720 ILCS 5/11-24 – Child Photography by Sex Offender
This law makes it illegal for someone who is a child sex offender to work in or run a business that takes pictures or videos of children.
This law says that a person who is a known child sex offender cannot take pictures, videos, or digital images of kids under 18, or run a business that does this. If they do, they can be charged with this crime.
(a) In this section:
“Child” means anyone younger than 18 years old.
“Child sex offender” has the same meaning as in Section 11-0.1.
(b) It is against the law for a child sex offender to knowingly:
- Run or take part in a business where they photograph, videotape, or take digital pictures of a child.
- Run or take part in a business where they tell someone else to photograph, videotape, or take digital pictures of a child.
- Photograph, videotape, or take digital pictures of a child–or tell someone else to do it–without the parent’s or guardian’s permission.
(c) Sentence: Breaking this law is a Class 2 felony. If it happens at a playground, park, school, forest preserve, daycare, or any place that serves kids under 17, it becomes a Class 1 felony, which is a more serious crime.
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