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 1        AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code  of  1961  by  changing
 2    Sections 11-9 and 26-1.

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

 5        Section 5.  The Criminal  Code  of  1961  is  amended  by
 6    changing Sections 11-9 and 26-1 as follows:

 7        (720 ILCS 5/11-9) (from Ch. 38, par. 11-9)
 8        Sec. 11-9. Public indecency.
 9        (a)  Any  person  of  the age of 17 years and upwards who
10    performs any of the following acts in a public place  commits
11    a public indecency:
12             (1)  An  act of sexual penetration or sexual conduct
13        as defined in Section 12-12 of this Code; or
14             (2)  A lewd exposure of the body done with intent to
15        arouse or to satisfy the sexual desire of the person.
16        Breast-feeding  of  infants  is  not  an  act  of  public
17    indecency.
18        (b)  "Public place" for purposes of  this  Section  means
19    any  place where the conduct may reasonably be expected to be
20    viewed by others.
21        (c)  Sentence.
22        Public indecency is  a  Class  A  misdemeanor.  A  person
23    convicted  of  a  third  or  subsequent  violation for public
24    indecency is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
25    (Source: P.A. 89-59, eff. 1-1-96.)

26        (720 ILCS 5/26-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 26-1)
27        Sec. 26-1.  Elements of the Offense.
28        (a)  A  person  commits  disorderly   conduct   when   he
29    knowingly:
30             (1)  Does  any act in such unreasonable manner as to
 
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 1        alarm or disturb another and to provoke a breach  of  the
 2        peace; or
 3             (2)  Transmits  or  causes  to be transmitted in any
 4        manner to the fire department of any city, town,  village
 5        or  fire  protection  district  a  false  alarm  of fire,
 6        knowing at the time of such transmission that there is no
 7        reasonable ground for believing that such fire exists; or
 8             (3)  Transmits or causes to be  transmitted  in  any
 9        manner to another a false alarm to the effect that a bomb
10        or  other  explosive  of  any nature is concealed in such
11        place that  its  explosion  would  endanger  human  life,
12        knowing at the time of such transmission that there is no
13        reasonable   ground  for  believing  that  such  bomb  or
14        explosive is concealed in such place; or
15             (4)  Transmits or causes to be  transmitted  in  any
16        manner  to  any  peace  officer, public officer or public
17        employee a report to the effect that an offense  will  be
18        committed,  is  being  committed,  or has been committed,
19        knowing at the time of such transmission that there is no
20        reasonable ground for believing that such an offense will
21        be committed, is being committed, or has been  committed;
22        or
23             (5)  Enters  upon  the property of another and for a
24        lewd  or  unlawful  purpose  deliberately  looks  into  a
25        dwelling on the property  through  any  window  or  other
26        opening in it; or
27             (6)  While  acting as a collection agency as defined
28        in the "Collection Agency Act" or as an employee of  such
29        collection  agency,  and  while  attempting to collect an
30        alleged debt, makes  a  telephone  call  to  the  alleged
31        debtor  which  is designed to harass, annoy or intimidate
32        the alleged debtor; or
33             (7)  Transmits or causes to be transmitted  a  false
34        report  to the Department of Children and Family Services
 
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 1        under Section  4  of  the  "Abused  and  Neglected  Child
 2        Reporting Act"; or
 3             (8)  Transmits  or  causes to be transmitted a false
 4        report to the  Department  of  Public  Health  under  the
 5        Nursing Home Care Act; or
 6             (9)  Transmits  or  causes  to be transmitted in any
 7        manner to the police department or fire department of any
 8        municipality  or  fire  protection   district,   or   any
 9        privately  owned  and operated ambulance service, a false
10        request   for    an    ambulance,    emergency    medical
11        technician-ambulance       or      emergency      medical
12        technician-paramedic knowing at  the  time  there  is  no
13        reasonable  ground  for believing that such assistance is
14        required; or
15             (10)  Transmits or causes to be transmitted a  false
16        report under Article II of "An Act in relation to victims
17        of  violence  and abuse", approved September 16, 1984, as
18        amended; or
19             (11)  Transmits or causes to be transmitted a  false
20        report to any public safety agency without the reasonable
21        grounds  necessary  to  believe  that transmitting such a
22        report is necessary for the safety  and  welfare  of  the
23        public; or
24             (12)  Calls  the  number  "911"  for  the purpose of
25        making or transmitting a false  alarm  or  complaint  and
26        reporting  information  when,  at  the  time  the call or
27        transmission is  made,  the  person  knows  there  is  no
28        reasonable ground for making the call or transmission and
29        further  knows that the call or transmission could result
30        in the emergency response of any public safety agency.
31        (b)  Sentence.
32        (1)  A violation of subsection (a) (1) of this Section is
33    a Class C misdemeanor. A violation of subsection (a)(5),  (a)
34    (7),  (a)(11),  or  (a)(12)  of  this  Section  is  a Class A
 
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 1    misdemeanor. A violation of subsection (a) (5),  (a)  (8)  or
 2    (a)  (10)  of  this  Section  is  a  Class  B  misdemeanor. A
 3    violation of subsection (a) (2), (a) (3), (a)(4),  or  (a)(9)
 4    of this Section is a Class 4 felony.
 5        A  violation  of  subsection (a) (6) of this Section is a
 6    Business Offense and shall be  punished  by  a  fine  not  to
 7    exceed $3,000. A second or subsequent violation of subsection
 8    (a)  (7),  (a)(11),  or  (a)(12) of this Section is a Class 4
 9    felony.  A third or subsequent violation of subsection (a)(5)
10    of this Section is a Class 4 felony.
11        (c)  In addition  to  any  other  sentence  that  may  be
12    imposed,   a  court  shall  order  any  person  convicted  of
13    disorderly conduct to perform community service for not  less
14    than  30 and not more than 120 hours, if community service is
15    available in the jurisdiction and is funded and  approved  by
16    the  county  board  of  the  county  where  the  offense  was
17    committed.  In  addition,  whenever  any  person is placed on
18    supervision for an alleged offense under  this  Section,  the
19    supervision  shall be conditioned upon the performance of the
20    community service.
21        This subsection does not apply when the court  imposes  a
22    sentence of incarceration.
23    (Source: P.A. 89-8, eff. 3-21-95; 90-456, eff. 1-1-98.)

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