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| 1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Sexually Dangerous Persons Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Sections 4, 4.01, and 4.02 and by adding Section 4.04 | ||||||
| 6 | as follows:
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| 7 | (725 ILCS 205/4) (from Ch. 38, par. 105-4)
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| 8 | Sec. 4.
After the filing of the petition, the court shall | ||||||
| 9 | appoint two
qualified evaluators who are both psychiatrists or | ||||||
| 10 | both psychologists or who are a psychiatrist and psychologist | ||||||
| 11 | psychiatrists to make a personal examination of such alleged
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| 12 | sexually dangerous person, to ascertain whether such person is | ||||||
| 13 | sexually
dangerous, and the evaluators psychiatrists shall | ||||||
| 14 | file with the court a report in
writing of the result of their | ||||||
| 15 | examination, a copy of which shall be
delivered to the | ||||||
| 16 | respondent.
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| 17 | (Source: Laws 1955, p. 1144.)
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| 18 | (725 ILCS 205/4.01) (from Ch. 38, par. 105-4.01)
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| 19 | Sec. 4.01.
"Qualified evaluator psychiatrist" means a | ||||||
| 20 | reputable physician or psychologist licensed in
Illinois or any | ||||||
| 21 | other state to practice medicine or psychology in all its | ||||||
| 22 | branches, who has specialized in
the evaluation of sex | ||||||
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| 1 | offenders. The examination shall be conducted in conformance | ||||||
| 2 | with the standards developed under the Sex Offender Management | ||||||
| 3 | Board Act and by an evaluator approved by the Sex Offender | ||||||
| 4 | Management Board diagnosis and treatment of mental and nervous | ||||||
| 5 | disorders for a period of
not less than 5 years.
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| 6 | (Source: Laws 1959, p. 1685.)
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| 7 | (725 ILCS 205/4.02) (from Ch. 38, par. 105-4.02)
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| 8 | Sec. 4.02.
In counties of less than 500,000 inhabitants the | ||||||
| 9 | cost of the
psychiatric or psychological examination required | ||||||
| 10 | by Section 4 is a charge against and shall
be paid out of the | ||||||
| 11 | general fund of the county in which the proceeding is
brought.
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| 12 | (Source: Laws 1959, p. 1685.)
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| 13 | (725 ILCS 205/4.04 new) | ||||||
| 14 | Sec. 4.04. Criminal propensities to the commission of sex | ||||||
| 15 | offenses. For the purposes of this Act, "criminal propensities | ||||||
| 16 | to the commission of sex offenses" means that it is | ||||||
| 17 | substantially probable that the person subject to the | ||||||
| 18 | commitment proceeding will engage in the commission of sex | ||||||
| 19 | offenses in the future if not confined.
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| 20 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 21 | becoming law. | ||||||