Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee

Filed: 5/12/2005

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1234

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1234 on page 18, by
3 inserting immediately below line 34 the following:
 
4     "Section 10. The Sex Offender and Child Murderer Community
5 Notification Law is amended by changing Section 120 and by
6 adding Section 121 as follows:
 
7     (730 ILCS 152/120)
8     Sec. 120. Community notification of sex offenders.
9     (a) The sheriff of the county, except Cook County, shall
10 disclose to the following the name, address, date of birth,
11 place of employment, school attended, and offense or
12 adjudication of all sex offenders required to register under
13 Section 3 of the Sex Offender Registration Act:
14         (1) The boards of institutions of higher education or
15     other appropriate administrative offices of each
16     non-public institution of higher education located in the
17     county where the sex offender is required to register,
18     resides, is employed, or is attending an institution of
19     higher education; and
20         (2) School boards of public school districts and the
21     principal or other appropriate administrative officer of
22     each nonpublic school located in the county where the sex
23     offender is required to register or is employed; and
24         (3) Child care facilities located in the county where

 

 

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1     the sex offender is required to register or is employed.
2     (a-2) The sheriff of Cook County shall disclose to the
3 following the name, address, date of birth, place of
4 employment, school attended, and offense or adjudication of all
5 sex offenders required to register under Section 3 of the Sex
6 Offender Registration Act:
7         (1) School boards of public school districts and the
8     principal or other appropriate administrative officer of
9     each nonpublic school located within the region of Cook
10     County, as those public school districts and nonpublic
11     schools are identified in LEADS, other than the City of
12     Chicago, where the sex offender is required to register or
13     is employed; and
14         (2) Child care facilities located within the region of
15     Cook County, as those child care facilities are identified
16     in LEADS, other than the City of Chicago, where the sex
17     offender is required to register or is employed; and
18         (3) The boards of institutions of higher education or
19     other appropriate administrative offices of each
20     non-public institution of higher education located in the
21     county, other than the City of Chicago, where the sex
22     offender is required to register, resides, is employed, or
23     attending an institution of higher education.
24     (a-3) The Chicago Police Department shall disclose to the
25 following the name, address, date of birth, place of
26 employment, school attended, and offense or adjudication of all
27 sex offenders required to register under Section 3 of the Sex
28 Offender Registration Act:
29         (1) School boards of public school districts and the
30     principal or other appropriate administrative officer of
31     each nonpublic school located in the police district where
32     the sex offender is required to register or is employed if
33     the offender is required to register or is employed in the
34     City of Chicago; and

 

 

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1         (2) Child care facilities located in the police
2     district where the sex offender is required to register or
3     is employed if the offender is required to register or is
4     employed in the City of Chicago; and
5         (3) The boards of institutions of higher education or
6     other appropriate administrative offices of each
7     non-public institution of higher education located in the
8     police district where the sex offender is required to
9     register, resides, is employed, or attending an
10     institution of higher education in the City of Chicago.
11     (a-4) The Department of State Police shall provide a list
12 of sex offenders required to register to the Illinois
13 Department of Children and Family Services.
14     (b) The Department of State Police and any law enforcement
15 agency may disclose, in the Department's or agency's
16 discretion, the following information to any person likely to
17 encounter a sex offender, or sexual predator:
18         (1) The offender's name, address, and date of birth.
19         (2) The offense for which the offender was convicted.
20         (3) Adjudication as a sexually dangerous person.
21         (4) The offender's photograph or other such
22     information that will help identify the sex offender.
23         (5) Offender employment information, to protect public
24     safety.
25     (c) The name, address, date of birth, and offense or
26 adjudication for sex offenders required to register under
27 Section 3 of the Sex Offender Registration Act shall be open to
28 inspection by the public as provided in this Section. Every
29 municipal police department shall make available at its
30 headquarters the information on all sex offenders who are
31 required to register in the municipality under the Sex Offender
32 Registration Act. The sheriff shall also make available at his
33 or her headquarters the information on all sex offenders who
34 are required to register under that Act and who live in

 

 

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1 unincorporated areas of the county. Sex offender information
2 must be made available for public inspection to any person, no
3 later than 72 hours or 3 business days from the date of the
4 request. The request must be made in person, in writing, or by
5 telephone. Availability must include giving the inquirer
6 access to a facility where the information may be copied. A
7 department or sheriff may charge a fee, but the fee may not
8 exceed the actual costs of copying the information. An inquirer
9 must be allowed to copy this information in his or her own
10 handwriting. A department or sheriff must allow access to the
11 information during normal public working hours. The sheriff or
12 a municipal police department may publish the photographs of
13 sex offenders where any victim was 13 years of age or younger
14 and who are required to register in the municipality or county
15 under the Sex Offender Registration Act in a newspaper or
16 magazine of general circulation in the municipality or county
17 or may disseminate the photographs of those sex offenders on
18 the Internet or on television. The law enforcement agency may
19 make available the information on all sex offenders residing
20 within any county.
21     (d) The Department of State Police and any law enforcement
22 agency having jurisdiction may, in the Department's or agency's
23 discretion, place the information specified in subsection (b)
24 on the Internet or in other media.
25     (e) (Blank) The Department of State Police and any law
26 enforcement agency having jurisdiction may, in the
27 Department's or agency's discretion, only provide the
28 information specified in subsection (b), with respect to an
29 adjudicated juvenile delinquent, to any person when that
30 person's safety may be compromised for some reason related to
31 the juvenile sex offender.
32 (Source: P.A. 91-48, eff. 7-1-99; 91-221, eff. 7-22-99; 91-224,
33 eff. 7-1-00; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-394, eff. 1-1-00; 92-16,
34 6-28-01; 92-828, eff. 8-22-02.)
 

 

 

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1     (730 ILCS 152/121 new)
2     Sec. 121. Notification regarding juvenile offenders.
3     (a) The Department of State Police and any law enforcement
4 agency having jurisdiction may, in the Department's or agency's
5 discretion, only provide the information specified in
6 subsection (b) of Section 120 of this Act, with respect to an
7 adjudicated juvenile delinquent, to any person when that
8 person's safety may be compromised for some reason related to
9 the juvenile sex offender.
10     (b) The local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction to
11 register the juvenile sex offender shall ascertain from the
12 juvenile sex offender whether the juvenile sex offender is
13 enrolled in school; and if so, shall provide a copy of the sex
14 offender registration form only to the principal or chief
15 administrative officer of the school and any guidance counselor
16 designated by him or her. The registration form shall be kept
17 separately from any and all school records maintained on behalf
18 of the juvenile sex offender.".