(a) In this Section: "Child" means a person under 18 years of age. "Child sex offender" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11-0.1 of this Code. (b) It is unlawful for a child sex offender to knowingly: (1) conduct or operate any type of business in which he or she photographs, videotapes, or takes a digital image of a child; or (2) conduct or operate any type of business in which he or she instructs or directs another person to photograph, videotape, or take a digital image of a child; or (3) photograph, videotape, or take a digital image of a child, or instruct or direct another person to photograph, videotape, or take a digital image of a child without the consent of the parent or guardian. (c) Sentence. A violation of this Section is a Class 2 felony. A person who violates this Section at a playground, park facility, school, forest preserve, day care facility, or at a facility providing programs or services directed to persons under 17 years of age is guilty of a Class 1 felony. which he or she photographs, videotapes, or takes a digital image of a child; or which he or she instructs or directs another person to photograph, videotape, or take a digital image of a child; or a child, or instruct or direct another person to photograph, videotape, or take a digital image of a child without the consent of the parent or guardian. (720 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Subdiv. 25 heading) SUBDIVISION 25. OTHER OFFENSES
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