|
Public Act 103-0813
|
| HB4350 Enrolled | LRB103 34261 KTG 64087 b |
|
|
AN ACT concerning children.
|
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
|
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Child |
Abuse Notice Act.
|
Section 5. Posted notice required. Each of the following |
businesses and other establishments shall, upon the |
availability of the model notice described in Section 10, post |
a notice that complies with the requirements of this Act in a |
conspicuous place in all restrooms open to the public, or in |
another conspicuous location in clear view of the public and |
employees where similar notices are customarily posted: |
(1) Hotels and motels. |
(2) Entertainment facilities or sporting facilities |
that are indoor structures with a legal occupancy of at |
least 5,000 persons. |
(3) Tattoo and body piercing establishments. |
(4) Primary airports, as defined in Section 47102(16) |
of Title 49 of the United States Code. |
(5) Intercity passenger rail or light rail stations. |
(6) Bus stations. |
(7) Truck stops. As used in this Act, "truck stop" |
means a privately-owned and operated facility that |
|
provides food, fuel, shower, or other sanitary facilities, |
and lawful overnight truck parking. |
(8) Emergency rooms within general acute care |
hospitals, in which case the notice may be posted by |
electronic means. |
(9) Urgent care centers, in which case the notice may |
be posted by electronic means.
|
Section 10. Form of posted notice. |
(a) The notice required under this Act shall be at least 8 |
1/2 inches by 11 inches in size, written in a 16-point font, |
except that when the notice is provided by electronic means |
the size of the notice and font shall not be required to comply |
with these specifications. |
(b) No later than 6 months after the effective date of this |
Act, the Department of Children and Family Services, in |
consultation with an accredited Children's Advocacy Center, |
shall develop a model notice aimed toward children under 18 |
that provides information on what constitutes physical and |
sexual abuse and how to report such abuse. The Department of |
Children and Family Services shall make the model notice |
available for download on the Department's Internet website. |
(c) The notice shall be printed in English, Spanish, and |
in one other language that is the most widely spoken language |
in the county where the establishment is located and for which |
translation is mandated by the federal Voting Rights Act, as |
|
applicable. This Section does not require a business or other |
establishment in a county where a language other than English |
or Spanish is the most widely spoken language to print the |
notice in more than one language in addition to English and |
Spanish.
|
Section 15. Penalties. |
(a) A business or establishment identified in Section 5 |
that fails to comply with the requirements of this Act within |
30 days of receipt of a notice described in subsection (b) is |
guilty of a petty offense, and subject to a fine of up to $500 |
for each violation. |
(b) The governmental entity regulating a business or |
establishment and local law enforcement agency having |
jurisdiction shall, in the course of regulating a business or |
establishment or carrying out law enforcement duties, monitor |
and enforce compliance with this Act. Upon discovering a |
violation, the governmental entity or local law enforcement |
agency having jurisdiction shall provide the business or |
establishment with reasonable notice of noncompliance that |
informs the business or establishment that it is subject to a |
fine if it does not correct the violation within 30 days from |
the date the notice is sent to the business or establishment. |
(c) If the governmental entity regulating a business or |
establishment or local law enforcement agency having |
jurisdiction verifies that the violation was not corrected |