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Public Act 90-0687

SB1428 Enrolled                               LRB9008384RCksA

    AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code  of  1961  by  changing
Section 12-21.6.

    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 12-21.6 as follows:

    (720 ILCS 5/12-21.6)
    Sec. 12-21.6.  Endangering the life or health of a child.
    (a)  It  is unlawful for any person to willfully cause or
permit the life or health of a child under the age of  18  to
be  endangered  or to willfully cause or permit a child to be
placed in circumstances that endanger  the  child's  life  or
health.
    (b)  A   violation   of   this   Section  is  a  Class  A
misdemeanor.   A  second  or  subsequent  violation  of  this
Section is a Class 3 felony.  A  violation  of  this  Section
that  is  a  proximate  cause  of the death of the child is a
Class 3 felony for which a person, if sentenced to a term  of
imprisonment, shall be sentenced to a term of not less than 2
years and not more than 10 years.
(Source: P.A. 88-479.)

    Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
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