(720 ILCS 5/31-1a) (from Ch. 38, par. 31-1a)
Sec. 31-1a. Disarming a peace officer or correctional institution
employee. (a) A person who, without the consent of a peace officer or
correctional institution employee as defined in subsection (b) of Section 31-1,
takes a weapon from
a person known to him or her to be
a peace officer or correctional institution employee, while the peace
officer or correctional institution employee is engaged in the performance
of
his or her official duties or from an area within the
peace officer's or correctional institution employee's immediate presence
is guilty of a Class 1 felony.
(b) A person who, without the consent of a peace officer or
correctional institution employee as defined in subsection (b) of Section 31-1,
attempts to take a weapon from
a person known to him or her to be
a peace officer or correctional institution employee, while the peace
officer or correctional institution employee is engaged in the performance
of
his or her official duties or from an area within the
peace officer's or correctional institution employee's immediate presence
is guilty of a Class 2 felony. (Source: P.A. 96-348, eff. 8-12-09.)
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