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arrest of any parolee or releasee who has allegedly
violated |
his parole or release conditions. If the parolee or releasee
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commits an act that constitutes a felony using a firearm or |
knife, or, if applicable, fails to comply with the requirements |
of the Sex Offender Registration Act, the
officer shall request |
the Department to issue a warrant and the Department
shall |
issue the warrant and the officer or the Department shall file |
a
violation report with notice of charges with the Prisoner |
Review Board. A
sheriff or other peace officer may detain an |
alleged parole or release
violator until a warrant for his |
return to the Department can be issued.
The parolee or releasee |
may be delivered to any secure place until he can
be |
transported to the Department.
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(d) The supervising officer shall regularly advise and |
consult with
the parolee or releasee, assist him in adjusting |
to community life,
inform him of the restoration of his rights |
on successful completion of
sentence under Section 5-5-5.
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(e) Supervising officers shall receive specialized |
training in the
special needs of female releasees or parolees |
including the family
reunification process.
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(f) The supervising officer shall keep such records as the
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Prisoner Review Board or Department may require. All records |
shall be
entered in the master file of the individual.
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(Source: P.A. 86-661; 86-1281; 87-855.)
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Section 10. The Sex Offender Registration Act is amended by |
changing Sections 2, 3, 7, 8, 8-5, 10, and 11 as follows:
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(730 ILCS 150/2) (from Ch. 38, par. 222)
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Sec. 2. Definitions.
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(A) As used in this Article, "sex offender" means any |
person who is:
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(1) charged pursuant to Illinois law, or any |
substantially similar
federal, Uniform Code of Military |
Justice, sister state, or foreign country
law,
with a sex |
offense set forth
in subsection (B) of this Section or the |
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attempt to commit an included sex
offense, and:
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(a) is convicted of such offense or an attempt to |
commit such offense;
or
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(b) is found not guilty by reason of insanity of |
such offense or an
attempt to commit such offense; or
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(c) is found not guilty by reason of insanity |
pursuant to Section
104-25(c) of the Code of Criminal |
Procedure of 1963 of such offense or an
attempt to |
commit such offense; or
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(d) is the subject of a finding not resulting in an |
acquittal at a
hearing conducted pursuant to Section |
104-25(a) of the Code of Criminal
Procedure of 1963 for |
the alleged commission or attempted commission of such
|
offense; or
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(e) is found not guilty by reason of insanity |
following a hearing
conducted pursuant to a federal, |
Uniform Code of Military Justice, sister
state, or |
foreign country law
substantially similar to Section |
104-25(c) of the Code of Criminal Procedure
of 1963 of |
such offense or of the attempted commission of such |
offense; or
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(f) is the subject of a finding not resulting in an |
acquittal at a
hearing conducted pursuant to a federal, |
Uniform Code of Military Justice,
sister state, or |
foreign country law
substantially similar to Section |
104-25(a) of the Code of Criminal Procedure
of 1963 for |
the alleged violation or attempted commission of such |
offense;
or
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(2) certified as a sexually dangerous person pursuant |
to the Illinois
Sexually Dangerous Persons Act, or any |
substantially similar federal, Uniform
Code of Military |
Justice, sister
state, or foreign country law; or
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(3) subject to the provisions of Section 2 of the |
Interstate
Agreements on Sexually Dangerous Persons Act; |
or
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(4) found to be a sexually violent person pursuant to |
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the Sexually
Violent Persons Commitment Act or any |
substantially similar federal, Uniform
Code of Military |
Justice, sister
state, or foreign country law; or
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(5) adjudicated a juvenile delinquent as the result of |
committing or
attempting to commit an act which, if |
committed by an adult, would constitute
any of the offenses |
specified in item (B), (C), or (C-5) of this Section or a
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violation of any substantially similar federal, Uniform |
Code of Military
Justice, sister state, or foreign
country |
law, or found guilty under Article V of the Juvenile Court |
Act of 1987
of committing or attempting to commit an act |
which, if committed by an adult,
would constitute any of |
the offenses specified in item (B), (C), or (C-5) of
this |
Section or a violation of any substantially similar |
federal, Uniform Code
of Military Justice, sister state,
or |
foreign country law.
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Convictions that result from or are connected with the same |
act, or result
from offenses committed at the same time, shall |
be counted for the purpose of
this Article as one conviction. |
Any conviction set aside pursuant to law is
not a conviction |
for purposes of this Article.
