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      (730 ILCS 152/Art. 1 heading)ARTICLE 1.

    (730 ILCS 152/101)
    Sec. 101. Short title. This Article may be cited as the Sex Offender Community Notification Law.
(Source: P.A. 94‑945, eff. 6‑27‑06.)

(730 ILCS 152/105)     Sec. 105. Definitions. As used in this Article, the following definitions apply:     "Child care facilities" has the meaning set forth in the Child Care Act of 1969, but does not include licensed foster homes.     "Law enforcement agency having jurisdiction" means the Chief of Police in the municipality in which the sex offender expects to reside (1) upon his or her discharge, parole or release or (2) during the service of his or her sentence of probation or conditional discharge, or the Sheriff of the county, in the event no Police Chief exists or if the offender intends to reside in an unincorporated area. "Law enforcement agency having jurisdiction" includes the location where out‑of‑state students attend school and where out‑of‑state employees are employed or are otherwise required to register.     "Sex offender" means any sex offender as defined in the Sex Offender Registration Act whose offense or adjudication as a sexually dangerous person occurred on or after June 1, 1996, and whose victim was under the age of 18 at the time the offense was committed but does not include the offenses set forth in subsection (b)(1.5) of Section 2 of that Act; and any sex offender as defined in the Sex Offender Registration Act whose offense or adjudication as a sexually dangerous person occurred on or after June 1, 1997, and whose victim was 18 years of age or older at the time the offense was committed but does not include the offenses set forth in subsection (b)(1.5) of Section 2 of that Act.     "Sex offender" also means any sex offender as defined in the Sex Offender Registration Act whose offense or adjudication as a sexually dangerous person occurred before June 1, 1996, and whose victim was under the age of 18 at the time the offense was committed but does not include the offenses set forth in subsection (b)(1.5) of Section 2 of that Act; and any sex offender as defined in the Sex Offender Registration Act whose offense or adjudication as a sexually dangerous person occurred before June 1, 1997, and whose victim was 18 years of age or older at the time the offense was committed but does not include the offenses set forth in subsection (b)(1.5) of Section 2 of that Act.     "Juvenile sex offender" means any person who is adjudicated a juvenile delinquent as the result of the commission of or attempt to commit a violation set forth in item (B), (C), or (C‑5) of Section 2 of the Sex Offender Registration Act, or a violation of any substantially similar federal, Uniform Code of Military Justice, sister state, or foreign country law, and whose adjudication occurred on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly. (Source: P.A. 91‑48, eff. 7‑1‑99; 92‑828, eff. 8‑22‑02.)

(730 ILCS 152/110)     Sec. 110. Registration. At the time a sex offender registers under Section 3 of the Sex Offender Registration Act or reports a change of address or employment under Section 6 of that Act, the offender shall notify the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction with whom the offender registers or reports a change of address or employment that the offender is a sex offender. (Source: P.A. 90‑193, eff. 7‑24‑97; 91‑394, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (730 ILCS 152/115)
    Sec. 115. Sex offender database.
    (a) The Department of State Police shall establish and maintain a Statewide Sex Offender Database for the purpose of identifying sex offenders and making that information available to the persons specified in Sections 120 and 125 of this Law. The Database shall be created from the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS) established under Section 6 of the Intergovernmental Missing Child Recovery Act of 1984. The Department of State Police shall examine its LEADS database for persons registered as sex offenders under the Sex Offender Registration Act and shall identify those who are sex offenders and shall add all the information, including photographs if available, on those sex offenders to the Statewide Sex Offender Database.
    (b) The Department of State Police must make the information contained in the Statewide Sex Offender Database accessible on the Internet by means of a hyperlink labeled "Sex Offender Information" on the Department's World Wide Web home page. The Department must make the information contained in the Statewide Sex Offender Database searchable via a mapping system which identifies registered sex offenders living within 5 miles of an identified address. The Department of State Police must update that information as it deems necessary.
    The Department of State Police may require that a person who seeks access to the sex offender information submit biographical information about himself or herself before permitting access to the sex offender information. The Department of State Police must promulgate rules in accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to implement this subsection (b) and those rules must include procedures to ensure that the information in the database is accurate.
    (c) The Department of State Police, Sex Offender Registration Unit, must develop and conduct training to educate all those entities involved in the Sex Offender Registration Program.
(Source: P.A. 93‑979, eff. 8‑20‑04; 94‑994, eff. 1‑1‑07.)

