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      725 ILCS 5/115-10         from Ch. 38, par. 115-10
          Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.   Provides
      that  in  certain  prosecutions  for  physical or sexual acts
      perpetrated upon or against a child  under  the  age  of  13,
      certain  statements  made by the child are admissible only if
      the statements were made before the victim attained 13  years
      of  age, but the statements may be admitted regardless of the
      age of the victim at the time of the proceeding.
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 1        AN ACT concerning evidence.
 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section  5.  The  Criminal  Code  of  1961  is amended by
 5    changing Section 11-20.1 as follows:
 6        (720 ILCS 5/11-20.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 11-20.1)
 7        Sec. 11-20.1.  Child pornography.
 8        (a)  A person commits the offense  of  child  pornography
 9    who:
10             (1)  films,  videotapes,  photographs,  or otherwise
11        depicts or portrays by means of any similar visual medium
12        or reproduction or depicts by computer any child whom  he
13        knows or reasonably should know to be under the age of 18
14        or  any institutionalized severely or profoundly mentally
15        retarded person where  such  child  or  institutionalized
16        severely or profoundly mentally retarded person is:
17                  (i)  actually  or  by simulation engaged in any
18             act of sexual intercourse with any person or animal;
19             or
20                  (ii)  actually or by simulation engaged in  any
21             act  of  sexual  contact involving the sex organs of
22             the   child   or   institutionalized   severely   or
23             profoundly mentally retarded person and  the  mouth,
24             anus,  or sex organs of another person or animal; or
25             which involves the mouth, anus or sex organs of  the
26             child  or  institutionalized  severely or profoundly
27             mentally retarded  person  and  the  sex  organs  of
28             another person or animal; or
29                  (iii)  actually or by simulation engaged in any
30             act of masturbation; or
31                  (iv)  actually  or  by  simulation portrayed as
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 1             being the object of, or otherwise  engaged  in,  any
 2             act   of   lewd  fondling,  touching,  or  caressing
 3             involving another person or animal; or
 4                  (v)  actually or by simulation engaged  in  any
 5             act  of  excretion  or  urination  within  a  sexual
 6             context; or
 7                  (vi)  actually  or  by  simulation portrayed or
 8             depicted as bound, fettered, or subject to sadistic,
 9             masochistic, or sadomasochistic abuse in any  sexual
10             context; or
11                  (vii)  depicted   or  portrayed  in  any  pose,
12             posture or setting involving a  lewd  exhibition  of
13             the unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or, if
14             such   person   is  female,  a  fully  or  partially
15             developed breast of the child or other person; or
16             (2)  with the knowledge of  the  nature  or  content
17        thereof, reproduces, disseminates, offers to disseminate,
18        exhibits  or  possesses  with  intent  to disseminate any
19        film,  videotape,  photograph  or  other  similar  visual
20        reproduction or depiction by computer  of  any  child  or
21        institutionalized   severely   or   profoundly   mentally
22        retarded  person  whom  the  person  knows  or reasonably
23        should know to be under  the  age  of  18  or  to  be  an
24        institutionalized   severely   or   profoundly   mentally
25        retarded  person,  engaged  in  any activity described in
26        subparagraphs (i) through (vii) of paragraph (1) of  this
27        subsection; or
28             (3)  with  knowledge  of the subject matter or theme
29        thereof, produces any stage play, live performance, film,
30        videotape or other similar visual portrayal or  depiction
31        by  computer which includes a child whom the person knows
32        or reasonably should know to be under the age of 18 or an
33        institutionalized   severely   or   profoundly   mentally
34        retarded person engaged  in  any  activity  described  in
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 1        subparagraphs  (i) through (vii) of paragraph (1) of this
 2        subsection; or
 3             (4)  solicits, uses, persuades, induces, entices, or
 4        coerces any child whom he knows or reasonably should know
 5        to be  under  the  age  of  18  or  an  institutionalized
 6        severely or profoundly mentally retarded person to appear
 7        in  any  stage  play, live presentation, film, videotape,
 8        photograph  or  other  similar  visual  reproduction   or
 9        depiction   by   computer   in   which   the   child   or
10        institutionalized   severely   or   profoundly   mentally
11        retarded  person  is  or will be depicted, actually or by
12        simulation, in any act,  pose  or  setting  described  in
13        subparagraphs  (i) through (vii) of paragraph (1) of this
14        subsection; or
15             (5)  is a parent,  step-parent,  legal  guardian  or
16        other  person  having care or custody of a child whom the
17        person knows or reasonably should know to  be  under  the
18        age  of 18 or an institutionalized severely or profoundly
19        mentally  retarded  person  and  who  knowingly  permits,
20        induces,  promotes,  or  arranges  for  such   child   or
21        institutionalized   severely   or   profoundly   mentally
22        retarded  person  to  appear  in  any  stage  play,  live
23        performance, film, videotape, photograph or other similar
24        visual presentation, portrayal or simulation or depiction
25        by   computer   of  any  act  or  activity  described  in
26        subparagraphs (i) through (vii) of paragraph (1) of  this
27        subsection; or
28             (6)  with   knowledge   of  the  nature  or  content
29        thereof, possesses any  film,  videotape,  photograph  or
30        other   similar   visual  reproduction  or  depiction  by
31        computer of any child or  institutionalized  severely  or
32        profoundly mentally retarded person whom the person knows
33        or reasonably should know to be under the age of 18 or to
34        be  an  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             (7)  solicits, uses, persuades, induces, entices, or
 5        coerces a person to provide a child under the age  of  18
 6        or  an  institutionalized severely or profoundly mentally
 7        retarded person to appear in any  videotape,  photograph,
 8        film,  stage  play,  live  presentation, or other similar
 9        visual reproduction or depiction by computer in which the
10        child or  an  institutionalized  severely  or  profoundly
11        mentally retarded person will be depicted, actually or by
12        simulation,  in  any  act,  pose, or setting described in
13        subparagraphs (i) through (vii) of paragraph (1) of  this
14        subsection.
