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Public Act 91-0910

HB3465 Enrolled                                LRB9107678RCks

    AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code  of  1961  by  changing
Section 26-4.

    Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section 5.  The Criminal  Code  of  1961  is  amended  by
changing Section 26-4 as follows:

    (720 ILCS 5/26-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 26-4)
    Sec. 26-4. Unauthorized videotaping.
    (a)  It   is   unlawful   for  any  person  to  knowingly
videotape, photograph, or film another  person  without  that
person's  consent  in  a  restroom,  tanning  bed, or tanning
salon, locker room, changing room, or hotel bedroom.
    (a-5)  It is unlawful for any  person  to  knowingly  and
secretly videotape, photograph, or film another person in the
other person's residence without that person's consent.
    (b)  Exemptions.    The  following  activities  shall  be
exempt from the provisions of this Section:
         (1)  Videotaping, photographing, and filming by  law
    enforcement    officers    pursuant    to    a   criminal
    investigation, which is otherwise lawful;
         (2)  Videotaping,  photographing,  and  filming   by
    correctional   officials  for  security  reasons  or  for
    investigation of alleged misconduct  involving  a  person
    committed to the Department of Corrections.
    (c)  The  provisions  of this Section do not apply to any
sound recording of an oral conversation made as the result of
the videotaping or filming, and to which Article 14  of  this
Code applies.
    (d) Sentence.
         (1)   A  violation  of  subsection (a) or (a-5) is a
    Class A misdemeanor.
         (2)  A  person  who,   by   any   means,   knowingly
    disseminates  or  permits  the  dissemination  to another
    person of a videotape, photograph, or film  in  violation
    of subsection (a) or (a-5) is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
(Source: P.A. 87-970.)

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