Senate Sponsors: O'MALLEY-VIVERITO. House Sponsors: BROSNAHAN-DART-HOFFMAN-FRANKS-REITZ Short description: CRIM CD-SEX OFFENDER-PARK Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that it is a Class 4 felony for sex offenders to be present in a public park building or on public park grounds or to loiter on a public way within 500 feet of any of these places when persons under 18 are present in the building or on the park grounds unless the offender is a parent or guardian of a person under 18 who is present in any of these places. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Limits the offense to a child sex offender who approaches, contacts, or communicates with a child under 18 years of age who is in the park or on a public way within 500 feet of the park. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2. For purposes of the offense created by this amendatory Act, includes in the definition of "sex offense", public indecency committed in a public park and obscenity committed in a public park. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 4. Provides that it is unlawful for a child sex offender to knowingly operate, manage, be employed by, volunteer at, be associated with, or knowingly be present at any facility providing programs or services exclusively directed towards persons under 18. Permits a child sex offender to own the real property upon which the program or services are offered if the offender is not present when the programs or services are offered. FISCAL NOTE (Department of Corrections) Corrections population and fiscal impacts would be minimal. CORRECTIONAL NOTE (Department of Corrections) Same as DOC fiscal note. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0458 Last action date: 99-08-06 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 3 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status