15        (b) (1)  It  shall  be an affirmative defense to a charge
16    of child pornography that the defendant reasonably  believed,
17    under  all  of the circumstances, that the child was 18 years
18    of  age  or  older  or   that   the   person   was   not   an
19    institutionalized  severely  or  profoundly mentally retarded
20    person but only where, prior to the act or acts  giving  rise
21    to a prosecution under this Section, he took some affirmative
22    action  or  made  a  bonafide  inquiry  designed to ascertain
23    whether the child was 18 years of age or older  or  that  the
24    person  was  not  an institutionalized severely or profoundly
25    mentally  retarded  person  and   his   reliance   upon   the
26    information so obtained was clearly reasonable.
27        (2)  It  shall  be  an affirmative defense to a charge of
28    child pornography that the defendant was employed by a public
29    library or any library operated by an institution  accredited
30    by a generally recognized accrediting agency, at the time the
31    act leading to the charge of child pornography took place and
32    such act was committed during the course of employment.
33        (3)  The  charge  of child pornography shall not apply to
34    the performance of official  duties  by  law  enforcement  or
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 1    prosecuting  officers,  court  personnel or attorneys, nor to
 2    bonafide  treatment  or   professional   education   programs
 3    conducted  by  licensed  physicians,  psychologists or social
 4    workers.
 5        (4)  Possession by the defendant of more than one of  the
 6    same  film,  videotape or visual reproduction or depiction by
 7    computer in which child pornography is depicted shall raise a
 8    rebuttable presumption  that  the  defendant  possessed  such
 9    materials with the intent to disseminate them.
10        (c)  Violation  of  paragraph  (1),  (4),  (5), or (7) of
11    subsection (a) is a Class 1 felony with a  mandatory  minimum
12    fine  of $2,000 and a maximum fine of $100,000.  Violation of
13    paragraph (3) of subsection (a) is a Class 1  felony  with  a
14    mandatory  minimum  fine  of  $1500  and  a  maximum  fine of
15    $100,000. Violation of paragraph (2) of subsection (a)  is  a
16    Class  1  felony with a mandatory minimum fine of $1000 and a
17    maximum fine of  $100,000.  Violation  of  paragraph  (6)  of
18    subsection  (a)  is a Class 3 felony with a mandatory minimum
19    fine of $1000 and a maximum fine of $100,000.
20        (d)  If a person is convicted of a second  or  subsequent
21    violation  of  this  Section  within  10  years  of  a  prior
22    conviction,  the  court shall order a presentence psychiatric
23    examination of the person.  The examiner shall report to  the
24    court whether treatment of the person is necessary.
25        (e)  Any  film,  videotape,  photograph  or other similar
26    visual reproduction or depiction by computer which includes a
27    child under the age of 18 or an institutionalized severely or
28    profoundly mentally retarded person engaged in  any  activity
29    described  in  subparagraphs (i) through (vii) or paragraph 1
30    of subsection (a), and any  material  or  equipment  used  or
31    intended   for   use  in  photographing,  filming,  printing,
32    producing,    reproducing,     manufacturing,     projecting,
33    exhibiting,  depiction  by  computer,  or  disseminating such
34    material shall be seized and forfeited in the manner,  method
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 1    and  procedure  provided by Section 36-1 of this Code for the
 2    seizure and forfeiture of vessels, vehicles and aircraft.
 3        (e-5)  Upon the conclusion of a case brought  under  this
 4    Section, the court shall seal all evidence depicting a victim
 5    or  witness  that  is sexually explicit.  The evidence may be
 6    unsealed and viewed, on a motion  of  the  party  seeking  to
 7    unseal  and  view the evidence, only for good cause shown and
 8    in the discretion of the court.  The  motion  must  expressly
 9    set  forth the purpose for viewing the material.  The State's
10    attorney and the  victim,  if  possible,  shall  be  provided
11    reasonable notice of  the hearing on the motion to unseal the
12    evidence.   Any  person entitled to notice of a hearing under
13    this subsection (e-5) may object to the motion.
