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92_SB0028enr SB28 Enrolled LRB9201184ARsb 1 An Act concerning criminal law. 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 12-21.6 as follows: 6 (720 ILCS 5/12-21.6) 7 Sec. 12-21.6. Endangering the life or health of a child. 8 (a) It is unlawful for any person to willfully cause or 9 permit the life or health of a child under the age of 18 to 10 be endangered or to willfully cause or permit a child to be 11 placed in circumstances that endanger the child's life or 12 health. 13 (a-5) A person commits the offense of endangering the 14 life or health of a child if he or she leaves a child 6 years 15 of age or younger unattended in a motor vehicle. For 16 purposes of this subsection: 17 (1) There is a rebuttable presumption that a person 18 committed the offense if he or she left a child 6 years 19 of age or younger unattended in a motor vehicle for more 20 than 10 minutes. 21 (2) "Unattended" means either: (i) not accompanied 22 by a person 14 years of age or older; or (ii) if 23 accompanied by a person 14 years of age or older, out of 24 sight of that person. 25 (b) A violation of this Section is a Class A 26 misdemeanor. A second or subsequent violation of this 27 Section is a Class 3 felony. A violation of this Section 28 that is a proximate cause of the death of the child is a 29 Class 3 felony for which a person, if sentenced to a term of 30 imprisonment, shall be sentenced to a term of not less than 2 31 years and not more than 10 years. SB28 Enrolled -2- LRB9201184ARsb 1 (Source: P.A. 90-687, eff. 7-31-98.)