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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 26-1 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/26-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 26-1)
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7 | Sec. 26-1. Elements of the Offense.
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8 | (a) A person commits disorderly conduct when he knowingly:
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9 | (1) Does any act in such unreasonable manner as to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | alarm or disturb
another and to provoke a breach of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | peace; or
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12 | (2) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any manner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | to the fire
department of any city,
town, village or fire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | protection district a false alarm of fire, knowing
at the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | time of such transmission that there is no reasonable | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | ground for
believing that such fire exists; or
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17 | (3) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any manner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | to another a
false alarm to the effect that a bomb or other | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | explosive of any nature or a
container holding poison gas, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | a deadly biological or chemical contaminant, or
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21 | radioactive substance is concealed in such place that its | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | explosion or release
would endanger human life, knowing at | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | the time of such transmission that there
is no reasonable |
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1 | ground for believing that such bomb, explosive or a | ||||||
2 | container
holding poison gas, a deadly biological or | ||||||
3 | chemical contaminant, or radioactive
substance is | ||||||
4 | concealed in such place; or
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5 | (4) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any manner | ||||||
6 | to any peace
officer, public officer or public employee a | ||||||
7 | report to the effect that an
offense will be committed, is | ||||||
8 | being committed, or has been committed, knowing
at the time | ||||||
9 | of such transmission that there is no reasonable ground for
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10 | believing that such an offense will be committed, is being | ||||||
11 | committed, or has
been committed; or
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12 | (5) Enters upon the property of another and for a lewd | ||||||
13 | or unlawful
purpose deliberately looks into a dwelling on | ||||||
14 | the property through any
window or other opening in it; or
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15 | (6) While acting as a collection agency as defined in | ||||||
16 | the
"Collection Agency Act" or as an employee of such | ||||||
17 | collection agency, and
while attempting to collect an | ||||||
18 | alleged debt, makes a telephone call to
the alleged debtor | ||||||
19 | which is designed to harass, annoy or intimidate the
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20 | alleged debtor; or
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21 | (7) Transmits or causes to be transmitted a false | ||||||
22 | report to the
Department of Children and Family Services | ||||||
23 | under Section 4 of the "Abused and
Neglected Child | ||||||
24 | Reporting Act"; or
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25 | (8) Transmits or causes to be transmitted a false | ||||||
26 | report to the
Department of Public Health under the Nursing |
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1 | Home Care Act; or
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2 | (9) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any manner | ||||||
3 | to the police
department or fire department of any | ||||||
4 | municipality or fire protection district,
or any privately | ||||||
5 | owned and operated ambulance service, a false request for | ||||||
6 | an
ambulance, emergency medical technician-ambulance or | ||||||
7 | emergency medical
technician-paramedic knowing at the time | ||||||
8 | there is no reasonable ground for
believing that such | ||||||
9 | assistance is required; or
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10 | (10) Transmits or causes to be transmitted a false | ||||||
11 | report under
Article II of "An Act in relation to victims | ||||||
12 | of violence and abuse",
approved September 16, 1984, as | ||||||
13 | amended; or
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14 | (11) Transmits or causes to be transmitted a false | ||||||
15 | report to any public
safety agency without the reasonable | ||||||
16 | grounds necessary to believe that
transmitting such a | ||||||
17 | report is necessary for the safety and welfare of the
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18 | public; or
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19 | (12) Calls the number "911" for the purpose of making | ||||||
20 | or transmitting a
false alarm or complaint and reporting | ||||||
21 | information when, at the time the call
or transmission is | ||||||
22 | made, the person knows there is no reasonable ground for
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23 | making the call or transmission and further knows that the | ||||||
24 | call or transmission
could result in the emergency response | ||||||
25 | of any public safety agency ; or .
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26 | (13) Possesses while on, brings onto, or causes to be |
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1 | brought onto school property, property in which a school | ||||||
2 | sponsored activity or event is being conducted, or property | ||||||
3 | in which any activity or event that bears a reasonable | ||||||
4 | relationship to school is being conducted, any facsimile | ||||||
5 | firearm. For the purposes of this Section, "facsimile | ||||||
6 | firearm" means any replica, toy, starter pistol, or other | ||||||
7 | object that bears a reasonable resemblance or that | ||||||
8 | reasonably can be perceived to be an actual firearm; and | ||||||
9 | "school property" includes any conveyance owned, leased, | ||||||
10 | or contracted by a school to transport students to a school | ||||||
11 | or a school related activity.
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12 | (b) Sentence. A violation of subsection (a)(1) of this | ||||||
13 | Section
is a Class C misdemeanor. A violation of subsection | ||||||
14 | (a)(5), (a)(11),
or (a)(12) , or (a)(13) of this Section is a | ||||||
15 | Class A misdemeanor. A violation of subsection
(a)(8) or | ||||||
16 | (a)(10) of this Section is a Class B misdemeanor. A violation | ||||||
17 | of
subsection (a)(2), (a)(4), (a)(7), or (a)(9) of this Section | ||||||
18 | is a Class 4
felony. A
violation of subsection (a)(3) of this | ||||||
19 | Section is a Class 3 felony, for which
a fine of not less than | ||||||
20 | $3,000 and no more than $10,000 shall be assessed in
addition | ||||||
21 | to any other penalty imposed. A violation of subsection (a)(13) | ||||||
22 | of this Section by a person under 13 years of age at the time of | ||||||
23 | the commission of the offense is a petty offense. A second or | ||||||
24 | subsequent violation of subsection (a)(13) of this Section by a | ||||||
25 | person under 13 years of age at the time of the commission of | ||||||
26 | the offense is a Class A misdemeanor.
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1 | A violation of subsection (a)(6) of this Section is a | ||||||
2 | Business Offense and
shall be punished by a fine not to exceed | ||||||
3 | $3,000. A second or subsequent
violation of subsection (a)(7), | ||||||
4 | (a)(11), or (a)(12) of this Section is a Class
4 felony. A | ||||||
5 | third or subsequent violation of subsection (a)(5) of this | ||||||
6 | Section
is a Class 4 felony.
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7 | (c) In addition to any other sentence that may be imposed, | ||||||
8 | a court shall
order any person convicted of disorderly conduct | ||||||
9 | to perform community service
for not less than 30 and not more | ||||||
10 | than 120 hours, if community service is
available in the | ||||||
11 | jurisdiction and is funded and approved by the county board of
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12 | the county where the offense was committed. In addition, | ||||||
13 | whenever any person
is placed on supervision for an alleged | ||||||
14 | offense under this Section, the
supervision shall be | ||||||
15 | conditioned upon the performance of the community service.
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16 | This subsection does not apply when the court imposes a | ||||||
17 | sentence of
incarceration.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01;
92-502, eff. 12-19-01; | ||||||
19 | 93-431, eff. 8-5-03.)
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