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 1        AN ACT to amend certain  Acts  in  relation  to  mentally
 2    retarded persons.

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

 5        Section   5.   The  Criminal  Code  of 1961 is amended by
 6    changing  Sections  2-10.1,  10-2,  10-5,  11-15.1,  11-19.1,
 7    11-19.2, 11-20.1, 12-4.3, 12-14, and 12-16 as follows:

 8        (720 ILCS 5/2-10.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 2-10.1)
 9        Sec. 2-10.1.  "Institutionalized Severely  or  profoundly
10    mentally   retarded   person"   means   a   person   who   is
11    institutionalized  in  a  developmental  disability facility,
12    nursing home facility, or long term care facility and  either
13    (i)  whose the person's intelligence quotient does not exceed
14    40 or (ii) whose the person's intelligence quotient does  not
15    exceed  55 and who the person suffers from significant mental
16    illness to the extent that the person's ability  to  exercise
17    rational judgment is impaired. In any proceeding in which the
18    defendant  is  charged with committing a violation of Section
19    10-2,  10-5,  11-15.1,  11-19.1,  11-19.2,  11-20.1,  12-4.3,
20    12-14, or 12-16 of this Code against a victim who is  alleged
21    to  be a an institutionalized severely or profoundly mentally
22    retarded person, any findings concerning the victim's  status
23    as  a  an  institutionalized  severely or profoundly mentally
24    retarded person, made by a court after a  judicial  admission
25    hearing  concerning  the  victim  under  Articles V and VI of
26    Chapter 4 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
27    Code shall be admissible.
28    (Source: P.A. 87-1198.)

29        (720 ILCS 5/10-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 10-2)
30        Sec. 10-2. Aggravated kidnaping.
 
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 1        (a)  A kidnaper within the definition of paragraph (a) of
 2    Section  10-1   is  guilty  of  the  offense  of   aggravated
 3    kidnaping when he:
 4             (1)  Kidnaps  for  the  purpose  of obtaining ransom
 5        from the person kidnaped or from any other person, or
 6             (2)  Takes as his victim a child under the age of 13
 7        years, or a an institutionalized severely  or  profoundly
 8        mentally retarded person, or
 9             (3)  Inflicts  great  bodily harm, other than by the
10        discharge of a firearm, or commits  another  felony  upon
11        his victim, or
12             (4)  Wears  a  hood,  robe  or  mask or conceals his
13        identity, or
14             (5)  Commits the offense of  kidnaping  while  armed
15        with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm, as defined
16        in Section 33A-1 of the "Criminal Code of 1961", or
17             (6)  Commits  the  offense  of kidnaping while armed
18        with a firearm, or
19             (7)  During  the  commission  of  the   offense   of
20        kidnaping, personally discharged a firearm, or
21             (8)  During   the   commission  of  the  offense  of
22        kidnaping,   personally   discharged   a   firearm   that
23        proximately   caused   great   bodily   harm,   permanent
24        disability, permanent disfigurement, or death to  another
25        person.
26        As used in this Section, "ransom" includes money, benefit
27    or other valuable thing or concession.
28        (b)  Sentence.   Aggravated  kidnaping  in  violation  of
29    paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of subsection (a)  is  a
30    Class X felony. A violation of subsection (a)(6) is a Class X
31    felony  for  which  15  years  shall  be added to the term of
32    imprisonment imposed by the court. A violation of  subsection
33    (a)(7)  is a Class X felony for which 20 years shall be added
34    to the term of imprisonment imposed by the court. A violation
 
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 1    of subsection (a)(8) is a Class X felony for which  25  years
 2    or up to a term of natural life shall be added to the term of
 3    imprisonment imposed by the court.
 4        A  person  who  is  convicted  of  a second or subsequent
 5    offense of aggravated kidnaping shall be sentenced to a  term
 6    of  natural  life  imprisonment;  provided,  however,  that a
 7    sentence of natural life imprisonment shall  not  be  imposed
 8    under  this  Section  unless the second or subsequent offense
 9    was committed after conviction on the first offense.
10    (Source: P.A. 91-404, eff. 1-1-00.)

11        (720 ILCS 5/10-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 10-5)
12        Sec. 10-5.  Child Abduction.
13        (a)  For purposes of this Section,  the  following  terms
14    shall have the following meanings:
15             (1)  "Child" means a person under the age of 18 or a
16        an  institutionalized  severely  or  profoundly  mentally
17        retarded   person  at  the  time  the  alleged  violation
18        occurred; and
19             (2)  "Detains" means taking  or  retaining  physical
20        custody  of  a child, whether or not the child resists or
21        objects; and
22             (3)  "Lawful custodian" means a  person  or  persons
23        granted  legal custody of a child or entitled to physical
24        possession of a child pursuant to a court order.   It  is
25        presumed  that,  when the parties have never been married
26        to each other, the mother has legal custody of the  child
27        unless  a  valid  court  order  states  otherwise.  If an
28        adjudication of paternity  has  been  completed  and  the
29        father   has   been   assigned   support  obligations  or
30        visitation rights, such a paternity order should, for the
31        purposes of this Section  be  considered  a  valid  court
32        order granting custody to the mother.
33        (b)  A person commits child abduction when he or she:
 
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 1             (1)  Intentionally  violates  any  terms  of a valid
 2        court order granting  sole  or  joint  custody,  care  or
 3        possession  to  another,  by  concealing or detaining the
 4        child or removing the child from the jurisdiction of  the
 5        court; or
 6             (2)  Intentionally    violates    a    court   order
 7        prohibiting the person from concealing or  detaining  the
 8        child  or removing the child from the jurisdiction of the
 9        court; or
10             (3)  Intentionally conceals, detains or removes  the
11        child  without  the  consent  of  the  mother  or  lawful
12        custodian of the child if the person is a putative father
13        and  either:  (A) the paternity of the child has not been
14        legally established or (B) the paternity of the child has
15        been  legally  established  but  no  orders  relating  to
16        custody have been entered. However,  notwithstanding  the
17        presumption created by paragraph (3) of subsection (a), a
18        mother  commits  child  abduction  when she intentionally
19        conceals or removes a child, whom she  has  abandoned  or
20        relinquished custody of, from an unadjudicated father who
21        has  provided  sole ongoing care and custody of the child
22        in her absence; or
23             (4)  Intentionally conceals  or  removes  the  child
24        from  a  parent  after  filing a petition or being served
25        with process in an action affecting marriage or paternity
26        but prior to the issuance of a temporary or  final  order
27        determining custody; or
28             (5)  At  the expiration of visitation rights outside
29        the State, intentionally fails or refuses  to  return  or
30        impedes  the  return of the child to the lawful custodian
31        in Illinois; or
32             (6)  Being a parent of  the  child,  and  where  the
33        parents  of such child are or have been married and there
34        has been no court order of custody,  conceals  the  child
 