    (730 ILCS 152/116)
    Sec. 116. Missing Sex Offender Database.
    (a) The Department of State Police shall establish and maintain a Statewide Missing Sex Offender Database for the purpose of identifying missing sex offenders and making that information available to the persons specified in Sections 120 and 125 of this Law. The Database shall be created from the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS) established under Section 6 of the Intergovernmental Missing Child Recovery Act of 1984. The Department of State Police shall examine its LEADS database for persons registered as sex offenders under the Sex Offender Registration Act and shall identify those who are sex offenders and who have not complied with the provisions of Section 6 of that Act or whose address can not be verified under Section 8‑5 of that Act and shall add all the information, including photographs if available, on those missing sex offenders to the Statewide Sex Offender Database.
    (b) The Department of State Police must make the information contained in the Statewide Missing Sex Offender Database accessible on the Internet by means of a hyperlink labeled "Missing Sex Offender Information" on the Department's World Wide Web home page and on the Attorney General's I‑SORT page. The Department of State Police must update that information as it deems necessary. The Internet page shall also include information that rewards are available to persons who inform the Department of State Police or a local law enforcement agency of the whereabouts of a missing sex offender.
    The Department of State Police may require that a person who seeks access to the missing sex offender information submit biographical information about himself or herself before permitting access to the missing sex offender information. The Department of State Police must promulgate rules in accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to implement this subsection (b) and those rules must include procedures to ensure that the information in the database is accurate.
    (c) The Department of State Police, Sex Offender Registration Unit, must develop and conduct training to educate all those entities involved in the Missing Sex Offender Registration Program.
(Source: P.A. 95‑817, eff. 8‑14‑08.)

(730 ILCS 152/117)     Sec. 117. The Department of State Police shall promulgate rules to develop a list of sex offenders covered by this Act and a list of child care facilities, schools, and institutions of higher education eligible to receive notice under this Act, so that the list can be disseminated in a timely manner to law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction. (Source: P.A. 92‑828, eff. 8‑22‑02.)

    (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, e‑mail addresses, instant messaging identities, chat room identities, other Internet communications identities, all Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) registered or used by the sex offender, all blogs and other Internet sites maintained by the sex offender or to which the sex offender has uploaded any content or posted any messages or information, 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;

(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;

(3) Child care facilities located in the county

where the sex offender is required to register or is employed;

(4) Libraries located in the county where the sex

offender is required to register or is employed;

(5) Public libraries located in the county where the

sex offender is required to register or is employed;

(6) Public housing agencies located in the county

where the sex offender is required to register or is employed;

(7) The Illinois Department of Children and Family

Services;

(8) Social service agencies providing services to

minors located in the county where the sex offender is required to register or is employed;

(9) Volunteer organizations providing services to

minors located in the county where the sex offender is required to register or is employed; and

(10) A victim of a sex offense residing in the

county where the sex offender is required to register or is employed, who is not otherwise required to be notified under Section 4.5 of the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act or Section 75 of the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act.

(a‑2) The sheriff of Cook County shall disclose to the following the name, address, date of birth, place of employment, school attended, e‑mail addresses, instant messaging identities, chat room identities, other Internet communications identities, all Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) registered or used by the sex offender, all blogs and other Internet sites maintained by the sex offender or to which the sex offender has uploaded any content or posted any messages or information, 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;

(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;

(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;

(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;

(5) Public libraries 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;

(6) Public housing agencies 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;

(7) The Illinois Department of Children and Family

Services;

(8) Social service agencies providing services to

minors 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;

(9) Volunteer organizations providing services to

minors 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

(10) A victim of a sex offense residing in the

county, other than the City of Chicago, where the sex offender is required to register, resides, is employed, or attends an institution of higher education, who is not otherwise required to be notified under Section 4.5 of the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act or Section 75 of the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act.

(a‑3) The Chicago Police Department shall disclose to the following the name, address, date of birth, place of employment, school attended, e‑mail addresses, instant messaging identities, chat room identities, other Internet communications identities, all Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) registered or used by the sex offender, all blogs and other Internet sites maintained by the sex offender or to which the sex offender has uploaded any content or posted any messages or information, 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;

(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;

(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;

(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;

(5) Public libraries 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;

(6) Public housing agencies 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;

(7) The Illinois Department of Children and Family

Services;

(8) Social service agencies providing services to

minors 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;

(9) Volunteer organizations providing services to

minors 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

(10) A victim of a sex offense residing in the

police district where the sex offender is required to register, resides, is employed, or attends an institution of higher education in the City of Chicago, who is not otherwise required to be notified under Section 4.5 of the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act or Section 75 of the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act.

