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    AN ACT concerning offenders.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Sex Offender Community Notification Law is 
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amended  by changing Section 120 as follows:
 



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    (730 ILCS 152/120)



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    Sec. 120. Community notification of sex offenders. 

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    (a) The sheriff of the county, except Cook County, shall 
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disclose to the
following the name, address, date of birth, 
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place of employment, school
attended, and offense
or 
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adjudication of all sex offenders required to register under 
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Section 3 of
the Sex Offender Registration Act:


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        (1) The boards of institutions of higher education or 
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    other appropriate
administrative offices of each 
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    non-public institution of higher education
located in the 
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    county where the sex offender is required to register, 
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    resides,
is employed, or is attending an institution of 
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    higher education; and


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        (2) School boards of public school districts and the 
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    principal or other
appropriate administrative officer of 
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    each nonpublic school located in the
county where the sex 
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    offender is required to register or is employed; and


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        (3) Child care facilities located in the county
where 
 


 






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    the sex offender is required to register or is employed; 
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    and
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        (4) Libraries located in the
county where the sex 
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    offender is required to register or is employed.

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    (a-2) The sheriff of Cook County shall disclose to the 
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following the name,
address, date of birth, place of 
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employment, school attended, and offense
or
adjudication of
all 
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sex offenders required to register under Section 3 of the Sex 
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Offender
Registration Act:


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        (1) School boards of public school districts and the 
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    principal or other
appropriate administrative officer of 
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    each nonpublic school located within the
region of Cook 
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    County, as those public school districts and nonpublic 
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    schools
are identified in LEADS, other than the City of 
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    Chicago, where the sex offender
is required to register or 
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    is employed; and


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        (2) Child care facilities located within the region of 
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    Cook
County, as those child care facilities are identified 
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    in LEADS, other than
the City of Chicago, where the sex 
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    offender is required to register or is
employed; and


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        (3) The boards of institutions of higher education or 
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    other appropriate
administrative offices of each 
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    non-public institution of higher education
located in the 
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    county, other than the City of Chicago, where the sex 
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    offender
is required to register, resides, is employed, or 
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    attending an institution
of
higher
education; and
 


 






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        (4) Libraries located in the
county, other than the 
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    City of Chicago, where the sex offender
is required to 
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    register, resides, is employed, or is attending an 
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    institution
of
higher
education.

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    (a-3) The Chicago Police Department shall disclose to the 
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following the
name, address, date of birth, place of 
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employment, school attended, and
offense
or adjudication
of all 
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sex offenders required to register under Section 3 of the Sex 
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Offender
Registration Act:


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        (1) School boards of public school districts and the 
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    principal or other
appropriate administrative officer of 
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    each nonpublic school located in the
police district where 
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    the sex offender is required to register or is
employed if 
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    the offender is required to register or is employed in the

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    City of Chicago; and


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        (2) Child care facilities located in the police 
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    district where the
sex offender is required to register or 
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    is employed if the offender is
required to register or is 
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    employed in the City of Chicago; and


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        (3) The boards of institutions of higher education or 
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    other appropriate
administrative offices of each 
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    non-public institution of higher education
located in the 
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    police district where the sex offender is required to 
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    register,
resides, is employed, or attending an 
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    institution of higher education in the
City of
Chicago; and

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        (4)  Libraries located in the
police district where the 
 


 






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    sex offender is required to register or is
employed if the 
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    offender is required to register or is employed in the
City 
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    of Chicago.

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    (a-4) The Department of State Police shall provide a list 
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of sex offenders
required to register to the Illinois 
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Department of Children and Family
Services.

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    (b) The Department of State Police and any law enforcement 
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agency may
disclose, in the Department's or agency's 
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discretion, the following information
to any person likely to 
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encounter a sex offender, or sexual predator:


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        (1) The offender's name, address, and date of birth.


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        (2) The offense for which the offender was convicted.


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        (3) Adjudication as a sexually dangerous person.


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        (4) The offender's photograph or other such 
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    information that will help
identify the sex offender.


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        (5) Offender employment information, to protect public 
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    safety.