14        (f)  Definitions.  For the purposes of this Section:
15             (1)  "Disseminate" means (i)  to  sell,  distribute,
16        exchange  or transfer possession, whether with or without
17        consideration or (ii) to make  a  depiction  by  computer
18        available  for  distribution  or  downloading through the
19        facilities of any telecommunications network  or  through
20        any other means of transferring computer programs or data
21        to a computer;
22             (2)  "Produce"  means to direct, promote, advertise,
23        publish, manufacture, issue, present or show;
24             (3)  "Reproduce" means  to  make  a  duplication  or
25        copy;
26             (4)  "Depict  by  computer"  means  to  generate  or
27        create,  or  cause to be created or generated, a computer
28        program or data that, after being processed by a computer
29        either alone or in conjunction with one or more  computer
30        programs,  results  in  a  visual depiction on a computer
31        monitor, screen, or display.
32             (5)  "Depiction  by  computer"  means   a   computer
33        program or data that, after being processed by a computer
34        either  alone or in conjunction with one or more computer
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 1        programs, results in a visual  depiction  on  a  computer
 2        monitor, screen, or display.
 3             (6)  "Computer", "computer program", and "data" have
 4        the  meanings  ascribed  to them in Section 16D-2 of this
 5        Code.
 6    (Source: P.A. 90-68, eff. 7-8-97.)
 7        Section 10.  The Code of Criminal Procedure  of  1963  is
 8    amended by changing Section 115-10 as follows:
 9        (725 ILCS 5/115-10) (from Ch. 38, par. 115-10)
10        Sec. 115-10. Certain hearsay exceptions.
11        (a)  In  a  prosecution  for  a  physical  or  sexual act
12    perpetrated upon or against a child under the age of 13, or a
13    person who was an institutionalized  severely  or  profoundly
14    mentally  retarded person as defined in Section 2-10.1 of the
15    Criminal Code of 1961 at the  time  the  act  was  committed,
16    including  but  not limited to prosecutions for violations of
17    Sections 12-13 through 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961 and
18    prosecutions for violations of  Sections  10-1,  10-2,  10-3,
19    10-3.1,  10-4,  10-5, 10-6, 10-7, 11-6, 11-9, 11-11, 11-15.1,
20    11-17.1, 11-18.1, 11-19.1,  11-19.2,  11-20.1,  11-21,  12-1,
21    12-2,  12-3,  12-3.2,  12-4,  12-4.1, 12-4.2, 12-4.3, 12-4.7,
22    12-5, 12-6, 12-6.1, 12-7.1,  12-7.3,  12-7.4,  12-10,  12-11,
23    12-21.5,  12-21.6 and 12-32 of the Criminal Code of 1961, the
24    following evidence shall be admitted as an exception  to  the
25    hearsay rule:
26             (1)  testimony   by   the   victim   such  child  or
27        institutionalized   severely   or   profoundly   mentally
28        retarded person, of an out of court statement made by the
29        victim  such  child  or  institutionalized  severely   or
30        profoundly  mentally  retarded  person,  that  he  or she
31        complained of such act to another; and
32             (2)  testimony of an out of court statement made  by
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 1        the  victim  such  child or institutionalized severely or
 2        profoundly  mentally  retarded  person,  describing   any
 3        complaint  of  such act or matter or detail pertaining to
 4        any act which is an element of an offense  which  is  the
 5        subject  of  a  prosecution  for a sexual or physical act
 6        against that victim perpetrated upon or against  a  child
 7        or  institutionalized  severely  or  profoundly  mentally
 8        retarded person.
 9        (b)  Such testimony shall only be admitted if:
10             (1)  The  court finds in a hearing conducted outside
11        the presence of the jury  that  the  time,  content,  and
12        circumstances   of   the   statement  provide  sufficient
13        safeguards of reliability; and
14             (2)  The  child  or  institutionalized  severely  or
15        profoundly mentally retarded person either:
16                  (A)  testifies at the proceeding; or
17                  (B)  is unavailable as a witness and  there  is
18             corroborative  evidence  of  the  act  which  is the
19             subject of the statement; and .
20             (3)  In a  case  involving  an  offense  perpetrated
21        against  a  child  under  the age of 13, the out of court
22        statement was made before the victim attained 13 years of
23        age, but the statement may be admitted regardless of  the
24        age of the victim at the time of the proceeding.
25        (c)  If a statement is admitted pursuant to this Section,
26    the  court shall instruct the jury that it is for the jury to
27    determine  the  weight  and  credibility  to  be  given   the
28    statement  and  that,  in  making the determination, it shall
29    consider  the  age  and  maturity  of  the  child,   or   the
30    intellectual  capabilities  of the institutionalized severely
31    or profoundly mentally retarded person,  the  nature  of  the
32    statement,  the  circumstances  under which the statement was
33    made, and any other relevant factor.
34        (d)  The  proponent  of  the  statement  shall  give  the
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 1    adverse party reasonable notice of his intention to offer the
 2    statement and the particulars of the statement.
 3    (Source: P.A. 88-166; 88-479; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)

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