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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3804 Introduced 10/5/2011, by Rep. Jack D. Franks - Keith Farnham - Carol A. Sente SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that it is a Class 4 felony for a parent, legal guardian, or caretaker
of a child under 13 years of age to knowingly or recklessly fail to report the child as missing to a law enforcement agency in a timely manner if the parent, legal guardian, or caretaker reasonably should have known that the child is in danger. Provides that a parent, legal guardian, or caretaker
of a child under 13 years of age must report the death of the child to the medical examiner or coroner of the county where the child's corpse was found if the parent, legal guardian, or caretaker reasonably believes that the death of the child was caused by a homicide, accident, or other suspicious circumstance. Provides that it is a Class 4 felony for a parent, legal guardian, or caretaker
of a child under 13 years of age to report false information to a law enforcement agency, medical examiner, coroner, State's Attorney, or other governmental agency during an investigation of the disappearance or death of such child.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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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 Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Section 10-10 as follows:
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| 6 | | (720 ILCS 5/10-10 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 10-10. Failure to report the death or disappearance of |
| 8 | | a child under 13 years of age; giving false information. |
| 9 | | (a) It is unlawful for a parent, legal guardian, or |
| 10 | | caretaker
of a child under 13 years of age to knowingly or |
| 11 | | recklessly fail to report the child as missing to a law |
| 12 | | enforcement agency in a timely manner if the parent, legal |
| 13 | | guardian, or caretaker reasonably should have known that the |
| 14 | | child is in danger. |
| 15 | | (b) A parent, legal guardian, or caretaker
of a child under |
| 16 | | 13 years of age must report the death of the child to the |
| 17 | | medical examiner or coroner of the county where the child's |
| 18 | | corpse was found if the parent, legal guardian, or caretaker |
| 19 | | reasonably believes that the death of the child was caused by a |
| 20 | | homicide, accident, or other suspicious circumstance. |
| 21 | | (c) It is unlawful for a parent, legal guardian, or |
| 22 | | caretaker
of a child under 13 years of age to report false |
| 23 | | information to a law enforcement agency, medical examiner, |