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 1        for 15 days, and fails to make reasonable attempts within
 2        the  15  day  period to notify the other parent as to the
 3        specific whereabouts of the child, including a  means  by
 4        which  to  contact  such  child, or to arrange reasonable
 5        visitation or  contact  with  the  child.  It  is  not  a
 6        violation  of  this Section for a person fleeing domestic
 7        violence to take the child with him  or  her  to  housing
 8        provided by a domestic violence program; or
 9             (7)  Being  a  parent  of  the  child, and where the
10        parents of the child are or have been married  and  there
11        has been no court order of custody, conceals, detains, or
12        removes  the  child  with  physical  force  or  threat of
13        physical force; or
14             (8)  Conceals, detains, or  removes  the  child  for
15        payment  or  promise  of  payment at the instruction of a
16        person who has no legal right to custody; or
17             (9)  Retains in this  State  for  30  days  a  child
18        removed  from  another  state  without the consent of the
19        lawful custodian or in violation of a valid  court  order
20        of custody; or
21             (10)  Intentionally  lures  or  attempts  to  lure a
22        child under the age of 16 into a motor vehicle, building,
23        housetrailer, or dwelling place without  the  consent  of
24        the  parent  or  lawful  custodian of the child for other
25        than a lawful purpose.
26        For the purposes of this subsection (b), paragraph  (10),
27    the luring or attempted luring of a child under the age of 16
28    into  a  motor  vehicle,  building, housetrailer, or dwelling
29    place without the consent of the parent or  lawful  custodian
30    of  the  child  shall be prima facie evidence of other than a
31    lawful purpose.
32        (c)  It shall be an affirmative defense that:
33             (1)  The person had custody of the child pursuant to
34        a court order granting legal custody or visitation rights
 
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 1        which existed at the time of the alleged violation; or
 2             (2)  The person had physical custody  of  the  child
 3        pursuant  to  a  court  order  granting  legal custody or
 4        visitation rights and failed to return  the  child  as  a
 5        result  of  circumstances  beyond his or her control, and
 6        the person notified and disclosed to the other parent  or
 7        legal custodian the specific whereabouts of the child and
 8        a  means  by  which such child can be contacted or made a
 9        reasonable attempt to notify the other parent  or  lawful
10        custodian  of  the  child  of such circumstances and make
11        such disclosure within  24  hours  after  the  visitation
12        period  had  expired  and  returned  the child as soon as
13        possible; or
14             (3)  The person was fleeing an incidence or  pattern
15        of domestic violence; or
16             (4)  The  person  lured or attempted to lure a child
17        under the age of  16  into  a  motor  vehicle,  building,
18        housetrailer,  or  dwelling place for a lawful purpose in
19        prosecutions under subsection (b), paragraph (10).
20        (d)  A person convicted of  child  abduction  under  this
21    Section is guilty of a Class 4 felony.  A person convicted of
22    a  second  or  subsequent  violation  of  paragraph  (10)  of
23    subsection (b) of this Section is guilty of a Class 3 felony.
24    It  shall  be  a  factor in aggravation for which a court may
25    impose a more severe sentence  under  Section  5-8-1  of  the
26    Unified  Code  of  Corrections,  if upon sentencing the court
27    finds evidence of any of the following aggravating factors:
28             (1)  that the  defendant  abused  or  neglected  the
29        child  following the concealment, detention or removal of
30        the child; or
31             (2)  that the defendant inflicted or  threatened  to
32        inflict  physical harm on a parent or lawful custodian of
33        the child or on the  child  with  intent  to  cause  such
34        parent   or  lawful  custodian  to  discontinue  criminal
 
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 1        prosecution of the defendant under this Section; or
 2             (3)  that the defendant demanded payment in exchange
 3        for return of the child or demanded that  he  or  she  be
 4        relieved  of the financial or legal obligation to support
 5        the child in exchange for return of the child; or
 6             (4)  that  the   defendant   has   previously   been
 7        convicted of child abduction; or
 8             (5)  that  the  defendant  committed  the  abduction
 9        while  armed  with  a  deadly weapon or the taking of the
10        child resulted in serious bodily injury to another; or
11             (6)  that  the  defendant  committed  the  abduction
12        while in a school, regardless of the time of day or  time
13        of  year;  in  a  playground;  on  any  conveyance owned,
14        leased, or contracted by a school to  transport  students
15        to  or  from  school or a school related activity; on the
16        real property of a school; or  on  a  public  way  within
17        1,000  feet of the real property comprising any school or
18        playground.   For  purposes  of   this   paragraph   (6),
19        "playground" means a piece of land owned or controlled by
20        a unit of local government that is designated by the unit
21        of  local  government  for  use  solely  or primarily for
22        children's recreation; and "school"  means  a  public  or
23        private   elementary   or   secondary  school,  community
24        college, college, or university.
25        (e)  The court may order the child to be returned to  the
26    parent or lawful custodian from whom the child was concealed,
27    detained  or  removed.   In addition to any sentence imposed,
28    the court may  assess  any  reasonable  expense  incurred  in
29    searching  for  or  returning  the  child  against any person
30    convicted of violating this Section.
31        (f)  Nothing contained in this Section shall be construed
32    to limit the court's contempt power.
33        (g)  Every  law  enforcement  officer  investigating   an
34    alleged  incident  of  child  abduction  shall make a written
 
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 1    police report of any bona fide allegation and the disposition
 2    of  such  investigation.   Every  police   report   completed
 3    pursuant  to  this  Section  shall  be  compiled and recorded
 4    within the meaning of Section 5.1 of "An Act in  relation  to
 5    criminal  identification and investigation", approved July 2,
 6    1931, as now or hereafter amended.
 7        (h)  Whenever a law enforcement officer  has  reasons  to
 8    believe  a child abduction has occurred, he shall provide the
 9    lawful custodian a summary of her or his  rights  under  this
10    Act,  including the procedures and relief available to her or
11    him.
12        (i)  If during the course of an investigation under  this
13    Section  the  child  is  found in the physical custody of the
14    defendant or  another,  the  law  enforcement  officer  shall
15    return  the child to the parent or lawful custodian from whom
16    the child was concealed, detained or removed, unless there is
17    good cause for the law enforcement officer or the  Department
18    of   Children   and   Family  Services  to  retain  temporary
19    protective custody of the child pursuant to  the  Abused  and
20    Neglected Child Reporting Act, as now or hereafter amended.
21    (Source: P.A. 90-494, eff. 1-1-98.)

