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    AN ACT concerning criminal law.

 
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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 Criminal Code of 1961 is amended  by adding 
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Section 16-22 as follows:
 
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    (720 ILCS 5/16-22  new)
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    Sec. 16-22. Tampering with a security, fire, or life safety 
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system.

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    (a) A person commits the offense of tampering with a 
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security, fire, or life safety system when he or she knowingly 
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damages, sabotages, destroys, or causes a permanent or 
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temporary malfunction in any physical or electronic security, 
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fire, or life safety system or any component part of any of 
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those systems including, but not limited to, card readers, 
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magnetic stripe readers, Wiegand card readers, smart card 
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readers, proximity card readers, digital keypads, keypad 
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access controls, digital locks, electromagnetic locks, 
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electric strikes, electronic exit hardware, exit alarm 
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systems, delayed egress systems, biometric access control 
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equipment, intrusion detection systems and sensors, burglar 
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alarm systems, wireless burglar alarms, silent alarms, duress 
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alarms, hold-up alarms, glass break detectors, motion 
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detectors, seismic detectors, glass shock sensors, magnetic 
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contacts, closed circuit television (CCTV), security cameras, 
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digital cameras, dome cameras, covert cameras, spy cameras, 
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hidden cameras, wireless cameras, network cameras, IP 
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addressable cameras, CCTV camera lenses, video cassette 
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recorders, CCTV monitors, CCTV consoles, CCTV housings and 
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enclosures, CCTV pan-and-tilt devices, CCTV transmission and 
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signal equipment, wireless video transmitters, wireless video 
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receivers, radio frequency (RF) or microwave components, or 
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both, infrared illuminators, video motion detectors, video 
 


 






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recorders, time lapse CCTV recorders, digital video recorders 
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(DVRs), digital image storage systems, video converters, video 
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distribution amplifiers, video time-date generators, 
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multiplexers, switchers, splitters, fire alarms, smoke alarm 
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systems, smoke detectors, flame detectors, fire detection 
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systems and sensors, fire sprinklers, fire suppression 
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systems, fire extinguishing systems, public address systems, 
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intercoms, emergency telephones, emergency call boxes, 
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emergency pull stations, telephone entry systems, video entry 
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equipment, annunciators, sirens, lights, sounders, control 
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panels and components, and all associated computer hardware, 
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computer software, control panels, wires, cables, connectors, 
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electromechanical components, electronic modules, fiber 
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optics, filters, passive components, and power sources 
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including batteries and back-up power supplies.
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    (b) Sentence.  A violation of this Section is a Class 4 
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felony.