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1 | AN ACT in relation to criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
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5 | Sections 11-9.4 and 11-21 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/11-9.4)
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7 | Sec. 11-9.4. Approaching, contacting, residing, or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | communicating with a
child within certain places by child sex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | offenders
prohibited.
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10 | (a) It is unlawful for a child sex offender to knowingly be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | present in any
public park building or on real property | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | comprising any public park
when persons under the age of
18 are
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13 | present in the building or on the grounds
and to approach, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | contact, or communicate with a child under 18 years of
age,
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15 | unless the
offender
is a parent or guardian of a person under | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | 18 years of age present in the
building or on the
grounds.
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17 | (b) It is unlawful for a child sex offender to knowingly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | loiter on a public
way within 500 feet of a public park | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | building or real property comprising any
public park
while | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | persons under the age of 18 are present in the building or on | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | the
grounds
and to approach, contact, or communicate with a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | child under 18 years of
age,
unless the offender
is a parent or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | guardian of a person under 18 years of age present in the
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24 | building or on the grounds.
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25 | (b-5) It is unlawful for a child sex offender to knowingly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | reside within
500 feet of a playground or a facility providing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | programs or services
exclusively directed toward persons under | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | 18 years of age. Nothing in this
subsection (b-5) prohibits a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | child sex offender from residing within 500 feet
of a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | playground or a facility providing programs or services | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | exclusively
directed toward persons under 18 years of age if | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | the property is owned by the
child sex offender and was |
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1 | purchased before the effective date of this
amendatory Act of | ||||||
2 | the 91st General Assembly.
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3 | (b-6) It is unlawful for a child sex offender to knowingly | ||||||
4 | reside within
500 feet of the victim of the sex offense. | ||||||
5 | Nothing in this
subsection (b-6) prohibits a child sex offender | ||||||
6 | from residing within 500 feet
of the victim
if the property in | ||||||
7 | which the child sex offender resides is owned by the
child sex | ||||||
8 | offender and was purchased before the effective date of this
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9 | amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.
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10 | This subsection (b-6) does not apply if the victim of the | ||||||
11 | sex offense
is 21 years of age or older.
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12 | (c) It is unlawful for a child sex offender to knowingly | ||||||
13 | operate, manage,
be employed by, volunteer at, be associated | ||||||
14 | with, or knowingly be present at
any facility providing
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15 | programs or services exclusively directed towards persons | ||||||
16 | under the age of 18.
This does not prohibit a child sex | ||||||
17 | offender from owning the real property upon
which the programs | ||||||
18 | or services are offered, provided the child sex offender
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19 | refrains from being present on the premises for the hours | ||||||
20 | during which the
programs or services are being offered.
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21 | (c-5) It is unlawful for a child sex offender to approach | ||||||
22 | or
initiate any form of contact with any persons under 18 years | ||||||
23 | of age on
a public way.
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24 | (c-6) It is unlawful for a child sex offender to entice, | ||||||
25 | coerce, or
encourage any person under 18 years of age to enter | ||||||
26 | or proceed to the
entrance of any vehicles, structures, or | ||||||
27 | other real property.
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28 | (d) Definitions. In this Section:
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29 | (1) "Child sex offender" means any person who:
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30 | (i) has been charged under Illinois law, or any | ||||||
31 | substantially similar
federal law
or law of another | ||||||
32 | state, with a sex offense set forth in
paragraph (2) of | ||||||
33 | this subsection (d) or the attempt to commit an | ||||||
34 | included sex
offense, and:
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35 | (A) is convicted of such offense or an attempt | ||||||
36 | to commit such offense;
or
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1 | (B) is found not guilty by reason of insanity | ||||||
2 | of such offense or an
attempt to commit such | ||||||
3 | offense; or
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4 | (C) is found not guilty by reason of insanity | ||||||
5 | pursuant to subsection
(c) of Section 104-25 of the | ||||||
6 | Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 of such offense
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7 | or an attempt to commit such offense; or
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8 | (D) is the subject of a finding not resulting | ||||||
9 | in an acquittal at a
hearing conducted pursuant to | ||||||
10 | subsection (a) of Section 104-25 of the Code of
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11 | Criminal Procedure of 1963 for the alleged | ||||||
12 | commission or attempted commission
of such | ||||||
13 | offense; or
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14 | (E) is found not guilty by reason of insanity | ||||||
15 | following a hearing
conducted pursuant to a | ||||||
16 | federal law or the law of another state | ||||||
17 | substantially
similar to subsection (c) of Section | ||||||
18 | 104-25 of the Code of Criminal Procedure
of 1963 of | ||||||
19 | such offense or of the attempted commission of such | ||||||
20 | offense; or
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21 | (F) is the subject of a finding not resulting | ||||||
22 | in an acquittal at a
hearing
conducted pursuant to | ||||||
23 | a federal law or the law of another state | ||||||
24 | substantially
similar to subsection (a) of Section | ||||||
25 | 104-25 of the Code of Criminal Procedure
of 1963 | ||||||
26 | for the alleged violation or attempted commission | ||||||
27 | of such offense; or
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28 | (ii) is certified as a sexually dangerous person | ||||||
29 | pursuant to the
Illinois
Sexually Dangerous Persons | ||||||
30 | Act, or any substantially similar federal
law or the | ||||||
31 | law of another state, when any conduct giving rise to | ||||||
32 | such
certification is committed or attempted against a | ||||||
33 | person less than 18 years of
age; or
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34 | (iii) is subject to the provisions of Section 2 of | ||||||
35 | the Interstate
Agreements on Sexually Dangerous | ||||||
36 | Persons Act.
