SB2824 Enrolled LRB096 19736 RLC 35157 b

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 adding
5 Section 11-9.4-1 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/11-9.4-1 new)
7     Sec. 11-9.4-1. Sexual predator and child sex offender;
8 presence or loitering in or near public parks prohibited.
9     (a) For the purposes of this Section:
10         "Child sex offender" has the meaning ascribed to it in
11     subsection (d) of Section 11-9.4 of this Code, but does not
12     include as a sex offense under paragraph (2) of subsection
13     (d) of Section 11-9.4, the offenses under subsections (b)
14     and (c) of Section 12-15 of this Code.
15         "Public park" includes a park, forest preserve, or
16     conservation area under the jurisdiction of the State or a
17     unit of local government.
18         "Loiter" means:
19             (i) Standing, sitting idly, whether or not the
20         person is in a vehicle or remaining in or around public
21         park property.
22             (ii) Standing, sitting idly, whether or not the
23         person is in a vehicle or remaining in or around public

 

 

SB2824 Enrolled - 2 - LRB096 19736 RLC 35157 b

1         park property, for the purpose of committing or
2         attempting to commit a sex offense.
3         "Sexual predator" has the meaning ascribed to it in
4     subsection (E) of Section 2 of the Sex Offender
5     Registration Act.
6     (b) It is unlawful for a sexual predator or a child sex
7 offender to knowingly be present in any public park building or
8 on real property comprising any public park.
9     (c) It is unlawful for a sexual predator or a child sex
10 offender to knowingly loiter on a public way within 500 feet of
11 a public park building or real property comprising any public
12 park. For the purposes of this subsection (c), the 500 feet
13 distance shall be measured from the edge of the property
14 comprising the public park building or the real property
15 comprising the public park.
16     (d) Sentence. A person who violates this Section is guilty
17 of a Class A misdemeanor, except that a second or subsequent
18 violation is a Class 4 felony.