
31             act of masturbation; or
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 1                  (iv)  actually  or  by  simulation portrayed as
 2             being the object of, or otherwise  engaged  in,  any
 3             act   of   lewd  fondling,  touching,  or  caressing
 4             involving another person or animal; or
 5                  (v)  actually or by simulation engaged  in  any
 6             act  of  excretion  or  urination  within  a  sexual
 7             context; or
 8                  (vi)  actually  or  by  simulation portrayed or
 9             depicted as bound, fettered, or subject to sadistic,
10             masochistic, or sadomasochistic abuse in any  sexual
11             context; or
12                  (vii)  depicted   or  portrayed  in  any  pose,
13             posture or setting involving a  lewd  exhibition  of
14             the unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or, if
15             such   person   is  female,  a  fully  or  partially
16             developed breast of the child or other person; or
17             (2)  with the knowledge of  the  nature  or  content
18        thereof, reproduces, disseminates, offers to disseminate,
19        exhibits  or  possesses  with  intent  to disseminate any
20        film,  videotape,  photograph  or  other  similar  visual
21        reproduction or depiction by computer  of  any  child  or
22        institutionalized   severely   or   profoundly   mentally
23        retarded  person  whom  the  person  knows  or reasonably
24        should know to be under  the  age  of  18  or  to  be  an
25        institutionalized   severely   or   profoundly   mentally
26        retarded  person,  engaged  in  any activity described in
27        subparagraphs (i) through (vii) of paragraph (1) of  this
28        subsection; or
29             (3)  with  knowledge  of the subject matter or theme
30        thereof, produces any stage play, live performance, film,
31        videotape or other similar visual portrayal or  depiction
32        by  computer which includes a child whom the person knows
33        or reasonably should know to be under the age of 18 or an
34        institutionalized   severely   or   profoundly   mentally
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 1        retarded person engaged  in  any  activity  described  in
 2        subparagraphs  (i) through (vii) of paragraph (1) of this
 3        subsection; or
 4             (4)  solicits, uses, persuades, induces, entices, or
 5        coerces any child whom he knows or reasonably should know
 6        to be  under  the  age  of  18  or  an  institutionalized
 7        severely or profoundly mentally retarded person to appear
 8        in  any  stage  play, live presentation, film, videotape,
 9        photograph  or  other  similar  visual  reproduction   or
10        depiction   by   computer   in   which   the   child   or
11        institutionalized   severely   or   profoundly   mentally
12        retarded  person  is  or will be depicted, actually or by
13        simulation, in any act,  pose  or  setting  described  in
14        subparagraphs  (i) through (vii) of paragraph (1) of this
15        subsection; or
16             (5)  is a parent,  step-parent,  legal  guardian  or
17        other  person  having care or custody of a child whom the
18        person knows or reasonably should know to  be  under  the
19        age  of 18 or an institutionalized severely or profoundly
20        mentally  retarded  person  and  who  knowingly  permits,
21        induces,  promotes,  or  arranges  for  such   child   or
22        institutionalized   severely   or   profoundly   mentally
23        retarded  person  to  appear  in  any  stage  play,  live
24        performance, film, videotape, photograph or other similar
25        visual presentation, portrayal or simulation or depiction
26        by   computer   of  any  act  or  activity  described  in
27        subparagraphs (i) through (vii) of paragraph (1) of  this
28        subsection; or
29             (6)  with   knowledge   of  the  nature  or  content
30        thereof, possesses any  film,  videotape,  photograph  or
31        other   similar   visual  reproduction  or  depiction  by
32        computer of any child or  institutionalized  severely  or
33        profoundly mentally retarded person whom the person knows
34        or reasonably should know to be under the age of 18 or to
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 1        be  an  institutionalized severely or profoundly mentally
 2        retarded person, engaged in  any  activity  described  in
 3        subparagraphs  (i) through (vii) of paragraph (1) of this
 4        subsection; or
 5             (7)  solicits, uses, persuades, induces, entices, or
 6        coerces a person to provide a child under the age  of  18
 7        or  an  institutionalized severely or profoundly mentally
 8        retarded person to appear in any  videotape,  photograph,
 9        film,  stage  play,  live  presentation, or other similar
10        visual reproduction or depiction by computer in which the
11        child or  an  institutionalized  severely  or  profoundly
12        mentally retarded person will be depicted, actually or by
13        simulation,  in  any  act,  pose, or setting described in
14        subparagraphs (i) through (vii) of paragraph (1) of  this
15        subsection.
