Public Act 095-0278
 		





SB0364 Enrolled
LRB095 09432 RLC 29629 b






    AN ACT concerning offenders.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:


 
    Section 5. The Sex Offender Community Notification Law is 
amended  by changing Section 120 as follows:
 



    (730 ILCS 152/120)



    Sec. 120. Community notification of sex offenders. 

    (a) The sheriff of the county, except Cook County, shall 
disclose to the
following the name, address, date of birth, 
place of employment, school
attended, and offense
or 
adjudication of all sex offenders required to register under 
Section 3 of
the Sex Offender Registration Act:


        (1) The boards of institutions of higher education or 
    other appropriate
administrative offices of each 
    non-public institution of higher education
located in the 
    county where the sex offender is required to register, 
    resides,
is employed, or is attending an institution of 
    higher education; and


        (2) School boards of public school districts and the 
    principal or other
appropriate administrative officer of 
    each nonpublic school located in the
county where the sex 
    offender is required to register or is employed; and


        (3) Child care facilities located in the county
where 
    the sex offender is required to register or is employed; 
    and
        (4) Libraries located in the
county where the sex 
    offender is required to register or is employed.

    (a-2) The sheriff of Cook County shall disclose to the 
following the name,
address, date of birth, place of 
employment, school attended, and offense
or
adjudication of
all 
sex offenders required to register under Section 3 of the Sex 
Offender
Registration Act:


        (1) School boards of public school districts and the 
    principal or other
appropriate administrative officer of 
    each nonpublic school located within the
region of Cook 
    County, as those public school districts and nonpublic 
    schools
are identified in LEADS, other than the City of 
    Chicago, where the sex offender
is required to register or 
    is employed; and


        (2) Child care facilities located within the region of 
    Cook
County, as those child care facilities are identified 
    in LEADS, other than
the City of Chicago, where the sex 
    offender is required to register or is
employed; and


        (3) The boards of institutions of higher education or 
    other appropriate
administrative offices of each 
    non-public institution of higher education
located in the 
    county, other than the City of Chicago, where the sex 
    offender
is required to register, resides, is employed, or 
    attending an institution
of
higher
education; and
        (4) Libraries located in the
county, other than the 
    City of Chicago, where the sex offender
is required to 
    register, resides, is employed, or is attending an 
    institution
of
higher
education.

    (a-3) The Chicago Police Department shall disclose to the 
following the
name, address, date of birth, place of 
employment, school attended, and
offense
or adjudication
of all 
sex offenders required to register under Section 3 of the Sex 
Offender
Registration Act:


        (1) School boards of public school districts and the 
    principal or other
appropriate administrative officer of 
    each nonpublic school located in the
police district where 
    the sex offender is required to register or is
employed if 
    the offender is required to register or is employed in the

    City of Chicago; and


        (2) Child care facilities located in the police 
    district where the
sex offender is required to register or 
    is employed if the offender is
required to register or is 
    employed in the City of Chicago; and


        (3) The boards of institutions of higher education or 
    other appropriate
administrative offices of each 
    non-public institution of higher education
located in the 
    police district where the sex offender is required to 
    register,
resides, is employed, or attending an 
    institution of higher education in the
City of
Chicago; and

        (4)  Libraries located in the
police district where the 
    sex offender is required to register or is
employed if the 
    offender is required to register or is employed in the
City 
    of Chicago.

    (a-4) The Department of State Police shall provide a list 
of sex offenders
required to register to the Illinois 
Department of Children and Family
Services.

    (b) The Department of State Police and any law enforcement 
agency may
disclose, in the Department's or agency's 
discretion, the following information
to any person likely to 
encounter a sex offender, or sexual predator:


        (1) The offender's name, address, and date of birth.


        (2) The offense for which the offender was convicted.


        (3) Adjudication as a sexually dangerous person.


        (4) The offender's photograph or other such 
    information that will help
identify the sex offender.


        (5) Offender employment information, to protect public 
    safety.