22        (720 ILCS 5/11-15.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 11-15.1)
23        Sec. 11-15.1.  Soliciting for a Juvenile Prostitute.
24        (a)   Any  person  who  violates any of the provisions of
25    Section  11-15(a)  of  this  Act  commits  soliciting  for  a
26    juvenile prostitute where the prostitute for whom such person
27    is  soliciting  is  under  16  years  of  age  or  is  a   an
28    institutionalized  severely  or  profoundly mentally retarded
29    person.
30        (b)  It  is  an  affirmative  defense  to  a  charge   of
31    soliciting   for  a  juvenile  prostitute  that  the  accused
32    reasonably believed the person was of the age of 16 years  or
33    over or was not a an institutionalized severely or profoundly
 
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 1    mentally  retarded  person at the time of the act giving rise
 2    to the charge.
 3        (c)  Sentence.
 4        Soliciting for a juvenile prostitute is a Class 1 felony.
 5    (Source: P.A. 85-1392.)

 6        (720 ILCS 5/11-19.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 11-19.1)
 7        Sec. 11-19.1.  Juvenile Pimping.
 8        (a)  Any person who receives any money, property,  token,
 9    object,  or  article  or  anything of value from a prostitute
10    under 16 years of age or  from  a  prostitute  who  is  a  an
11    institutionalized  severely  or  profoundly mentally retarded
12    person, not for a lawful consideration, knowing it was earned
13    in whole or  in  part  from  the  practice  of  prostitution,
14    commits juvenile pimping.
15        (b)  It is an affirmative defense to a charge of juvenile
16    pimping  that  the accused reasonably believed the person was
17    of  the  age  of  16  years  or  over  or  was   not   a   an
18    institutionalized  severely  or  profoundly mentally retarded
19    person at the time of the act giving rise to the charge.
20        (c)  Sentence.
21        Juvenile pimping is a Class 1 felony.
22    (Source: P.A. 91-696, eff. 4-13-00.)

23        (720 ILCS 5/11-19.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 11-19.2)
24        Sec. 11-19.2.  Exploitation of a child.
25        (A)  A person commits exploitation of a child when he  or
26    she   confines   a  child  under  the  age  of  16  or  a  an
27    institutionalized severely or  profoundly  mentally  retarded
28    person against his or her will by the infliction or threat of
29    imminent   infliction   of   great   bodily  harm,  permanent
30    disability or disfigurement or by administering to the  child
31    or  an  institutionalized  severely  or  profoundly  mentally
32    retarded  person  without  his or her consent or by threat or
 
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 1    deception and for other than medical purposes, any  alcoholic
 2    intoxicant  or  a  drug as defined in the Illinois Controlled
 3    Substances Act or the Cannabis Control Act and:
 4             (1)  compels  the  child  or  an   institutionalized
 5        severely or profoundly mentally retarded person to become
 6        a prostitute; or
 7             (2)  arranges  a  situation in which the child or an
 8        institutionalized   severely   or   profoundly   mentally
 9        retarded person may practice prostitution; or
10             (3)  receives any money, property, token, object, or
11        article or  anything  of  value  from  the  child  or  an
12        institutionalized   severely   or   profoundly   mentally
13        retarded  person  knowing  it was obtained in whole or in
14        part from the practice of prostitution.
15        (B)  For purposes of this Section,  administering  drugs,
16    as defined in subsection (A), or an alcoholic intoxicant to a
17    child  under the age of 13 or a an institutionalized severely
18    or profoundly mentally retarded person shall be deemed to  be
19    without  consent  if  such  administering is done without the
20    consent of the parents or legal guardian.
21        (C)  Exploitation of a child is a Class X felony.
22        (D)  Any person convicted under this Section  is  subject
23    to the forfeiture provisions of Section 11-20.1A of this Act.
24    (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-696, eff. 4-13-00.)

25        (720 ILCS 5/11-20.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 11-20.1)
26        Sec. 11-20.1.  Child pornography.
27        (a)  A  person  commits  the offense of child pornography
28    who:
29             (1)  films, videotapes,  photographs,  or  otherwise
30        depicts or portrays by means of any similar visual medium
31        or  reproduction or depicts by computer any child whom he
32        knows or reasonably should know to be under the age of 18
33        or any institutionalized severely or profoundly  mentally
 
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 1        retarded  person  where  such  child or institutionalized
 2        severely or profoundly mentally retarded person is:
 3                  (i)  actually or by simulation engaged  in  any
 4             act of sexual intercourse with any person or animal;
 5             or
 6                  (ii)  actually  or by simulation engaged in any
 7             act of sexual contact involving the  sex  organs  of
 8             the   child   or   institutionalized   severely   or
 9             profoundly  mentally  retarded person and the mouth,
10             anus, or sex organs of another person or animal;  or
11             which  involves the mouth, anus or sex organs of the
12             child or institutionalized  severely  or  profoundly
13             mentally  retarded  person  and  the  sex  organs of
14             another person or animal; or
15                  (iii)  actually or by simulation engaged in any
16             act of masturbation; or
17                  (iv)  actually or by  simulation  portrayed  as
18             being  the  object  of, or otherwise engaged in, any
19             act  of  lewd  fondling,  touching,   or   caressing
20             involving another person or animal; or
21                  (v)  actually  or  by simulation engaged in any
22             act  of  excretion  or  urination  within  a  sexual
23             context; or
24                  (vi)  actually or by  simulation  portrayed  or
25             depicted as bound, fettered, or subject to sadistic,
26             masochistic,  or sadomasochistic abuse in any sexual
27             context; or
28                  (vii)  depicted  or  portrayed  in  any   pose,
29             posture  or  setting  involving a lewd exhibition of
30             the unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or, if
31             such  person  is  female,  a  fully   or   partially
32             developed breast of the child or other person; or
33             (2)  with  the  knowledge  of  the nature or content
34        thereof, reproduces, disseminates, offers to disseminate,
 
