Full Text of HB0552 93rd General Assembly
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| AN ACT in relation to minors.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Child Curfew Act is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 1 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 555/1) (from Ch. 23, par. 2371)
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| Sec. 1. Curfew.
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| (a) Definitions. In this Section. | 9 |
| (1) "Curfew hours" means: | 10 |
| (A) Between 12:01 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. Saturday; | 11 |
| (B) Between 12:01 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on Sunday; and | 12 |
| (C) Between 11:00 p.m. on Sunday to Thursday, | 13 |
| inclusive, and 6:00 a.m. on the following day. | 14 |
| (2) "Emergency" means an unforeseen combination of | 15 |
| circumstances or the resulting state that calls for | 16 |
| immediate action. The term includes, but is not limited to | 17 |
| a fire, a natural disaster, an automobile accident, or any | 18 |
| situation requiring immediate action to prevent serious | 19 |
| bodily injury or loss of life. | 20 |
| (3) "Establishment" means any privately-owned place of
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| business operated for a profit to which the public is
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| invited including but not limited to any place of amusement
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| or entertainment.
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| (4) "Guardian" means: | 25 |
| (A) a person who, under court order, is the | 26 |
| guardian of the person of a minor; or | 27 |
| (B) a public or private agency with whom a minor | 28 |
| has been placed by a court. | 29 |
| (5) "Minor" means any person under 17 years of age. | 30 |
| (6) "Parent" means a person who is: | 31 |
| (A) a natural parent, adoptive parent, or | 32 |
| step-parent of another person; or |
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| (B) at least 18 years of age and authorized by a | 2 |
| parent or guardian to have the care and custody of a | 3 |
| minor. | 4 |
| (7) "Public Place" means any place to which the public | 5 |
| or a substantial group of the public has access and | 6 |
| includes but is not limited to streets, highways, and the | 7 |
| common areas of schools, hospitals, apartment houses, | 8 |
| office buildings, transport facilities, and shops. | 9 |
| (8) "Remain" means to: | 10 |
| (A) linger or stay; or | 11 |
| (B) fail to leave premises when requested to do so | 12 |
| by a police officer or the owner, operator, or other | 13 |
| person in control of the premises. | 14 |
| (9) "Serious bodily injury" means bodily injury that | 15 |
| creates a substantial risk of death or that causes death, | 16 |
| serious permanent disfigurement, or protracted loss or | 17 |
| impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ. | 18 |
| (b) Offenses. | 19 |
| (1) A minor commits an offense if he or she remains in | 20 |
| any public place or on the premises of any establishment | 21 |
| during curfew hours. | 22 |
| (2) A parent or guardian of a minor or other person in | 23 |
| custody or control of a minor commits an offense if he or | 24 |
| she knowingly permits the minor to remain in any public | 25 |
| place or on the premises of any establishment during curfew | 26 |
| hours. | 27 |
| (c) Defenses. It is a defense to prosecution under | 28 |
| subsection (b) that the minor was: | 29 |
| (A) accompanied by the minor's parent or guardian | 30 |
| or other person in custody or control of the minor; | 31 |
| (B) on an errand at the direction of the minor's | 32 |
| parent or guardian, without any detour or stop; | 33 |
| (C) in a motor vehicle involved in interstate | 34 |
| travel; | 35 |
| (D) engaged in an employment activity or going to | 36 |
| or returning home from an employment activity, without |
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| any detour or stop; | 2 |
| (E) involved in an emergency; | 3 |
| (F) on the sidewalk abutting the minor's residence | 4 |
| or abutting the residence of a next-door neighbor if | 5 |
| the neighbor did not complain to the police department | 6 |
| about the minor's presence; | 7 |
| (G) attending an official school, religious, or | 8 |
| other recreational activity supervised by adults and | 9 |
| sponsored by a government or governmental agency, a | 10 |
| civic organization, or another similar entity that | 11 |
| takes responsibility for the minor, or going to or | 12 |
| returning home from, without any detour or stop, an | 13 |
| official school, religious, or other recreational | 14 |
| activity supervised by adults and sponsored by a | 15 |
| government or governmental agency, a civic | 16 |
| organization, or another similar entity that takes | 17 |
| responsibility for the minor; | 18 |
| (H) exercising First Amendment rights protected by | 19 |
| the United States Constitution, such as the free | 20 |
| exercise of religion, freedom of speech, and the right | 21 |
| of assembly; or | 22 |
| (I) married or had been married or is an | 23 |
| emancipated minor under the Emancipation of Minors | 24 |
| Act. | 25 |
| (d) Enforcement. Before taking any enforcement action | 26 |
| under this Section, a law enforcement officer shall ask the | 27 |
| apparent offender's age and reason for being in the public | 28 |
| place. The officer shall not issue a citation or make an arrest | 29 |
| under this Section unless the officer reasonably believes that | 30 |
| an offense has occurred and that, based on any response and | 31 |
| other circumstances, no defense in subsection (c) is present.
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| It is unlawful for a person less than 17 years of age to be
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| present at or upon any public assembly, building, place, street | 34 |
| or highway
at the following times unless accompanied and | 35 |
| supervised by a parent, legal
guardian, or other responsible | 36 |
| companion at least 18 years of age approved
by a parent or |
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| legal guardian or unless engaged in a business or occupation
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| which the laws of this State authorize a person less than 17 | 3 |
| years of age
to perform:
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| 1. Between 12:01 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
Saturday;
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| 2. Between 12:01 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
Sunday; and
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| 3. Between 11:00 p.m. on Sunday to Thursday, inclusive,
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| and 6:00 a.m. on the following day.
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| (b) It is unlawful for a parent, legal guardian, or other | 9 |
| person to
knowingly permit a person in his or her custody or | 10 |
| control to violate
subparagraph
(a) of this Section.
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| (e)
(c) A person convicted of a violation of any provision | 12 |
| of this Section
shall be guilty of a petty offense and shall be | 13 |
| fined not less than
$10 nor
more than $500, except that neither | 14 |
| a person who has been made a ward of the
court under the | 15 |
| Juvenile Court Act of 1987, nor that person's legal guardian,
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| shall be subject to any fine. In addition to or instead of the
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| fine imposed
by this Section, the court may order a parent, | 18 |
| legal guardian, or other person
convicted of a violation of | 19 |
| subsection (b) of this
Section to perform community service as | 20 |
| determined by the court, except that
the legal guardian of a | 21 |
| person who has been made a ward of the court under the
Juvenile | 22 |
| Court Act of 1987 may not be ordered to perform community | 23 |
| service.
The dates and
times established for the performance of | 24 |
| community service by the parent, legal
guardian, or other | 25 |
| person convicted of a violation of subsection (b) of this
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| Section shall not conflict with the dates and times that the | 27 |
| person is
employed in his or her regular occupation.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-682, eff. 1-1-97.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 30 |
| becoming law.
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