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1     AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding
5 Sections 2-6.6, 32-5.4, 32-5.5, 32-5.6, and 32-5.7 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/2-6.6 new)
7     Sec. 2-6.6. Emergency management worker.
8     "Emergency management worker" shall include the following:
9         (a) any person, paid or unpaid, who is a member of a
10     local or county emergency services and disaster agency as
11     defined by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, or
12     who is an employee of the Illinois Emergency Management
13     Agency or the Federal Emergency Management Agency;
14         (b) any employee or volunteer of the American Red
15     Cross;
16         (c) any employee of a federal, State, county or local
17     government agency assisting an emergency services and
18     disaster agency, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency,
19     or the Federal Emergency Management Agency through mutual
20     aid or as otherwise requested or directed in time of
21     disaster or emergency; and
22         (d) any person volunteering or directed to assist an
23     emergency services and disaster agency, the Illinois
24     Emergency Management Agency, or the Federal Emergency
25     Management Agency.
 
26     (720 ILCS 5/32-5.4 new)
27     Sec. 32-5.4. False personation of a fire fighter. A person
28 who knowingly and falsely represents himself to be a fire
29 fighter of any jurisdiction commits a Class 4 felony.
 
30     (720 ILCS 5/32-5.5 new)

 

 

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1     Sec. 32-5.5. Aggravated false personation of a fire
2 fighter. A person who knowingly and falsely represents himself
3 to be a fire fighter of any jurisdiction in attempting or
4 committing a felony commits a Class 3 felony.
 
5     (720 ILCS 5/32-5.6 new)
6     Sec. 32-5.6. False personation of an emergency management
7 worker. A person who knowingly and falsely represents himself
8 to be an emergency management worker of any jurisdiction in
9 this State or of the American Red Cross commits a Class 4
10 felony. For purposes of this Section, "emergency management
11 worker" shall have the same meaning as provided under Section
12 2-6.6 of this Code.
 
13     (720 ILCS 5/32-5.7 new)
14     Sec. 32-5.7. Aggravated false personation of an emergency
15 management worker. A person who knowingly and falsely
16 represents himself to be an emergency management worker of any
17 jurisdiction in this State or of the American Red Cross in
18 attempting or committing a felony commits a Class 3 felony. For
19 purposes of this Section, "emergency management worker" shall
20 have the same meaning as provided under Section 2-6.6 of this
21 Code.