093_HB3097

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to sex offenders.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The Sex Offender Registration Act is amended
 5    by changing Section 10 as follows:

 6        (730 ILCS 150/10) (from Ch. 38, par. 230)
 7        Sec.  10.  Penalty.   Any  person  who  is  required   to
 8    register   under   this  Article  who  violates  any  of  the
 9    provisions of this Article and any person who is required  to
10    register  under  this  Article who seeks to change his or her
11    name under Article 21 of  the  Code  of  Civil  Procedure  is
12    guilty  of  a  Class  4 felony. Any person who is required to
13    register under this Article who knowingly or  wilfully  gives
14    material  information  required by this Article that is false
15    is guilty of a Class 3 felony.  Any  person  convicted  of  a
16    violation of any provision of this Article shall, in addition
17    to  any other penalty required by law, be required to serve a
18    minimum period of 7 days  confinement  in  the  local  county
19    jail.  In  addition  to  any other penalty required by law, a
20    person who was convicted of any sex  offense  against  anyone
21    under  18  years  of  age  or  over  60 years of age shall be
22    required to serve not less than 30 days  confinement  in  the
23    local  county  jail.   If  the  sex offender was convicted of
24    aggravated criminal sexual assault on a person, regardless of
25    age, the minimum period of confinement shall be 180 days.  If
26    the offender was  convicted  of  aggravated  criminal  sexual
27    assault  on  someone  under 18 years of age, over 60 years of
28    age, mentally challenged, or physically disabled, the minimum
29    period of confinement shall be one year.   If  a  weapon  was
30    used  in  commission  of  the  offense, all minimum penalties
31    prescribed in this Section shall be doubled. The court  shall
 
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 1    impose a mandatory minimum fine of $500 for failure to comply
 2    with  any  provision  of  this Article. If a sex offender who
 3    fails to comply with this Article was convicted of aggravated
 4    criminal sexual assault, the court  shall  impose  a  minimum
 5    fine of $1,500.  If the offense was against a person under 18
 6    years  of age or over 60 years of age, the minimum fine shall
 7    be $2,000.  If a weapon was used in  the  commission  of  the
 8    offense,  the  minimum fines imposed under this Section shall
 9    be doubled.  These  fines  shall  be  deposited  in  the  Sex
10    Offender  Registration Fund.  Any sex offender, as defined in
11    Section 2 of this Act, or sexual predator  who  violates  any
12    provision of this Article may be tried in any Illinois county
13    where the sex offender can be located.
14    (Source:  P.A.  91-48,  eff.  7-1-99;  91-221,  eff. 7-22-99;
15    92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 92-828, eff. 8-22-02.)

16        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
17    becoming law.