Bill Text: IL HB5681 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Includes as a predicate offense under the Illinois Street Gang and Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Law (or "RICO") a Class 2 felony or higher violation of the dog fighting statute. Increases the penalties for dog fighting by one class.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5681 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB5681-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sections 33G-3 and 48-1 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/33G-3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 11, 2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sec. 33G-3. Definitions. As used in this Article: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) "Another state" means any State of the United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | (other than the State of Illinois), or the District of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | or possession of the United States, or any political | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | subdivision, or any department, agency, or instrumentality | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | thereof. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | (b) "Enterprise" includes: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | (1) any partnership, corporation, association, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | business or charitable trust, or other legal entity; and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | (2) any group of individuals or other legal entities, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | or any combination thereof, associated in fact although not | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | itself a legal entity. An association in fact must be held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | together by a common purpose of engaging in a course of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | conduct, and it may be associated together for purposes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | that are both legal and illegal. An association in fact |
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1 | must: | ||||||
2 | (A) have an ongoing organization or structure, | ||||||
3 | either formal or informal; | ||||||
4 | (B) the various members of the group must function | ||||||
5 | as a continuing unit, even if the group changes | ||||||
6 | membership by gaining or losing members over time; and | ||||||
7 | (C) have an ascertainable structure distinct from | ||||||
8 | that inherent in the conduct of a pattern of predicate | ||||||
9 | activity. | ||||||
10 | As used in this Article, "enterprise" includes licit and | ||||||
11 | illicit enterprises. | ||||||
12 | (c) "Labor organization" includes any organization, labor | ||||||
13 | union, craft union, or any voluntary unincorporated | ||||||
14 | association designed to further the cause of the rights of | ||||||
15 | union labor that is constituted for the purpose, in whole or in | ||||||
16 | part, of collective bargaining or of dealing with employers | ||||||
17 | concerning grievances, terms or conditions of employment, or | ||||||
18 | apprenticeships or applications for apprenticeships, or of | ||||||
19 | other mutual aid or protection in connection with employment, | ||||||
20 | including apprenticeships or applications for apprenticeships. | ||||||
21 | (d) "Operation or management" means directing or carrying | ||||||
22 | out the enterprise's affairs and is limited to any person who | ||||||
23 | knowingly serves as a leader, organizer, operator, manager, | ||||||
24 | director, supervisor, financier, advisor, recruiter, supplier, | ||||||
25 | or enforcer of an enterprise in violation of this Article. | ||||||
26 | (e) "Predicate activity" means any act that is a Class 2 |
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1 | felony or higher and constitutes a violation or violations of | ||||||
2 | any of the following provisions of the laws of the State of | ||||||
3 | Illinois (as amended or revised as of the date the activity | ||||||
4 | occurred or, in the instance of a continuing offense, the date | ||||||
5 | that charges under this Article are filed in a particular | ||||||
6 | matter in the State of Illinois) or any act under the law of | ||||||
7 | another jurisdiction for an offense that could be charged as a | ||||||
8 | Class 2 felony or higher in this State: | ||||||
9 | (1) under the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal | ||||||
10 | Code of 2012: 8-1.2 (solicitation of murder for hire), 9-1 | ||||||
11 | (first degree murder), 9-3.3 (drug-induced homicide), 10-1 | ||||||
12 | (kidnapping), 10-2 (aggravated kidnapping), 10-3.1 | ||||||