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1 | Convictions that result from or are connected with the | ||||||
2 | same act, or result
from offenses committed at the same | ||||||
3 | time, shall be counted for the purpose of
this Section as | ||||||
4 | one conviction. Any conviction set aside pursuant to law is
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5 | not a conviction for purposes of this Section.
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6 | (2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2.5), | ||||||
7 | "sex offense"
means:
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8 | (i) A violation of any of the following Sections of | ||||||
9 | the Criminal Code of
1961: 10-7 (aiding and abetting | ||||||
10 | child abduction under Section 10-5(b)(10)),
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11 | 10-5(b)(10) (child luring), 11-6 (indecent | ||||||
12 | solicitation of a child), 11-6.5
(indecent | ||||||
13 | solicitation of an adult),
11-9 (public indecency when | ||||||
14 | committed in a school, on the real property
comprising | ||||||
15 | a school, on a conveyance owned, leased, or contracted | ||||||
16 | by a
school to transport students to or from school or | ||||||
17 | a school related activity, or
in a public park),
11-9.1 | ||||||
18 | (sexual exploitation of a child), 11-15.1 (soliciting | ||||||
19 | for a juvenile
prostitute), 11-17.1 (keeping a place of | ||||||
20 | juvenile prostitution), 11-18.1
(patronizing a | ||||||
21 | juvenile prostitute), 11-19.1 (juvenile pimping),
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22 | 11-19.2 (exploitation of a child), 11-20.1 (child | ||||||
23 | pornography), 11-21 (harmful
material), 12-14.1
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24 | (predatory criminal sexual assault of a child), 12-33 | ||||||
25 | (ritualized abuse of a
child), 11-20 (obscenity) (when | ||||||
26 | that offense was committed in any school, on
real | ||||||
27 | property comprising any school, on any conveyance | ||||||
28 | owned,
leased, or contracted by a school to transport | ||||||
29 | students to or from school or a
school related | ||||||
30 | activity, or in a public park). An attempt to commit | ||||||
31 | any of
these offenses.
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32 | (ii) A violation of any of the following Sections | ||||||
33 | of the Criminal Code
of 1961, when the victim is a | ||||||
34 | person under 18 years of age: 12-13 (criminal
sexual | ||||||
35 | assault), 12-14 (aggravated criminal sexual assault), | ||||||
36 | 12-15 (criminal
sexual abuse), 12-16 (aggravated |
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1 | criminal sexual abuse). An attempt to commit
any of | ||||||
2 | these offenses.
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3 | (iii) A violation of any of the following Sections | ||||||
4 | of the Criminal Code
of 1961, when the victim is a | ||||||
5 | person under 18 years of age and the defendant is
not a | ||||||
6 | parent of the victim:
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7 | 10-1 (kidnapping),
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8 | 10-2 (aggravated kidnapping),
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9 | 10-3 (unlawful restraint),
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10 | 10-3.1 (aggravated unlawful restraint).
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11 | An attempt to commit any of these offenses.
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12 | (iv) A violation of any former law of this State | ||||||
13 | substantially
equivalent to any offense listed in | ||||||
14 | clause (2)(i) of this subsection (d).
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15 | (2.5) For the purposes of subsection (b-5) only, a sex | ||||||
16 | offense means:
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17 | (i) A violation of any of the following Sections of | ||||||
18 | the Criminal Code of
1961:
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19 | 10-5(b)(10) (child luring), 10-7 (aiding and | ||||||
20 | abetting child abduction
under Section | ||||||
21 | 10-5(b)(10)), 11-6 (indecent solicitation of
a
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22 | child), 11-6.5 (indecent solicitation of an | ||||||
23 | adult), 11-15.1 (soliciting for a
juvenile
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24 | prostitute), 11-17.1 (keeping a place of juvenile | ||||||
25 | prostitution), 11-18.1
(patronizing a juvenile | ||||||
26 | prostitute), 11-19.1 (juvenile pimping),
11-19.2 | ||||||
27 | (exploitation of a child), 11-20.1 (child | ||||||
28 | pornography), 12-14.1
(predatory criminal sexual | ||||||
29 | assault of a child), or 12-33 (ritualized abuse of | ||||||
30 | a
child). An attempt
to commit any of
these | ||||||
31 | offenses.
