Public Act 093-0696
 
HB6902 Enrolled LRB093 18413 RLC 44121 b

    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
Section 11-19.1 as follows:
 
    (720 ILCS 5/11-19.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 11-19.1)
    Sec. 11-19.1. Juvenile Pimping and aggravated juvenile
pimping.
    (a) A person commits the offense of juvenile pimping if the
person knowingly receives any form of consideration derived
from the practice of prostitution, in whole or in part, and
        (1) the prostitute was under the age of 16 at the time
    the act of prostitution occurred; or
        (2) the prostitute was a severely or profoundly
    mentally retarded person at the time the act of
    prostitution occurred Any person who receives any money,
    property, token, object, or article or anything of value
    from a prostitute under 16 years of age or from a
    prostitute who is a severely or profoundly mentally
    retarded person, not for a lawful consideration, knowing it
    was earned in whole or in part from the practice of
    prostitution, commits juvenile pimping.
    (b) A person commits the offense of aggravated juvenile
pimping if the person knowingly receives any form of
consideration derived from the practice of prostitution, in
whole or in part, and the prostitute was under the age of 13 at
the time the act of prostitution occurred.
    (c) It is an affirmative defense to a charge of juvenile
pimping that the accused reasonably believed the person was of
the age of 16 years or over or was not a severely or profoundly
mentally retarded person at the time of the act giving rise to
the charge.
    (d) (c) Sentence.
    A person who commits a violation of subsection (a) is
guilty of Juvenile pimping is a Class 1 felony. A person who
commits a violation of subsection (b) is guilty of a Class X
felony.
(Source: P.A. 91-696, eff. 4-13-00; 92-434, eff. 1-1-02.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1, 2005.