Rep. Jack D. Franks

Filed: 2/7/2012

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3804

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3804 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
5changing Section 31-4 and adding Section 10-10 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/10-10 new)
7    Sec. 10-10. Failure to report the death or disappearance of
8a child under 13 years of age.
9    (a) A parent, legal guardian, or caretaker of a child under
1013 years of age commits failure to report the death or
11disappearance of a child under 13 years of age when he or she
12knowingly fails to report the child as missing or deceased to a
13law enforcement agency within 24 hours if the parent, legal
14guardian, or caretaker reasonably believes that the child is
15missing or deceased.
16    (b) A parent, legal guardian, or caretaker of a child under

 

 

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113 years of age must report the death of the child to the law
2enforcement agency of the county where the child's corpse was
3found if the parent, legal guardian, or caretaker reasonably
4believes that the death of the child was caused by a homicide,
5accident, or other suspicious circumstance.
6    (c) A parent, legal guardian, or caretaker does not commit
7the offense of failure to report the death or disappearance of
8a child under 13 years of age when:
9        (1) the failure to report is due to an act of God, act
10    of war, or inability of a law enforcement agency to receive
11    a report of the disappearance of a child;
12        (2) the parent, legal guardian, or caretaker calls 911
13    to report the disappearance of the child;
14        (3) the parent, legal guardian, or caretaker knows that
15    the child is under the care of another parent, family
16    member, relative, friend, or baby sitter; or
17        (4) the parent, legal guardian, or caretaker is
18    hospitalized, in a coma, or is otherwise seriously
19    physically or mentally impaired as to prevent the person
20    from reporting the death or disappearance.
21    (d) Sentence. A violation of this Section is a Class 4
22felony.
 
23    (720 ILCS 5/31-4)  (from Ch. 38, par. 31-4)
24    Sec. 31-4. Obstructing justice.
25    (a) A person obstructs justice when, with intent to prevent

 

 

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1the apprehension or obstruct the prosecution or defense of any
2person, he or she knowingly commits any of the following acts:
3        (1) (a) Destroys, alters, conceals or disguises
4    physical evidence, plants false evidence, furnishes false
5    information; or
6        (2) (b) Induces a witness having knowledge material to
7    the subject at issue to leave the State or conceal himself
8    or herself; or
9        (3) (c) Possessing knowledge material to the subject at
10    issue, he or she leaves the State or conceals himself; or
11        (4) If a parent, legal guardian, or caretaker of a
12    child under 13 years of age reports materially false
13    information to a law enforcement agency, medical examiner,
14    coroner, State's Attorney, or other governmental agency
15    during an investigation of the disappearance or death of a
16    child under circumstances described in subsection (a) or
17    (b) of Section 10-10 of this Code.
18    (b) (d) Sentence.
19        (1) Obstructing justice is a Class 4 felony, except as
20    provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection (b) (d).
21        (2) Obstructing justice in furtherance of streetgang
22    related or gang-related activity, as defined in Section 10
23    of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention
24    Act, is a Class 3 felony.
25(Source: P.A. 90-363, eff. 1-1-98.)".