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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, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 11-9.4-1 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (720 ILCS 5/11-9.4-1) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 11-9.4-1. Sexual predator and child sex offender; | ||||||
| 8 | presence or loitering in or near public parks prohibited. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) For the purposes of this Section: | ||||||
| 10 | "Child sex offender" has the meaning ascribed to it in | ||||||
| 11 | subsection (d) of Section 11-9.3 of this Code, but does not | ||||||
| 12 | include as a sex offense under paragraph (2) of subsection | ||||||
| 13 | (d) of Section 11-9.3, the offenses under subsections (b) | ||||||
| 14 | and (c) of Section 11-1.50 or subsections (b) and (c) of | ||||||
| 15 | Section 12-15 of this Code. | ||||||
| 16 | "Public park" includes a park, forest preserve, | ||||||
| 17 | bikeway, trail, or
conservation
area
under the | ||||||
| 18 | jurisdiction of the State or a unit of local government. | ||||||
| 19 | "Loiter" means: | ||||||
| 20 | (i) Standing, sitting idly, whether or not the | ||||||
| 21 | person is in a vehicle or
remaining in or around public | ||||||
| 22 | park property. | ||||||
| 23 | (ii) Standing, sitting idly, whether or not the | ||||||
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| 1 | person is in a vehicle
or remaining in or around public | ||||||
| 2 | park property, for the purpose of committing
or
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| 3 | attempting to commit a sex offense. | ||||||
| 4 | "Sexual predator" has the meaning ascribed to it in | ||||||
| 5 | subsection (E) of Section 2 of the Sex Offender | ||||||
| 6 | Registration Act. | ||||||
| 7 | (b) Except as otherwise provided by law, it It is unlawful | ||||||
| 8 | for a sexual predator or a child sex offender to knowingly be | ||||||
| 9 | present in any
public park building or on real property | ||||||
| 10 | comprising any public park. | ||||||
| 11 | (c) Except as otherwise provided by law, it It is unlawful | ||||||
| 12 | for a sexual predator or a child sex offender to knowingly | ||||||
| 13 | loiter on a public
way within 500 feet of a public park | ||||||
| 14 | building or real property comprising any
public park.
For the | ||||||
| 15 | purposes of this subsection (c), the 500 feet distance shall be | ||||||
| 16 | measured from the edge of the property comprising the public | ||||||
| 17 | park building or the real property comprising the public park. | ||||||
| 18 | (d) Sentence. A person who violates this Section is guilty | ||||||
| 19 | of a Class A misdemeanor, except that a second or subsequent | ||||||
| 20 | violation is a Class 4
felony.
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| 21 | (Source: P.A. 96-1099, eff. 1-1-11; 97-698, eff. 1-1-13; | ||||||
| 22 | 97-1109, eff. 1-1-13.)
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