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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 1-2 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 135/1-2)
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7 | Sec. 1-2. Harassment through electronic communications.
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8 | (a) Harassment through electronic communications is the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | use of electronic
communication for any of the following | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | purposes:
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11 | (1) Making any comment, request, suggestion or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | proposal which is obscene
with an intent to offend;
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13 | (2) Interrupting, with the intent to harass, the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | telephone service or the
electronic communication service | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | of any person;
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16 | (3) Transmitting to any person, with the intent to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | harass and regardless
of whether the communication is read | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | in its entirety or at all, any file,
document, or other | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | communication which prevents that person from using his or
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20 | her telephone service or electronic communications device;
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21 | (3.1) Transmitting an electronic communication or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | knowingly inducing a
person to transmit an electronic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | communication for the purpose of harassing
another person |
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1 | who is under 13 years of age, regardless of whether the | ||||||
2 | person
under 13 years of age consents to the harassment, if | ||||||
3 | the defendant is at least
16 years of age at the time of | ||||||
4 | the commission of the offense;
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5 | (3.2) Knowingly transmitting an electronic | ||||||
6 | communication or knowingly inducing a person to transmit an | ||||||
7 | electronic communication for the purpose of deceiving | ||||||
8 | another person who is under 18 years of age if the | ||||||
9 | defendant is at least 18 years of age at the time of the | ||||||
10 | commission of the offense;
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11 | (4) Threatening injury to the person or to the property | ||||||
12 | of the person to
whom an electronic communication is | ||||||
13 | directed or to any of his or her family or
household | ||||||
14 | members; or
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15 | (5) Knowingly permitting any electronic communications | ||||||
16 | device to be used
for any of the purposes mentioned in this | ||||||
17 | subsection (a).
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18 | (b) As used in this Act:
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19 | (1) "Electronic communication" means any transfer of | ||||||
20 | signs, signals,
writings, images, sounds, data or | ||||||
21 | intelligence of any nature transmitted in
whole or in part | ||||||
22 | by a wire, radio, electromagnetic, photoelectric or
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23 | photo-optical system.
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24 | (2) "Family or household member" includes spouses, | ||||||
25 | former spouses,
parents,
children, stepchildren and other | ||||||
26 | persons related by blood or by present or
prior
marriage, |
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1 | persons who share or formerly shared a common dwelling, | ||||||
2 | persons who
have or allegedly share a blood relationship | ||||||
3 | through a child, persons who have
or have had a dating or | ||||||
4 | engagement relationship, and persons with disabilities
and | ||||||
5 | their personal assistants. For purposes of this Act, | ||||||
6 | neither a casual
acquaintanceship nor ordinary | ||||||
7 | fraternization between 2 individuals in
business or social | ||||||
8 | contexts shall be deemed to constitute a dating
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9 | relationship.
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10 | (Source: P.A. 90-578, eff. 6-1-98; 91-878, eff. 1-1-01.)
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