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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
 5    adding Section 12-21.7 as follows:

 6        (720 ILCS 5/12-21.7 new)
 7        Sec. 12-21.7.  Seduction of a minor.
 8        (a)  Every person who, with knowledge that a person is  a
 9    minor  under  18  years  of  age,  or  who  fails to exercise
10    reasonable care in ascertaining the  true  age  of  a  minor,
11    knowingly distributes, sends, causes to be sent, exhibits, or
12    offers  to distribute or exhibit by any means, including, but
13    not limited to, live  or  recorded  telephone  messages,  any
14    harmful  material,  as defined in Section 11-21 of this Code,
15    exclusively to a minor under 18 years of age with the  intent
16    of arousing, appealing to, or gratifying the lust or passions
17    or  sexual  desires of that person or of that minor, and with
18    the intent or for the purpose  of  seducing  that  minor,  is
19    guilty of seduction of a minor.
20        (b)  Every  person who, with knowledge that a person is a
21    minor under 18  years  of  age,  or  who  fails  to  exercise
22    reasonable  care  in  ascertaining  the  true age of a minor,
23    knowingly distributes, sends, causes to be sent, exhibits, or
24    offers to distribute  or  exhibit  by  electronic  mail,  the
25    Internet,   or  a  commercial  online  service,  any  harmful
26    material,  as  defined  in  Section  11-21  of   this   Code,
27    exclusively  to a minor under 18 years of age with the intent
28    of arousing, appealing to, or gratifying the lust or passions
29    or sexual desires of that person or of that minor,  and  with
30    the  intent  or  for  the  purpose of seducing that minor, is
31    guilty of seduction of a minor.
 
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 1        (c)  It is  a  defense  to  any  prosecution  under  this
 2    Section  that  a parent or guardian committed the act charged
 3    in aid of legitimate sex education.
 4        (d)  It is  a  defense  in  any  prosecution  under  this
 5    Section  that  the  act  charged  was  committed  in  aid  of
 6    legitimate scientific or educational purposes.
 7        (e)  It  does  not constitute a violation of this Section
 8    for a telephone corporation, a cable  television  service  as
 9    defined  in  Section  16-10  of  this  Code,  or  any  of its
10    affiliates,  an  Internet  service  provider,  or  commercial
11    online service provider, to  carry,  broadcast,  or  transmit
12    messages   described  in  this  Section  or  perform  related
13    activities  in   providing   telephone,   cable   television,
14    Internet, or commercial online services.
15        (f)  Sentence.  Seduction of a minor is a Class 4 felony.
16    A second or subsequent violation of this Section is a Class 3
17    felony.

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