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 1        exhibits or possesses  with  intent  to  disseminate  any
 2        film,  videotape,  photograph  or  other  similar  visual
 3        reproduction  or  depiction  by  computer of any child or
 4        institutionalized   severely   or   profoundly   mentally
 5        retarded person  whom  the  person  knows  or  reasonably
 6        should  know  to  be  under  the  age of 18 or to be a an
 7        institutionalized   severely   or   profoundly   mentally
 8        retarded person, engaged in  any  activity  described  in
 9        subparagraphs  (i) through (vii) of paragraph (1) of this
10        subsection; or
11             (3)  with knowledge of the subject matter  or  theme
12        thereof, produces any stage play, live performance, film,
13        videotape  or other similar visual portrayal or depiction
14        by computer which includes a child whom the person  knows
15        or  reasonably should know to be under the age of 18 or a
16        an  institutionalized  severely  or  profoundly  mentally
17        retarded person engaged  in  any  activity  described  in
18        subparagraphs  (i) through (vii) of paragraph (1) of this
19        subsection; or
20             (4)  solicits, uses, persuades, induces, entices, or
21        coerces any child whom he knows or reasonably should know
22        to be under the age  of  18  or  a  an  institutionalized
23        severely or profoundly mentally retarded person to appear
24        in  any  stage  play, live presentation, film, videotape,
25        photograph  or  other  similar  visual  reproduction   or
26        depiction   by   computer   in   which   the   child   or
27        institutionalized   severely   or   profoundly   mentally
28        retarded  person  is  or will be depicted, actually or by
29        simulation, in any act,  pose  or  setting  described  in
30        subparagraphs  (i) through (vii) of paragraph (1) of this
31        subsection; or
32             (5)  is a parent,  step-parent,  legal  guardian  or
33        other  person  having care or custody of a child whom the
34        person knows or reasonably should know to  be  under  the
 
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 1        age   of   18  or  a  an  institutionalized  severely  or
 2        profoundly mentally retarded  person  and  who  knowingly
 3        permits, induces, promotes, or arranges for such child or
 4        institutionalized   severely   or   profoundly   mentally
 5        retarded  person  to  appear  in  any  stage  play,  live
 6        performance, film, videotape, photograph or other similar
 7        visual presentation, portrayal or simulation or depiction
 8        by   computer   of  any  act  or  activity  described  in
 9        subparagraphs (i) through (vii) of paragraph (1) of  this
10        subsection; or
11             (6)  with   knowledge   of  the  nature  or  content
12        thereof, possesses any  film,  videotape,  photograph  or
13        other   similar   visual  reproduction  or  depiction  by
14        computer of any child or  institutionalized  severely  or
15        profoundly mentally retarded person whom the person knows
16        or reasonably should know to be under the age of 18 or to
17        be a an institutionalized severely or profoundly mentally
18        retarded  person,  engaged  in  any activity described in
19        subparagraphs (i) through (vii) of paragraph (1) of  this
20        subsection; or
21             (7)  solicits, uses, persuades, induces, entices, or
22        coerces  a  person to provide a child under the age of 18
23        or a an institutionalized severely or profoundly mentally
24        retarded person to appear in any  videotape,  photograph,
25        film,  stage  play,  live  presentation, or other similar
26        visual reproduction or depiction by computer in which the
27        child or  an  institutionalized  severely  or  profoundly
28        mentally retarded person will be depicted, actually or by
29        simulation,  in  any  act,  pose, or setting described in
30        subparagraphs (i) through (vii) of paragraph (1) of  this
31        subsection.
32        (b) (1)  It  shall  be an affirmative defense to a charge
33    of child pornography that the defendant reasonably  believed,
34    under  all  of the circumstances, that the child was 18 years
 
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 1    of  age  or  older  or  that  the  person  was   not   a   an
 2    institutionalized  severely  or  profoundly mentally retarded
 3    person but only where, prior to the act or acts  giving  rise
 4    to a prosecution under this Section, he took some affirmative
 5    action  or  made  a  bonafide  inquiry  designed to ascertain
 6    whether the child was 18 years of age or older  or  that  the
 7    person  was not a an institutionalized severely or profoundly
 8    mentally  retarded  person  and   his   reliance   upon   the
 9    information so obtained was clearly reasonable.
10             (2)  (Blank).
11             (3)  The charge of child pornography shall not apply
12        to  the performance of official duties by law enforcement
13        or prosecuting officers, court  personnel  or  attorneys,
14        nor  to  bonafide  treatment  or  professional  education
15        programs  conducted by licensed physicians, psychologists
16        or social workers.
17             (4)  Possession by the defendant of more than one of
18        the  same  film,  videotape  or  visual  reproduction  or
19        depiction by  computer  in  which  child  pornography  is
20        depicted  shall  raise  a rebuttable presumption that the
21        defendant possessed such materials  with  the  intent  to
22        disseminate them.
23             (5)  The  charge of child pornography does not apply
24        to a person who does  not  voluntarily  possess  a  film,
25        videotape,   or   visual  reproduction  or  depiction  by
26        computer  in  which  child   pornography   is   depicted.
27        Possession   is  voluntary  if  the  defendant  knowingly
28        procures  or  receives  a  film,  videotape,  or   visual
29        reproduction  or  depiction  for  a sufficient time to be
30        able to terminate his or her possession.
31        (c)  Violation of paragraph (1),  (4),  (5),  or  (7)  of
32    subsection  (a)  is a Class 1 felony with a mandatory minimum
33    fine of $2,000 and a maximum fine of $100,000.  Violation  of
34    paragraph  (3)  of  subsection (a) is a Class 1 felony with a
 
