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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Sexually Dangerous Persons Act is amended by
5changing Sections 4, 4.01, and 4.02 and by adding Section 4.04
6as follows:
 
7    (725 ILCS 205/4)  (from Ch. 38, par. 105-4)
8    Sec. 4. After the filing of the petition, the court shall
9appoint two qualified evaluators who are both psychiatrists or
10both psychologists or who are a psychiatrist and psychologist
11psychiatrists to make a personal examination of such alleged
12sexually dangerous person, to ascertain whether such person is
13sexually dangerous, and the evaluators psychiatrists shall
14file with the court a report in writing of the result of their
15examination, a copy of which shall be delivered to the
16respondent.
17(Source: Laws 1955, p. 1144.)
 
18    (725 ILCS 205/4.01)  (from Ch. 38, par. 105-4.01)
19    Sec. 4.01. "Qualified evaluator psychiatrist" means a
20reputable physician or psychologist licensed in Illinois or any
21other state to practice medicine or psychology in all its
22branches, who has specialized in the evaluation of sex

 

 

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1offenders. The examination shall be conducted in conformance
2with the standards developed under the Sex Offender Management
3Board Act and by an evaluator approved by the Sex Offender
4Management Board diagnosis and treatment of mental and nervous
5disorders for a period of not less than 5 years.
6(Source: Laws 1959, p. 1685.)
 
7    (725 ILCS 205/4.02)  (from Ch. 38, par. 105-4.02)
8    Sec. 4.02. In counties of less than 500,000 inhabitants the
9cost of the psychiatric or psychological examination required
10by Section 4 is a charge against and shall be paid out of the
11general fund of the county in which the proceeding is brought.
12(Source: Laws 1959, p. 1685.)
 
13    (725 ILCS 205/4.04 new)
14    Sec. 4.04. Criminal propensities to the commission of sex
15offenses. For the purposes of this Act, "criminal propensities
16to the commission of sex offenses" means that it is
17substantially probable that the person subject to the
18commitment proceeding will engage in the commission of sex
19offenses in the future if not confined.
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21becoming law.