93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6778


 
Introduced 02/09/04, by Ron Stephens - Jim Watson - Mike Bost
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














730 ILCS 150/7
  from Ch. 38, par. 227







    Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act.  Extends the period of registration for a misdemeanant sex offender from 10 years to 15 years and the period of registration for a felony sex offender from 10 to  20 years.
















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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
















 


 


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HB6778

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    AN ACT concerning sex offenders.

 
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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 Sex Offender Registration Act is amended  by 
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changing Section 7 as follows:
 



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    (730 ILCS 150/7)  (from Ch. 38, par. 227)



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    Sec. 7. Duration of registration. A person who has been 
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adjudicated to
be
sexually dangerous and is later released or 
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found to be no longer sexually
dangerous and discharged, shall 
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register for the period of his or her natural
life.
A sexually 
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violent person or sexual predator shall register for the period 
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of
his or her natural life
after conviction or adjudication if 
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not confined to a penal institution,
hospital, or other 
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institution or facility, and if confined, for
the period of his 
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or her natural life after parole, discharge, or release from

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any such facility.
Any other person who is required to register

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under this Article shall be required to register for a period 
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of 15
10 years after
conviction or adjudication if not confined 
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to a penal institution, hospital
or any other
institution or 
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facility, if the sex offense for which the sex offender is 
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required to register is a misdemeanor or 20 years if the sex 
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offense for which the sex offender is required to register is a 
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felony, and if confined, for a period of 15
10 years after

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parole, discharge or release from any such facility if the sex 
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offense for which the sex offender is required to register is a 
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misdemeanor or 20 years if the sex offense for which the sex 
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offender is required to register is a felony.  A sex offender 
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who is
allowed to leave a county, State, or federal facility 
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for the purposes of work
release, education, or overnight 
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visitations shall be required
to register within 10 days of 
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beginning such a program. Liability for
registration 
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terminates at the expiration of 15
10 years from the date of

 


 






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conviction or adjudication if not confined to a penal 
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institution, hospital
or any other
institution or facility if 
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the sex offense for which the sex offender is required to 
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register is a misdemeanor or 20 years if the sex offense for 
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which the sex offender is required to register is a felony and 
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if confined, at the expiration of 15
10 years from the
date of 
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parole, discharge or release from any such facility if the sex 
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offense for which the sex offender is required to register is a 
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misdemeanor or 20 years if the sex offense for which the sex 
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offender is required to register is a felony, providing such

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person does not, during that period, again
become
liable
to 
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register under the provisions of this Article.
The Director of 
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State Police, consistent with administrative rules, shall

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extend for 15
10 years with respect to misdemeanant sex 
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offenders and 20 years with respect to felony sex offenders the 
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registration period of any sex offender, as defined
in Section 
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2 of this Act, who fails to
comply with the provisions of this 
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Article.

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(Source: P.A. 91-48, eff. 7-1-99; 92-828, eff. 8-22-02.)