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 1    mandatory minimum  fine  of  $1500  and  a  maximum  fine  of
 2    $100,000.  Violation  of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) is a
 3    Class 1 felony with a mandatory minimum fine of $1000  and  a
 4    maximum  fine  of  $100,000.  Violation  of  paragraph (6) of
 5    subsection (a) is a Class 3 felony with a  mandatory  minimum
 6    fine of $1000 and a maximum fine of $100,000.
 7        (d)  If  a  person is convicted of a second or subsequent
 8    violation  of  this  Section  within  10  years  of  a  prior
 9    conviction, the court shall order a  presentence  psychiatric
10    examination  of the person.  The examiner shall report to the
11    court whether treatment of the person is necessary.
12        (e)  Any film, videotape,  photograph  or  other  similar
13    visual reproduction or depiction by computer which includes a
14    child  under the age of 18 or a an institutionalized severely
15    or  profoundly  mentally  retarded  person  engaged  in   any
16    activity  described  in  subparagraphs  (i)  through (vii) or
17    paragraph 1 of subsection (a), and any material or  equipment
18    used or intended for use in photographing, filming, printing,
19    producing,     reproducing,     manufacturing,    projecting,
20    exhibiting, depiction  by  computer,  or  disseminating  such
21    material  shall be seized and forfeited in the manner, method
22    and procedure provided by Section 36-1 of this Code  for  the
23    seizure and forfeiture of vessels, vehicles and aircraft.
24        (e-5)  Upon  the  conclusion of a case brought under this
25    Section, the court shall seal all evidence depicting a victim
26    or witness that is sexually explicit.  The  evidence  may  be
27    unsealed  and  viewed,  on  a  motion of the party seeking to
28    unseal and view the evidence, only for good cause  shown  and
29    in  the  discretion  of the court.  The motion must expressly
30    set forth the purpose for viewing the material.  The  State's
31    attorney  and  the  victim,  if  possible,  shall be provided
32    reasonable notice of  the hearing on the motion to unseal the
33    evidence.  Any person entitled to notice of a  hearing  under
34    this subsection (e-5) may object to the motion.
 
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 1        (f)  Definitions.  For the purposes of this Section:
 2             (1)  "Disseminate"  means  (i)  to sell, distribute,
 3        exchange or transfer possession, whether with or  without
 4        consideration  or  (ii)  to  make a depiction by computer
 5        available for distribution  or  downloading  through  the
 6        facilities  of  any telecommunications network or through
 7        any other means of transferring computer programs or data
 8        to a computer;
 9             (2)  "Produce" means to direct, promote,  advertise,
10        publish, manufacture, issue, present or show;
11             (3)  "Reproduce"  means  to  make  a  duplication or
12        copy;
13             (4)  "Depict  by  computer"  means  to  generate  or
14        create, or cause to be created or generated,  a  computer
15        program or data that, after being processed by a computer
16        either  alone or in conjunction with one or more computer
17        programs, results in a visual  depiction  on  a  computer
18        monitor, screen, or display.
19             (5)  "Depiction   by   computer"  means  a  computer
20        program or data that, after being processed by a computer
21        either alone or in conjunction with one or more  computer
22        programs,  results  in  a  visual depiction on a computer
23        monitor, screen, or display.
24             (6)  "Computer", "computer program", and "data" have
25        the meanings ascribed to them in Section  16D-2  of  this
26        Code.
27             (7)  "Child" includes a film, videotape, photograph,
28        or   other  similar  visual  medium  or  reproduction  or
29        depiction by computer that is, or appears to be, that  of
30        a  person,  either in part, or in total, under the age of
31        18,  regardless  of  the  method  by  which   the   film,
32        videotape,  photograph, or other similar visual medium or
33        reproduction  or  depiction  by  computer   is   created,
34        adopted,  or  modified  to  appear as such.  "Child" also
 
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 1        includes a film, videotape, photograph, or other  similar
 2        visual  medium  or  reproduction or depiction by computer
 3        that is advertised, promoted,  presented,  described,  or
 4        distributed  in such a manner that conveys the impression
 5        that the film, videotape, photograph,  or  other  similar
 6        visual medium or reproduction or depiction by computer is
 7        of a person under the age of 18.
 8        (g)  Re-enactment; findings; purposes.
 9             (1)  The General Assembly finds and declares that:
10                  (i)  Section   50-5   of   Public  Act  88-680,
11             effective  January  1,  1995,  contained  provisions
12             amending  the  child  pornography  statute,  Section
13             11-20.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961.  Section  50-5
14             also contained other provisions.
15                  (ii)  In   addition,   Public  Act  88-680  was
16             entitled "AN ACT  to  create  a  Safe  Neighborhoods
17             Law".   (A)  Article 5 was entitled JUVENILE JUSTICE
18             and amended the Juvenile Court  Act  of  1987.   (B)
19             Article  15  was  entitled GANGS and amended various
20             provisions of the Criminal  Code  of  1961  and  the
21             Unified  Code  of  Corrections.   (C) Article 20 was
22             entitled   ALCOHOL   ABUSE   and   amended   various
23             provisions  of  the  Illinois  Vehicle  Code.    (D)
24             Article  25  was entitled DRUG ABUSE and amended the
25             Cannabis Control Act  and  the  Illinois  Controlled
26             Substances Act. (E) Article 30 was entitled FIREARMS
27             and  amended  the Criminal Code of 1961 and the Code
28             of  Criminal  Procedure  of  1963.  (F)  Article  35
29             amended the Criminal Code of  1961,  the  Rights  of
30             Crime  Victims  and  Witnesses  Act, and the Unified
31             Code of Corrections.  (G)  Article  40  amended  the
32             Criminal  Code  of  1961 to increase the penalty for
33             compelling organization membership of  persons.  (H)
34             Article 45 created the Secure Residential Youth Care
 
