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1 | AN ACT concerning children.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 4.02 as follows:
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6 | (325 ILCS 5/4.02) (from Ch. 23, par. 2054.02)
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7 | Sec. 4.02. Any physician who willfully fails to report | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | suspected child
abuse or neglect as required by this Act shall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | be referred to the Illinois
State Medical Disciplinary Board | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | for action in accordance with paragraph 22
of Section 22 of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Medical Practice Act of 1987.
Any dentist or dental hygienist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | who willfully fails to report suspected child
abuse or neglect | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | as
required by
this Act shall be referred to the Department of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Professional Regulation for
action in
accordance with | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | paragraph 19 of Section 23 of the Illinois Dental Practice
Act.
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16 | Any other person
required by this Act to report suspected child | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | abuse and neglect who
willfully fails to report such is guilty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | of a Class A
misdemeanor for a first violation and a Class 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | felony for a second or
subsequent violation. A person convicted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | of conspiracy to violate this Act is guilty of a Class 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | felony.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 91-197, eff. 1-1-00; 92-801, eff. 8-16-02.)
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23 | Section 10. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | changing Section 8-2 as follows:
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25 | (720 ILCS 5/8-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 8-2)
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26 | Sec. 8-2. Conspiracy. (a) Elements of the offense.
A person | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | commits conspiracy when, with intent that an offense be
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28 | committed, he agrees with another to the commission of that | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | offense. No
person may be convicted of conspiracy to commit an | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | offense unless an act in
furtherance of such agreement is |
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1 | alleged and proved to have been committed
by him or by a | ||||||
2 | co-conspirator.
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3 | (b) Co-conspirators.
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4 | It shall not be a defense to conspiracy that the person or | ||||||
5 | persons with
whom the accused is alleged to have conspired:
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6 | (1) Has not been prosecuted or convicted, or
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7 | (2) Has been convicted of a different offense, or
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8 | (3) Is not amenable to justice, or
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9 | (4) Has been acquitted, or
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10 | (5) Lacked the capacity to commit an offense.
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11 | (c) Sentence.
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12 | A person convicted of conspiracy may be fined or imprisoned | ||||||
13 | or both not
to exceed the maximum provided for the offense | ||||||
14 | which is the object of the
conspiracy, except that if the | ||||||
15 | object is an offense prohibited by Sections
11-15, 11-16, | ||||||
16 | 11-17, 11-19, 24-1 (a) (1), 24-1 (a) (7), 28-1, 28-3 and 28-4
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17 | of the "Criminal Code of 1961", approved July 28, 1961, as | ||||||
18 | amended, or
prohibited by Sections 404 or 406 (b) of the | ||||||
19 | "Illinois
Controlled Substances Act", enacted by the 77th | ||||||
20 | General Assembly, or an
inchoate offense related to any of the | ||||||
21 | aforesaid principal offenses, the
person convicted may be | ||||||
22 | sentenced for a Class 3 felony however, conspiracy
to commit | ||||||
23 | treason, first degree murder, or aggravated kidnapping shall
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24 | not be sentenced
in excess of a Class 2 felony, and conspiracy | ||||||
25 | to commit any offense other
than those specified in this | ||||||
26 | subsection, and other than those set forth
in Sections 401, | ||||||
27 | 402, or 407 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act,
shall | ||||||
28 | not be sentenced in excess of
a Class 4 felony. A person | ||||||
29 | convicted of conspiracy to violate the Abused and Neglected | ||||||
30 | Child Reporting Act is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
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31 | (Source: P.A. 86-809.)
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32 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
33 | becoming law.
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