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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 Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 26-1 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/26-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 26-1)
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7 | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 96-339 ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sec. 26-1. Elements of the Offense.
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9 | (a) A person commits disorderly conduct when he knowingly:
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10 | (1) Does any act in such unreasonable manner as to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | alarm or disturb
another and to provoke a breach of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | peace; or
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13 | (2) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any manner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | to the fire
department of any city,
town, village or fire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | protection district a false alarm of fire, knowing
at the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | time of such transmission that there is no reasonable | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | ground for
believing that such fire exists; or
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18 | (3) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any manner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | to another a
false alarm to the effect that a bomb or other | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | explosive of any nature or a
container holding poison gas, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | a deadly biological or chemical contaminant, or
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22 | radioactive substance is concealed in such place that its | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | explosion or release
would endanger human life, knowing at |
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1 | the time of such transmission that there
is no reasonable | ||||||
2 | ground for believing that such bomb, explosive or a | ||||||
3 | container
holding poison gas, a deadly biological or | ||||||
4 | chemical contaminant, or radioactive
substance is | ||||||
5 | concealed in such place; or
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6 | (4) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any manner | ||||||
7 | to any peace
officer, public officer or public employee a | ||||||
8 | report to the effect that an
offense will be committed, is | ||||||
9 | being committed, or has been committed, knowing
at the time | ||||||
10 | of such transmission that there is no reasonable ground for
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11 | believing that such an offense will be committed, is being | ||||||
12 | committed, or has
been committed; or
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13 | (5) Enters upon the property of another and for a lewd | ||||||
14 | or unlawful
purpose deliberately looks into a dwelling on | ||||||
15 | the property through any
window or other opening in it; or
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16 | (6) While acting as a collection agency as defined in | ||||||
17 | the
"Collection Agency Act" or as an employee of such | ||||||
18 | collection agency, and
while attempting to collect an | ||||||
19 | alleged debt, makes a telephone call to
the alleged debtor | ||||||
20 | which is designed to harass, annoy or intimidate the
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21 | alleged debtor; or
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22 | (7) Transmits or causes to be transmitted a false | ||||||
23 | report to the
Department of Children and Family Services | ||||||
24 | under Section 4 of the "Abused and
Neglected Child | ||||||
25 | Reporting Act"; or
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26 | (8) Transmits or causes to be transmitted a false |
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1 | report to the
Department of Public Health under the Nursing | ||||||
2 | Home Care Act or the MR/DD Community Care Act; or
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3 | (9) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any manner | ||||||
4 | to the police
department or fire department of any | ||||||
5 | municipality or fire protection district,
or any privately | ||||||
6 | owned and operated ambulance service, a false request for | ||||||
7 | an
ambulance, emergency medical technician-ambulance or | ||||||
8 | emergency medical
technician-paramedic knowing at the time | ||||||
9 | there is no reasonable ground for
believing that such | ||||||
10 | assistance is required; or
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11 | (10) Transmits or causes to be transmitted a false | ||||||
12 | report under
Article II of "An Act in relation to victims | ||||||
13 | of violence and abuse",
approved September 16, 1984, as | ||||||
14 | amended; or
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15 | (11) Transmits or causes to be transmitted a false | ||||||
16 | report to any public
safety agency without the reasonable | ||||||
17 | grounds necessary to believe that
transmitting such a | ||||||
18 | report is necessary for the safety and welfare of the
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19 | public; or
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20 | (12) Calls the number "911" for the purpose of making | ||||||
21 | or transmitting a
false alarm or complaint and reporting | ||||||
22 | information when, at the time the call
or transmission is | ||||||
23 | made, the person knows there is no reasonable ground for
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24 | making the call or transmission and further knows that the | ||||||
25 | call or transmission
could result in the emergency response | ||||||
26 | of any public safety agency; or
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1 | (13) Transmits or causes to be transmitted a threat of | ||||||
2 | destruction of a school building or school property, or a | ||||||
3 | threat of violence, death, or bodily harm directed against | ||||||
4 | persons at a school, school function, or school event, | ||||||
5 | whether or not school is in session. | ||||||
6 | (b) Sentence. A violation of subsection (a)(1) of this | ||||||
7 | Section
is a Class C misdemeanor. A violation of subsection | ||||||
8 | (a)(5) or , (a)(11) ,
or (a)(12) of this Section is a Class A | ||||||
9 | misdemeanor. A violation of subsection
(a)(8) or (a)(10) of | ||||||
10 | this Section is a Class B misdemeanor. A violation of
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11 | subsection (a)(2), (a)(4), (a)(7), (a)(9), (a)(12), or (a)(13) | ||||||
12 | of this Section is a Class 4
felony. A
violation of subsection | ||||||
13 | (a)(3) of this Section is a Class 3 felony, for which
a fine of | ||||||
14 | not less than $3,000 and no more than $10,000 shall be assessed | ||||||
15 | in
addition to any other penalty imposed.
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16 | A violation of subsection (a)(6) of this Section is a | ||||||
17 | Business Offense and
shall be punished by a fine not to exceed | ||||||
18 | $3,000. A second or subsequent
violation of subsection (a)(7) | ||||||
19 | or , (a)(11) , or (a)(12) of this Section is a Class
4 felony. A | ||||||
20 | third or subsequent violation of subsection (a)(5) of this | ||||||
21 | Section
is a Class 4 felony.
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22 | (c) In addition to any other sentence that may be imposed, | ||||||
23 | a court shall
order any person convicted of disorderly conduct | ||||||
24 | to perform community service
for not less than 30 and not more | ||||||
25 | than 120 hours, if community service is
available in the | ||||||
26 | jurisdiction and is funded and approved by the county board of
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1 | the county where the offense was committed. In addition, | ||||||
2 | whenever any person
is placed on supervision for an alleged | ||||||
3 | offense under this Section, the
supervision shall be | ||||||
4 | conditioned upon the performance of the community service.
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5 | This subsection does not apply when the court imposes a | ||||||
6 | sentence of
incarceration. | ||||||
7 | (d) In addition to any other sentence that may be imposed, | ||||||
8 | the court shall
order any person convicted of disorderly | ||||||
9 | conduct under paragraph (3) of subsection (a) involving a false | ||||||
10 | alarm of a threat that a bomb or explosive device has been | ||||||
11 | placed in a school to reimburse the unit of government that | ||||||
12 | employs the emergency response officer or officers that were | ||||||
13 | dispatched to the school for the cost of the search for a bomb | ||||||
14 | or explosive device. For the purposes of this Section, | ||||||
15 | "emergency response" means any incident requiring a response by | ||||||
16 | a police officer, a firefighter, a State Fire Marshal employee, | ||||||
17 | or an ambulance. | ||||||
18 | (Source: P.A. 96-339, eff. 7-1-10; 96-413, eff. 8-13-09; | ||||||
19 | 96-772, eff. 1-1-10; revised 9-25-09.)
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