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Public Act 91-0221

HB0062 Enrolled                                LRB9100638RCks

    AN ACT in relation to sex offenders.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  5.  The Sex Offender Registration Act is amended
by changing Section 10 as follows:

    (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,  any person who is required to
register under this Article who knowingly or  wilfully  gives
material  information required by this Article that is false,
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 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.
(Source: P.A. 89-8, eff. 1-1-96; 89-462, eff. 6-1-96; 90-125,
eff. 1-1-98; 90-193, eff. 7-24-97; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)

    Section   10.    The  Sex  Offender  and  Child  Murderer
Community Notification Law is amended by changing Section 120
as follows:
    (730 ILCS 152/120)
    Sec. 120.  Community notification of sex offenders.
    (a)  The sheriff of the county, except Cook County, shall
disclose to the following the name, address, date  of  birth,
and  offense or adjudication of all sex offenders required to
register under Section 3 of  the  Sex  Offender  Registration
Act:
         (1)  (Blank);
         (2)  School  boards  of  public school districts and
    the principal or other appropriate administrative officer
    of each nonpublic school located in the county where  the
    sex offender resides; and
         (3)  Child  care  facilities  located  in the county
    where the sex offender resides.;
    (a-2)  The sheriff of Cook County shall disclose  to  the
following  the  name,  address, date of birth, and offense or
adjudication of all sex offenders required to register  under
Section 3 of the Sex Offender Registration Act:
         (1)  School  boards  of  public school districts and
    the principal or other appropriate administrative officer
    of each nonpublic school located  within  the  region  of
    Cook   County,  as  those  public  school  districts  and
    nonpublic schools are identified in LEADS, other than the
    City of Chicago, where the sex offender resides; and
         (2)  Child care facilities located within the region
    of Cook  County,  as  those  child  care  facilities  are
    identified  in  LEADS,  other  than  the City of Chicago,
    where the sex offender resides.
    (a-3)  The Chicago Police Department  shall  disclose  to
the  following  the name, address, date of birth, and offense
or adjudication of all sex  offenders  required  to  register
under Section 3 of the Sex Offender Registration Act:
         (1)  School  boards  of  public school districts and
    the principal or other appropriate administrative officer
    of each nonpublic school located in the  police  district
    where the sex offender resides if the offender resides in
    the City of Chicago; and
         (2)  Child  care  facilities  located  in the police
    district where the sex offender resides if  the  offender
    resides in the City of Chicago.
    (a-4)  The  Department  of  State  Police shall provide a
list of sex offenders required to register  to  the  Illinois
Department of Children and Family Services.
    (b)  The   Department   of   State  Police  and  any  law
enforcement agency having jurisdiction may disclose,  in  the
Department's    or   agency's   discretion,   the   following
information to any person likely to encounter a sex  offender
required  to  register  under  Section  3 of the Sex Offender
Registration Act:
         (1)  The  offender's  name,  address,  and  date  of
    birth.
         (2)  The  offense  for  which   the   offender   was
    convicted.
         (3)  Adjudication as a sexually dangerous person.
    (c)  The  name,  address,  date  of birth, and offense or
adjudication for sex offenders  required  to  register  under
Section  3 of the Sex Offender Registration Act shall be open
to inspection by the public  as  provided  in  this  Section.
Every municipal police department shall make available at its
headquarters  the  information  on  all sex offenders who are
required to  register  in  the  municipality  under  the  Sex
Offender  Registration  Act.   The  sheriff  shall  also make
available at his or her headquarters the information  on  all
sex offenders who are required to register under that Act and
who live in unincorporated areas of the county.  Sex offender
The  information  must  shall  be  made  available for public
inspection to any  person,  no  later  than  72  hours  or  3
business  days  from  the  date  of the request. according to
procedures set by the department or sheriff, upon request  of
any  person presented in writing, in person, or by telephone.
The request must  be  made  in  person,  in  writing,  or  by
telephone.    Availability  must  include giving the inquirer
access to a facility where the information may be copied.   A
department  or  sheriff may charge a fee, but the fee may not
exceed the actual  costs  of  copying  the  information.   An
inquirer  must  be allowed to copy this information in his or
her own handwriting.  A  department  or  sheriff  must  allow
access to the information during normal public working hours.
The law enforcement agency may make available the information
on all sex offenders residing within the county.
(Source:  P.A.  89-428,  eff.  6-1-96;  89-462,  eff. 6-1-96;
89-707, eff. 6-1-97; 90-193, eff. 7-24-97; revised 10-31-98.)

    Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
becoming law.

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