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For purposes of this Section, "convicted" shall have the |
same meaning as
"adjudicated".
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(B) As used in this Article, "sex offense" means:
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(1) A violation of any of the following Sections of the |
Criminal Code of
1961:
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11-20.1 (child pornography),
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11-6 (indecent solicitation of a child),
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11-9.1 (sexual exploitation of a child),
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11-15.1 (soliciting for a juvenile prostitute),
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11-18.1 (patronizing a juvenile prostitute),
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11-17.1 (keeping a place of juvenile |
prostitution),
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11-19.1 (juvenile pimping),
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11-19.2 (exploitation of a child),
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12-13 (criminal sexual assault),
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12-14 (aggravated criminal sexual assault),
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12-14.1 (predatory criminal sexual assault of a |
child),
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12-15 (criminal sexual abuse),
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12-16 (aggravated criminal sexual abuse),
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12-33 (ritualized abuse of a child).
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An attempt to commit any of these offenses.
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(1.5) A violation of any of the following Sections of |
the
Criminal Code of 1961, when the victim is a person |
under 18 years of age, the
defendant is not a parent of the |
victim, and the offense was committed on or
after January |
1, 1996:
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10-1 (kidnapping),
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10-2 (aggravated kidnapping),
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10-3 (unlawful restraint),
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10-3.1 (aggravated unlawful restraint).
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An attempt to commit any of these offenses.
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(1.6) First degree murder under Section 9-1 of the |
Criminal Code of 1961,
when the victim was a person under |
18 years of age, the defendant was at least
17 years of age |
at the time of the commission of the offense, and the |
offense
was committed on or after June 1, 1996.
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(1.7) (Blank).
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(1.8) A violation or attempted violation of Section |
11-11 (sexual
relations within families) of the Criminal |
Code of 1961, and the offense was committed on or after
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June 1, 1997.
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(1.9) Child abduction under paragraph (10) of |
subsection
(b) of Section 10-5 of the Criminal Code of 1961 |
committed by luring or
attempting to lure a child under the |
age of 16 into a motor vehicle, building,
house trailer, or |
dwelling place without the consent of the parent or lawful
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custodian of the child for other than a lawful purpose and |
the offense was
committed on or after January 1, 1998.
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(1.10) A violation or attempted violation of any of the |
following Sections
of the Criminal Code of 1961 when the |
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offense was committed on or after July
1, 1999:
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10-4 (forcible detention, if the victim is under 18 |
years of age),
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11-6.5 (indecent solicitation of an adult),
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11-15 (soliciting for a prostitute, if the victim |
is under 18 years
of age),
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11-16 (pandering, if the victim is under 18 years |
of age),
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11-18 (patronizing a prostitute, if the victim is |
under 18 years
of age),
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11-19 (pimping, if the victim is under 18 years of |
age).
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(1.11) A violation or attempted violation of any of the |
following
Sections of the Criminal Code of 1961 when the |
offense was committed on or
after the effective date of |
this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly:
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11-9 (public indecency for a third or subsequent |
conviction),
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11-9.2 (custodial sexual misconduct).
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(1.12) A violation or attempted violation of Section
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5.1 of the Wrongs to Children Act (permitting sexual abuse) |
when the
offense was committed on or after the effective |
date of this amendatory Act of
the 92nd General Assembly.
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(2) A violation of any former law of this State |
substantially equivalent
to any offense listed in |
subsection (B) of this Section.
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(C) A conviction for an offense of federal law, Uniform |
Code of Military
Justice, or the law of another state
or a |
foreign country that is substantially equivalent to any offense |
listed
in subsections (B), (C), and (E) of this Section shall
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constitute a
conviction for the purpose
of this Article. A |
finding or adjudication as a sexually dangerous person
or a |
sexually violent person under any federal law, Uniform Code of |
Military
Justice, or the law of another state or
foreign |
country that is substantially equivalent to the Sexually |
Dangerous
Persons Act or the Sexually Violent Persons |
|
Commitment Act shall constitute an
adjudication for the |
purposes of this Article.
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(C-5) A person at least 17 years of age at the time of the |
commission of
the offense who is convicted of first degree |
murder under Section 9-1 of the
Criminal Code of 1961, |
committed on or after June 1, 1996 against a person
under 18 |
years of age, shall be required to register
for natural life.
