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    AN ACT concerning criminal law.

 
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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 Criminal Code of 1961 is amended  by adding 
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Sections 2-6.6, 32-5.4,  32-5.5, 32-5.6, and 32-5.7 as follows:
 
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    (720 ILCS 5/2-6.6 new)

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    Sec. 2-6.6. Emergency management worker.
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    "Emergency management worker" shall include the following:
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        (a) any person, paid or unpaid, who is a member of a 
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    local or county emergency services and disaster agency as 
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    defined by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, or 
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    who is an employee of the Illinois Emergency Management 
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    Agency or the Federal Emergency Management Agency;

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        (b) any employee or volunteer of the American Red 
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    Cross;

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        (c) any employee of a federal, State, county or local 
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    government agency assisting an emergency services and 
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    disaster agency, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, 
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    or the Federal Emergency Management Agency through mutual 
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    aid or as otherwise requested or directed in time of 
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    disaster or emergency; and

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        (d) any person volunteering or directed to assist an 
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    emergency services and disaster agency, the Illinois 
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    Emergency Management Agency, or the Federal Emergency 
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    Management Agency.

 
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    (720 ILCS 5/32-5.4  new)
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    Sec. 32-5.4. False personation of a fire fighter. A person 
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who knowingly and falsely represents himself to be a fire 
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fighter of any jurisdiction commits a Class 4 felony.
 
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    (720 ILCS 5/32-5.5  new)
 


 






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    Sec. 32-5.5. Aggravated false personation of a fire 
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fighter. A person who knowingly and falsely represents himself 
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to be a fire fighter of any jurisdiction in attempting or 
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committing a felony commits a Class 3 felony.
 
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    (720 ILCS 5/32-5.6 new)

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    Sec. 32-5.6. False personation of an emergency management 
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worker.  A person who knowingly and falsely represents himself 
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to be an emergency management worker of any jurisdiction in 
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this State or of the American Red Cross commits a Class 4 
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felony. For purposes of this Section, "emergency management 
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worker" shall have the same meaning as provided under Section 
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2-6.6 of this Code.
 
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    (720 ILCS 5/32-5.7 new)

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    Sec. 32-5.7. Aggravated false personation of an emergency 
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management worker.  A person who knowingly and falsely 
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represents himself to be an emergency management worker of any 
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jurisdiction in this State or of the American Red Cross in 
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attempting or committing a felony commits a Class 3 felony. For 
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purposes of this Section, "emergency management worker" shall 
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have the same meaning as provided under Section 2-6.6 of this 
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Code.