99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB1940

 

Introduced 2/20/2015, by Sen. Michael E. Hastings

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 154/10

    Amends the Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act. Provides that a person registering as a violent offender against youth shall pay a $100 (rather than a $20) initial registration fee and a $100 (rather than a $10) annual renewal fee. Provides that $80 of each initial registration fee and $90 of each renewal fee shall be deposited into the Traffic and Criminal Conviction Surcharge Fund and shall be used for the training of police officers and $20 of each initial registration fee and $10 of each annual renewal fee shall be deposited into the Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Fund.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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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 Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth
5Registration Act is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 154/10)
7    Sec. 10. Duty to register.
8    (a) A violent offender against youth shall, within the time
9period prescribed in subsections (b) and (c), register in
10person and provide accurate information as required by the
11Department of State Police. Such information shall include a
12current photograph, current address, current place of
13employment, the employer's telephone number, school attended,
14extensions of the time period for registering as provided in
15this Act and, if an extension was granted, the reason why the
16extension was granted and the date the violent offender against
17youth was notified of the extension. A person who has been
18adjudicated a juvenile delinquent for an act which, if
19committed by an adult, would be a violent offense against youth
20shall register as an adult violent offender against youth
21within 10 days after attaining 17 years of age. The violent
22offender against youth shall register:
23        (1) with the chief of police in the municipality in

 

 

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1    which he or she resides or is temporarily domiciled for a
2    period of time of 5 or more days, unless the municipality
3    is the City of Chicago, in which case he or she shall
4    register at the Chicago Police Department Headquarters; or
5        (2) with the sheriff in the county in which he or she
6    resides or is temporarily domiciled for a period of time of
7    5 or more days in an unincorporated area or, if
8    incorporated, no police chief exists.
9    If the violent offender against youth is employed at or
10attends an institution of higher education, he or she shall
11register:
12        (i) with the chief of police in the municipality in
13    which he or she is employed at or attends an institution of
14    higher education, unless the municipality is the City of
15    Chicago, in which case he or she shall register at the
16    Chicago Police Department Headquarters; or
17        (ii) with the sheriff in the county in which he or she
18    is employed or attends an institution of higher education
19    located in an unincorporated area, or if incorporated, no
20    police chief exists.
21    For purposes of this Act, the place of residence or
22temporary domicile is defined as any and all places where the
23violent offender against youth resides for an aggregate period
24of time of 5 or more days during any calendar year. Any person
25required to register under this Act who lacks a fixed address
26or temporary domicile must notify, in person, the agency of

 

 

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1jurisdiction of his or her last known address within 5 days
2after ceasing to have a fixed residence.
3    Any person who lacks a fixed residence must report weekly,
4in person, with the sheriff's office of the county in which he
5or she is located in an unincorporated area, or with the chief
6of police in the municipality in which he or she is located.
7The agency of jurisdiction will document each weekly
8registration to include all the locations where the person has
9stayed during the past 7 days.
10    The violent offender against youth shall provide accurate
11information as required by the Department of State Police. That
12information shall include the current place of employment of
13the violent offender against youth.
14    (a-5) An out-of-state student or out-of-state employee
15shall, within 5 days after beginning school or employment in
16this State, register in person and provide accurate information
17as required by the Department of State Police. Such information
18will include current place of employment, school attended, and
19address in state of residence. The out-of-state student or
20out-of-state employee shall register:
21        (1) with the chief of police in the municipality in
22    which he or she attends school or is employed for a period
23    of time of 5 or more days or for an aggregate period of
24    time of more than 30 days during any calendar year, unless
25    the municipality is the City of Chicago, in which case he
26    or she shall register at the Chicago Police Department

 

 

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1    Headquarters; or
2        (2) with the sheriff in the county in which he or she
3    attends school or is employed for a period of time of 5 or
4    more days or for an aggregate period of time of more than
5    30 days during any calendar year in an unincorporated area
6    or, if incorporated, no police chief exists.
7    The out-of-state student or out-of-state employee shall
8provide accurate information as required by the Department of
9State Police. That information shall include the out-of-state
10student's current place of school attendance or the
11out-of-state employee's current place of employment.
12    (b) Any violent offender against youth regardless of any
13initial, prior, or other registration, shall, within 5 days of
14beginning school, or establishing a residence, place of
15employment, or temporary domicile in any county, register in
16person as set forth in subsection (a) or (a-5).
17    (c) The registration for any person required to register
18under this Act shall be as follows:
19        (1) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this
20    subsection (c), any person who has not been notified of his
21    or her responsibility to register shall be notified by a
22    criminal justice entity of his or her responsibility to
23    register. Upon notification the person must then register
24    within 5 days of notification of his or her requirement to
25    register. If notification is not made within the offender's
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1    State Police determines no evidence exists or indicates the
2    offender attempted to avoid registration, the offender
3    will no longer be required to register under this Act.
4        (2) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this
5    subsection (c), any person convicted on or after the
6    effective date of this Act shall register in person within
7    5 days after the entry of the sentencing order based upon
8    his or her conviction.
9        (3) Any person unable to comply with the registration
10    requirements of this Act because he or she is confined,
11    institutionalized, or imprisoned in Illinois on or after
12    the effective date of this Act shall register in person
13    within 5 days of discharge, parole or release.
14        (4) The person shall provide positive identification
15    and documentation that substantiates proof of residence at
16    the registering address.
17        (5) The person shall pay a $100 $20 initial
18    registration fee and a $100 $10 annual renewal fee. Eighty
19    dollars of each initial registration fee and $90 of each
20    renewal fee shall be deposited into the Traffic and
21    Criminal Conviction Surcharge Fund and shall be used for
22    the training of police officers and $20 of each initial
23    registration fee and $10 of each annual renewal fee The
24    fees shall be deposited into the Murderer and Violent
25    Offender Against Youth Registration Fund. The fees
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1    Youth Registration Fund shall be used by the registering
2    agency for official purposes. The agency shall establish
3    procedures to document receipt and use of the funds. The
4    law enforcement agency having jurisdiction may waive the
5    registration fee if it determines that the person is
6    indigent and unable to pay the registration fee.
7    (d) Within 5 days after obtaining or changing employment, a
8person required to register under this Section must report, in
9person to the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction, the
10business name and address where he or she is employed. If the
11person has multiple businesses or work locations, every
12business and work location must be reported to the law
13enforcement agency having jurisdiction.
14(Source: P.A. 97-154, eff. 1-1-12.)