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91_HB0731enr HB0731 Enrolled LRB9102563RCks 1 AN ACT in relation to sex offenders. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Sex Offender Registration Act is amended 5 by changing Section 8 as follows: 6 (730 ILCS 150/8) (from Ch. 38, par. 228) 7 Sec. 8. Registration Requirements. Registration as 8 required by this Article shall consist of a statement in 9 writing signed by the person giving the information that is 10 required by the Department of State Police, which may include 11 the fingerprints and must include a photograph of the person. 12 The registration information must include whether the person 13 is a sex offender as defined in the Sex Offender and Child 14 Murderer Community Notification Law. Within 3 days, the 15 registering law enforcement agency shall forward any required 16 information to the Department of State Police. The 17 registering law enforcement agency shall enter the 18 information into the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System 19 (LEADS) as provided in Sections 6 and 7 of the 20 Intergovernmental Missing Child Recovery Act of 1984. 21 (Source: P.A. 89-428, eff. 6-1-96; 89-462, eff. 6-1-96; 22 90-193, eff. 7-24-97.) 23 Section 10. The Sex Offender and Child Murderer 24 Community Notification Law is amended by changing Sections 25 115 and 120 as follows: 26 (730 ILCS 152/115) 27 Sec. 115. Sex offender database. 28 (a) The Department of State Police shall establish and 29 maintain a Statewide Sex Offender Database for the purpose of HB0731 Enrolled -2- LRB9102563RCks 1 identifying sex offenders and making that information 2 available to the persons specified in Sections 120 and 125 of 3 this Law. The Database shall be created from the Law 4 Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS) established under 5 Section 6 of the Intergovernmental Missing Child Recovery Act 6 of 1984. The Department of State Police shall examine its 7 LEADS database for persons registered as sex offenders under 8 the Sex Offender Registration Act and shall identify those 9 who are sex offenders and shall add all the information, 10 including photographs if available, on those sex offenders to 11 the Statewide Sex Offender Database. 12 (b) The Department of State Police must make the 13 information contained in the Statewide Sex Offender Database 14 accessible on the Internet by means of a hyperlink labeled 15 "Sex Offender Information" on the Department's World Wide Web 16 home page. The Department of State Police must update that 17 information as it deems necessary. 18 The Department of State Police may require that a person 19 who seeks access to the sex offender information submit 20 biographical information about himself or herself before 21 permitting access to the sex offender information. The 22 Department of State Police may limit access to the sex 23 offender information to information about sex offenders who 24 reside within a specified geographic area in proximity to the 25 address of the person seeking that information. The 26 Department of State Police must promulgate rules in 27 accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to 28 implement this subsection (b) and those rules must include 29 procedures to ensure that the information in the database is 30 accurate. 31 (Source: P.A. 89-428, eff. 6-1-96; 89-462, eff. 6-1-96; 32 90-193, eff. 7-24-97.) 33 (730 ILCS 152/120) HB0731 Enrolled -3- LRB9102563RCks 1 Sec. 120. Community notification of sex offenders. 2 (a) The sheriff of the county, except Cook County, shall 3 disclose to the following the name, address, date of birth, 4 and offense or adjudication of all sex offenders required to 5 register under Section 3 of the Sex Offender Registration 6 Act: 7 (1) (Blank); 8 (2) School boards of public school districts and 9 the principal or other appropriate administrative officer 10 of each nonpublic school located in the county where the 11 sex offender resides; and 12 (3) Child care facilities located in the county 13 where the sex offender resides.;14 (a-2) The sheriff of Cook County shall disclose to the 15 following the name, address, date of birth, and offense or 16 adjudication of all sex offenders required to register under 17 Section 3 of the Sex Offender Registration Act: 18 (1) School boards of public school districts and 19 the principal or other appropriate administrative officer 20 of each nonpublic school located within the region of 21 Cook County, as those public school districts and 22 nonpublic schools are identified in LEADS, other than the 23 City of Chicago, where the sex offender resides; and 24 (2) Child care facilities located within the region 25 of Cook County, as those child care facilities are 26 identified in LEADS, other than the City of Chicago, 27 where the sex offender resides. 28 (a-3) The Chicago Police Department shall disclose to 29 the following the name, address, date of birth, and offense 30 or adjudication of all sex offenders required to register 31 under Section 3 of the Sex Offender Registration Act: 32 (1) School boards of public school districts and 33 the principal or other appropriate administrative officer 34 of each nonpublic school located in the police district HB0731 Enrolled -4- LRB9102563RCks 1 where the sex offender resides if the offender resides in 2 the City of Chicago; and 3 (2) Child care facilities located in the police 4 district where the sex offender resides if the offender 5 resides in the City of Chicago. 6 (a-4) The Department of State Police shall provide a 7 list of sex offenders required to register to the Illinois 8 Department of Children and Family Services. 9 (b) The Department of State Police and any law 10 enforcement agency having jurisdiction may disclose, in the 11 Department's or agency's discretion, the following 12 information to any person likely to encounter a sex offender 13 required to register under Section 3 of the Sex Offender 14 Registration Act: 15 (1) The offender's name, address, and date of 16 birth. 17 (2) The offense for which the offender was 18 convicted. 19 (3) Adjudication as a sexually dangerous person. 20 (c) The name, address, date of birth, and offense or 21 adjudication for sex offenders required to register under 22 Section 3 of the Sex Offender Registration Act shall be open 23 to inspection by the public as provided in this Section. 24 Every municipal police department shall make available at its 25 headquarters the information on all sex offenders who are 26 required to register in the municipality under the Sex 27 Offender Registration Act. The sheriff shall also make 28 available at his or her headquarters the information on all 29 sex offenders who are required to register under that Act and 30 who live in unincorporated areas of the county. The 31 information shall be made available for public inspection 32 according to procedures set by the department or sheriff, 33 upon request of any person presented in writing, in person, 34 or by telephone. The sheriff or a municipal police HB0731 Enrolled -5- LRB9102563RCks 1 department may publish the photographs of sex offenders where 2 any victim was 13 years of age or younger and who are 3 required to register in the municipality or county under the 4 Sex Offender Registration Act in a newspaper or magazine of 5 general circulation in the municipality or county or may 6 disseminate the photographs of those sex offenders on the 7 Internet or on television. The law enforcement agency may 8 make available the information on all sex offenders residing 9 within the county. 10 (Source: P.A. 89-428, eff. 6-1-96; 89-462, eff. 6-1-96; 11 89-707, eff. 6-1-97; 90-193, eff. 7-24-97; revised 10-31-98.) 12 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on 13 July 1, 2000.