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Public Act 1099 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Public Act 096-1099

SB2824 Enrolled LRB096 19736 RLC 35157 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 adding
Section 11-9.4-1 as follows:

    (720 ILCS 5/11-9.4-1 new)
    Sec. 11-9.4-1. Sexual predator and child sex offender;
presence or loitering in or near public parks prohibited.
    (a) For the purposes of this Section:
        "Child sex offender" has the meaning ascribed to it in
    subsection (d) of Section 11-9.4 of this Code, but does not
    include as a sex offense under paragraph (2) of subsection
    (d) of Section 11-9.4, the offenses under subsections (b)
    and (c) of Section 12-15 of this Code.
        "Public park" includes a park, forest preserve, or
    conservation area under the jurisdiction of the State or a
    unit of local government.
        "Loiter" means:
            (i) Standing, sitting idly, whether or not the
        person is in a vehicle or remaining in or around public
        park property.
            (ii) Standing, sitting idly, whether or not the
        person is in a vehicle or remaining in or around public
        park property, for the purpose of committing or
        attempting to commit a sex offense.
        "Sexual predator" has the meaning ascribed to it in
    subsection (E) of Section 2 of the Sex Offender
    Registration Act.
    (b) It is unlawful for a sexual predator or a child sex
offender to knowingly be present in any public park building or
on real property comprising any public park.
    (c) It is unlawful for a sexual predator or a child sex
offender to knowingly loiter on a public way within 500 feet of
a public park building or real property comprising any public
park. For the purposes of this subsection (c), the 500 feet
distance shall be measured from the edge of the property
comprising the public park building or the real property
comprising the public park.
    (d) Sentence. A person who violates this Section is guilty
of a Class A misdemeanor, except that a second or subsequent
violation is a Class 4 felony.

Effective Date: 1/1/2011

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