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HB1017 Engrossed |
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LRB094 07515 AJO 37682 b |
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| AN ACT concerning 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
a
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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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