93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4683


 
Introduced 02/04/04, by Marlow H. Colvin
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		
















50 ILCS 750/15.2
  from Ch. 134, par. 45.2


720 ILCS 5/26-2
  from Ch. 38, par. 26-2







    Amends the Emergency Telephone System Act and the Criminal Code of 1961.  Provides that it is a Class A misdemeanor to knowingly and without lawful justification interrupt, verbally or physically obstruct, prevent, disrupt, impede, or otherwise interfere with another person in making or completing an emergency communication.  Includes in the definition of emergency communication 9-1-1 calls and emergency calls over a radio frequency (rather than communications over a citizens band radio channel).  Provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor (rather than a Class B misdemeanor if there is no serious bodily injury and no loss of property in excess of $1,000).



















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    AN ACT concerning emergency communications.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended  by 
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changing Section 15.2 as follows:
 



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    (50 ILCS 750/15.2)  (from Ch. 134, par. 45.2)



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    Sec. 15.2. Criminal penalties.

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    (a) Any person calling the number "911" for the purpose of 
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making a
false alarm or complaint and reporting false 
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information is subject to the
provisions of Section 26-1 of the 
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Criminal Code of 1961.
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    (b) Any person who knowingly and without lawful 
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justification interrupts, verbally or physically obstructs, 
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prevents, disrupts, impedes, or otherwise interferes with 
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another person in making or completing a 9-1-1 call is subject 
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to the provisions of Section 26-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961.


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(Source: P.A. 92-502, eff. 12-19-01.)


 
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    Section 10. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended  by 
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changing Section 26-2 as follows:
 



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    (720 ILCS 5/26-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 26-2)


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    Sec. 26-2. Interference with emergency communication. 

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    (a) A person commits the offense of interference with 
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emergency
communication when he or she knowingly, 
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intentionally and without lawful
justification interrupts, 
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verbally or physically obstructs, prevents, disrupts, impedes, 
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or otherwise interferes
with the transmission of an emergency
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communication over a citizens band radio
channel, the purpose 
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of which communication is to inform or inquire
about an 
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emergency.

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    (b) For the purpose of this Section, "emergency" means: (1)

 


 









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a condition or
circumstance in which an individual is or is 
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reasonably believed by the
person transmitting the 
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communication to be in imminent danger of serious
bodily injury 
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or in which property is or is reasonably believed by the person

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transmitting the communication to be in imminent danger of 
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damage or
destruction or (2) the report of a crime to a law 
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enforcement agency; and "emergency communication"  means a 
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9-1-1  emergency telephone call, an emergency telephone call to 
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another emergency number established by a public agency for 
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making emergency calls, or an emergency communicated over a 
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radio frequency.

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    (c) Sentence.


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        (1) Interference with emergency communication is a 
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    Class
B misdemeanor, except as otherwise provided in 
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    paragraph (2).


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        (2) Interference with emergency communication, where 
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    serious
bodily injury or property loss in excess of $1,000 
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    results, is a Class
A misdemeanor.

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(Source: P.A. 82-418.)