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32 | (ii) A violation of any of the following Sections | ||||||
33 | of the Criminal Code
of 1961, when the victim is a | ||||||
34 | person under 18 years of age: 12-13 (criminal
sexual | ||||||
35 | assault), 12-14 (aggravated criminal sexual assault),
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36 | 12-16 (aggravated criminal sexual abuse), and |
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1 | subsection (a) of Section 12-15
(criminal sexual | ||||||
2 | abuse). An attempt to commit
any of these offenses.
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3 | (iii) A violation of any of the following Sections | ||||||
4 | of the Criminal Code
of 1961, when the victim is a | ||||||
5 | person under 18 years of age and the defendant is
not a | ||||||
6 | parent of the victim:
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7 | 10-1 (kidnapping),
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8 | 10-2 (aggravated kidnapping),
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9 | 10-3 (unlawful restraint),
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10 | 10-3.1 (aggravated unlawful restraint).
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11 | An attempt to commit any of these offenses.
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12 | (iv) A violation of any former law of this State | ||||||
13 | substantially
equivalent to any offense listed in this | ||||||
14 | paragraph (2.5) of
this subsection.
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15 | (3) A conviction for an offense of federal law or the | ||||||
16 | law of another state
that is substantially equivalent to | ||||||
17 | any offense listed in paragraph (2) of this
subsection (d) | ||||||
18 | shall constitute a conviction for the purpose of
this | ||||||
19 | Section. A finding or adjudication as a sexually dangerous | ||||||
20 | person under
any federal law or law of another state that | ||||||
21 | is substantially equivalent to the
Sexually Dangerous | ||||||
22 | Persons Act shall constitute an adjudication for the
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23 | purposes of this Section.
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24 | (4) "Public park" includes a park, forest preserve, or
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25 | conservation
area
under the jurisdiction of the State or a | ||||||
26 | unit of local government.
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27 | (5) "Facility providing programs or services directed | ||||||
28 | towards persons
under
the age of 18" means any facility | ||||||
29 | providing programs or services exclusively
directed | ||||||
30 | towards persons under the age of 18.
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31 | (6) "Loiter" means:
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32 | (i) Standing, sitting idly, whether or not the | ||||||
33 | person is in a vehicle or
remaining in or around public | ||||||
34 | park property.
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35 | (ii) Standing, sitting idly, whether or not the | ||||||
36 | person is in a vehicle
or remaining in or around public |
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1 | park property, for the purpose of committing
or
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2 | attempting to commit a sex offense.
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3 | (7) "Playground" means a piece of land owned or | ||||||
4 | controlled by a unit
of
local government that is designated | ||||||
5 | by the unit of local government for use
solely or primarily | ||||||
6 | for children's recreation.
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7 | (e) Sentence. A person who violates this Section is guilty | ||||||
8 | of a Class 4
felony.
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9 | (Source: P.A. 91-458, eff. 1-1-00; 91-911, eff. 7-7-00; 92-828, | ||||||
10 | eff. 8-22-02.)
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11 | (720 ILCS 5/11-21) (from Ch. 38, par. 11-21)
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12 | Sec. 11-21.
Harmful material.
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13 | (a) Elements of the Offense.
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14 | A person who, believing
with knowledge that a person is a | ||||||
15 | child ,
that
is a person
under 18 years of age, or who fails to | ||||||
16 | exercise reasonable care in
ascertaining the true age of a | ||||||
17 | child, knowingly distributes to , or
sends , or
causes to be sent | ||||||
18 | to, or exhibits to, or offers to distribute or exhibit
any | ||||||
19 | harmful material to that person
a child , is guilty of the | ||||||
20 | offense
of distribution of
harmful material to a child
a | ||||||
21 | misdemeanor .
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22 | (b) Definitions.
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23 | (1) Material is harmful if, to the average person, applying | ||||||
24 | contemporary
standards, its predominant appeal, taken as a | ||||||
25 | whole, is to prurient
interest, that is a shameful or morbid | ||||||
26 | interest in nudity, sex, or
excretion, which goes substantially | ||||||
27 | beyond customary limits of candor in
description or | ||||||
28 | representation of such matters, and is material the
redeeming | ||||||
29 | social importance of which is substantially less than its
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30 | prurient appeal.
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31 | (2) Material, as used in this Section means any writing, | ||||||
32 | picture, record
or other representation or embodiment.
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33 | (3) Distribute means to transfer possession of, whether | ||||||
34 | with or without
consideration.
