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90_HB0172enr

      720 ILCS 5/4-1            from Ch. 38, par. 4-1
          Amends the Criminal  Code  of  1961.   Makes  grammatical
      changes in Section defining "voluntary act".
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 1        AN ACT in relation to criminal law.
 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section 5.  The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended
 5    by changing Section 15.2 as follows:
 6        (50 ILCS 750/15.2) (from Ch. 134, par. 45.2)
 7        Sec. 15.2.  Any person calling the number "911"  for  the
 8    purpose  of  making  a false alarm or complaint and reporting
 9    false information is subject to  the  provisions  of  Section
10    26-1  of  the  Criminal  Code of 1961. Any person calling the
11    number "911" for the purpose  of  making  a  false  alarm  or
12    complaint  and reporting false information which could result
13    in the emergency response of any public safety  agency  shall
14    be  guilty  of  a  Class B misdemeanor. Second and subsequent
15    violations of this Section shall be a Class A misdemeanor.
16    (Source: P.A. 85-1209.)
17        Section 10.  The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
18    changing Section 2-14 as follows:
19        (705 ILCS 405/2-14) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-14)
20        Sec. 2-14.  Date for Adjudicatory Hearing.
21        (a)  Purpose and policy.  The legislature recognizes that
22    serious delay in  the  adjudication  of  abuse,  neglect,  or
23    dependency  cases  can  cause grave harm to the minor and the
24    family and that it frustrates the best interests of the minor
25    and the effort to establish permanent homes for  children  in
26    need.   The  purpose  of  this  Section  is  to  insure that,
27    consistent with the federal  Adoption  Assistance  and  Child
28    Welfare  Act  of 1980, Public Law 96-272, as amended, and the
29    intent of this Act, the State of Illinois will act in a  just
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 1    and  speedy  manner  to  determine  the best interests of the
 2    minor, including providing  for  the  safety  of  the  minor,
 3    identifying families in need, reunifying families where it is
 4    in  the best interests of the minor, and, if reunification is
 5    not in the best  interests  of  the  minor,  finding  another
 6    permanent home for the minor.
 7        (b)  When  a petition is filed alleging that the minor is
 8    abused, neglected or dependent, an adjudicatory hearing shall
 9    be commenced held within 90 days of the date  of  service  of
10    process  upon  the minor, parents, any guardian and any legal
11    custodian.  Once   commenced,   subsequent   delay   in   the
12    proceedings  may  be  allowed  by the court when necessary to
13    ensure a fair hearing.
14        (c)  Upon written motion of a party filed no  later  than
15    10  days prior to hearing, or upon the court's own motion and
16    only for good cause shown, the Court may continue the hearing
17    for a  period  not  to  exceed  30  days,  and  only  if  the
18    continuance  is  in the best interests of the minor. When the
19    court grants a continuance, it shall enter  specific  factual
20    findings  to  support  its  order, including factual findings
21    supporting the court's determination that the continuance  is
22    in the best interests of the minor. Only one such continuance
23    shall  be  granted. A period of continuance for good cause as
24    described in this Section shall temporarily suspend as to all
25    parties, for the time of the delay, the period within which a
26    hearing must be held.  On the day of the  expiration  of  the
27    delay, the period shall continue at the point at which it was
28    suspended.
29        The term "good cause" as applied in this Section shall be
30    strictly  construed  and  be in accordance with Supreme Court
31    Rule 231 (a) through (f). Neither stipulation by counsel  nor
32    the convenience of any party constitutes good cause.   If the
33    adjudicatory  hearing  is  not  heard  within the time limits
34    required by subsection (b)  or  (c)  of  this  Section,  upon
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 1    motion  by  any party the petition shall be dismissed without
 2    prejudice.
 3        (d)  The time limits of this Section may be  waived  only
 4    by consent of all parties and approval by the court.
 5        (e)  For   all  cases  filed  before  July  1,  1991,  an
 6    adjudicatory hearing must, be held within 180 days of July 1,
 7    1991.
 8    (Source: P.A. 88-7.)
 9        Section 15.  The Criminal Code  of  1961  is  amended  by
10    changing Section 26-1 as follows:
11        (720 ILCS 5/26-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 26-1)