13 | (aggravated unlawful restraint), 10-4 (forcible | ||||||
14 | detention), 10-5(b)(10) (child abduction), 10-9 | ||||||
15 | (trafficking in persons, involuntary servitude, and | ||||||
16 | related offenses), 11-1.20 (criminal sexual assault), | ||||||
17 | 11-1.30 (aggravated criminal sexual assault), 11-1.40 | ||||||
18 | (predatory criminal sexual assault of a child), 11-1.60 | ||||||
19 | (aggravated criminal sexual abuse), 11-6 (indecent | ||||||
20 | solicitation of a child), 11-6.5 (indecent solicitation of | ||||||
21 | an adult), 11-14.3(a)(2)(A) and (a)(2)(B) (promoting | ||||||
22 | prostitution), 11-14.4 (promoting juvenile prostitution), | ||||||
23 | 11-18.1 (patronizing a minor engaged in prostitution; | ||||||
24 | patronizing a juvenile prostitute), 12-3.05 (aggravated | ||||||
25 | battery), 12-6.4 (criminal street gang recruitment), | ||||||
26 | 12-6.5 (compelling organization membership of persons), |
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1 | 12-7.3 (stalking), 12-7.4 (aggravated stalking), 12-7.5 | ||||||
2 | (cyberstalking), 12-11 or 19-6 (home invasion), 12-11.1 or | ||||||
3 | 18-6 (vehicular invasion), 18-1 (robbery; aggravated | ||||||
4 | robbery), 18-2 (armed robbery), 18-3 (vehicular | ||||||
5 | hijacking), 18-4 (aggravated vehicular hijacking), 18-5 | ||||||
6 | (aggravated robbery), 19-1 (burglary), 19-3 (residential | ||||||
7 | burglary), 20-1 (arson; residential arson; place of | ||||||
8 | worship arson), 20-1.1 (aggravated arson), 20-1.2 | ||||||
9 | (residential arson), 20-1.3 (place of worship arson), | ||||||
10 | 24-1.2 (aggravated discharge of a firearm), 24-1.2-5 | ||||||
11 | (aggravated discharge of a machine gun or silencer equipped | ||||||
12 | firearm), 24-1.8 (unlawful possession of a firearm by a | ||||||
13 | street gang member), 24-3.2 (unlawful discharge of firearm | ||||||
14 | projectiles), 24-3.9 (aggravated possession of a stolen | ||||||
15 | firearm), 24-3A (gunrunning), 26-5 or 48-1 (dog-fighting), | ||||||
16 | 29D-14.9 (terrorism), 29D-15 (soliciting support for | ||||||
17 | terrorism), 29D-15.1 (causing a catastrophe), 29D-15.2 | ||||||
18 | (possession of a deadly substance), 29D-20 (making a | ||||||
19 | terrorist threat), 29D-25 (falsely making a terrorist | ||||||
20 | threat), 29D-29.9 (material support for terrorism), 29D-35 | ||||||
21 | (hindering prosecution of terrorism), 31A-1.2 | ||||||
22 | (unauthorized contraband in a penal institution), or 33A-3 | ||||||
23 | (armed violence) , or 48-1 (dog fighting) ; | ||||||
24 | (2) under the Cannabis Control Act: Sections 5 | ||||||
25 | (manufacture or delivery of cannabis), 5.1 (cannabis | ||||||
26 | trafficking), or 8 (production or possession of cannabis |
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1 | plants), provided the offense either involves more than 500 | ||||||
2 | grams of any substance containing cannabis or involves more | ||||||
3 | than 50 cannabis sativa plants; | ||||||
4 | (3) under the Illinois Controlled Substances Act: | ||||||
5 | Sections 401 (manufacture or delivery of a controlled | ||||||
6 | substance), 401.1 (controlled substance trafficking), 405 | ||||||
7 | (calculated criminal drug conspiracy), or 405.2 (street | ||||||
8 | gang criminal drug conspiracy); or | ||||||
9 | (4) under the Methamphetamine Control and Community | ||||||
10 | Protection Act: Sections 15 (methamphetamine | ||||||
11 | manufacturing), or 55 (methamphetamine delivery). | ||||||
12 | (f) "Pattern of predicate activity" means: | ||||||
13 | (1) at least 3 occurrences of predicate activity that | ||||||
14 | are in some way related to each other and that have | ||||||
15 | continuity between them, and that are separate acts. Acts | ||||||
16 | are related to each other if they are not isolated events, | ||||||
17 | including if they have similar purposes, or results, or | ||||||
18 | participants, or victims, or are committed a similar way, | ||||||
19 | or have other similar distinguishing characteristics, or | ||||||
20 | are part of the affairs of the same enterprise. There is | ||||||
21 | continuity between acts if they are ongoing over a | ||||||
22 | substantial period, or if they are part of the regular way | ||||||
23 | some entity does business or conducts its affairs; and | ||||||
24 | (2) which occurs after the effective date of this | ||||||
25 | Article, and the last of which falls within 3 years | ||||||
26 | (excluding any period of imprisonment) after the first |
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1 | occurrence of predicate activity. | ||||||
2 | (g) "Unlawful death" includes the following offenses: | ||||||
3 | under the Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012: Sections | ||||||
4 | 9-1 (first degree murder) or 9-2 (second degree murder).