A |
conviction for an offense of federal, Uniform Code of Military |
Justice,
sister state, or foreign country law that is |
substantially equivalent to any
offense listed in subsection |
(C-5) of this Section shall constitute a
conviction for the |
purpose of this Article.
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(D) As used in this Article, "law enforcement agency having |
jurisdiction"
means the Chief of Police in each of the |
municipalities in which the sex offender
expects to reside, |
work, or attend school (1) upon his or her discharge,
parole or |
release or
(2) during the service of his or her sentence of |
probation or conditional
discharge, or the Sheriff of the |
county, in the event no Police Chief exists
or if the offender |
intends to reside, work, or attend school in an
unincorporated |
area.
"Law enforcement agency having jurisdiction" includes |
the location where
out-of-state students attend school and |
where out-of-state employees are
employed or are otherwise |
required to register. |
(D-1) As used in this Article, "supervising officer" means |
the assigned Illinois Department of Corrections parole agent or |
county probation officer.
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(E) As used in this Article, "sexual predator" means any |
person who,
after July 1, 1999, is:
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(1) Convicted for an offense of federal, Uniform Code |
of Military
Justice, sister state, or foreign country law |
that is substantially equivalent
to any offense listed in |
subsection (E) of this Section shall constitute a
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conviction for the purpose of this Article.
Convicted of a |
violation or attempted violation of any of the following
|
Sections of the
Criminal Code of 1961, if the conviction |
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occurred after July
1, 1999:
|
11-17.1 (keeping a place of juvenile |
prostitution),
|
11-19.1 (juvenile pimping),
|
11-19.2 (exploitation of a child),
|
11-20.1 (child pornography),
|
12-13 (criminal sexual assault, if the victim is a |
person under 12
years of age),
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12-14 (aggravated criminal sexual assault),
|
12-14.1 (predatory criminal sexual assault of a |
child),
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12-16 (aggravated criminal sexual abuse),
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12-33 (ritualized abuse of a child); or
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(2) convicted of first degree murder under Section 9-1 |
of the Criminal
Code of 1961, when the victim was a person |
under 18 years of age and the
defendant was at least 17 |
years of age at the time of the commission of the
offense; |
or
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(3) certified as a sexually dangerous person pursuant |
to the Sexually
Dangerous Persons Act or any substantially |
similar federal, Uniform Code of
Military Justice, sister |
state, or
foreign country law; or
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(4) found to be a sexually violent person pursuant to |
the Sexually Violent
Persons Commitment Act or any |
substantially similar federal, Uniform Code of
Military |
Justice, sister state, or
foreign country law; or
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(5) convicted of a second or subsequent offense which |
requires
registration pursuant to this Act. The conviction |
for the second or subsequent
offense must have occurred |
after July 1, 1999. For purposes of this paragraph
(5), |
"convicted" shall include a conviction under any
|
substantially similar
Illinois, federal, Uniform Code of |
Military Justice, sister state, or
foreign country law.
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(F) As used in this Article, "out-of-state student" means |
any sex
offender, as defined in this Section,
or sexual |
predator who is enrolled in Illinois, on a full-time or |
|
part-time
basis, in any public or private educational |
institution, including, but not
limited to, any secondary |
school, trade or professional institution, or
institution of |
higher learning.
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(G) As used in this Article, "out-of-state employee" means |
any sex
offender, as defined in this Section,
or sexual |
predator who works in Illinois, regardless of whether the |
individual
receives payment for services performed, for a |
period of time of 10 or more days
or for an aggregate period of |
time of 30 or more days
during any calendar year.
Persons who |
operate motor vehicles in the State accrue one day of |
employment
time for any portion of a day spent in Illinois. |
(H) As used in this Article, "school" means any public or |
private educational institution, including, but not limited |
to, any elementary or secondary school, trade or professional |
institution, or institution of higher education.
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(Source: P.A. 91-48, eff. 7-1-99; 92-828, eff. 8-22-02.)
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(730 ILCS 150/3) (from Ch. 38, par. 223) |
Sec. 3. Duty to register.
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(a) A sex offender, as defined in Section 2 of this Act, or |
sexual
predator shall, within the time period
prescribed in |
subsections (b) and (c), register in person
and provide |
accurate information as required by the Department of State
|
Police. Such information shall include a current photograph,
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current address,
current place of employment, and school |
attended. The sex offender or
sexual predator shall register:
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(1) with the chief of police in each of the |
municipality
municipalities in which he or she
attends |
school, is employed,
resides or is temporarily domiciled |
for a period of time of 10 or more
days, unless the
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municipality is the City of Chicago, in which case he or |
she shall register
at the Chicago Police Department |
Headquarters; or
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(2) with the sheriff in each of the county
counties in |
which
he or she attends school, is
employed, resides or is
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temporarily domiciled
for a period of time of 10 or more |
days in an unincorporated
area or, if incorporated, no |
police chief exists.
