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SB28 Engrossed LRB9201184ARsb
1 An Act concerning criminal law.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
5 changing Section 12-21.6 as follows:
6 (720 ILCS 5/12-21.6)
7 Sec. 12-21.6. Endangering the life or health of a child.
8 (a) It is unlawful for any person to willfully cause or
9 permit the life or health of a child under the age of 18 to
10 be endangered or to willfully cause or permit a child to be
11 placed in circumstances that endanger the child's life or
12 health.
13 (a-5) A person commits the offense of endangering the
14 life or health of a child if he or she leaves a child
15 unattended in a motor vehicle. For purposes of this
16 subsection:
17 (1) There is a rebuttable presumption that a person
18 committed the offense if he or she left a child
19 unattended in a motor vehicle for more than 10 minutes.
20 (2) "Unattended" means either: (i) not accompanied
21 by a person 14 years of age or older; or (ii) if
22 accompanied by a person 14 years of age or older, out of
23 sight of that person.
24 (b) A violation of this Section is a Class A
25 misdemeanor. A second or subsequent violation of this
26 Section is a Class 3 felony. A violation of this Section
27 that is a proximate cause of the death of the child is a
28 Class 3 felony for which a person, if sentenced to a term of
29 imprisonment, shall be sentenced to a term of not less than 2
30 years and not more than 10 years.
31 (Source: P.A. 90-687, eff. 7-31-98.)
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