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5 | (Source: P.A. 97-686, eff. 6-11-12; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13 .)
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/48-1)
(was 720 ILCS 5/26-5)
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7 | Sec. 48-1. Dog fighting. (For other provisions that may | ||||||
8 | apply to dog
fighting, see the Humane Care for Animals Act. For | ||||||
9 | provisions similar to this
Section that apply to animals other | ||||||
10 | than dogs, see in particular Section 4.01
of the Humane Care | ||||||
11 | for Animals Act.)
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12 | (a) No person may own, capture, breed, train, or lease any
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13 | dog which he or she knows is intended for use in any
show, | ||||||
14 | exhibition, program, or other activity featuring or otherwise
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15 | involving a fight between the dog and any other animal or | ||||||
16 | human, or the
intentional killing of any dog for the purpose of | ||||||
17 | sport, wagering, or
entertainment.
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18 | (b) No person may promote, conduct, carry on, advertise,
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19 | collect money for or in any other manner assist or aid in the
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20 | presentation for purposes of sport, wagering, or entertainment | ||||||
21 | of
any show, exhibition, program, or other activity involving
a | ||||||
22 | fight between 2 or more dogs or any dog and human,
or the | ||||||
23 | intentional killing of any dog.
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24 | (c) No person may sell or offer for sale, ship, transport,
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25 | or otherwise move, or deliver or receive any dog which he or |
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1 | she
knows has been captured, bred, or trained, or will be used,
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2 | to fight another dog or human or be intentionally killed for
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3 | purposes of sport, wagering, or entertainment.
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4 | (c-5) No person may solicit a minor to violate this | ||||||
5 | Section.
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6 | (d) No person may manufacture for sale, shipment, | ||||||
7 | transportation,
or delivery any device or equipment which he or | ||||||
8 | she knows or should know
is intended for use in any show, | ||||||
9 | exhibition, program, or other activity
featuring or otherwise | ||||||
10 | involving a fight between 2 or more dogs, or any
human and dog, | ||||||
11 | or the intentional killing of any dog for purposes of
sport, | ||||||
12 | wagering, or entertainment.
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13 | (e) No person may own, possess, sell or offer for sale, | ||||||
14 | ship,
transport, or otherwise move any equipment or device | ||||||
15 | which he or she
knows or should know is intended for use in | ||||||
16 | connection with any show,
exhibition, program, or activity | ||||||
17 | featuring or otherwise involving a fight
between 2 or more | ||||||
18 | dogs, or any dog and human, or the intentional
killing of any | ||||||
19 | dog for purposes of sport, wagering or entertainment.
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20 | (f) No person may knowingly make available any site, | ||||||
21 | structure, or
facility, whether enclosed or not, that he or she | ||||||
22 | knows is intended to be
used for the purpose of conducting any | ||||||
23 | show, exhibition, program, or other
activity involving a fight | ||||||
24 | between 2 or more dogs, or any dog and human, or the
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25 | intentional killing of any dog or knowingly manufacture, | ||||||
26 | distribute, or
deliver fittings to be used in a fight between 2 |
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1 | or more dogs or a dog and
human.
