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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 2012 is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Sections 26.5-0.1 and 26.5-2 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | (720 ILCS 5/26.5-0.1) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sec. 26.5-0.1. Definitions. As used in this Article: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | "Electronic communication" means any transfer of signs, | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | signals,
writings, images, sounds, data or intelligence of any | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | nature transmitted in
whole or in part by a wire, radio, | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | electromagnetic, photoelectric or
photo-optical system. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | "Electronic communication" includes transmissions through an | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | electronic device including, but not limited to, a telephone, | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | cellular phone, computer, or pager, which communication | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | includes, but is not limited to, e-mail, instant message, text | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | message, or voice mail. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | "Family or household member" includes spouses, former | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | spouses,
parents,
children, stepchildren and other persons | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | related by blood or by present or
prior
marriage, persons who | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | share or formerly shared a common dwelling, persons who
have | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | or allegedly share a blood relationship through a child, | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | persons who have
or have had a dating or engagement | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | relationship, and persons with disabilities
and their personal | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | assistants. For purposes of this Article, neither a casual
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| 2 | acquaintanceship nor ordinary fraternization between 2 | ||||||
| 3 | individuals in
business or social contexts shall be deemed to | ||||||
| 4 | constitute a dating
relationship. | ||||||
| 5 | "Harass" or "harassing" means knowing conduct which is not | ||||||
| 6 | necessary to accomplish a purpose that is reasonable under the | ||||||
| 7 | circumstances, that would cause a reasonable person emotional | ||||||
| 8 | distress and does cause emotional distress to another. | ||||||
| 9 | "Telephonic solicitation" means any voice or data | ||||||
| 10 | communication made by a person to a telephonic subscriber for | ||||||
| 11 | the purpose of: (i) encouraging a sale or rental of or | ||||||
| 12 | investment in property, consumer goods, or services; (ii) | ||||||
| 13 | encouraging an extension of credit for property, consumer | ||||||
| 14 | goods, or services; (iii) obtaining information that will or | ||||||
| 15 | may be used for the direct solicitation of a sale or rental of | ||||||
| 16 | or investment in property, consumer goods, or services, or an | ||||||
| 17 | extension of credit for such purposes; or (iv) a contribution | ||||||
| 18 | to a charitable organization.
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| 19 | (Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.) | ||||||
| 20 | (720 ILCS 5/26.5-2) | ||||||
| 21 | Sec. 26.5-2. Harassment by telephone. | ||||||
| 22 | (a) A person commits harassment by telephone when he or | ||||||
| 23 | she uses telephone communication for any of the following | ||||||
| 24 | purposes: | ||||||
| 25 | (1) Making any comment, request, suggestion or | ||||||
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| 1 | proposal which is obscene,
lewd, lascivious, filthy or | ||||||
| 2 | indecent with an intent to offend; | ||||||
| 3 | (2) Making a telephone call, whether or not | ||||||
| 4 | conversation ensues, with
intent to abuse, threaten or | ||||||
| 5 | harass any person at the called number; | ||||||
| 6 | (3) Making or causing the telephone of another | ||||||
| 7 | repeatedly to ring, with
intent to harass any person at | ||||||
| 8 | the called number; | ||||||
| 9 | (4) Making repeated telephone calls, during which | ||||||
| 10 | conversation ensues,
solely to harass any person at the | ||||||
| 11 | called number; | ||||||
| 12 | (5) Making a telephone call or knowingly inducing a | ||||||
| 13 | person to make a
telephone call for the purpose of | ||||||
| 14 | harassing another person who is under 13
years of age, | ||||||
| 15 | regardless of whether the person under 13 years of age | ||||||
| 16 | consents
to the harassment, if the defendant is at least | ||||||
| 17 | 16 years of age at the time of
the commission of the | ||||||
| 18 | offense; or | ||||||
| 19 | (6) Knowingly permitting any telephone under one's | ||||||
| 20 | control to be used
for any of the purposes mentioned | ||||||
| 21 | herein; or . | ||||||
| 22 | (7) Engaging in telephonic solicitation of a person | ||||||
| 23 | who is 65 years of age or older. | ||||||
| 24 | (b) Every telephone directory published for distribution | ||||||
| 25 | to members of the
general public shall contain a notice | ||||||
| 26 | setting forth a summary of the provisions
of this Section. The | ||||||
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| 1 | notice shall be printed in type which is no smaller
than any | ||||||
| 2 | other type on the same page and shall be preceded by the word
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| 3 | "WARNING".
All telephone companies in this State shall | ||||||
| 4 | cooperate with law enforcement
agencies in using their | ||||||
| 5 | facilities and personnel to detect and prevent
violations
of | ||||||
| 6 | this Article.
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| 7 | (Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.)
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