    (c) The name, address, date of birth, offense or 
adjudication, the county of conviction, license plate numbers 
for every vehicle registered in the name of the sex offender, 
the age of the sex offender at the time of the commission of 
the offense, the age of the victim at the time of the 
commission of the offense, and any distinguishing marks located 
on the body of the sex offender for sex
offenders required to 
register under Section 3 of the Sex Offender Registration
Act 
shall be open to inspection by the public as provided in this 
Section.
Every municipal police department shall make 
available at its headquarters
the information on all sex 
offenders who are required to register in the
municipality 
under the Sex Offender Registration Act.  The sheriff shall
also 
make available at his or her headquarters the information on 
all sex
offenders who are required to register under that Act 
and who live in
unincorporated areas of the county.  Sex 
offender information must be made
available for public 
inspection to any person, no later than 72 hours or 3
business 
days from the date of the request.
The request must be made in 
person, in writing, or by telephone.
Availability must include 
giving the inquirer access to a
facility where the information 
may be copied.  A department or sheriff
may charge a fee, but 
the fee may not exceed the actual costs of
copying the 
information.  An inquirer must be allowed to copy this 
information
in his or her own handwriting.  A department or 
sheriff must allow access to
the information during normal 
public working hours.
The sheriff or a municipal police 
department may publish the
photographs of sex offenders where 
any victim was 13 years of age or younger
and who are required 
to register in the municipality or county under the Sex

Offender Registration Act in a newspaper or magazine of general 
circulation in
the municipality or county or may disseminate 
the photographs of those sex
offenders on the Internet or on 
television.  The law enforcement agency may
make available the 
information on all sex offenders residing within any county.

    (d) The Department of State Police and any law enforcement 
agency having
jurisdiction may, in the Department's or agency's 
discretion, place the
information specified in subsection (b) 
on the Internet or in
other media.

    (e) (Blank).

    (f) The administrator of a transitional housing facility 
for sex offenders shall comply with the notification procedures 
established in paragraph (4) of subsection (b) of Section 
3-17-5 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
    (g) A principal or  teacher of a public or private 
elementary or secondary school shall notify the parents of 
children attending the school during school registration or 
during parent-teacher conferences that information about sex 
offenders is available to the public as provided in this Act.

(Source: P.A. 94-161, eff. 7-11-05; 94-168, eff. 1-1-06; 
94-994, eff. 1-1-07.)

 
    Section 10. The Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against 
Youth Registration Act is amended  by changing Section 95 as 
follows:
 
    (730 ILCS 154/95)

    Sec. 95. Community notification of violent offenders 
against youth. 
    (a) The sheriff of the county, except Cook County, shall 
disclose to the
following the name, address, date of birth, 
place of employment, school
attended, and offense
or 
adjudication of all violent offenders against youth required to 
register under Section 10 of
this Act:

        (1) The boards of institutions of higher education or 
    other appropriate
administrative offices of each 
    non-public institution of higher education
located in the 
    county where the violent offender against youth is required 
    to register, resides,
is employed, or is attending an 
    institution of higher education; and

        (2) School boards of public school districts and the 
    principal or other
appropriate administrative officer of 
    each nonpublic school located in the
county where the 
    violent offender against youth is required to register or 
    is employed; and

        (3) Child care facilities located in the county
where 
    the violent offender against youth is required to register 
    or is employed; and
        (4) Libraries located in the
county where the violent 
    offender against youth is required to register or is 
    employed.
    (a-2) The sheriff of Cook County shall disclose to the 
following the name,
address, date of birth, place of 
employment, school attended, and offense
or
adjudication of
all 
violent offenders against youth required to register under 
Section 10 of this Act:

        (1) School boards of public school districts and the 
    principal or other
appropriate administrative officer of 
    each nonpublic school located within the
region of Cook 
    County, as those public school districts and nonpublic 
    schools
are identified in LEADS, other than the City of 
    Chicago, where the violent offender against youth
is 
    required to register or is employed; and