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35 | (4) Knowingly, as used in this section means having |
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1 | knowledge of the
contents of the subject matter, or recklessly | ||||||
2 | failing to exercise
reasonable inspection which would have | ||||||
3 | disclosed the contents thereof.
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4 | (c) Interpretation of Evidence.
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5 | The predominant appeal to prurient interest of the material | ||||||
6 | shall be
judged with reference to average children of the same | ||||||
7 | general age of the
child to whom such material was offered, | ||||||
8 | distributed, sent or exhibited,
unless it appears from the | ||||||
9 | nature of the matter or the circumstances of its
dissemination, | ||||||
10 | distribution or exhibition that it is designed for specially
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11 | susceptible groups, in which case the predominant appeal of the | ||||||
12 | material
shall be judged with reference to its intended or | ||||||
13 | probable recipient group.
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14 | In prosecutions under this section, where circumstances of | ||||||
15 | production,
presentation, sale, dissemination, distribution, | ||||||
16 | or publicity indicate the
material is being commercially | ||||||
17 | exploited for the sake of its prurient
appeal, such evidence is | ||||||
18 | probative with respect to the nature of the
material and can | ||||||
19 | justify the conclusion that the redeeming social
importance of | ||||||
20 | the material is in fact substantially less than its prurient
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21 | appeal.
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22 | (d) Sentence.
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23 | Distribution of harmful material in violation of this | ||||||
24 | Section is a Class
A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent | ||||||
25 | offense is a Class 4 felony.
If that person has utilized a | ||||||
26 | computer web cam to send the harmful
material, then each | ||||||
27 | offense is a Class 4 felony.
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28 | (e) Affirmative Defenses.
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29 | (1) Nothing in this section shall prohibit any public | ||||||
30 | library or any
library operated by an accredited institution of | ||||||
31 | higher education from
circulating harmful material to any | ||||||
32 | person under 18 years of age, provided
such circulation is in | ||||||
33 | aid of a legitimate scientific or educational
purpose, and it | ||||||
34 | shall be an affirmative defense in any prosecution for a
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35 | violation of this section that the act charged was committed in | ||||||
36 | aid of
legitimate scientific or educational purposes.
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1 | (2) Nothing in this section shall prohibit any parent from | ||||||
2 | distributing
to his child any harmful material.
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3 | (3) Proof that the defendant demanded, was shown and acted | ||||||
4 | in reliance
upon any of the following documents as proof of the | ||||||
5 | age of a child, shall
be a defense to any criminal prosecution | ||||||
6 | under this section: A document
issued by the federal government | ||||||
7 | or any state, county or municipal
government or subdivision or | ||||||
8 | agency thereof, including, but not limited to,
a motor vehicle | ||||||
9 | operator's license, a registration certificate issued under
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10 | the Federal Selective Service Act or an identification card | ||||||
11 | issued to a
member of the armed forces.
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12 | (4) In the event an advertisement of harmful material as | ||||||
13 | defined in this
section culminates in the sale or distribution | ||||||
14 | of such harmful material to
a child, under circumstances where | ||||||
15 | there was no personal confrontation of
the child by the | ||||||
16 | defendant, his employees or agents, as where the order or
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17 | request for such harmful material was transmitted by mail, | ||||||
18 | telephone, or
similar means of communication, and delivery of | ||||||
19 | such harmful material to
the child was by mail, freight, or | ||||||
20 | similar means of transport, it shall be
a defense in any | ||||||
21 | prosecution for a violation of this section that the
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22 | advertisement contained the following statement, or a | ||||||
23 | statement
substantially similar thereto, and that the | ||||||
24 | defendant required the
purchaser to certify that he was not | ||||||
25 | under 18 years of age and that the
purchaser falsely stated | ||||||
26 | that he was not under 18 years of age: "NOTICE: It
is unlawful | ||||||
27 | for any person under 18 years of age to purchase the matter
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28 | herein advertised. Any person under 18 years of age who falsely | ||||||
29 | states that
he is not under 18 years of age for the purpose of | ||||||
30 | obtaining the material
advertised herein, is guilty of a Class | ||||||
31 | B misdemeanor under the laws of the
State of Illinois."
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32 | (f) Child Falsifying Age.
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33 | Any person under 18 years of age who falsely states, either | ||||||
34 | orally or in
writing, that he is not under the age of 18 years, | ||||||
35 | or who presents or
offers to any person any evidence of age and | ||||||
36 | identity which is false or not
actually his own for the purpose |
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1 | of ordering, obtaining, viewing, or
otherwise procuring or | ||||||
2 | attempting to procure or view any harmful material,
is guilty | ||||||
3 | of a Class B misdemeanor.
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4 | (Source: P.A. 77-2638.)
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