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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 Harassing and Obscene Communications Act is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 2 and by adding Section 1-2.5 as | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | (720 ILCS 135/1-2.5 new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sec. 1-2.5. Harassment by Internet. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) Harassment by Internet is use of Internet communication | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | for any of the following purposes: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | (1) making by spoken or written word any comment, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | request, suggestion, or
proposal which is obscene, lewd, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | lascivious, filthy, or indecent with an intent to offend; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | (2) making an Internet communication, whether or not
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16 | conversation ensues, with intent to abuse, threaten, or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | harass any person; or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | (3) making or causing the Internet or its services | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | repeatedly to accept messages, with intent to harass any | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | person; or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | (4) sending repeated Internet messages, during which
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22 | conversation ensues, solely to harass any person; or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | (5) making an Internet communication or knowingly |
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1 | inducing
a person to make an Internet communication for the | ||||||
2 | purpose of harassing another person who is under 13 years | ||||||
3 | of age, regardless of whether the person under 13 years of | ||||||
4 | age consents to the harassment, if the defendant is at | ||||||
5 | least 16 years of age at the time of the commission of the | ||||||
6 | offense; or | ||||||
7 | (6) knowingly permitting any Internet access under | ||||||
8 | one's
control to be used for any of the purposes mentioned
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9 | in this Section. | ||||||
10 | (b) For purposes of this Section, "Internet" means an | ||||||
11 | interactive computer service or
system or an information | ||||||
12 | service, system, or access
software provider that provides or | ||||||
13 | enables computer access
by multiple users to a computer server, | ||||||
14 | and includes, but
is not limited to, an information service, | ||||||
15 | system, or
access software provider that provides access to a | ||||||
16 | network
system commonly known as the Internet, or any | ||||||
17 | comparable
system or service and also includes, but is not | ||||||
18 | limited to,
a World Wide Web page, newsgroup, message board, | ||||||
19 | mailing
list, chat area, or social networking website on any | ||||||
20 | interactive computer service or
system or other online service.
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21 | (720 ILCS 135/2) (from Ch. 134, par. 16.5)
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22 | Sec. 2. Sentence.
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23 | (a) Except as provided in
subsection (b), a
person who | ||||||
24 | violates any of the provisions of
Section 1, 1-1, or 1-2 , or | ||||||
25 | 1-2.5 of this Act
is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
Except as |
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1 | provided
in subsection (b), a second or subsequent
violation of | ||||||
2 | Section 1, 1-1, or 1-2 , or 1-2.5 of this
Act is a Class A
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3 | misdemeanor, for which the
court
shall impose a minimum of 14 | ||||||
4 | days in
jail or, if public or
community service is established | ||||||
5 | in the county in which the offender was
convicted, 240 hours of | ||||||
6 | public or community service.
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7 | (b) In any of the following circumstances, a person who | ||||||
8 | violates Section 1,
1-1, or
1-2 , or 1-2.5 of this Act shall be | ||||||
9 | guilty of a Class 4 felony:
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10 | (1) The person has 3 or more prior violations in the | ||||||
11 | last 10 years of
harassment
by
telephone under Section 1-1 | ||||||
12 | of this Act, harassment through electronic
communications | ||||||
13 | under Section 1-2 of this Act, harassment by Internet under | ||||||
14 | Section 1-2.5 of this Act, or any similar offense of any
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15 | state;
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16 | (2) The person has previously violated the harassment | ||||||
17 | by telephone
provisions of Section 1-1 of this Act or the | ||||||
18 | harassment through electronic
communications provisions of | ||||||
19 | Section 1-2 of this Act or harassment by Internet under | ||||||
20 | Section 1-2.5 of this Act, or committed any similar
offense | ||||||
21 | in any state with the same victim or a member of the | ||||||
22 | victim's family or
household;
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23 | (3) At the time of the offense, the offender was under | ||||||
24 | conditions of bail,
probation, mandatory supervised | ||||||
25 | release or was the subject of an order of
protection, in | ||||||
26 | this or any other state, prohibiting contact with the |
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1 | victim or
any member of the victim's family or household;
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2 | (4) In the course of the offense, the offender | ||||||
3 | threatened to kill the
victim or any member of the victim's | ||||||
4 | family or household;
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5 | (5) The person has been convicted in the last 10 years | ||||||
6 | of a forcible
felony
as defined in Section 2-8 of the | ||||||
7 | Criminal Code of 1961; or
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8 | (6) The person violates paragraph (4.1) of Section 1-1 | ||||||
9 | or paragraph
(3.1) of subsection (a) of Section 1-2 or | ||||||
10 | paragraph (5) of subsection (a) of Section 1-2.5 .
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11 | (Source: P.A. 90-578, eff. 6-1-98; 91-878, eff. 1-1-01.)
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