95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1076

 

Introduced 2/8/2007, by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz - Robert S. Molaro

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/11-15.1   from Ch. 38, par. 11-15.1
720 ILCS 5/11-17.1   from Ch. 38, par. 11-17.1
720 ILCS 5/11-19.1   from Ch. 38, par. 11-19.1

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that in the offenses of soliciting for a juvenile prostitute, keeping a place of juvenile prostitution, and juvenile pimping the prostitute must be under 17 years of age (rather than under 16 years of age).


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
5 Sections 11-15.1, 11-17.1, and 11-19.1 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/11-15.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 11-15.1)
7     Sec. 11-15.1. Soliciting for a Juvenile Prostitute.
8     (a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of
9 Section 11-15(a) of this Act commits soliciting for a juvenile
10 prostitute where the prostitute for whom such person is
11 soliciting is under 17 16 years of age or is a severely or
12 profoundly mentally retarded person.
13     (b) It is an affirmative defense to a charge of soliciting
14 for a juvenile prostitute that the accused reasonably believed
15 the person was of the age of 17 16 years or over or was not a
16 severely or profoundly mentally retarded person at the time of
17 the act giving rise to the charge.
18     (c) Sentence.
19     Soliciting for a juvenile prostitute is a Class 1 felony.
20 (Source: P.A. 92-434, eff. 1-1-02.)
 
21     (720 ILCS 5/11-17.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 11-17.1)
22     Sec. 11-17.1. Keeping a Place of Juvenile Prostitution.

 

 

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1     (a) Any person who knowingly violates any of the provisions
2 of Section 11-17 of this Act commits keeping a place of
3 juvenile prostitution when any prostitute in the place of
4 prostitution is under 17 16 years of age.
5     (b) It is an affirmative defense to a charge of keeping a
6 place of juvenile prostitution that the accused reasonably
7 believed the person was of the age of 17 16 years or over at the
8 time of the act giving rise to the charge.
9     (c) Sentence. Keeping a place of juvenile prostitution is a
10 Class 1 felony. A person convicted of a second or subsequent
11 violation of this Section is guilty of a Class X felony.
12     (d) Forfeiture. Any person convicted under this Section is
13 subject to the forfeiture provisions of Section 11-20.1A of
14 this Act.
15 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
 
16     (720 ILCS 5/11-19.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 11-19.1)
17     Sec. 11-19.1. Juvenile Pimping and aggravated juvenile
18 pimping.
19     (a) A person commits the offense of juvenile pimping if the
20 person knowingly receives any form of consideration derived
21 from the practice of prostitution, in whole or in part, and
22         (1) the prostitute was under the age of 17 16 at the
23     time the act of prostitution occurred; or
24         (2) the prostitute was a severely or profoundly
25     mentally retarded person at the time the act of

 

 

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1     prostitution occurred.
2     (b) A person commits the offense of aggravated juvenile
3 pimping if the person knowingly receives any form of
4 consideration derived from the practice of prostitution, in
5 whole or in part, and the prostitute was under the age of 13 at
6 the time the act of prostitution occurred.
7     (c) It is an affirmative defense to a charge of juvenile
8 pimping that the accused reasonably believed the person was of
9 the age of 17 16 years or over or was not a severely or
10 profoundly mentally retarded person at the time of the act
11 giving rise to the charge.
12     (d) Sentence.
13     A person who commits a violation of subsection (a) is
14 guilty of a Class 1 felony. A person who commits a violation of
15 subsection (b) is guilty of a Class X felony.
16 (Source: P.A. 92-434, eff. 1-1-02; 93-696, eff. 1-1-05.)