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 1             Facility Licensing Act and amended the State Finance
 2             Act,  the  Juvenile  Court  Act of 1987, the Unified
 3             Code of Corrections, and  the  Private  Correctional
 4             Facility Moratorium Act.  (I) Article 50 amended the
 5             WIC   Vendor  Management  Act,  the  Firearm  Owners
 6             Identification Card Act, the Juvenile Court  Act  of
 7             1987,  the  Criminal  Code  of  1961,  the Wrongs to
 8             Children Act, and the Unified Code of Corrections.
 9                  (iii)  On  September  22,   1998,   the   Third
10             District  Appellate  Court  in People v. Dainty, 701
11             N.E. 2d 118, ruled that Public Act  88-680  violates
12             the   single   subject   clause   of   the  Illinois
13             Constitution (Article IV, Section  8  (d))  and  was
14             unconstitutional  in  its  entirety.  As of the time
15             this amendatory Act of 1999 was prepared, People  v.
16             Dainty was still subject to appeal.
17                  (iv)  Child  pornography  is a vital concern to
18             the people of this State and the validity of  future
19             prosecutions  under the child pornography statute of
20             the Criminal Code of 1961 is in grave doubt.
21             (2)  It is the purpose of  this  amendatory  Act  of
22        1999  to  prevent  or  minimize  any problems relating to
23        prosecutions for child pornography that may  result  from
24        challenges  to  the constitutional validity of Public Act
25        88-680 by  re-enacting  the  Section  relating  to  child
26        pornography that was included in Public Act 88-680.
27             (3)  This  amendatory  Act of 1999 re-enacts Section
28        11-20.1 of the Criminal Code of  1961,  as  it  has  been
29        amended.   This  re-enactment  is  intended to remove any
30        question as to the validity or content of  that  Section;
31        it is not intended to supersede any other Public Act that
32        amends  the  text  of  the  Section  as set forth in this
33        amendatory  Act  of  1999.   The  material  is  shown  as
34        existing text  (i.e., without underscoring)  because,  as
 
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 1        of  the  time  this  amendatory Act of 1999 was prepared,
 2        People v. Dainty was subject to appeal  to  the  Illinois
 3        Supreme Court.
 4             (4)  The re-enactment by this amendatory Act of 1999
 5        of  Section 11-20.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 relating
 6        to child pornography  that  was  amended  by  Public  Act
 7        88-680  is  not  intended, and shall not be construed, to
 8        imply that Public Act 88-680 is invalid or  to  limit  or
 9        impair   any  legal  argument  concerning  whether  those
10        provisions were substantially re-enacted by other  Public
11        Acts.
12    (Source: P.A.  90-68,  eff.  7-8-97;  90-678,  eff.  7-31-98;
13    90-786,  eff.  1-1-99;  91-54,  eff.  6-30-99;  91-229,  eff.
14    1-1-00; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; revised 8-30-99.)

15        (720 ILCS 5/12-4.3) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-4.3)
16        Sec. 12-4.3.  Aggravated battery of a child.
17        (a)  Any  person  of  the  age  18  years and upwards who
18    intentionally or knowingly, and without  legal  justification
19    and  by  any  means,  causes  great  bodily harm or permanent
20    disability or disfigurement to any child under the age of  13
21    years  or  to  any  institutionalized  severely or profoundly
22    mentally retarded person, commits the offense  of  aggravated
23    battery of a child.
24        (b)  Aggravated  battery  of a child is a Class X felony,
25    except that:
26             (1)  if the person committed the offense while armed
27        with a firearm, 15 years shall be added to  the  term  of
28        imprisonment imposed by the court;
29             (2)  if,  during  the commission of the offense, the
30        person personally discharged a firearm, 20 years shall be
31        added to the term of imprisonment imposed by the court;
32             (3)  if, during the commission of the  offense,  the
33        person  personally  discharged a firearm that proximately
 
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 1        caused great bodily harm, permanent disability, permanent
 2        disfigurement, or death to another person, 25 years or up
 3        to a term of natural life shall be added to the  term  of
 4        imprisonment imposed by the court.
 5    (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-404, eff. 1-1-00.)

 6        (720 ILCS 5/12-14) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-14)
 7        Sec. 12-14.  Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault.
 8        (a)  The   accused  commits  aggravated  criminal  sexual
 9    assault if he or she commits criminal sexual assault and  any
10    of the following aggravating circumstances existed during, or
11    for  the  purposes of paragraph (7) of this subsection (a) as
12    part of the same course of conduct as, the commission of  the
13    offense:
14             (1)  the  accused  displayed,  threatened to use, or
15        used a dangerous weapon, other than  a  firearm,  or  any
16        object  fashioned or utilized in such a manner as to lead
17        the victim under the circumstances reasonably to  believe
18        it to be a dangerous weapon; or
19             (2)  the  accused  caused  bodily  harm,  except  as
20        provided in subsection (a)(10), to the victim; or
21             (3)  the  accused  acted  in  such  a  manner  as to
22        threaten or endanger the life of the victim or any  other
23        person; or
24             (4)  the  criminal  sexual  assault  was perpetrated
25        during  the  course  of  the  commission   or   attempted
26        commission of any other felony by the accused; or
27             (5)  the victim was 60 years of age or over when the
28        offense was committed; or
29             (6)  the victim was a physically handicapped person;
30        or
31             (7)  the    accused    delivered    (by   injection,
32        inhalation, ingestion, transfer  of  possession,  or  any
33        other means) to the victim without his or her consent, or
 
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 1        by  threat  or  deception,  and  for  other  than medical
 2        purposes, any controlled substance; or
 3             (8)  the accused was armed with a firearm; or
 4             (9)  the accused  personally  discharged  a  firearm
 5        during the commission of the offense; or
 6             (10)  the  accused,  during  the  commission  of the
 7        offense, personally discharged a firearm that proximately
 8        caused great bodily harm, permanent disability, permanent
 9        disfigurement, or death to another person.
10        (b)  The  accused  commits  aggravated  criminal   sexual
11    assault  if  the  accused  was  under 17 years of age and (i)
12    commits an act of sexual penetration with a  victim  who  was
13    under  9  years  of  age  when the act was committed; or (ii)
14    commits an act of sexual penetration with a victim who was at
15    least 9 years of age but under 13 years of age when  the  act
16    was  committed  and the accused used force or threat of force
17    to commit the act.
18        (c)  The  accused  commits  aggravated  criminal   sexual
19    assault  if  he  or  she commits an act of sexual penetration
20    with a victim who was  a  an  institutionalized  severely  or
21    profoundly  mentally  retarded person at the time the act was
22    committed.
23        (d)  Sentence.
24             (1)  Aggravated criminal sexual assault in violation
25        of paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4),  (5),  (6),  or  (7)  of
26        subsection  (a)  is  a  Class  X  felony.  A violation of
27        subsection (a)(8) is a Class X felony for which 15  years
28        shall be added to the term of imprisonment imposed by the
29        court.  A  violation  of  subsection  (a)(9) is a Class X
30        felony for which 20 years shall be added to the  term  of
31        imprisonment   imposed  by  the  court.  A  violation  of
32        subsection (a)(10) is a Class X felony for which 25 years
33        or up to a term of natural  life  imprisonment  shall  be
34        added to the term of imprisonment imposed by the court.
 
