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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB5052
Introduced 1/25/2010, by Rep. Raymond Poe SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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720 ILCS 5/10-6 |
from Ch. 38, par. 10-6 |
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Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Includes in the offense of harboring a runaway knowingly giving shelter to an unemancipated minor for any length of time on at least 3 occasions within a one-year period without the knowledge and consent of the minor's parent or
guardian, and
without notifying the local law enforcement authorities of the minor's name
and the fact that the minor is being provided shelter. Provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor.
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HB5052 |
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LRB096 19651 RLC 35047 b |
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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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 Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing |
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| Section 10-6 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/10-6) (from Ch. 38, par. 10-6)
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| Sec. 10-6. Harboring a runaway.
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| (a) Any person, other than an agency
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| providing crisis intervention services as defined in Section
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| 3-5 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, or an operator of a |
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| youth
emergency shelter as defined in Section 2.21 of the Child |
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| Care Act of
1969, who, without the knowledge and consent of the |
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| minor's parent or
guardian, knowingly gives shelter to a minor, |
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| other than a mature minor who
has been emancipated under the |
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| Emancipation of Minors Act, for more
than 48 hours on at least |
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| one occasion or for any length of time on at least 3 occasions |
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| within a one-year period, without the consent of the minor's |
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| parent or guardian, and
without notifying the local law |
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| enforcement authorities of the minor's name
and the fact that |
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| the minor is being provided shelter commits the offense
of |
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| harboring a runaway.
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| (b) Any person who commits the offense of harboring a |
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| runaway is guilty
of a Class A misdemeanor.
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