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    (c) The name, address, date of birth, offense or 
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adjudication, the county of conviction, license plate numbers 
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for every vehicle registered in the name of the sex offender, 
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the age of the sex offender at the time of the commission of 
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the offense, the age of the victim at the time of the 
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commission of the offense, and any distinguishing marks located 
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on the body of the sex offender for sex
offenders required to 
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register under Section 3 of the Sex Offender Registration
Act 
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shall be open to inspection by the public as provided in this 
 


 






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Section.
Every municipal police department shall make 
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available at its headquarters
the information on all sex 
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offenders who are required to register in the
municipality 
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under the Sex Offender Registration Act.  The sheriff shall
also 
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make available at his or her headquarters the information on 
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all sex
offenders who are required to register under that Act 
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and who live in
unincorporated areas of the county.  Sex 
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offender information must be made
available for public 
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inspection to any person, no later than 72 hours or 3
business 
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days from the date of the request.
The request must be made in 
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person, in writing, or by telephone.
Availability must include 
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giving the inquirer access to a
facility where the information 
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may be copied.  A department or sheriff
may charge a fee, but 
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the fee may not exceed the actual costs of
copying the 
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information.  An inquirer must be allowed to copy this 
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information
in his or her own handwriting.  A department or 
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sheriff must allow access to
the information during normal 
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public working hours.
The sheriff or a municipal police 
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department may publish the
photographs of sex offenders where 
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any victim was 13 years of age or younger
and who are required 
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to register in the municipality or county under the Sex

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Offender Registration Act in a newspaper or magazine of general 
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circulation in
the municipality or county or may disseminate 
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the photographs of those sex
offenders on the Internet or on 
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television.  The law enforcement agency may
make available the 
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information on all sex offenders residing within any county.

 


 






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    (d) The Department of State Police and any law enforcement 
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agency having
jurisdiction may, in the Department's or agency's 
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discretion, place the
information specified in subsection (b) 
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on the Internet or in
other media.

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    (e) (Blank).

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    (f) The administrator of a transitional housing facility 
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for sex offenders shall comply with the notification procedures 
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established in paragraph (4) of subsection (b) of Section 
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3-17-5 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
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    (g) A principal or  teacher of a public or private 
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elementary or secondary school shall notify the parents of 
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children attending the school during school registration or 
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during parent-teacher conferences that information about sex 
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offenders is available to the public as provided in this Act.

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(Source: P.A. 94-161, eff. 7-11-05; 94-168, eff. 1-1-06; 
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94-994, eff. 1-1-07.)

 
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    Section 10. The Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against 
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Youth Registration Act is amended  by changing Section 95 as 
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follows:
 
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    (730 ILCS 154/95)

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    Sec. 95. Community notification of violent offenders 
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against youth. 
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    (a) The sheriff of the county, except Cook County, shall 
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disclose to the
following the name, address, date of birth, 
 


 






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place of employment, school
attended, and offense
or 
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adjudication of all violent offenders against youth required to 
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register under Section 10 of
this Act:

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        (1) The boards of institutions of higher education or 
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    other appropriate
administrative offices of each 
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    non-public institution of higher education
located in the 
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    county where the violent offender against youth is required 
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    to register, resides,
is employed, or is attending an 
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    institution of higher education; and

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        (2) School boards of public school districts and the 
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    principal or other
appropriate administrative officer of 
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    each nonpublic school located in the
county where the 
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    violent offender against youth is required to register or 
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    is employed; and

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        (3) Child care facilities located in the county
where 
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    the violent offender against youth is required to register 
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    or is employed; and
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        (4) Libraries located in the
county where the violent 
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    offender against youth is required to register or is 
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    employed.
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    (a-2) The sheriff of Cook County shall disclose to the 
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following the name,
address, date of birth, place of 
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employment, school attended, and offense
or
adjudication of
all 
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violent offenders against youth required to register under 
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Section 10 of this Act:

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        (1) School boards of public school districts and the 
 


 






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    principal or other
appropriate administrative officer of 
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    each nonpublic school located within the
region of Cook 
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    County, as those public school districts and nonpublic 
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    schools
are identified in LEADS, other than the City of 
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    Chicago, where the violent offender against youth
is 
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    required to register or is employed; and

