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Public Act 096-1236
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| HB5194 Enrolled | LRB096 17146 RLC 32476 b |
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 State Police Radio Act is amended by adding |
Section 12 as follows:
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(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.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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