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1     AN ACT concerning sex offenders.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Sex Offender Registration Act is amended by
5 changing Section 7 as follows:
 
6     (730 ILCS 150/7)  (from Ch. 38, par. 227)
7     Sec. 7. Duration of registration. A person who has been
8 adjudicated to be sexually dangerous and is later released or
9 found to be no longer sexually dangerous and discharged, shall
10 register for the period of his or her natural life. A sexually
11 violent person or sexual predator shall register for the period
12 of his or her natural life after conviction or adjudication if
13 not confined to a penal institution, hospital, or other
14 institution or facility, and if confined, for the period of his
15 or her natural life after parole, discharge, or release from
16 any such facility. Any other person who is required to register
17 under this Article shall be required to register for a period
18 of 10 years after conviction or adjudication if not confined to
19 a penal institution, hospital or any other institution or
20 facility, and if confined, for a period of 10 years after
21 parole, discharge or release from any such facility. A sex
22 offender who is allowed to leave a county, State, or federal
23 facility for the purposes of work release, education, or

 

 

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1 overnight visitations shall be required to register within 5
2 days of beginning such a program. Liability for registration
3 terminates at the expiration of 10 years from the date of
4 conviction or adjudication if not confined to a penal
5 institution, hospital or any other institution or facility and
6 if confined, at the expiration of 10 years from the date of
7 parole, discharge or release from any such facility, providing
8 such person does not, during that period, again become liable
9 to register under the provisions of this Article. Reconfinement
10 due to a violation of parole or other circumstances that
11 relates to the original conviction or adjudication shall extend
12 the period of registration to 10 years after final parole,
13 discharge, or release. Reconfinement due to a violation of
14 parole or other circumstances that do not relate to the
15 original conviction or adjudication shall toll the running of
16 the balance of the 10-year period of registration, which shall
17 not commence running until after final parole, discharge, or
18 release. The Director of State Police, consistent with
19 administrative rules, shall extend for 10 years the
20 registration period of any sex offender, as defined in Section
21 2 of this Act, who fails to comply with the provisions of this
22 Article. The registration period for any sex offender who fails
23 to comply with any provision of the Act shall extend the period
24 of registration by 10 years beginning from the first date of
25 registration after the violation. If the registration period is
26 extended, the Department of State Police shall send a

 

 

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1 registered letter to the law enforcement agency where the sex
2 offender resides within 3 days after the extension of the
3 registration period. The sex offender shall report to that law
4 enforcement agency and sign for that letter. One copy of that
5 letter shall be kept on file with the law enforcement agency of
6 the jurisdiction where the sex offender resides and one copy
7 shall be returned to the Department of State Police.
8 (Source: P.A. 93-979, eff. 8-20-04; 94-166, eff. 1-1-06;
9 94-168, eff. 1-1-06; revised 8-19-05.)