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91_HB0994
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1 AN ACT to amend the Sex Offender Registration Act by
2 changing Section 3.
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 changing Section 3 as follows:
7 (730 ILCS 150/3) (from Ch. 38, par. 223)
8 Sec. 3. Duty to register.
9 (a) A sex offender shall, within the time period
10 prescribed in subsection (c), register in person:
11 (1) with the chief of police of the municipality in
12 which he or she resides or is temporarily domiciled for
13 more than 10 days, unless the municipality is the City of
14 Chicago, in which case he or she shall register at the
15 Chicago Police Department Headquarters; or
16 (2) with the sheriff of the county, if he or she
17 resides or is temporarily domiciled for more than 10 days
18 in an unincorporated area or, if incorporated, no police
19 chief exists.
20 (b) A Any sex offender, regardless of any initial, prior
21 or other registration, shall, within 10 days of establishing
22 a residence or temporary domicile for more than 10 days in
23 any county, register in person as set forth in subsection
24 (a)(1) or (a)(2).
25 (c) The registration for any person required to register
26 under this Article shall be as follows:
27 (1) any person registered under the Habitual Child
28 Sex Offender Registration Act or the Child Sex Offender
29 Registration Act prior to January 1, 1996, shall be
30 deemed initially registered as of January 1, 1996;
31 however, this shall not be construed to extend the
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1 duration of registration set forth in Section 7;
2 (2) except as provided in subsection (c)(4), any
3 person convicted or adjudicated prior to January 1, 1996,
4 whose liability for registration under Section 7 has not
5 expired, shall register in person prior to January 31,
6 1996;
7 (3) except as provided in subsection (c)(4), any
8 person convicted on or after January 1, 1996, shall
9 register in person within 10 days after the entry of the
10 sentencing order based upon his or her conviction;
11 (4) any person unable to comply with the
12 registration requirements of this Article because they
13 are confined, institutionalized, or imprisoned in
14 Illinois on or after January 1, 1996, shall register in
15 person within 10 days of discharge, parole or release;
16 (5) the person shall provide positive
17 identification and documentation that substantiates proof
18 of residence at the registering address; and
19 (6) the person shall pay a $10 initial registration
20 fee and a $5 annual renewal fee. The fees shall be
21 transmitted to the Department of State Police which shall
22 deposit the fees in the Sex Offender Registration Fund.
23 The law enforcement agency having jurisdiction may waive
24 the registration fee if it determines that the person is
25 indigent and unable to pay the registration fee.
26 (Source: P.A. 89-8, eff. 1-1-96; 90-193, eff. 7-24-97.)