2018-03-22 15:46:18
We would like to make parents aware of some reports we have been taking. We have had reports of minors involved in sending indecent pictures to each other. I have made a 2 minute video about checking your child’s phone. Please watch and share as educating parents and children on this matter is very important.
The law that covers this offense is 705 ILCS 405/3-40 and it states.
Minors involved in electronic dissemination of indecent visual depictions in need of supervision.
(a) For the purposes of this Section:
"Computer" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 17-0.5 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
"Electronic communication device" means an electronic device, including but not limited to a wireless telephone, personal digital assistant, or a portable or mobile computer, that is capable of transmitting images or pictures.
"Indecent visual depiction" means a depiction or portrayal in any pose, posture, or setting involving a lewd exhibition of the unclothed or transparently clothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or, if such person is female, a fully or partially developed breast of the person.
"Minor" means a person under 18 years of age.
(b) A minor shall not distribute or disseminate an indecent visual depiction of another minor through the use of a computer or electronic communication device.
(c) Adjudication. A minor who violates subsection (b) of this Section may be subject to a petition for adjudication and adjudged a minor in need of supervision.
(d) Kinds of dispositional orders. A minor found to be in need of supervision under this Section may be:
(1) ordered to obtain counseling or other supportive
services to address the acts that led to the need for supervision; or
(2) ordered to perform community service.
(e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit a prosecution for disorderly conduct, public indecency, child pornography, a violation of Article 26.5 (Harassing and Obscene Communications) of the Criminal Code of 2012, or any other applicable provision of law.
(Source: P.A. 99-78, eff. 7-20-15.)