SB2546 Engrossed LRB093 18488 RLC 44203 b

1     AN ACT concerning 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 by
5 changing Section 7 as follows:
 
6     (730 ILCS 150/7)  (from Ch. 38, par. 227)
7     Sec. 7. Duration of registration. A person who has been
8 adjudicated to be sexually dangerous and is later released or
9 found to be no longer sexually dangerous and discharged, shall
10 register for the period of his or her natural life. A sexually
11 violent person or sexual predator shall register for the period
12 of his or her natural life after conviction or adjudication if
13 not confined to a penal institution, hospital, or other
14 institution or facility, and if confined, for the period of his
15 or her natural life after parole, discharge, or release from
16 any such facility. Any other person who is required to register
17 under this Article shall be required to register for a period
18 of 10 years after conviction or adjudication if not confined to
19 a penal institution, hospital or any other institution or
20 facility, and if confined, for a period of 10 years after
21 parole, discharge or release from any such facility. The
22 10-year period shall commence when the sex offender both signs
23 the notification form prescribed in Section 4, 5, or 5-5,
24 whichever is applicable, and completes his or her initial
25 registration with the law enforcement agency having
26 jurisdiction under Section 3. A sex offender who is allowed to
27 leave a county, State, or federal facility for the purposes of
28 work release, education, or overnight visitations shall be
29 required to register within 10 days of beginning such a
30 program. Liability for registration terminates at the
31 expiration of 10 years from the date of conviction or
32 adjudication if not confined to a penal institution, hospital

 

 

SB2546 Engrossed - 2 - LRB093 18488 RLC 44203 b

1 or any other institution or facility and if confined, at the
2 expiration of 10 years from the date of parole, discharge or
3 release from any such facility, providing such person does not,
4 during that period, again become liable to register under the
5 provisions of this Article. The Director of State Police,
6 consistent with administrative rules, shall extend for 10 years
7 the registration period of any sex offender, as defined in
8 Section 2 of this Act, who fails to comply with the provisions
9 of this Article.
10 (Source: P.A. 91-48, eff. 7-1-99; 92-828, eff. 8-22-02.)
 
11     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12 becoming law.