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If the sex offender or sexual predator is employed at or |
attends an institution of higher education, he or she shall |
register:
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(i) with the chief of police in the municipality in |
which he or she is employed at or attends an institution of |
higher education, unless the municipality is the City of |
Chicago, in which case he or she shall register at the |
Chicago Police Department Headquarters; or |
(ii) with the sheriff in the county in which he or she |
is employed or attends an institution of higher education |
located in an unincorporated area, or if incorporated, no |
police chief exists.
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For purposes of this Article, the place of residence or |
temporary
domicile is defined as any and all places where the |
sex offender resides
for an aggregate period of time of 10 or |
more days during any calendar year.
|
The sex offender or sexual predator shall provide accurate |
information
as required by the Department of State Police. That |
information shall include
the sex offender's or sexual |
predator's current place of employment.
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(a-5) An out-of-state student or out-of-state employee |
shall,
within 10 days after beginning school or employment in |
this State,
register in person and provide accurate information |
as required by the
Department of State Police. Such information |
will include current place of
employment, school attended, and |
address in state of residence. The out-of-state student or |
out-of-state employee shall register:
|
(1) with the chief of police in each of the |
municipality
municipalities in which he or she attends |
school or is employed for a period of time of 10
or more |
days or for an
aggregate period of time of more than 30 |
days during any
calendar year, unless the
municipality is |
the City of Chicago, in which case he or she shall register |
|
at
the Chicago Police Department Headquarters; or
|
(2) with the sheriff in each of the county
counties in |
which
he or she attends school or is
employed for a period |
of time of 10 or more days or
for an aggregate period of
|
time of more than 30 days during any calendar year in an
|
unincorporated area
or, if incorporated, no police chief |
exists.
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The out-of-state student or out-of-state employee shall |
provide accurate
information as required by the Department of |
State Police. That information
shall include the out-of-state |
student's current place of school attendance or
the |
out-of-state employee's current place of employment.
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(b) Any sex offender, as defined in Section 2 of this Act, |
or sexual
predator, regardless of any initial,
prior, or other |
registration, shall, within 10 days of beginning school,
or |
establishing a
residence, place of employment, or temporary |
domicile in
any county, register in person as set forth in |
subsection (a)
or (a-5).
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(c) The registration for any person required to register |
under this
Article shall be as follows:
|
(1) Any person registered under the Habitual Child Sex |
Offender
Registration Act or the Child Sex Offender |
Registration Act prior to January
1, 1996, shall be deemed |
initially registered as of January 1, 1996; however,
this |
shall not be construed to extend the duration of |
registration set forth
in Section 7.
|
(2) Except as provided in subsection (c)(4), any person |
convicted or
adjudicated prior to January 1, 1996, whose |
liability for registration under
Section 7 has not expired, |
shall register in person prior to January 31,
1996.
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(2.5) Except as provided in subsection (c)(4), any |
person who has not
been notified of his or her |
responsibility to register shall be notified by a
criminal |
justice entity of his or her responsibility to register. |
Upon
notification the person must then register within 10 |
days of notification of
his or her requirement to register. |
|
If notification is not made within the
offender's 10 year |
registration requirement, and the Department of State
|
Police determines no evidence exists or indicates the |
offender attempted to
avoid registration, the offender |
will no longer be required to register under
this Act.
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(3) Except as provided in subsection (c)(4), any person |
convicted on
or after January 1, 1996, shall register in |
person within 10 days after the
entry of the sentencing |
order based upon his or her conviction.
|
(4) Any person unable to comply with the registration |
requirements of
this Article because he or she is confined, |
institutionalized,
or imprisoned in Illinois on or after |
January 1, 1996, shall register in person
within 10 days of |
discharge, parole or release.
|
(5) The person shall provide positive identification |
and documentation
that substantiates proof of residence at |
the registering address.
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(6) The person shall pay a $20
initial registration fee |
and
a $10
annual
renewal fee. The fees shall be used by the |
registering agency for official
purposes. The agency shall |
establish procedures to document receipt and use
of the |
funds.