(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, date of birth,

e‑mail addresses, instant messaging identities, chat room identities, and other Internet communications identities, all Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) registered or used by the sex offender, and all blogs and other Internet sites maintained by the sex offender or to which the sex offender has uploaded any content or posted any messages or information.

(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, e‑mail addresses, instant messaging identities, chat room identities, other Internet communications identities, all Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) registered or used by the sex offender, all blogs and other Internet sites maintained by the sex offender or to which the sex offender has uploaded any content or posted any messages or information, 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.     (h) In order to receive notice under paragraph (10) of subsection (a), paragraph (10) of subsection (a‑2), or paragraph (10) of subsection (a‑3), the victim of the sex offense must notify the appropriate sheriff or the Chicago Police Department in writing, by facsimile transmission, or by e‑mail that the victim desires to receive such notice.     (i) For purposes of this Section, "victim of a sex offense" means:         (1) the victim of the sex offense; or         (2) a single representative who may be the spouse,

parent, child, or sibling of a person killed during the course of a sex offense perpetrated against the person killed or the spouse, parent, child, or sibling of any victim of a sex offense who is physically or mentally incapable of comprehending or requesting notice.

(Source: P.A. 94‑161, eff. 7‑11‑05; 94‑168, eff. 1‑1‑06; 94‑994, eff. 1‑1‑07; 95‑229, eff. 8‑16‑07; 95‑278, eff. 8‑17‑07; 95‑640, eff. 6‑1‑08; 95‑876, eff. 8‑21‑08; 95‑896, eff. 1‑1‑09.)

    (730 ILCS 152/121)
    Sec. 121. Notification regarding juvenile offenders.
    (a) The Department of State Police and any law enforcement agency having jurisdiction may, in the Department's or agency's discretion, only provide the information specified in subsection (b) of Section 120 of this Act, with respect to an adjudicated juvenile delinquent, to any person when that person's safety may be compromised for some reason related to the juvenile sex offender.
    (b) The local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction to register the juvenile sex offender shall ascertain from the juvenile sex offender whether the juvenile sex offender is enrolled in school; and if so, shall provide a copy of the sex offender registration form only to the principal or chief administrative officer of the school and any guidance counselor designated by him or her. The registration form shall be kept separately from any and all school records maintained on behalf of the juvenile sex offender.
(Source: P.A. 94‑168, eff. 1‑1‑06; 95‑331, eff. 8‑21‑07.)

    (730 ILCS 152/122)
    Sec. 122. Special alerts. A law enforcement agency having jurisdiction may provide to the public a special alert list warning parents to be aware that sex offenders may attempt to contact children during holidays involving children, such as Halloween, Christmas, and Easter and to inform parents that information containing the names and addresses of registered sex offenders are accessible on the Internet by means of a hyperlink labeled "Sex Offender Information" on the Department of State Police's World Wide Web home page and are available for public inspection at the agency's headquarters.
(Source: P.A. 94‑159, eff. 7‑11‑05; 95‑331, eff. 8‑21‑07.)

(730 ILCS 152/125)     Sec. 125. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 89‑707, eff. 6‑1‑97. Repealed by P.A. 90‑193, eff. 7‑24‑97.)

(730 ILCS 152/130)     Sec. 130. Immunity. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any person who provides or fails to provide information relevant to the procedures set forth in this Law shall not be liable in any civil or criminal action. This immunity extends to the secondary release of any of this information legally obtained in conjunction with procedures set forth in this Law. (Source: P.A. 89‑428, eff. 6‑1‑96; 89‑462, eff. 6‑1‑96; 89‑707, eff. 6‑1‑97.)

(730 ILCS 152/195)     Sec. 195. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 89‑428, eff. 6‑1‑96; 89‑462, eff. 6‑1‑96; text omitted.)

(730 ILCS 152/197)     Sec. 197. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 89‑428, eff. 6‑1‑96; 89‑462, eff. 6‑1‑96; text omitted.)