Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
Filed: 2/23/2010
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2824 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2824 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
 
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    "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended  by adding 
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Section 11-9.4-1 as follows:
 
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    (720 ILCS 5/11-9.4-1 new)
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    Sec. 11-9.4-1. Sex offenders; presence or loitering in or 
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near public parks prohibited.
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    (a)  For the purposes of this Section:
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        "Public park" includes a park, forest preserve, or

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    conservation
area
under the jurisdiction of the State or a 
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    unit of local government.
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        "Loiter" means:
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            (i) Standing, sitting idly, whether or not the 
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        person is in a vehicle or
remaining in or around public 
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        park property.
 


 






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            (ii) Standing, sitting idly, whether or not the 
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        person is in a vehicle
or remaining in or around public 
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        park property, for the purpose of committing
or

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        attempting to commit a sex offense.
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        "Registered sex offender" means a person registered as 
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    a sex offender under the laws of this State or any other 
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    state. 
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        "Sex offender" and "sex offense" have the meanings 
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    ascribed to them in Section 2 of the Sex Offender 
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    Registration Act. 
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    (b)  It is unlawful for a registered sex offender to 
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knowingly be present in any
public park building or on real 
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property comprising any public park.
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    (c)  It is unlawful for a registered sex offender to 
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knowingly loiter on a public
way within 500 feet of a public 
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park building or real property comprising any
public park.
For 
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the purposes of this subsection (c), the 500 feet distance 
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shall be measured from the edge of the property  comprising the 
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public park building or the real property comprising the public 
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park.
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    (d)  Sentence.  A person who violates this Section is guilty 
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of a Class A misdemeanor, except that a second or subsequent 
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violation is a Class 4
felony.".