        (2) Child care facilities located within the region of 
    Cook
County, as those child care facilities are identified 
    in LEADS, other than
the City of Chicago, where the violent 
    offender against youth is required to register or is

    employed; and

        (3) The boards of institutions of higher education or 
    other appropriate
administrative offices of each 
    non-public institution of higher education
located in the 
    county, other than the City of Chicago, where the violent 
    offender against youth
is required to register, resides, is 
    employed, or attending an institution
of
higher
education; 
    and
        (4)  Libraries
located in the county, other than the 
    City of Chicago, where the violent offender against youth

    is required to register, resides, is employed, or is 
    attending an institution
of
higher
education.
    (a-3) The Chicago Police Department shall disclose to the 
following the
name, address, date of birth, place of 
employment, school attended, and
offense
or adjudication
of all 
violent offenders against youth required to register under 
Section 10 of this Act:

        (1) School boards of public school districts and the 
    principal or other
appropriate administrative officer of 
    each nonpublic school located in the
police district where 
    the violent offender against youth is required to register 
    or is
employed if the offender is required to register or 
    is employed in the
City of Chicago; and

        (2) Child care facilities located in the police 
    district where the
violent offender against youth is 
    required to register or is employed if the offender is

    required to register or is employed in the City of Chicago; 
    and

        (3) The boards of institutions of higher education or 
    other appropriate
administrative offices of each 
    non-public institution of higher education
located in the 
    police district where the violent offender against youth is 
    required to register,
resides, is employed, or attending an 
    institution of higher education in the
City of
Chicago; and
        (4)  Libraries located in the police district where the

    violent offender against youth is required to register or 
    is employed if the offender is
required to register or is 
    employed in the City of Chicago.
    (a-4) The Department of State Police shall provide a list 
of violent offenders against youth
required to register to the 
Illinois Department of Children and Family
Services.
    (b) The Department of State Police and any law enforcement 
agency may
disclose, in the Department's or agency's 
discretion, the following information
to any person likely to 
encounter a violent offender against youth:

        (1) The offender's name, address, and date of birth.

        (2) The offense for which the offender was convicted.

        (3) The offender's photograph or other such 
    information that will help
identify the violent offender 
    against youth.

        (4) Offender employment information, to protect public 
    safety.
    (c) The name, address, date of birth, and offense or 
adjudication for violent offenders against youth required to 
register under Section 10 of this
Act shall be open to 
inspection by the public as provided in this Section.
Every 
municipal police department shall make available at its 
headquarters
the information on all violent offenders against 
youth who are required to register in the
municipality under 
this Act.  The sheriff shall
also make available at his or her 
headquarters the information on all violent offenders against 
youth who are required to register under this Act and who live 
in
unincorporated areas of the county.  Violent offender against 
youth information must be made
available for public inspection 
to any person, no later than 72 hours or 3
business days from 
the date of the request.
The request must be made in person, in 
writing, or by telephone.
Availability must include giving the 
inquirer access to a
facility where the information may be 
copied.  A department or sheriff
may charge a fee, but the fee 
may not exceed the actual costs of
copying the information.  An 
inquirer must be allowed to copy this information
in his or her 
own handwriting.  A department or sheriff must allow access to

the information during normal public working hours.
The sheriff 
or a municipal police department may publish the
photographs of 
violent offenders against youth where any victim was 13 years 
of age or younger
and who are required to register in the 
municipality or county under this  Act in a newspaper or 
magazine of general circulation in
the municipality or county 
or may disseminate the photographs of those violent offenders 
against youth on the Internet or on television.  The law 
enforcement agency may
make available the information on all 
violent offenders against youth residing within any county.
    (d) The Department of State Police and any law enforcement 
agency having
jurisdiction may, in the Department's or agency's 
discretion, place the
information specified in subsection (b) 
on the Internet or in
other media.

(Source: P.A. 94-945, eff. 6-27-06.)
 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.