Child photography by sex offender

(720 ILCS 5/11-24)     Sec. 11-24. Child photography by sex offender.     (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, early care and education provider's location, or at a facility providing programs or services directed to persons under 17 years of age is guilty of a Class 1 felony. (Source: P.A. 104-480, eff. 7-1-26.)