The law enforcement agency having jurisdiction may |
waive the registration fee
if it determines that the person |
is indigent and unable to pay the registration
fee.
Ten |
dollars for the initial registration fee and $5 of the |
annual renewal fee
shall be used by the registering agency |
for official purposes. Ten dollars of
the initial |
registration fee and $5 of the annual fee shall be |
deposited into
the Sex Offender Management Board Fund under |
Section 19 of the Sex Offender
Management Board Act. Money |
deposited into the Sex Offender Management Board
Fund shall |
be administered by the Sex Offender Management Board and |
shall be
used to
fund practices endorsed or required by the |
Sex Offender Management Board Act
including but not limited |
to sex offenders evaluation, treatment, or
monitoring |
programs that are or may be developed, as well as for
|
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administrative costs, including staff, incurred by the |
Board.
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(d) Within 10 days after obtaining or changing employment |
and, if employed
on January 1, 2000, within 10 days after that |
date, a person required to
register under this Section must |
report, in person or in writing to the law
enforcement agency |
having jurisdiction, the business name and address where he
or |
she is employed. If the person has multiple businesses or work |
locations,
every business and work location must be reported to |
the law enforcement agency
having jurisdiction.
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(Source: P.A. 92-828, eff. 8-22-02; 93-616, eff. 1-1-04.)
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(730 ILCS 150/7) (from Ch. 38, par. 227)
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Sec. 7. Duration of registration. A person who has been |
adjudicated to
be
sexually dangerous and is later released or |
found to be no longer sexually
dangerous and discharged, shall |
register for the period of his or her natural
life.
A sexually |
violent person or sexual predator shall register for the period |
of
his or her natural life
after conviction or adjudication if |
not confined to a penal institution,
hospital, or other |
institution or facility, and if confined, for
the period of his |
or her natural life after parole, discharge, or release from
|
any such facility.
Any other person who is required to register
|
under this Article shall be required to register for a period |
of 10 years after
conviction or adjudication if not confined to |
a penal institution, hospital
or any other
institution or |
facility, and if confined, for a period of 10 years after
|
parole, discharge or release from any such facility. A sex |
offender who is
allowed to leave a county, State, or federal |
facility for the purposes of work
release, education, or |
overnight visitations shall be required
to register within 10 |
days of beginning such a program. Liability for
registration |
terminates at the expiration of 10 years from the date of
|
conviction or adjudication if not confined to a penal |
institution, hospital
or any other
institution or facility and |
if confined, at the expiration of 10 years from the
date of |
|
parole, discharge or release from any such facility, providing |
such
person does not, during that period, again
become
liable
|
to register under the provisions of this Article.
Reconfinement |
due to a violation of parole or other circumstances that |
relates to the original conviction or adjudication shall extend |
the period of registration to 10 years after final parole, |
discharge, or release. The Director of State Police, consistent |
with administrative rules, shall
extend for 10 years the |
registration period of any sex offender, as defined
in Section |
2 of this Act, who fails to
comply with the provisions of this |
Article. The registration period for any sex offender who fails |
to comply with any provision of the Act shall extend the period |
of registration by 10 years beginning from the first date of |
registration after the violation.
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(Source: P.A. 91-48, eff. 7-1-99; 92-828, eff. 8-22-02.)
|
(730 ILCS 150/8) (from Ch. 38, par. 228)
|
Sec. 8. Registration Requirements. Registration as |
required by this
Article shall consist of a statement in |
writing signed by the person giving the
information that is |
required by the Department of State Police, which may
include |
the fingerprints and must include a current photograph of the |
person, to be updated annually. The
registration
information |
must include whether the person is a sex offender as
defined
in |
the Sex Offender and Child Murderer Community Notification
Law. |
Within 3
days, the
registering law enforcement agency shall |
forward any
required information to the Department of State |
Police. The registering
law enforcement agency shall
enter the |
information into the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System |
(LEADS) as
provided in Sections 6 and 7 of the |
Intergovernmental Missing Child Recovery
Act of 1984.
