Bill Text: IL HB2601 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning contributing to the dependency and neglect of a minor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB2601 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB2601-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 | Section 12C-25 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/12C-25) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 12C-25. Contributing to the dependency and neglect of | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | a minor. | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) Any Any parent, legal guardian or person having the | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | custody of a child
under the age of 18 years commits | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | contributing to the dependency and neglect of a minor when he | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | or she knowingly: (1) causes, aids, or
encourages such minor to | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | be or to become a dependent and neglected minor; (2) does acts | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | which directly
tend to render any such minor so dependent and | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | neglected; or (3) fails to do that which will directly tend to | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | prevent such state
of dependency and neglect. It is not a | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | violation of this Section for a person
to relinquish a child in | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | accordance with the Abandoned Newborn Infant
Protection Act. | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | (b) "Dependent and neglected minor" means any child who, | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | while under the age of 18 years, for any reason is destitute, | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | homeless or abandoned; or dependent upon the public for | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | support; or has not proper parental care or guardianship; or | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | habitually begs or receives alms; or is found living in any |
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1 | house of ill fame or with any vicious or disreputable person; | ||||||
2 | or has a home which by reason of neglect, cruelty or depravity | ||||||
3 | on the part of its parents, guardian or any other person in | ||||||
4 | whose care it may be is an unfit place for such child; and any | ||||||
5 | child who while under the age of 10 years is found begging, | ||||||
6 | peddling or selling any articles or singing or playing any | ||||||
7 | musical instrument for gain upon the street or giving any | ||||||
8 | public entertainments or accompanies or is used in aid of any | ||||||
9 | person so doing. | ||||||
10 | (c) Sentence. A violation of this Section is a Class A | ||||||
11 | misdemeanor. | ||||||
12 | (d) The husband or wife of the defendant shall be a | ||||||
13 | competent witness to testify in any case under this Section and | ||||||
14 | to all matters relevant thereto.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 97-1109, eff. 1-1-13.)
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