HB0596sam002 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Mike Jacobs

Filed: 5/13/2005

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 596

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 596, AS AMENDED, by
3 replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
 
5     "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding
6 Sections 2-6.6, 32-5.4, 32-5.5, 32-5.6, and 32-5.7 as follows:
 
7     (720 ILCS 5/2-6.6 new)
8     Sec. 2-6.6. Emergency management worker.
9     "Emergency management worker" shall include the following:
10         (a) any person, paid or unpaid, who is a member of a
11     local or county emergency services and disaster agency as
12     defined by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, or
13     who is an employee of the Illinois Emergency Management
14     Agency or the Federal Emergency Management Agency;
15         (b) any employee or volunteer of the American Red
16     Cross;
17         (c) any employee of a federal, State, county or local
18     government agency assisting an emergency services and
19     disaster agency, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency,
20     or the Federal Emergency Management Agency through mutual
21     aid or as otherwise requested or directed in time of
22     disaster or emergency; and
23         (d) any person volunteering or directed to assist an
24     emergency services and disaster agency, the Illinois

 

 

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1     Emergency Management Agency, or the Federal Emergency
2     Management Agency.
 
3     (720 ILCS 5/32-5.4 new)
4     Sec. 32-5.4. False personation of a fire fighter. A person
5 who knowingly and falsely represents himself to be a fire
6 fighter of any jurisdiction commits a Class 4 felony.
 
7     (720 ILCS 5/32-5.5 new)
8     Sec. 32-5.5. Aggravated false personation of a fire
9 fighter. A person who knowingly and falsely represents himself
10 to be a fire fighter of any jurisdiction in attempting or
11 committing a felony commits a Class 3 felony.
 
12     (720 ILCS 5/32-5.6 new)
13     Sec. 32-5.6. False personation of an emergency management
14 worker. A person who knowingly and falsely represents himself
15 to be an emergency management worker of any jurisdiction in
16 this State or of the American Red Cross commits a Class 4
17 felony. For purposes of this Section, "emergency management
18 worker" shall have the same meaning as provided under Section
19 2-6.6 of this Code.
 
20     (720 ILCS 5/32-5.7 new)
21     Sec. 32-5.7. Aggravated false personation of an emergency
22 management worker. A person who knowingly and falsely
23 represents himself to be an emergency management worker of any
24 jurisdiction in this State or of the American Red Cross in
25 attempting or committing a felony commits a Class 3 felony. For
26 purposes of this Section, "emergency management worker" shall
27 have the same meaning as provided under Section 2-6.6 of this
28 Code.".