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2 | (g) No person may knowingly attend or otherwise patronize | ||||||
3 | any show, exhibition,
program, or other activity featuring or | ||||||
4 | otherwise involving a fight between
2 or more dogs, or any dog | ||||||
5 | and human, or the intentional killing of
any dog for purposes | ||||||
6 | of sport, wagering, or entertainment.
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7 | (h) No person may tie or attach or fasten any live animal | ||||||
8 | to any
machine or device propelled by any power for the purpose | ||||||
9 | of causing the
animal to be pursued by a dog or dogs. This | ||||||
10 | subsection (h) applies only
when the dog is intended to be used | ||||||
11 | in a dog fight.
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12 | (i) Sentence.
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13 | (1) Any person convicted of violating subsection (a), | ||||||
14 | (b), (c), or (h)
of this Section is guilty of a Class
3 4 | ||||||
15 | felony for a first violation and a
Class
2 3 felony for a | ||||||
16 | second or subsequent violation, and may be fined an
amount | ||||||
17 | not to exceed $50,000.
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18 | (1.5) A person who knowingly owns a dog for fighting | ||||||
19 | purposes or for
producing a fight between 2 or more dogs or | ||||||
20 | a dog and human or who knowingly
offers for sale or sells a | ||||||
21 | dog bred for fighting is guilty of a Class
2 3 felony
and | ||||||
22 | may be fined an amount not to exceed $50,000, if the dog | ||||||
23 | participates
in a dogfight and any of the following factors | ||||||
24 | is present:
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25 | (i) the dogfight is performed in the presence of a | ||||||
26 | person under 18
years of age;
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1 | (ii) the dogfight is performed for the purpose of | ||||||
2 | or in the presence
of illegal wagering activity; or
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3 | (iii) the dogfight is performed in furtherance of | ||||||
4 | streetgang related
activity as defined in Section 10 of | ||||||
5 | the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus
Prevention | ||||||
6 | Act.
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7 | (1.7) A person convicted of violating subsection (c-5) | ||||||
8 | of this Section
is guilty of a Class 3 4 felony.
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9 | (2) Any person convicted of violating subsection (d) or | ||||||
10 | (e) of this
Section is guilty of a
Class 3 4 felony for a | ||||||
11 | first violation.
A second or subsequent violation of | ||||||
12 | subsection (d) or (e) of this Section
is a Class
2 3 | ||||||
13 | felony.
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14 | (2.5) Any person convicted of violating subsection (f) | ||||||
15 | of this Section
is guilty of a Class
3 4 felony. Any person | ||||||
16 | convicted of violating subsection (f) of this Section in | ||||||
17 | which the site, structure, or facility made available to | ||||||
18 | violate subsection (f) is located within 1,000 feet of a | ||||||
19 | school, public park, playground, child care institution, | ||||||
20 | day care center, part day child care facility, day care | ||||||
21 | home, group day care home, or a facility providing programs | ||||||
22 | or services
exclusively directed toward persons under 18 | ||||||
23 | years of age is guilty of a Class 2 3 felony for a first | ||||||
24 | violation and a Class 1 2 felony for a second or subsequent | ||||||
25 | violation.
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26 | (3) Any person convicted of violating subsection (g) of |
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1 | this Section
is guilty of a Class 3 4 felony for a first | ||||||
2 | violation. A second or
subsequent violation of subsection | ||||||
3 | (g) of this Section is a Class 2 3 felony. If a person | ||||||
4 | under 13 years of age is present at any show, exhibition,
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5 | program, or other activity prohibited in subsection (g), | ||||||
6 | the parent, legal guardian, or other person who is 18 years | ||||||
7 | of age or older who brings that person under 13 years of | ||||||
8 | age to that show, exhibition, program, or other activity is | ||||||
9 | guilty of a Class 2 3 felony for a first violation and a | ||||||
10 | Class 1 2 felony for a second or subsequent violation.