16        (b) (1)  It  shall  be an affirmative defense to a charge
17    of child pornography that the defendant reasonably  believed,
18    under  all  of the circumstances, that the child was 18 years
19    of  age  or  older  or   that   the   person   was   not   an
20    institutionalized  severely  or  profoundly mentally retarded
21    person but only where, prior to the act or acts  giving  rise
22    to a prosecution under this Section, he took some affirmative
23    action  or  made  a  bonafide  inquiry  designed to ascertain
24    whether the child was 18 years of age or older  or  that  the
25    person  was  not  an institutionalized severely or profoundly
26    mentally  retarded  person  and   his   reliance   upon   the
27    information so obtained was clearly reasonable.
28        (2)  (Blank).   It  shall  be an affirmative defense to a
29    charge of child pornography that the defendant  was  employed
30    by a public library or any library operated by an institution
31    accredited  by  a generally recognized accrediting agency, at
32    the time the act leading to the charge of  child  pornography
33    took  place  and  such act was committed during the course of
34    employment.
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 1        (3)  The charge of child pornography shall not  apply  to
 2    the  performance  of  official  duties  by law enforcement or
 3    prosecuting officers, court personnel or  attorneys,  nor  to
 4    bonafide   treatment   or   professional  education  programs
 5    conducted by licensed  physicians,  psychologists  or  social
 6    workers.
 7        (4)  Possession  by the defendant of more than one of the
 8    same film, videotape or visual reproduction or  depiction  by
 9    computer in which child pornography is depicted shall raise a
10    rebuttable  presumption  that  the  defendant  possessed such
11    materials with the intent to disseminate them.
12        (c)  Violation of paragraph (1),  (4),  (5),  or  (7)  of
13    subsection  (a)  is a Class 1 felony with a mandatory minimum
14    fine of $2,000 and a maximum fine of $100,000.  Violation  of
15    paragraph  (3)  of  subsection (a) is a Class 1 felony with a
16    mandatory minimum  fine  of  $1500  and  a  maximum  fine  of
17    $100,000.  Violation  of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) is a
18    Class 1 felony with a mandatory minimum fine of $1000  and  a
19    maximum  fine  of  $100,000.  Violation  of  paragraph (6) of
20    subsection (a) is a Class 3 felony with a  mandatory  minimum
21    fine of $1000 and a maximum fine of $100,000.
22        (d)  If  a  person is convicted of a second or subsequent
23    violation  of  this  Section  within  10  years  of  a  prior
24    conviction, the court shall order a  presentence  psychiatric
25    examination  of the person.  The examiner shall report to the
26    court whether treatment of the person is necessary.
27        (e)  Any film, videotape,  photograph  or  other  similar
28    visual reproduction or depiction by computer which includes a
29    child under the age of 18 or an institutionalized severely or
30    profoundly  mentally  retarded person engaged in any activity
31    described in subparagraphs (i) through (vii) or  paragraph  1
32    of  subsection  (a),  and  any  material or equipment used or
33    intended  for  use  in  photographing,   filming,   printing,
34    producing,     reproducing,     manufacturing,    projecting,
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 1    exhibiting, depiction  by  computer,  or  disseminating  such
 2    material  shall be seized and forfeited in the manner, method
 3    and procedure provided by Section 36-1 of this Code  for  the
 4    seizure and forfeiture of vessels, vehicles and aircraft.
 5        (f)  Definitions.  For the purposes of this Section:
 6             (1)  "Disseminate"  means  (i)  to sell, distribute,
 7        exchange or transfer possession, whether with or  without
 8        consideration  or  (ii)  to  make a depiction by computer
 9        available for distribution  or  downloading  through  the
10        facilities  of  any telecommunications network or through
11        any other means of transferring computer programs or data
12        to a computer;
13             (2)  "Produce" means to direct, promote,  advertise,
14        publish, manufacture, issue, present or show;
15             (3)  "Reproduce"  means  to  make  a  duplication or
16        copy;
17             (4)  "Depict  by  computer"  means  to  generate  or
18        create, or cause to be created or generated,  a  computer
19        program or data that, after being processed by a computer
20        either  alone or in conjunction with one or more computer
21        programs, results in a visual  depiction  on  a  computer
22        monitor, screen, or display.
23             (5)  "Depiction   by   computer"  means  a  computer
24        program or data that, after being processed by a computer
25        either alone or in conjunction with one or more  computer
26        programs,  results  in  a  visual depiction on a computer
27        monitor, screen, or display.
28             (6)  "Computer", "computer program", and "data" have
29        the meanings ascribed to them in Section  16D-2  of  this
30        Code.
31    (Source: P.A. 90-68, eff. 7-8-97.)
32        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
33    becoming law.

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