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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 Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act is
5 amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
 
6     (725 ILCS 207/5)
7     Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act, the term:
8     (a) "Department" means the Department of Human Services.
9     (b) "Mental disorder" means a congenital or acquired
10 condition affecting the emotional or volitional capacity that
11 predisposes a person to engage in acts of sexual violence.
12     (c) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Human Services.
13     (d) "Sexually motivated" means that one of the purposes for
14 an act is for the actor's sexual arousal or gratification.
15     (e) "Sexually violent offense" means any of the following:
16         (1) Any crime specified in Section 11-6, 12-13, 12-14,
17     12-14.1, or 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961; or
18         (1.5) Any former law of this State specified in Section
19     11-1 (rape), 11-3 (deviate sexual assault), 11-4 (indecent
20     liberties with a child) or 11-4 (aggravated indecent
21     liberties with a child) of the Criminal Code of 1961; or
22         (2) First degree murder, if it is determined by the
23     agency with jurisdiction to have been sexually motivated;
24     or
25         (3) Any solicitation, conspiracy or attempt to commit a
26     crime under paragraph (e)(1) or (e)(2) of this Section.
27     (f) "Sexually violent person" means a person who has been
28 convicted of a sexually violent offense, has been adjudicated
29 delinquent for a sexually violent offense, or has been found
30 not guilty of a sexually violent offense by reason of insanity
31 and who is dangerous because he or she suffers from a mental
32 disorder that makes it substantially probable that the person

 

 

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1 will engage in acts of sexual violence.
2 (Source: P.A. 90-40, eff. 1-1-98; 90-793, eff. 8-14-98; 91-875,
3 eff. 6-30-00.)
 
4     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5 becoming law.