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| 1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 26-1 as follows:
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| 6 | (720 ILCS 5/26-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 26-1) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sec. 26-1. Disorderly conduct. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | (a) A person commits disorderly conduct when he or she | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | knowingly: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | (1) Does any act in such unreasonable manner as to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | alarm or disturb another and to provoke a breach of the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | peace; | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | (2) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | manner to the fire department of any city, town, village | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | or fire protection district a false alarm of fire, knowing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | at the time of the transmission that there is no | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | reasonable ground for believing that the fire exists; | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | (3) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | manner to another a false alarm to the effect that a bomb | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | or other explosive of any nature or a container holding | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | poison gas, a deadly biological or chemical contaminant, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | or radioactive substance is concealed in a place where its | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | explosion or release would endanger human life, knowing at | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | the time of the transmission that there is no reasonable | ||||||
| 2 | ground for believing that the bomb, explosive or a | ||||||
| 3 | container holding poison gas, a deadly biological or | ||||||
| 4 | chemical contaminant, or radioactive substance is | ||||||
| 5 | concealed in the place; | ||||||
| 6 | (3.5) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any | ||||||
| 7 | manner a threat of destruction of a school building or | ||||||
| 8 | school property, or a threat of violence, death, or bodily | ||||||
| 9 | harm directed against persons at a school, school | ||||||
| 10 | function, or school event, whether or not school is in | ||||||
| 11 | session; | ||||||
| 12 | (4) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any | ||||||
| 13 | manner to any peace officer, public officer or public | ||||||
| 14 | employee a report to the effect that an offense will be | ||||||
| 15 | committed, is being committed, or has been committed, | ||||||
| 16 | knowing at the time of the transmission that there is no | ||||||
| 17 | reasonable ground for believing that the offense will be | ||||||
| 18 | committed, is being committed, or has been committed; | ||||||
| 19 | (5) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any | ||||||
| 20 | manner a false report to any public safety agency without | ||||||
| 21 | the reasonable grounds necessary to believe that | ||||||
| 22 | transmitting the report is necessary for the safety and | ||||||
| 23 | welfare of the public; | ||||||
| 24 | (6) Calls or texts the number "911" or transmits or | ||||||
| 25 | causes to be transmitted in any manner to a public safety | ||||||
| 26 | agency or public safety answering point for the purpose of | ||||||
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| 1 | making or transmitting a false alarm or complaint and | ||||||
| 2 | reporting information when, at the time the call, text, or | ||||||
| 3 | transmission is made, the person knows there is no | ||||||
| 4 | reasonable ground for making the call, text, or | ||||||
| 5 | transmission and further knows that the call, text, or | ||||||
| 6 | transmission could result in the emergency response of any | ||||||
| 7 | public safety agency; | ||||||
| 8 | (7) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any | ||||||
| 9 | manner a false report to the Department of Children and | ||||||
| 10 | Family Services under Section 4 of the Abused and | ||||||
| 11 | Neglected Child Reporting Act; | ||||||
| 12 | (8) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any | ||||||
| 13 | manner a false report to the Department of Public Health | ||||||
| 14 | under the Nursing Home Care Act, the Specialized Mental | ||||||
| 15 | Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community | ||||||
| 16 | Care Act, or the MC/DD Act; | ||||||
| 17 | (9) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any | ||||||
| 18 | manner to the police department or fire department of any | ||||||
| 19 | municipality or fire protection district, or any privately | ||||||
| 20 | owned and operated ambulance service, a false request for | ||||||
| 21 | an ambulance, emergency medical technician-ambulance or | ||||||
| 22 | emergency medical technician-paramedic knowing at the time | ||||||
| 23 | there is no reasonable ground for believing that the | ||||||
| 24 | assistance is required; | ||||||
| 25 | (10) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any | ||||||
| 26 | manner a false report under Article II of Public Act | ||||||
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| 1 | 83-1432; | ||||||
| 2 | (11) Enters upon the property of another and for a | ||||||
| 3 | lewd or unlawful purpose deliberately looks into a | ||||||
| 4 | dwelling on the property through any window or other | ||||||
| 5 | opening in it; or | ||||||
| 6 | (12) While acting as a collection agency as defined in | ||||||
| 7 | the Collection Agency Act or as an employee of the | ||||||
| 8 | collection agency, and while attempting to collect an | ||||||
| 9 | alleged debt, makes a telephone call to the alleged debtor | ||||||
| 10 | which is designed to harass, annoy or intimidate the | ||||||
| 11 | alleged debtor. | ||||||
| 12 | (b) Sentence. A violation of subsection (a)(1) of this | ||||||
| 13 | Section is a Class C misdemeanor. A violation of subsection | ||||||
| 14 | (a)(1) of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor if the | ||||||
| 15 | violation results or requires a business or facility to close | ||||||
| 16 | during the breach of the peace. A violation of subsection | ||||||
| 17 | (a)(5) or (a)(11) of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor. A | ||||||
| 18 | violation of subsection (a)(8) or (a)(10) of this Section is a | ||||||
| 19 | Class B misdemeanor. A violation of subsection (a)(2), | ||||||
| 20 | (a)(3.5), (a)(4), (a)(6), (a)(7), or (a)(9) of this Section is | ||||||
| 21 | a Class 4 felony. A violation of subsection (a)(3) of this | ||||||
| 22 | Section is a Class 3 felony, for which a fine of not less than | ||||||
| 23 | $3,000 and no more than $10,000 shall be assessed in addition | ||||||
| 24 | to any other penalty imposed. | ||||||
| 25 | A violation of subsection (a)(12) of this Section is a | ||||||
| 26 | Business Offense and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed | ||||||
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| 1 | $3,000. A second or subsequent violation of subsection (a)(7) | ||||||
| 2 | or (a)(5) of this Section is a Class 4 felony. A third or | ||||||
| 3 | subsequent violation of subsection (a)(11) of this Section is | ||||||
| 4 | a Class 4 felony. | ||||||
| 5 | (c) In addition to any other sentence that may be imposed, | ||||||
| 6 | a court shall order any person convicted of disorderly conduct | ||||||
| 7 | to perform community service for not less than 30 and not more | ||||||
| 8 | than 120 hours, if community service is available in the | ||||||
| 9 | jurisdiction and is funded and approved by the county board of | ||||||
| 10 | the county where the offense was committed. In addition, | ||||||
| 11 | whenever any person is placed on supervision for an alleged | ||||||
| 12 | offense under this Section, the supervision shall be | ||||||
| 13 | conditioned upon the performance of the community service. | ||||||
| 14 | This subsection does not apply when the court imposes a | ||||||
| 15 | sentence of incarceration. | ||||||
| 16 | (d) In addition to any other sentence that may be imposed, | ||||||
| 17 | the court shall order any person convicted of disorderly | ||||||
| 18 | conduct under paragraph (3) of subsection (a) involving a | ||||||
| 19 | false alarm of a threat that a bomb or explosive device has | ||||||
| 20 | been placed in a school that requires an emergency response to | ||||||
| 21 | reimburse the unit of government that employs the emergency | ||||||
| 22 | response officer or officers that were dispatched to the | ||||||
| 23 | school for the cost of the response. If the court determines | ||||||
| 24 | that the person convicted of disorderly conduct that requires | ||||||
| 25 | an emergency response to a school is indigent, the provisions | ||||||
| 26 | of this subsection (d) do not apply. | ||||||
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