Sen. Ira I. Silverstein

Filed: 4/8/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 64

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 64, AS AMENDED, by
3replacing all of subsection (a-7) of Sec. 17-2 of Section 5
4with the following:
5    "(a-7) A person commits a false personation when he or she
6knowingly and falsely represents himself or herself to be:
7        (1) another actual person and does an act in such
8    assumed character with intent to intimidate, threaten,
9    injure, defraud, or to obtain a benefit from another; or
10        (2) a representative of an actual person or
11    organization and does an act in such false capacity with
12    intent to obtain a benefit or to injure or defraud
13    another."; and
 
14by inserting after the last line of subsection (d) of Sec. 17-2
15of Section 5 the following:
16    "(e) A violation of this Section may be accomplished in
17person or by any means of communication, including but not

 

 

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1limited to the use of an Internet website or any form of
2electronic communication."; and
 
3by replacing all of subsection (b-5) of Sec. 32-5 of Section 5
4with the following:
5    "(b-5) The trier of fact may infer that a person falsely
6represents himself or herself to be a public officer or a
7public employee or an official or employee of the federal
8government if the person:
9        (1) wears or displays without authority any uniform,
10    badge, insignia, or facsimile thereof by which a public
11    officer or public employee or official or employee of the
12    federal government is lawfully distinguished; or
13        (2) falsely expresses by word or action that he or she
14    is a public officer or public employee or official or
15    employee of the federal government and is acting with
16    approval or authority of a public agency or department.".