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91_HB2814eng HB2814 Engrossed LRB9105282LDmb 1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing 2 Section 11-6. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by 6 changing Section 11-6 as follows: 7 (720 ILCS 5/11-6) (from Ch. 38, par. 11-6) 8 Sec. 11-6. Indecent solicitation of a child. 9 (a) A person of the age of 17 years and upwards who 10 solicits a child under the age of 13 to do any act, or 11 solicits a person to arrange an act with a child under the 12 age of 13, which if done would be aggravated criminal sexual 13 assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, 14 criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual abuse or 15 criminal sexual abuse, commits indecent solicitation of a 16 child. 17 (b) It shall not be a defense to indecent solicitation 18 of a child that the accused reasonably believed the child to 19 be of the age of 13 years and upwards. 20 (c) Sentence. 21 Indecent solicitation of a child is: 22 (1) a Class A misdemeanor when the act, if done, 23 would be criminal sexual abuse; 24 (2) a Class 4 felony when the act, if done, would 25 be criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual 26 assault, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse;.27 (3) a Class 3 felony when the act, if done, would 28 be predatory criminal sexual assault of a child. 29 (d) For the purposes of this Section, "solicits" 30 includes but is not limited to oral or written communication 31 and communication by telephone, computer, or other electronic HB2814 Engrossed -2- LRB9105282LDmb 1 means. "Computer" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2 16D-2 of this Code. 3 (Source: P.A. 89-8, eff. 3-21-95; 89-203, eff. 7-21-95; 4 89-428, eff. 12-13-95; 89-462, eff. 5-29-96.)