Public Act 1236 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB5194 Enrolled LRB096 17146 RLC 32476 b

Public Act 096-1236

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The State Police Radio Act is amended by adding Section 12 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2615/12 new)

Sec. 12. Use of public safety radio system by unauthorized radios.

(a) Radio access to the public safety radio system within the State may only be accomplished upon receipt of written authorization granted by the appropriately licensed authority. No person shall gain access to, or the ability to transmit on, a public safety radio system (i) by changing, or causing to be changed, the hardware, firmware, or software of a radio unit causing it to duplicate the identity of a radio unit operating on the system with proper authority or (ii) by cloning.

(b) Unauthorized access to the State's radio system in violation of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.

Effective Date: 7/23/2010