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(Source: P.A. 90-193, eff. 7-24-97; 91-224, eff. 7-1-00.)
|
(730 ILCS 150/8-5)
|
Sec. 8-5. Verification
Address verification requirements. |
(a) Address verification. The agency having
jurisdiction
|
|
shall verify the
address of sex offenders, as defined in |
Section 2 of this Act, or sexual
predators required to register |
with their
agency at least once per calendar year. The |
verification must be documented in
LEADS in the form and manner |
required by the Department of State Police. |
(b) Registration verification. The supervising officer |
shall, within 15 days of sentencing to probation or release |
from an Illinois Department of Corrections facility, contact |
the law enforcement agency in the jurisdiction in which the sex |
offender or sexual predator designated as his or her intended |
residence and verify compliance with the requirements of this |
Act. Revocation proceedings shall be immediately commenced |
against a sex offender or sexual predator on probation, parole, |
or mandatory supervised release who fails to comply with the |
requirements of this Act.
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(Source: P.A. 91-48, eff. 7-1-99; 92-828, eff. 8-22-02.)
|
(730 ILCS 150/10) (from Ch. 38, par. 230)
|
Sec. 10. Penalty. Any person who is required to register |
under this
Article who violates any of the provisions of this |
Article and any person
who is required to register under this |
Article who seeks to change his or her
name under Article 21 of |
the Code of Civil Procedure is guilty of a Class 3
4
felony.
|
Any person who is required to register under this Article who
|
knowingly or wilfully gives material information required by |
this Article that
is false is guilty of a Class 3 felony.
Any |
person convicted of a violation of any provision of this |
Article
shall, in addition to any other penalty required by |
law, be required to serve a
minimum period of 7 days |
confinement in the local county jail. The court shall
impose a |
mandatory minimum fine of $500 for failure to comply with any
|
provision of this Article. These fines shall be deposited in |
the Sex Offender
Registration Fund. Any sex offender, as |
defined in Section 2 of this Act,
or sexual predator who |
violates any
provision of this Article may be tried in any |
Illinois county where the sex
offender can be located.
|
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(Source: P.A. 91-48, eff. 7-1-99; 91-221, eff. 7-22-99; 92-16, |
eff.
6-28-01; 92-828, eff. 8-22-02.)
|
(730 ILCS 150/11)
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Sec. 11. Sex offender registration fund. There is created |
the Sex
Offender Registration Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be |
used to cover costs
incurred by the criminal justice system to |
administer this Article. The
Department of State Police shall |
establish and promulgate rules and procedures
regarding the |
administration of this Fund. Fifty percent
At least 50% of the |
moneys
in the Fund shall be allocated by the Department for |
sheriffs' offices and
police departments. The remaining moneys |
in the Fund shall be allocated to the Illinois State Police Sex |
Offender Registration Unit for education and administration of |
the Act.
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(Source: P.A. 90-193, eff. 7-24-97.)
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Section 15. The Sex Offender and Child Murderer Community |
Notification Law is amended by changing Section 115 as follows:
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(730 ILCS 152/115)
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Sec. 115. Sex offender database.
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(a) The Department of State Police
shall establish and |
maintain a Statewide Sex Offender Database for
the
purpose of |
identifying sex offenders and making that information
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available to the persons specified in Sections 120 and 125 of |
this Law. The
Database shall be created from the Law |
Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS)
established under |
Section 6 of the Intergovernmental Missing Child Recovery Act
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of 1984. The Department of State Police shall examine its LEADS |
database for
persons registered as sex offenders under the Sex |
Offender Registration Act and
shall identify those who are sex |
offenders and shall add all the
information, including |
photographs if available, on those sex offenders to
the |
Statewide Sex
Offender
Database.
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(b) The Department of State Police must make the |
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information contained in
the
Statewide Sex Offender Database |
accessible on the Internet by means of a
hyperlink
labeled "Sex |
Offender Information" on the Department's World Wide Web home
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page. The Department of State Police must update that |
information as it deems
necessary.
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The Department of State Police may require that a person |
who seeks access to
the sex
offender information submit |
biographical information about himself or
herself before
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permitting access to the sex offender information. The |
Department of State
Police may
limit access
to the sex offender |
information to information about sex offenders who reside
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within a
specified geographic
area in proximity to the address |
of
the person
seeking that information. The Department of State |
Police must promulgate rules
in accordance with the Illinois |
Administrative Procedure
Act to implement this
subsection
(b)
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and those rules must include procedures to ensure that the |
information in the
database is accurate.
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(c) The Department of State Police, Sex Offender |
Registration Unit, must develop and conduct training to educate |
all those entities involved in the Sex Offender Registration |
Program.
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(Source: P.A. 90-193, eff. 7-24-97; 91-224, eff. 7-1-00.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law. |