Bill Text: IL HB3452 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits public safety remote aerial interference when he or she knowingly operates an unmanned aerial vehicle intended to obstruct or interfere with the performance by one known to the person to be a peace officer, firefighter, emergency responder, or member of a search and rescue team who is performing or attempting to perform his of her official duties. This offense is a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent violation is a Class 4 felony.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3452 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3452-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB3452 Introduced , by Rep. Lance Yednock SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/31-2 new
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits public safety remote aerial interference when he or she knowingly operates an unmanned aerial vehicle intended to obstruct or interfere with the performance by one known to the person to be a peace officer, firefighter, emergency responder, or member of a search and rescue team who is performing or attempting to perform his of her official duties. This offense is a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent violation is a Class 4 felony.
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by adding
Section 31-2 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/31-2 new)
Sec. 31-2. Public safety remote aerial interference.
(a) In this Section, "unmanned aerial vehicle" means a
vehicle or device that uses aerodynamic forces to achieve
flight and is piloted remotely.
(b) A person commits public safety remote aerial
interference when he or she knowingly operates an unmanned
aerial vehicle intended to obstruct or interfere with the
performance by one known to the person to be a peace officer,
firefighter, emergency responder, or member of a search and
rescue team who is performing or attempting to perform his of
her official duties.
(c) Sentence. Public safety remote aerial interference is a
Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent violation is a
Class 4 felony.