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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 58 OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS, SECTION 58-1 (PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT). Submitting a Proposed Ordinance Amendment sponsored by Toni Preckwinkle, President and Peter N. Silvestri, County Commissioner; Co-sponsored by Gregg Goslin and Larry Suffredin, County Commissioners.
PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
CURFEW FOR UNDERAGE PERSONS
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 58 Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions, Section 58-1 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as follows:
ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL
Sec. 58-1. Curfew for underage persons.
(a) Short title. This section shall be known and may be cited as the Children's Curfew Ordinance.
(b) Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this section, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
(b) Definition of a Child means any person, male or female who has not reached their 17th birthday is considered, for purposes of this section only, to be a child or children as the case may be.
County means any unincorporated area or territory of Cook County, Illinois, and does not include any incorporated city, village, or town lying in whole or in part within the territory of Cook County, Illinois.
(c) Jurisdiction. This provision of this ordinance will extend throughout Cook County. However, as provided in Article VII, Section 6(c), of the State of Illinois Constitution of1970, if this article conflicts with an ordinance of a municipality, the municipal ordinance shall prevail within its jurisdiction. If a municipal ordinance regulates conduct which is prohibited under this division and provides remedies, this division shall not apply within that municipal jurisdiction with respect to such conduct. In all other circumstances, this divisi...
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