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Public Act 093-0696
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| HB6902 Enrolled |
LRB093 18413 RLC 44121 b |
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing |
Section 11-19.1 as follows:
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(720 ILCS 5/11-19.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 11-19.1)
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Sec. 11-19.1. Juvenile Pimping and aggravated juvenile |
pimping.
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(a) A person commits the offense of juvenile pimping if the |
person knowingly receives any form of consideration derived |
from the practice of prostitution, in whole or in part, and |
(1) the prostitute was under the age of 16 at the time |
the act of prostitution occurred; or |
(2) the prostitute was a severely or profoundly |
mentally retarded person at the time the act of |
prostitution occurred
Any person who receives any money, |
property, token, object, or
article or
anything of value |
from a prostitute under 16 years of age or from a
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prostitute who is a severely or profoundly
mentally
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retarded person, not for a lawful consideration, knowing it |
was earned in
whole or in part from the practice of |
prostitution, commits juvenile pimping.
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(b) A person commits the offense of aggravated juvenile |
pimping if the person knowingly receives any form of |
consideration derived from the practice of prostitution, in |
whole or in part, and the prostitute was under the age of 13 at |
the time the act of prostitution occurred.
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(c) It is an affirmative defense to a charge of juvenile |
pimping that
the accused reasonably believed the person was of |
the age of 16
years or over or was not a severely or profoundly
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mentally retarded person at the time of the act giving rise to |
the charge.
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