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        (2) Child care facilities located within the region of 
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    Cook
County, as those child care facilities are identified 
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    in LEADS, other than
the City of Chicago, where the violent 
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    offender against youth is required to register or is

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    employed; and

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        (3) The boards of institutions of higher education or 
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    other appropriate
administrative offices of each 
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    non-public institution of higher education
located in the 
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    county, other than the City of Chicago, where the violent 
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    offender against youth
is required to register, resides, is 
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    employed, or attending an institution
of
higher
education; 
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    and
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        (4)  Libraries
located in the county, other than the 
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    City of Chicago, where the violent offender against youth

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    is required to register, resides, is employed, or is 
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    attending an institution
of
higher
education.
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    (a-3) The Chicago Police Department shall disclose to the 
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following the
name, address, date of birth, place of 
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employment, school attended, and
offense
or adjudication
of all 
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violent offenders against youth required to register under 
 


 






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Section 10 of this Act:

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        (1) School boards of public school districts and the 
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    principal or other
appropriate administrative officer of 
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    each nonpublic school located in the
police district where 
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    the violent offender against youth is required to register 
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    or is
employed if the offender is required to register or 
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    is employed in the
City of Chicago; and

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        (2) Child care facilities located in the police 
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    district where the
violent offender against youth is 
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    required to register or is employed if the offender is

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    required to register or is employed in the City of Chicago; 
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    and

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        (3) The boards of institutions of higher education or 
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    other appropriate
administrative offices of each 
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    non-public institution of higher education
located in the 
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    police district where the violent offender against youth is 
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    required to register,
resides, is employed, or attending an 
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    institution of higher education in the
City of
Chicago; and
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        (4)  Libraries located in the police district where the

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    violent offender against youth is required to register or 
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    is employed if the offender is
required to register or is 
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    employed in the City of Chicago.
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    (a-4) The Department of State Police shall provide a list 
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of violent offenders against youth
required to register to the 
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Illinois Department of Children and Family
Services.
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agency may
disclose, in the Department's or agency's 
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discretion, the following information
to any person likely to 
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encounter a violent offender against youth:

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        (1) The offender's name, address, and date of birth.

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        (2) The offense for which the offender was convicted.

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        (3) The offender's photograph or other such 
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    information that will help
identify the violent offender 
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    against youth.

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        (4) Offender employment information, to protect public 
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    safety.
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    (c) The name, address, date of birth, and offense or 
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adjudication for violent offenders against youth required to 
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register under Section 10 of this
Act shall be open to 
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inspection by the public as provided in this Section.
Every 
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municipal police department shall make available at its 
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headquarters
the information on all violent offenders against 
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youth who are required to register in the
municipality under 
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this Act.  The sheriff shall
also make available at his or her 
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headquarters the information on all violent offenders against 
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youth who are required to register under this Act and who live 
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in
unincorporated areas of the county.  Violent offender against 
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youth information must be made
available for public inspection 
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to any person, no later than 72 hours or 3
business days from 
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the date of the request.
The request must be made in person, in 
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writing, or by telephone.
Availability must include giving the 
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inquirer access to a
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copied.  A department or sheriff
may charge a fee, but the fee 
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may not exceed the actual costs of
copying the information.  An 
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inquirer must be allowed to copy this information
in his or her 
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own handwriting.  A department or sheriff must allow access to

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the information during normal public working hours.
The sheriff 
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or a municipal police department may publish the
photographs of 
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violent offenders against youth where any victim was 13 years 
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of age or younger
and who are required to register in the 
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municipality or county under this  Act in a newspaper or 
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magazine of general circulation in
the municipality or county 
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or may disseminate the photographs of those violent offenders 
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against youth on the Internet or on television.  The law 
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enforcement agency may
make available the information on all 
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violent offenders against youth residing within any county.
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    (d) The Department of State Police and any law enforcement 
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agency having
jurisdiction may, in the Department's or agency's 
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discretion, place the
information specified in subsection (b) 
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on the Internet or in
other media.

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(Source: P.A. 94-945, eff. 6-27-06.)
 

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