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90_SB1699

      730 ILCS 150/13 new
          Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act.  Provides  that
      it is unlawful for a sex offender to reside within 1,000 feet
      of  a  school,  child  care  facility,  or  day  care center.
      Effective 60 days after becoming law.
                                                     LRB9010657RCks
                                               LRB9010657RCks
 1        AN ACT to amend the  Sex  Offender  Registration  Act  by
 2    adding Section 13.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Sex Offender Registration Act is  amended
 6    by adding Section 13 as follows:
 7        (730 ILCS 150/13 new)
 8        Sec.   13.  Sex  offenders;  prohibited  residences  near
 9    schools, child care facilities, and day care centers.
10        (a)  It is unlawful for a sex offender to  reside  within
11    1,000  feet  of  a  school,  child care facility, or day care
12    center.
13        (b)  It is an affirmative defense to a violation of  this
14    Section  that  the  school,  child care facility, or day care
15    center was not located within 1,000 feet of the residence  of
16    the sex offender at the time the sex offender began to reside
17    at  his  or her residence upon sentencing or if confined upon
18    the  sex  offender's  discharge  from  a  penal  institution,
19    hospital, or mental health facility.
20        (c)  For purposes of this Section, "child care  facility"
21    and  "day  care center" have the meanings ascribed to them in
22    the Child Care Act of 1969.
23        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act  takes  effect  60
24    days after becoming law.

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