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Public Act 91-0238

SB1142 Enrolled                                LRB9106159RCks

    AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code  of  1961  by  changing
Section 12-14.1.

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

    Section  5.  The Criminal Code  of  1961  is  amended  by
changing Section 12-14.1 as follows:

    (720 ILCS 5/12-14.1)
    Sec.  12-14.1.   Predatory  criminal  sexual assault of a
child.
    (a)  The  accused  commits  predatory   criminal   sexual
assault of a child if:
         (1)  the  accused  was  17  years of age or over and
    commits an act of sexual penetration with  a  victim  who
    was under 13 years of age when the act was committed; or
         (2)  the  accused  was  17  years of age or over and
    commits an act of sexual penetration with  a  victim  who
    was  under 13 years of age when the act was committed and
    the accused caused great bodily harm to the victim that:
              (A)  resulted in permanent disability; or
              (B)  was life threatening; or
         (3)  the accused was 17 years of  age  or  over  and
    commits  an  act  of sexual penetration with a victim who
    was under 13 years of age when the act was committed  and
    the   accused   delivered   (by   injection,  inhalation,
    ingestion, transfer of possession, or any other means) to
    the victim without his or her consent, or  by  threat  or
    deception,    and  for  other  than medical purposes, any
    controlled substance.
    (b)  Sentence.
         (1)  A person convicted of a violation of subsection
    (a)(1) commits a Class X felony.
         (1.1)  A  person  convicted  of   a   violation   of
    subsection (a)(2) or (a) (3) commits a Class X felony for
    which  the  person  shall  be  sentenced  to  a  term  of
    imprisonment  of not less than 50 years and not more than
    60 years.
         (1.2)  A  person  convicted  of  predatory  criminal
    sexual assault of a child committed  against  2  or  more
    persons  regardless  of  whether the offenses occurred as
    the result of the same  act  or  of  several  related  or
    unrelated  acts  shall  be sentenced to a term of natural
    life imprisonment.
         (2)  A person  who  is  convicted  of  a  second  or
    subsequent  offense  of predatory criminal sexual assault
    of a child,  or  who  is  convicted  of  the  offense  of
    predatory criminal sexual assault of a child after having
    previously  been  convicted  of  the  offense of criminal
    sexual assault or  the  offense  of  aggravated  criminal
    sexual  assault,  or  who  is convicted of the offense of
    predatory criminal sexual assault of a child after having
    previously been convicted under the laws of this State or
    any other state  of  an  offense  that  is  substantially
    equivalent  to  the  offense of predatory criminal sexual
    assault of a child, the offense  of  aggravated  criminal
    sexual assault or the offense of criminal sexual assault,
    shall   be   sentenced   to   a   term  of  natural  life
    imprisonment. The commission of the second or  subsequent
    offense  is  required  to  have  been  after  the initial
    conviction for this paragraph (2) to apply.
(Source: P.A. 89-428, eff. 12-13-95;  89-462,  eff.  5-29-96;
90-396, eff. 1-1-98; 90-735, eff. 8-11-98.)

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