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 1             (2)  A  person  who  is  convicted  of  a  second or
 2        subsequent offense of aggravated criminal sexual assault,
 3        or who is convicted of the offense of aggravated criminal
 4        sexual assault after having previously been convicted  of
 5        the  offense of criminal sexual assault or the offense of
 6        predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, or  who  is
 7        convicted  of  the  offense of aggravated criminal sexual
 8        assault after having previously been convicted under  the
 9        laws  of  this  or  any other state of an offense that is
10        substantially  equivalent  to  the  offense  of  criminal
11        sexual assault, the offense of aggravated criminal sexual
12        assault or  the  offense  of  predatory  criminal  sexual
13        assault  of  a  child,  shall  be  sentenced to a term of
14        natural life imprisonment. The commission of  the  second
15        or  subsequent offense is required to have been after the
16        initial conviction for this paragraph (2) to apply.
17    (Source: P.A. 90-396,  eff.  1-1-98;  90-735,  eff.  8-11-98;
18    91-404, eff. 1-1-00.)

19        (720 ILCS 5/12-16) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-16)
20        Sec. 12-16.  Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse.
21        (a)  The accused commits aggravated criminal sexual abuse
22    if  he  or  she  commits  criminal sexual abuse as defined in
23    subsection (a) of Section 12-15 of this Code and any  of  the
24    following  aggravating  circumstances  existed during, or for
25    the purposes of paragraph (7) of this subsection (a) as  part
26    of  the  same  course  of  conduct  as, the commission of the
27    offense:
28             (1)  the accused displayed,  threatened  to  use  or
29        used  a  dangerous  weapon  or  any  object  fashioned or
30        utilized in such a manner as to lead the victim under the
31        circumstances reasonably to believe it to be a  dangerous
32        weapon; or
33             (2)  the  accused  caused bodily harm to the victim;
 
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 1        or
 2             (3)  the victim was 60 years of age or over when the
 3        offense was committed; or
 4             (4)  the victim was a physically handicapped person;
 5        or
 6             (5)  the accused  acted  in  such  a  manner  as  to
 7        threaten  or endanger the life of the victim or any other
 8        person; or
 9             (6)  the  criminal  sexual  abuse  was   perpetrated
10        during   the   course  of  the  commission  or  attempted
11        commission of any other felony by the accused; or
12             (7)  the   accused    delivered    (by    injection,
13        inhalation,  ingestion,  transfer  of  possession, or any
14        other means) to the victim without his or her consent, or
15        by threat  or  deception,  and  for  other  than  medical
16        purposes, any controlled substance.
17        (b)  The accused commits aggravated criminal sexual abuse
18    if  he or she commits an act of sexual conduct  with a victim
19    who was under 18 years of age when the act was committed  and
20    the accused was a family member.
21        (c)  The accused commits aggravated criminal sexual abuse
22    if:
23             (1)  the accused was 17 years of age or over and (i)
24        commits  an  act  of sexual conduct with a victim who was
25        under 13 years of age when the act was committed; or (ii)
26        commits an act of sexual conduct with a victim who was at
27        least 13 years of age but under 17 years of age when  the
28        act was committed and the accused used force or threat of
29        force to commit the act; or
30             (2)  the  accused  was under 17 years of age and (i)
31        commits an act of sexual conduct with a  victim  who  was
32        under  9 years of age when the act was committed; or (ii)
33        commits an act of sexual conduct with a victim who was at
34        least 9 years of age but under 17 years of age  when  the
 
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 1        act was committed and the accused used force or threat of
 2        force to commit the act.
 3        (d)  The accused commits aggravated criminal sexual abuse
 4    if  he  or she commits an act of sexual penetration or sexual
 5    conduct with a victim who was at least 13 years  of  age  but
 6    under  17  years  of age and the accused was at least 5 years
 7    older than the victim.
 8        (e)  The accused commits aggravated criminal sexual abuse
 9    if he or she commits an act of sexual conduct with  a  victim
10    who   was  a  an  institutionalized  severely  or  profoundly
11    mentally retarded person at the time the act was committed.
12        (f)  The accused commits aggravated criminal sexual abuse
13    if he or she commits an act of sexual conduct with  a  victim
14    who  was  at  least 13 years of age but under 18 years of age
15    when the act was committed and the accused was  17  years  of
16    age  or  over  and  held  a  position  of trust, authority or
17    supervision in relation to the victim.
18        (g)  Sentence.  Aggravated criminal  sexual  abuse  is  a
19    Class 2 felony.
20    (Source: P.A. 89-586, eff. 7-31-96; 90-735, eff. 8-11-98.)

21        Section   10.   The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
22    amended by changing Sections 106B-5 and 115-10 and by  adding
23    Section 102-23 as follows:

24        (725 ILCS 5/102-23 new)
25        Sec. 102-23.  "Moderately mentally retarded person" means
26    a person whose intelligence quotient is between 41 and 55 and
27    who  does  not  suffer from significant mental illness to the
28    extent  that  the  person's  ability  to  exercise   rational
29    judgment is impaired.

30        (725 ILCS 5/106B-5)
31        Sec.  106B-5.  Testimony  by a victim who is a child or a
 
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 1    moderately, severely, or profoundly mentally retarded  person
 2    victim.
 3        (a)  In  a proceeding in the prosecution of an offense of
 4    criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of
 5    a child, aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal  sexual
 6    abuse, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse, a court may order
 7    that  the  testimony  of a victim who is a child victim under
 8    the age of 18 years or a moderately, severely, or  profoundly
 9    mentally  retarded  person be taken outside the courtroom and
10    shown  in  the  courtroom  by  means  of  a  closed   circuit
11    television if:
12             (1)  the  testimony  is taken during the proceeding;
13        and
14             (2)  the judge  determines  that  testimony  by  the
15        child  victim  or the moderately, severely, or profoundly
16        mentally retarded victim in the courtroom will result  in
17        the child or moderately, severely, or profoundly mentally
18        retarded person suffering serious emotional distress such
19        that  the  child  or  moderately, severely, or profoundly
20        mentally retarded person cannot reasonably communicate or
21        that the child or  moderately,  severely,  or  profoundly
22        mentally  retarded  person  will  suffer severe emotional
23        distress that is likely to cause the child or moderately,
24        severely,  or  profoundly  mentally  retarded  person  to
25        suffer severe adverse effects.
26        (b)  Only the prosecuting attorney, the attorney for  the
27    defendant,   and   the   judge  may  question  the  child  or
28    moderately, severely, or profoundly mentally retarded person.
29        (c)  The operators of the closed circuit television shall
30    make every effort to be unobtrusive.
31        (d)  Only the following persons may be in the  room  with
32    the  child  or  moderately,  severely, or profoundly mentally
33    retarded person when the child or  moderately,  severely,  or
34    profoundly  mentally  retarded  person  testifies  by  closed
 
