[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, Administration,
Art. I, General Code Provisions, Div. I)]
A person commits disorderly conduct when he knowingly:
(A) Does any act in such an unreasonable manner as to alarm or disturb
another and to provoke a breach of the peace; or
(B) Transmits in any manner to the Fire Department of any Village, town,
village or fire protection district, a false alarm of fire, knowing
at the time of such transmission that there is no reasonable ground
for believing that such fire exists; or
(C) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any manner to another a
false alarm to the effect that a bomb or other explosive of any nature
or a container holding poison gas, a deadly biological or chemical
contaminant or radioactive substance is concealed in such a place
that its explosion or release would endanger human life, knowing at
the time of such transmission that there is no reasonable ground for
believing that such bomb or explosive or container holding poison
gas, a deadly biological or chemical contaminant or radioactive substance
is concealed in such a place; or
(D) Transmits
or causes to be transmitted in any manner a threat of destruction
of a school building or school property, or a threat of violence,
death, or bodily harm directed against persons at a school, school
function, or school event, whether or not school is in session;
(E) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any manner to any peace
officer, public officer or public employee a report to the effect
that an offense will be committed, is being committed or has been
committed, knowing at the time of such transmission that there is
no reasonable ground for believing that such an offense will be committed,
is being committed or has been committed; or
(F) Transmits
or causes to be transmitted in any manner a false report to any public
safety agency without the reasonable grounds necessary to believe
that transmitting the report is necessary for the safety and welfare
of the public;
(G) Calls
the number 911 or transmits or causes to be transmitted in any manner
to a public safety agency for the purpose of making or transmitting
a false alarm or complaint and reporting information when, at the
time the call or transmission is made, the person knows there is no
reasonable ground for making the call or transmission and further
knows that the call or transmission could result in the emergency
response of any public safety agency;
(H) Transmits
or causes to be transmitted in any manner a false report to the Department
of Children and Family Services under Section 4 of the Abused and
Neglected Child Reporting Act;
(I) Transmits
or causes to be transmitted in any manner a false report to the Department
of Public Health under the Nursing Home Care Act, the Specialized
Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community Care
Act, or the MC/DD Act;
(J) Transmits
or causes to be transmitted in any manner to the police department
or fire department of any municipality or fire protection district,
or any privately owned and operated ambulance service, a false request
for an ambulance, emergency medical technician-ambulance or emergency
medical technician-paramedic knowing at the time there is no reasonable
ground for believing that the assistance is required;
(K) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any manner a false report under Article
II of Public Act 83-1432;
(L) Enters upon the property of another and for a lewd or unlawful purpose,
deliberately looks into a dwelling on the property through any window
or other opening in it;
(M) While acting as a collection agency as defined in the Collection
Agency Act or as an employee of such collection agency, and while
attempting to collect an alleged debt, makes a telephone call to the
alleged debtor which is designed to harass, annoy or intimidate the
alleged debtor; or
(N) Transmits a false report to the Department of Children and Family
Services.
A person commits an offense when that person knowingly resists
or obstructs the performance of any authorized act of one known to
the person to be a peace officer within that peace officer's official
capacity.
A person who refuses or knowingly fails, upon command, to reasonably
aid a person known by him to be a peace officer in the following commits
a misdemeanor:
(A) Apprehending a person whom the officer is authorized to apprehend;
or
(B) Preventing the commission by another of any offense.
It shall be unlawful for any person who owns, maintains, uses,
abandons, any open well, cesspool, cistern, quarry, recharging basin,
catch basin, sump, excavation for the erection of any building structure
or excavation created by the razing or removal of any building structure
without covering or surrounding such installation with protective
fencing. This section shall not apply during the course of repair,
construction, removal or filling of any of the structures or conditions
herein described while any worker is present at the location thereof
either performing services thereon or as a watchman to guard such
location.