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4-AN ACT concerning children.
5-Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
6-represented in the General Assembly:
7-Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Child
8-Abuse Notice Act.
9-Section 5. Posted notice required. Each of the following
10-businesses and other establishments shall, upon the
11-availability of the model notice described in Section 10, post
12-a notice that complies with the requirements of this Act in a
13-conspicuous place in all restrooms open to the public, or in
14-another conspicuous location in clear view of the public and
15-employees where similar notices are customarily posted:
16-(1) Hotels and motels.
17-(2) Entertainment facilities or sporting facilities
18-that are indoor structures with a legal occupancy of at
19-least 5,000 persons.
20-(3) Tattoo and body piercing establishments.
21-(4) Primary airports, as defined in Section 47102(16)
22-of Title 49 of the United States Code.
23-(5) Intercity passenger rail or light rail stations.
24-(6) Bus stations.
25-(7) Truck stops. As used in this Act, "truck stop"
26-means a privately-owned and operated facility that
3+1 AN ACT concerning children.
4+2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5+3 represented in the General Assembly:
6+4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Child
7+5 Abuse Notice Act.
8+6 Section 5. Posted notice required. Each of the following
9+7 businesses and other establishments shall, upon the
10+8 availability of the model notice described in Section 10, post
11+9 a notice that complies with the requirements of this Act in a
12+10 conspicuous place in all restrooms open to the public, or in
13+11 another conspicuous location in clear view of the public and
14+12 employees where similar notices are customarily posted:
15+13 (1) Hotels and motels.
16+14 (2) Entertainment facilities or sporting facilities
17+15 that are indoor structures with a legal occupancy of at
18+16 least 5,000 persons.
19+17 (3) Tattoo and body piercing establishments.
20+18 (4) Primary airports, as defined in Section 47102(16)
21+19 of Title 49 of the United States Code.
22+20 (5) Intercity passenger rail or light rail stations.
23+21 (6) Bus stations.
24+22 (7) Truck stops. As used in this Act, "truck stop"
25+23 means a privately-owned and operated facility that
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33-provides food, fuel, shower, or other sanitary facilities,
34-and lawful overnight truck parking.
35-(8) Emergency rooms within general acute care
36-hospitals, in which case the notice may be posted by
37-electronic means.
38-(9) Urgent care centers, in which case the notice may
39-be posted by electronic means.
40-Section 10. Form of posted notice.
41-(a) The notice required under this Act shall be at least 8
42-1/2 inches by 11 inches in size, written in a 16-point font,
43-except that when the notice is provided by electronic means
44-the size of the notice and font shall not be required to comply
45-with these specifications.
46-(b) No later than 6 months after the effective date of this
47-Act, the Department of Children and Family Services, in
48-consultation with an accredited Children's Advocacy Center,
49-shall develop a model notice aimed toward children under 18
50-that provides information on what constitutes physical and
51-sexual abuse and how to report such abuse. The Department of
52-Children and Family Services shall make the model notice
53-available for download on the Department's Internet website.
54-(c) The notice shall be printed in English, Spanish, and
55-in one other language that is the most widely spoken language
56-in the county where the establishment is located and for which
57-translation is mandated by the federal Voting Rights Act, as
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34+1 provides food, fuel, shower, or other sanitary facilities,
35+2 and lawful overnight truck parking.
36+3 (8) Emergency rooms within general acute care
37+4 hospitals, in which case the notice may be posted by
38+5 electronic means.
39+6 (9) Urgent care centers, in which case the notice may
40+7 be posted by electronic means.
41+8 Section 10. Form of posted notice.
42+9 (a) The notice required under this Act shall be at least 8
43+10 1/2 inches by 11 inches in size, written in a 16-point font,
44+11 except that when the notice is provided by electronic means
45+12 the size of the notice and font shall not be required to comply
46+13 with these specifications.
47+14 (b) No later than 6 months after the effective date of this
48+15 Act, the Department of Children and Family Services, in
49+16 consultation with an accredited Children's Advocacy Center,
50+17 shall develop a model notice aimed toward children under 18
51+18 that provides information on what constitutes physical and
52+19 sexual abuse and how to report such abuse. The Department of
53+20 Children and Family Services shall make the model notice
54+21 available for download on the Department's Internet website.
55+22 (c) The notice shall be printed in English, Spanish, and
56+23 in one other language that is the most widely spoken language
57+24 in the county where the establishment is located and for which
58+25 translation is mandated by the federal Voting Rights Act, as
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60-applicable. This Section does not require a business or other
61-establishment in a county where a language other than English
62-or Spanish is the most widely spoken language to print the
63-notice in more than one language in addition to English and
64-Spanish.
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69+1 applicable. This Section does not require a business or other
70+2 establishment in a county where a language other than English
71+3 or Spanish is the most widely spoken language to print the
72+4 notice in more than one language in addition to English and
73+5 Spanish.
74+6 Section 15. Penalties.
75+7 (a) A business or establishment identified in Section 5
76+8 that fails to comply with the requirements of this Act within
77+9 30 days of receipt of a notice described in subsection (b) is
78+10 guilty of a petty offense, and subject to a fine of up to $500
79+11 for each violation.
80+12 (b) The governmental entity regulating a business or
81+13 establishment and local law enforcement agency having
82+14 jurisdiction shall, in the course of regulating a business or
83+15 establishment or carrying out law enforcement duties, monitor
84+16 and enforce compliance with this Act. Upon discovering a
85+17 violation, the governmental entity or local law enforcement
86+18 agency having jurisdiction shall provide the business or
87+19 establishment with reasonable notice of noncompliance that
88+20 informs the business or establishment that it is subject to a
89+21 fine if it does not correct the violation within 30 days from
90+22 the date the notice is sent to the business or establishment.
91+23 (c) If the governmental entity regulating a business or
92+24 establishment or local law enforcement agency having
93+25 jurisdiction verifies that the violation was not corrected
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