093_HB2966

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 1        AN ACT concerning sex offenders.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Sex Offender Registration Act is  amended
 5    by changing Section 6 as follows:

 6        (730 ILCS 150/6) (from Ch. 38, par. 226)
 7        Sec.  6.  Duty  to  report; change of address, school, or
 8    employment; duty to inform. A person who has been adjudicated
 9    to be sexually dangerous or is a sexually violent person  and
10    is  later  released,  or  found  to  be  no  longer  sexually
11    dangerous   or  no  longer  a  sexually  violent  person  and
12    discharged, shall report in person  to  the  law  enforcement
13    agency  with  whom he or she last registered no later than 90
14    days after the date of his or her last registration and every
15    90 days thereafter.  Any other  person  who  is  required  to
16    register  under  this  Article  shall report in person to the
17    appropriate law enforcement agency with whom he or  she  last
18    registered within one year from the date of last registration
19    and every year thereafter. If any person required to register
20    under  this  Article  changes  his  or her residence address,
21    place of employment, or school, he or she shall, in  writing,
22    within 10 days inform the law enforcement agency with whom he
23    or  she  last registered of his or her new address, change in
24    employment, or school and register with the  appropriate  law
25    enforcement  agency  within  the  time  period  specified  in
26    Section 3. The law enforcement agency shall, within 3 days of
27    receipt,  notify  the  Department of State Police and the law
28    enforcement agency having jurisdiction of the  new  place  of
29    residence, change in employment, or school. Within 30 days of
30    relocating  his  or  her  residence,  the  person required to
31    register shall  provide  written  documentation  proving  the
 
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 1    change  of residence, such as a lease or utility bill, to the
 2    law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the new place
 3    of residence.  The law enforcement agency shall send an agent
 4    to the new address to verify the change of residence.
 5        If any person required to  register  under  this  Article
 6    establishes a residence or employment outside of the State of
 7    Illinois, within 10 days after establishing that residence or
 8    employment,  he  or  she  shall,  in  writing, inform the law
 9    enforcement agency with which he or she  last  registered  of
10    his  or  her  out-of-state  residence or employment.  The law
11    enforcement agency with which  such  person  last  registered
12    shall,  within  3  days  notice  of  an address or employment
13    change,  notify  the  Department  of   State   Police.    The
14    Department  of State Police shall forward such information to
15    the out-of-state law enforcement agency  having  jurisdiction
16    in  the form and manner prescribed by the Department of State
17    Police.
18    (Source: P.A. 91-48, eff. 7-1-99; 91-394, eff. 1-1-00; 92-16,
19    eff. 6-28-01; 92-828, eff. 8-22-02.)

20        Section  10.  The  Sex  Offender   and   Child   Murderer
21    Community Notification Law is amended by changing Section 110
22    as follows:

23        (730 ILCS 152/110)
24        Sec.  110.  Registration.   At  the  time  a sex offender
25    registers under Section 3 of the  Sex  Offender  Registration
26    Act  or  reports  a  change  of  address  or employment under
27    Section 6 of that Act, the  offender  shall  notify  the  law
28    enforcement agency having jurisdiction with whom the offender
29    registers  or  reports a change of address or employment that
30    the offender is a sex offender. Within 30 days of  relocating
31    his  or  her residence, the person required to register shall
32    provide  written  documentation   proving   the   change   of
 
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 1    residence,  such  as  a  lease  or  utility  bill, to the law
 2    enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the new place  of
 3    residence.  The law enforcement agency shall send an agent to
 4    the new address to verify the change of residence.
 5    (Source: P.A. 90-193, eff. 7-24-97; 91-394, eff. 1-1-00.)

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