(b) A person commits criminal sexual abuse if
that person is under 17 years of age and commits an act of sexual
penetration or sexual conduct with a victim who is at least 9 years of age
but under 17 years of age.
(c) A person commits criminal sexual abuse if that person commits an
act of sexual penetration or sexual conduct with a victim who is at least
13 years of age but under 17 years of age and the person is less than 5
years older than the victim.
(d) Sentence. Criminal sexual abuse
for a violation of subsection (b) or
(c) of this Section
is a Class A misdemeanor.
Criminal sexual abuse for a violation of paragraph (1) or (2)
of subsection (a) of this Section is a Class 4 felony.
A second
or subsequent conviction
for a violation of subsection (a) of this Section is a Class 2 felony.
For purposes of this
Section it is a second or subsequent conviction if
the accused has at any
time been convicted under this Section or under any similar statute of this
State or any other state for any offense involving sexual abuse or sexual
assault that is substantially equivalent to or more serious than the sexual
abuse prohibited under this Section.
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)
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