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    AN ACT concerning sex 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 Registration Act is amended  by 
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changing Section 7 as follows:
 



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    (730 ILCS 150/7)  (from Ch. 38, par. 227)


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    Sec. 7. Duration of registration. A person who has been 
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adjudicated to
be
sexually dangerous and is later released or 
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found to be no longer sexually
dangerous and discharged, shall 
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register for the period of his or her natural
life.
A sexually 
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violent person or sexual predator shall register for the period 
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of
his or her natural life
after conviction or adjudication if 
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not confined to a penal institution,
hospital, or other 
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institution or facility, and if confined, for
the period of his 
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or her natural life after parole, discharge, or release from

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any such facility.
Any other person who is required to register

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under this Article shall be required to register for a period 
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of 10 years after
conviction or adjudication if not confined to 
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a penal institution, hospital
or any other
institution or 
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facility, and if confined, for a period of 10 years after

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parole, discharge or release from any such facility.  A sex 
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offender who is
allowed to leave a county, State, or federal 
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facility for the purposes of work
release, education, or 
 


 






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overnight visitations shall be required
to register within 5 
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days of beginning such a program. Liability for
registration 
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terminates at the expiration of 10 years from the date of

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conviction or adjudication if not confined to a penal 
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institution, hospital
or any other
institution or facility and 
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if confined, at the expiration of 10 years from the
date of 
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parole, discharge or release from any such facility, providing 
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such
person does not, during that period, again
become
liable

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to register under the provisions of this Article.
Reconfinement 
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due to a violation of parole or other circumstances that 
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relates to the original conviction or adjudication shall extend 
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the period of registration to 10 years after final parole, 
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discharge, or release. Reconfinement due to a violation of 
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parole or other circumstances that do not relate to the 
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original conviction or adjudication shall toll the running of 
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the balance of the 10-year period of registration, which shall 
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not commence running until after final parole, discharge, or 
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release. The Director of State Police, consistent with 
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administrative rules, shall
extend for 10 years the 
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registration period of any sex offender, as defined
in Section 
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2 of this Act, who fails to
comply with the provisions of this 
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Article. The registration period for any sex offender who fails 
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to comply with any provision of the Act shall extend the period 
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of registration by 10 years beginning from the first date of 
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registration after the violation.
If the registration period is 
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extended, the Department of State Police shall send a 
 


 






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registered letter to the law enforcement agency where the sex 
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offender resides within 3 days after the extension of the  
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registration period.  The sex offender shall report to that law 
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enforcement agency and sign for that letter.  One copy of that 
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letter shall be kept on file with the law enforcement agency of 
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the jurisdiction where the  sex offender resides and one copy 
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shall be returned to the Department of State Police.


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(Source: P.A. 93-979, eff. 8-20-04; 94-166, eff. 1-1-06; 
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94-168, eff. 1-1-06; revised 8-19-05.)