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 1        AN ACT concerning child care.

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

 4        Section  5.   The  Child  Care  Act of 1969 is amended by
 5    changing Section 18 as follows:

 6        (225 ILCS 10/18) (from Ch. 23, par. 2228)
 7        Sec. 18.  Any person, group of persons,  association,  or
 8    corporation  who  (1)  conducts, operates, or acts as a child
 9    care facility without  a  license  or  permit  to  do  so  in
10    violation  of  Section  3  of this Act before January 1, 2004
11    commits a Class A misdemeanor and on or after January 1, 2004
12    commits a Class 4 felony.;
13        Any person, group of persons, association, or corporation
14    who does any  of  the  following  is  guilty  of  a  Class  A
15    misdemeanor:
16             (1)  (blank);
17             (2)  makes  materially  false statements in order to
18        obtain a license or permit;
19             (3)  fails to keep the records and make the  reports
20        provided under this Act;
21             (4)  advertises   any   service  not  authorized  by
22        license or permit held;
23             (5)  publishes any  advertisement  in  violation  of
24        this Act;
25             (6)  receives   within   this  State  any  child  in
26        violation of Section 16 of this Act; or
27             (7)  violates any other provision of this Act or any
28        reasonable rule or regulation adopted  and  published  by
29        the  Department  for the enforcement of the provisions of
30        this Act.
31        If an association or corporation is subject to a criminal
 
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 1    penalty for violation of this Act, is guilty  of  a  Class  A
 2    misdemeanor  and  in  case  of an association or corporation,
 3    imprisonment may be imposed upon its officers  who  knowingly
 4    participated in the violation.
 5        Any  child  care facility that continues to operate after
 6    its license is revoked under Section 8 of this Act  or  after
 7    its  license  expires and the Department refused to renew the
 8    license as provided in Section 8 of this Act is guilty  of  a
 9    business  offense  and  shall be fined an amount in excess of
10    $500 but not exceeding $10,000, and each day of violation  is
11    a separate offense.
12        In  a  prosecution under this Act, a defendant who relies
13    upon the relationship of any child to himself has the  burden
14    of proof as to that relationship.
15    (Source: P.A. 83-1362.)