12        Sec. 26-1.  Elements of the Offense.
13        (a)  A   person   commits   disorderly  conduct  when  he
14    knowingly:
15             (1)  Does any act in such unreasonable manner as  to
16        alarm  or  disturb another and to provoke a breach of the
17        peace; or
18             (2)  Transmits or causes to be  transmitted  in  any
19        manner  to the fire department of any city, town, village
20        or fire  protection  district  a  false  alarm  of  fire,
21        knowing at the time of such transmission that there is no
22        reasonable ground for believing that such fire exists; or
23             (3)  Transmits  or  causes  to be transmitted in any
24        manner to another a false alarm to the effect that a bomb
25        or other explosive of any nature  is  concealed  in  such
26        place  that  its  explosion  would  endanger  human life,
27        knowing at the time of such transmission that there is no
28        reasonable  ground  for  believing  that  such  bomb   or
29        explosive is concealed in such place; or
30             (4)  Transmits  or  causes  to be transmitted in any
31        manner to any peace officer,  public  officer  or  public
32        employee  a  report to the effect that an offense will be
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 1        committed, is being committed,  or  has  been  committed,
 2        knowing at the time of such transmission that there is no
 3        reasonable ground for believing that such an offense will
 4        be  committed, is being committed, or has been committed;
 5        or
 6             (5)  Enters upon the property of another and  for  a
 7        lewd  or  unlawful  purpose  deliberately  looks  into  a
 8        dwelling  on  the  property  through  any window or other
 9        opening in it; or
10             (6)  While acting as a collection agency as  defined
11        in  the "Collection Agency Act" or as an employee of such
12        collection agency, and while  attempting  to  collect  an
13        alleged  debt,  makes  a  telephone  call  to the alleged
14        debtor which is designed to harass, annoy  or  intimidate
15        the alleged debtor; or
16             (7)  Transmits  or  causes to be transmitted a false
17        report to the Department of Children and Family  Services
18        under  Section  4  of  the  "Abused  and  Neglected Child
19        Reporting Act"; or
20             (8)  Transmits or causes to be transmitted  a  false
21        report  to  the  Department  of  Public  Health under the
22        Nursing Home Care Act; or
23             (9)  Transmits or causes to be  transmitted  in  any
24        manner to the police department or fire department of any
25        municipality   or   fire   protection  district,  or  any
26        privately owned and operated ambulance service,  a  false
27        request    for    an    ambulance,    emergency   medical
28        technician-ambulance      or      emergency       medical
29        technician-paramedic  knowing  at  the  time  there is no
30        reasonable ground for believing that such  assistance  is
31        required; or
32             (10)  Transmits  or causes to be transmitted a false
33        report under Article II of "An Act in relation to victims
34        of violence and abuse", approved September 16,  1984,  as
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 1        amended; or.
 2             (11)  Transmits  or causes to be transmitted a false
 3        report to any public safety agency without the reasonable
 4        grounds necessary to believe  that  transmitting  such  a
 5        report  is  necessary  for  the safety and welfare of the
 6        public; or
 7             (12)  Calls the number  "911"  for  the  purpose  of
 8        making  or  transmitting  a  false alarm or complaint and
 9        reporting information when,  at  the  time  the  call  or
10        transmission  is  made,  the  person  knows  there  is no
11        reasonable ground for making the call or transmission and
12        further knows that the call or transmission could  result
13        in the emergency response of any public safety agency.
14        (b)  Sentence.
15        (1)  A violation of subsection (a) (1) of this Section is
16    a  Class  C  misdemeanor.  A violation of subsection (a) (7),
17    (a)(11), or (a)(12) or (a) (9) of this Section is a  Class  A
18    misdemeanor.  A violation of subsection (a) (4), (a) (5), (a)
19    (8) or (a) (10) of this Section is a Class B  misdemeanor.  A
20    violation  of  subsection  (a)  (2),  or  (a) (3), (a)(4), or
21    (a)(9) of this Section is a Class 4 felony.
22        A violation of subsection (a) (6) of this  Section  is  a
23    Business  Offense  and  shall  be  punished  by a fine not to
24    exceed $3,000. A second or subsequent violation of subsection
25    (a) (7), (a)(11), or (a)(12) of this Section  is  a  Class  4
26    felony.
27        (c)  In  addition  to  any  other  sentence  that  may be
28    imposed,  a  court  shall  order  any  person  convicted   of
29    disorderly  conduct to perform community service for not less
30    than 30 and not more than 120 hours, if community service  is
31    available  in  the jurisdiction and is funded and approved by
32    the  county  board  of  the  county  where  the  offense  was
33    committed. In addition, whenever  any  person  is  placed  on
34    supervision  for  an  alleged offense under this Section, the
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 1    supervision shall be conditioned upon the performance of  the
 2    community service.
 3        This  subsection  does not apply when the court imposes a
 4    sentence of incarceration.
 5    (Source: P.A. 88-558, eff. 1-1-95; 89-8, eff. 3-21-95.)
 6        Section 20.  The Code of Criminal Procedure  of  1963  is
 7    amended by changing Section 108-8 as follows:
 8        (725 ILCS 5/108-8) (from Ch. 38, par. 108-8)
 9        Sec. 108-8. Use of force in execution of search warrant.
10        (a)  All  necessary  and  reasonable force may be used to
11    effect an entry into any building or property or part thereof
12    to execute a search warrant.
13        (b)  The  court  issuing  a  warrant  may  authorize  the
14    officer executing the warrant to  make  entry  without  first
15    knocking  and announcing his or her office if it finds, based
16    upon a showing  of  specific  facts,  the  existence  of  the
17    following exigent circumstances:
18             (1)  That  the  officer  reasonably believes that if
19        notice were given a weapon would be used:
20                  (i)  against the officer executing  the  search
21             warrant; or
22                  (ii)  against another person.
23             (2)  That  if notice were given there is an imminent
24        "danger" that evidence will be destroyed.
25    Upon a finding by the judge issuing the warrant that  any  of
26    the  following  exigent  circumstances  exist,  the judge may
27    order the person executing the warrant to make entry  without
28    first knocking and announcing his office:
29        (1)  the  presence  of  firearms  or  explosives  in  the
30    building  in  an  area  where  they  are  accessible  to  any
31    occupant;
32        (2)  the  prior  possession of firearms by an occupant of
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 1    the building within a reasonable period of time;
 2        (3)  the presence  of  surveillance  equipment,  such  as
 3    video  cameras,  or  alarm  systems, inside or outside of the
 4    building;
 5        (4)  the  presence  of  steel  doors,  wooden   planking,
 6    crossbars,  dogs,  or  other  similar  means of preventing or
 7    impeding entry into the building.
 8    (Source: P.A. 87-522; 87-895.)

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