093_HB3097
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1 AN ACT in relation to 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 10 as follows:
6 (730 ILCS 150/10) (from Ch. 38, par. 230)
7 Sec. 10. Penalty. Any person who is required to
8 register under this Article who violates any of the
9 provisions of this Article and any person who is required to
10 register under this Article who seeks to change his or her
11 name under Article 21 of the Code of Civil Procedure is
12 guilty of a Class 4 felony. Any person who is required to
13 register under this Article who knowingly or wilfully gives
14 material information required by this Article that is false
15 is guilty of a Class 3 felony. Any person convicted of a
16 violation of any provision of this Article shall, in addition
17 to any other penalty required by law, be required to serve a
18 minimum period of 7 days confinement in the local county
19 jail. In addition to any other penalty required by law, a
20 person who was convicted of any sex offense against anyone
21 under 18 years of age or over 60 years of age shall be
22 required to serve not less than 30 days confinement in the
23 local county jail. If the sex offender was convicted of
24 aggravated criminal sexual assault on a person, regardless of
25 age, the minimum period of confinement shall be 180 days. If
26 the offender was convicted of aggravated criminal sexual
27 assault on someone under 18 years of age, over 60 years of
28 age, mentally challenged, or physically disabled, the minimum
29 period of confinement shall be one year. If a weapon was
30 used in commission of the offense, all minimum penalties
31 prescribed in this Section shall be doubled. The court shall
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1 impose a mandatory minimum fine of $500 for failure to comply
2 with any provision of this Article. If a sex offender who
3 fails to comply with this Article was convicted of aggravated
4 criminal sexual assault, the court shall impose a minimum
5 fine of $1,500. If the offense was against a person under 18
6 years of age or over 60 years of age, the minimum fine shall
7 be $2,000. If a weapon was used in the commission of the
8 offense, the minimum fines imposed under this Section shall
9 be doubled. These fines shall be deposited in the Sex
10 Offender Registration Fund. Any sex offender, as defined in
11 Section 2 of this Act, or sexual predator who violates any
12 provision of this Article may be tried in any Illinois county
13 where the sex offender can be located.
14 (Source: P.A. 91-48, eff. 7-1-99; 91-221, eff. 7-22-99;
15 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 92-828, eff. 8-22-02.)
16 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17 becoming law.