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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    changing Section 12-21.6 as follows:

 6        (720 ILCS 5/12-21.6)
 7        Sec. 12-21.6.  Endangering the life or health of a child.
 8        (a)  It is unlawful for any person to willfully cause  or
 9    permit  the  life or health of a child under the age of 18 to
10    be endangered or to willfully cause or permit a child  to  be
11    placed  in  circumstances  that  endanger the child's life or
12    health.
13        (a-5)  A person commits the offense  of  endangering  the
14    life  or  health  of  a  child  if  he  or she leaves a child
15    unattended  in  a  motor  vehicle.   For  purposes  of   this
16    subsection:
17             (1)  There is a rebuttable presumption that a person
18        committed   the  offense  if  he  or  she  left  a  child
19        unattended in a motor vehicle for more than 10 minutes.
20             (2)  "Unattended" means either: (i) not  accompanied
21        by  a  person  14  years  of  age  or  older;  or (ii) if
22        accompanied by a person 14 years of age or older, out  of
23        sight of that person.
24        (b)  A   violation   of   this   Section  is  a  Class  A
25    misdemeanor.   A  second  or  subsequent  violation  of  this
26    Section is a Class 3 felony.  A  violation  of  this  Section
27    that  is  a  proximate  cause  of the death of the child is a
28    Class 3 felony for which a person, if sentenced to a term  of
29    imprisonment, shall be sentenced to a term of not less than 2
30    years and not more than 10 years.
31    (Source: P.A. 90-687, eff. 7-31-98.)

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