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91_HB2209
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1 AN ACT to amend the Harassing and Obscene Communications
2 Act by changing Section 1.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Harassing and Obscene Communications Act
6 is amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
7 (720 ILCS 135/1) (from Ch. 134, par. 16.4)
8 Sec. 1. Transmission of obscene messages prohibited. Any
9 person in this State who sends messages or uses language or
10 terms which are obscene, lewd or immoral with the intent to
11 offend by means of or while using a telephone or telegraph
12 facilities, equipment or wires of any person, firm or
13 corporation engaged in the transmission of news or messages
14 between states or within the State of Illinois is guilty of a
15 Class B misdemeanor. The use of language or terms which are
16 obscene, lewd or immoral is prima facie evidence of the
17 intent to offend.
18 (Source: P.A. 77-2620.)