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 1    circuit television:
 2             (1)  the prosecuting attorney;
 3             (2)  the attorney for the defendant;
 4             (3)  the judge;
 5             (4)  the  operators of the closed circuit television
 6        equipment; and
 7             (5)  any person or persons whose  presence,  in  the
 8        opinion  of  the  court, contributes to the well-being of
 9        the child or moderately, severely, or profoundly mentally
10        retarded person, including a person who  has  dealt  with
11        the  child in a therapeutic setting concerning the abuse,
12        a  parent  or  guardian  of  the  child  or   moderately,
13        severely,  or  profoundly  mentally  retarded person, and
14        court security personnel.
15        (e)  During  the  child's  or  moderately,  severely,  or
16    profoundly mentally retarded  person's  testimony  by  closed
17    circuit  television,  the defendant shall be in the courtroom
18    and shall not communicate with the jury if the cause is being
19    heard before a jury.
20        (f)  The defendant shall be allowed to  communicate  with
21    the  persons  in  the  room  where  the  child or moderately,
22    severely,  or  profoundly   mentally   retarded   person   is
23    testifying by any appropriate electronic method.
24        (g)  The  provisions  of this Section do not apply if the
25    defendant represents himself pro se.
26        (h)  This Section may not be interpreted to preclude, for
27    purposes of identification of a defendant,  the  presence  of
28    both  the  victim  and  the defendant in the courtroom at the
29    same time.
30        (i)  This Section applies to prosecutions pending  on  or
31    commenced  on  or after the effective date of this amendatory
32    Act of 1994.
33    (Source: P.A. 88-674, eff. 12-14-94; 89-428,  eff.  12-13-95;
34    89-462, eff. 5-29-96.)
 
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 1        (725 ILCS 5/115-10) (from Ch. 38, par. 115-10)
 2        Sec. 115-10. Certain hearsay exceptions.
 3        (a)  In  a  prosecution  for  a  physical  or  sexual act
 4    perpetrated upon or against a child under the age of 13, or a
 5    person who was a moderately, an  institutionalized  severely,
 6    or  profoundly   mentally  retarded person as defined in this
 7    Code and in Section 2-10.1 of the Criminal Code  of  1961  at
 8    the  time the act was committed, including but not limited to
 9    prosecutions for violations of Sections 12-13  through  12-16
10    of  the Criminal Code of 1961 and prosecutions for violations
11    of Sections 10-1, 10-2, 10-3, 10-3.1, 10-4, 10-5, 10-6, 10-7,
12    11-6,  11-9,  11-11,  11-15.1,  11-17.1,  11-18.1,   11-19.1,
13    11-19.2,  11-20.1,  11-21,  12-1,  12-2,  12-3, 12-3.2, 12-4,
14    12-4.1, 12-4.2, 12-4.3, 12-4.7, 12-5, 12-6,  12-6.1,  12-7.1,
15    12-7.3,  12-7.4,  12-10, 12-11, 12-21.5, 12-21.6 and 12-32 of
16    the Criminal Code of 1961, the following  evidence  shall  be
17    admitted as an exception to the hearsay rule:
18             (1)  testimony  by  the  victim  of  an out of court
19        statement made by the victim that he or she complained of
20        such act to another; and
21             (2)  testimony of an out of court statement made  by
22        the victim describing any complaint of such act or matter
23        or detail pertaining to any act which is an element of an
24        offense  which  is  the  subject  of  a prosecution for a
25        sexual or physical act against that victim.

26        (b)  Such testimony shall only be admitted if:
27             (1)  The court finds in a hearing conducted  outside
28        the  presence  of  the  jury  that the time, content, and
29        circumstances  of  the   statement   provide   sufficient
30        safeguards of reliability; and
31             (2)  The   child  or  moderately,  institutionalized
32        severely, or profoundly mentally retarded person either:
33                  (A)  testifies at the proceeding; or
34                  (B)  is unavailable as a witness and  there  is
 
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 1             corroborative  evidence  of  the  act  which  is the
 2             subject of the statement; and
 3             (3)  In a  case  involving  an  offense  perpetrated
 4        against  a  child  under  the age of 13, the out of court
 5        statement was made before the victim attained 13 years of
 6        age or within  3  months  after  the  commission  of  the
 7        offense, whichever occurs later, but the statement may be
 8        admitted  regardless of the age of the victim at the time
 9        of the proceeding.
10        (c)  If a statement is admitted pursuant to this Section,
11    the court shall instruct the jury that it is for the jury  to
12    determine   the  weight  and  credibility  to  be  given  the
13    statement and that, in making  the  determination,  it  shall
14    consider   the   age  and  maturity  of  the  child,  or  the
15    intellectual     capabilities     of     the      moderately,
16    institutionalized  severely,  or profoundly mentally retarded
17    person, the nature of the statement, the circumstances  under
18    which the statement was made, and any other relevant factor.
19        (d)  The  proponent  of  the  statement  shall  give  the
20    adverse party reasonable notice of his intention to offer the
21    statement and the particulars of the statement.
22        (e)  Statements  described  in  paragraphs (1) and (2) of
23    subsection (a) shall not be excluded on the basis  that  they
24    were obtained as a result of interviews conducted pursuant to
25    a  protocol adopted by a Child Advocacy Advisory Board as set
26    forth in subsections (c), (d), and (e) of Section  3  of  the
27    Children's  Advocacy  Center  Act  or  that an interviewer or
28    witness to the interview was or is  an  employee,  agent,  or
29    investigator of a State's Attorney's office.
30    (Source:  P.A.  90-656,  eff.  7-30-98;  90-786, eff. 1-1-99;
31    91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

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