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11 | (i-5) A person who commits a felony violation of this | ||||||
12 | Section is subject to the property forfeiture provisions set | ||||||
13 | forth in Article 124B of the Code of Criminal Procedure of | ||||||
14 | 1963. | ||||||
15 | (j) Any dog or equipment involved in a violation of this | ||||||
16 | Section shall
be immediately seized and impounded under Section | ||||||
17 | 12 of the Humane Care for
Animals Act when located at any show, | ||||||
18 | exhibition, program, or other activity
featuring or otherwise | ||||||
19 | involving a dog fight for the purposes of sport,
wagering, or | ||||||
20 | entertainment.
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21 | (k) Any vehicle or conveyance other than a common carrier | ||||||
22 | that is used
in violation of this Section shall be seized, | ||||||
23 | held, and offered for sale at
public auction by the sheriff's | ||||||
24 | department of the proper jurisdiction, and
the proceeds from | ||||||
25 | the sale shall be remitted to the general fund of the
county | ||||||
26 | where the violation took place.
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1 | (l) Any veterinarian in this State who is presented with a | ||||||
2 | dog for treatment
of injuries or wounds resulting from fighting | ||||||
3 | where there is a reasonable
possibility that the dog was | ||||||
4 | engaged in or utilized for a fighting event for
the purposes of | ||||||
5 | sport, wagering, or entertainment shall file a report with the
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6 | Department of Agriculture and cooperate by furnishing the | ||||||
7 | owners' names, dates,
and descriptions of the dog or dogs | ||||||
8 | involved. Any veterinarian who in good
faith complies with the | ||||||
9 | requirements of this subsection has immunity from any
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10 | liability, civil, criminal, or otherwise, that may result from | ||||||
11 | his or her
actions. For the purposes of any proceedings, civil | ||||||
12 | or criminal, the good
faith of the veterinarian shall be | ||||||
13 | rebuttably presumed.
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14 | (m) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, upon | ||||||
15 | conviction for
violating this Section, the court may order that | ||||||
16 | the convicted person and
persons dwelling in the same household | ||||||
17 | as the convicted person who conspired,
aided, or abetted in the | ||||||
18 | unlawful act that was the basis of the conviction,
or who knew | ||||||
19 | or should have known of the unlawful act, may not own, harbor, | ||||||
20 | or
have custody or control of any dog or other animal for a | ||||||
21 | period of time that
the court deems reasonable.
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22 | (n) A violation of subsection (a) of this Section may be | ||||||
23 | inferred from evidence that the accused possessed any device or | ||||||
24 | equipment described in subsection (d), (e), or (h) of this | ||||||
25 | Section, and also possessed any dog.
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26 | (o) When no longer required for investigations or court |
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1 | proceedings relating to the events described or depicted | ||||||
2 | therein, evidence relating to convictions for violations of | ||||||
3 | this Section shall be retained and made available for use in | ||||||
4 | training peace officers in detecting and identifying | ||||||
5 | violations of this Section. Such evidence shall be made | ||||||
6 | available upon request to other law enforcement agencies and to | ||||||
7 | schools certified under the Illinois Police Training Act.
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8 | (p) For the purposes of this Section, "school" has the | ||||||
9 | meaning ascribed to it in Section 11-9.3 of this Code; and | ||||||
10 | "public park", "playground", "child care institution", "day | ||||||
11 | care center", "part day child care facility", "day care home", | ||||||
12 | "group day care home", and "facility providing programs or | ||||||
13 | services
exclusively directed toward persons under 18 years of | ||||||
14 | age" have the meanings ascribed to them in Section 11-9.4 of | ||||||
15 | this Code. | ||||||
16 | (Source: P.A. 96-226, eff. 8-11-09; 96-712, eff. 1-1-10; | ||||||
17 | 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1091, eff. 1-1-11; 97-1108, eff. | ||||||
18 | 1-1-13.)
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