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91_HB1011
LRB9104349KSks
1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
2 Section 11-15.
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 11-15 as follows:
7 (720 ILCS 5/11-15) (from Ch. 38, par. 11-15)
8 Sec. 11-15. Soliciting for a prostitute.
9 (a) A Any person who performs any of the following acts
10 commits soliciting for a prostitute:
11 (1) Solicits another for the purpose of
12 prostitution; or
13 (2) Arranges or offers to arrange a meeting of
14 persons for the purpose of prostitution; or
15 (3) Directs another to a place knowing such
16 direction is for the purpose of prostitution.
17 (b) Sentence. Soliciting for a prostitute is a Class A
18 misdemeanor. A person convicted of a third or subsequent
19 violation of this Section, or of any combination of such
20 number of convictions under this Section and Sections 11-14,
21 11-17, 11-18, 11-18.1 and 11-19 of this Code shall be guilty
22 of a Class 4 felony. When a person has 2 or more prior
23 convictions, the information or indictment charging that
24 person shall state such prior convictions so as to give
25 notice of the State's intention to treat the charge as a
26 felony. The fact of such prior convictions is not an element
27 of the offense and may not be disclosed to the jury during
28 trial unless otherwise permitted by issues properly raised
29 during such trial.
30 (Source: P.A. 85-1447.)