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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
5Section 11-9.4-1 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/11-9.4-1)
7    Sec. 11-9.4-1. Sexual predator and child sex offender;
8presence 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 11-9.3 of this Code, but does not
12    include as a sex offense under paragraph (2) of subsection
13    (d) of Section 11-9.3, the offenses under subsections (b)
14    and (c) of Section 11-1.50 or subsections (b) and (c) of
15    Section 12-15 of this Code.
16        "Public park" includes a park, forest preserve,
17    bikeway, trail, or conservation area under the
18    jurisdiction of the State or a unit of local government.
19        "Loiter" means:
20            (i) Standing, sitting idly, whether or not the
21        person is in a vehicle or remaining in or around public
22        park property.
23            (ii) Standing, sitting idly, whether or not the

 

 

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1        person is in a vehicle or remaining in or around public
2        park property, for the purpose of committing or
3        attempting to commit a sex offense.
4        "Sexual predator" has the meaning ascribed to it in
5    subsection (E) of Section 2 of the Sex Offender
6    Registration Act.
7    (b) Except as otherwise provided by law, it It is unlawful
8for a sexual predator or a child sex offender to knowingly be
9present in any public park building or on real property
10comprising any public park.
11    (c) Except as otherwise provided by law, it It is unlawful
12for a sexual predator or a child sex offender to knowingly
13loiter on a public way within 500 feet of a public park
14building or real property comprising any public park. For the
15purposes of this subsection (c), the 500 feet distance shall be
16measured from the edge of the property comprising the public
17park building or the real property comprising the public park.
18    (d) Sentence. A person who violates this Section is guilty
19of a Class A misdemeanor, except that a second or subsequent
20violation is a Class 4 felony.
21(Source: P.A. 96-1099, eff. 1-1-11; 97-698, eff. 1-1-13;
2297-1109, eff. 1-1-13.)