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1 AN ACT concerning school safety, amending named Acts.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections
5 2-3.126, 2-3.127, 10-20.31, 10-21.7-5, 22-26, 34-18.18, and
6 34-84a.2 and by changing Section 3-11 as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.126 new)
8 Sec. 2-3.126. School safety assessment audit. The State
9 Board of Education shall develop a school safety assessment
10 audit, which shall be distributed to all public schools.
11 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.127 new)
12 Sec. 2-3.127. School Resource Officer Grant Program.
13 The School Resource Officer Grant Program is hereby created,
14 which the State Board of Education shall administer. The
15 State Board of Education shall award grants, subject to
16 appropriation, to agencies who train school resource officers
17 for the purpose of training school resource officers and to
18 schools for training and the centralizing of information.
19 The State Board of Education shall establish a grant
20 application process and may adopt any rules necessary to
21 carry out its responsibilities under this Section.
22 (105 ILCS 5/3-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-11)
23 Sec. 3-11. Institutes or inservice training workshops.
24 In counties of less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, the regional
25 superintendent may arrange for or conduct district, regional,
26 or county institutes, or equivalent professional educational
27 experiences, not more than 4 days annually. Of those 4 days,
28 2 days may be used as a teacher's workshop, when approved by
29 the regional superintendent, up to 2 days may be used for
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1 conducting parent-teacher conferences or up to 2 days may be
2 utilized as parental institute days as provided in Section
3 10-22.18d. A school district may use one of its 4 institute
4 days on the last day of the school term. "Institute" or
5 "Professional educational experiences" means any educational
6 gathering, demonstration of methods of instruction,
7 visitation of schools or other institutions or facilities, or
8 sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness seminar held or
9 approved by the regional superintendent and declared by him
10 to be an institute day, or parent-teacher conferences. With
11 the concurrence of the State Superintendent of Education, he
12 may employ such assistance as is necessary to conduct the
13 institute. Two or more adjoining counties may jointly hold
14 an institute. Institute instruction shall be free to holders
15 of certificates good in the county or counties holding the
16 institute, and to those who have paid an examination fee and
17 failed to receive a certificate.
18 In counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the
19 regional superintendent may arrange for or conduct district,
20 regional, or county inservice training workshops, or
21 equivalent professional educational experiences, not more
22 than 4 days annually. Of those 4 days, 2 days may be used for
23 conducting parent-teacher conferences and up to 2 days may be
24 utilized as parental institute days as provided in Section
25 10-22.18d. A school district may use one of those 4 days on
26 the last day of the school term. "Inservice Training
27 Workshops" or "Professional educational experiences" means
28 any educational gathering, demonstration of methods of
29 instruction, visitation of schools or other institutions or
30 facilities, or sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness
31 seminar held or approved by the regional superintendent and
32 declared by him to be an inservice training workshop, or
33 parent-teacher conferences. With the concurrence of the
34 State Superintendent of Education, he may employ such
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1 assistance as is necessary to conduct the inservice training
2 workshop. With the approval of the regional superintendent,
3 2 or more adjoining districts may jointly hold an inservice
4 training workshop. In addition, with the approval of the
5 regional superintendent, one district may conduct its own
6 inservice training workshop with subject matter consultants
7 requested from the county, State or any State institution of
8 higher learning.
9 Such teachers institutes as referred to in this Section
10 may be held on consecutive or separate days at the option of
11 the regional superintendent having jurisdiction thereof.
12 Whenever reference is made in this Act to "teachers
13 institute", it shall be construed to include the inservice
14 training workshops or equivalent professional educational
15 experiences provided for in this Section.
16 Any institute advisory committee existing on April 1,
17 1995, is dissolved and the duties and responsibilities of the
18 institute advisory committee are assumed by the regional
19 office of education advisory board.
20 Districts providing inservice training programs shall
21 constitute inservice committees, 1/2 of which shall be
22 teachers, 1/4 school service personnel and 1/4 administrators
23 to establish program content and schedules.
24 The teachers institutes shall include teacher training
25 committed to peer counseling programs and other anti-violence
26 and conflict resolution programs, including without
27 limitation programs for preventing at risk students from
28 committing violent acts.
29 (Source: P.A. 88-89; 89-335, eff. 1-1-96.)
30 (105 ILCS 5/10-20.31 new)
31 Sec. 10-20.31. School safety assessment audit; safety
32 plan. The school board shall require schools to complete a
33 school safety assessment audit, as developed by the State
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1 Board of Education pursuant to Section 2-3.126, and to
2 develop a written safety plan. The plan shall be subject to
3 approval by the school board. Once approved, the school
4 shall file the plan with the State Board of Education and the
5 regional superintendent of schools. The State Board of
6 Education may provide, subject to appropriation, grants for
7 the purposes of this Section.
8 (105 ILCS 5/10-21.7-5 new)
9 Sec. 10-21.7-5. Principal to report certain felonies and
10 misdemeanors. The principal shall report the occurrence of a
11 felony or misdemeanor offense occurring on school grounds, in
12 the school, on a school bus, or at an activity supervised by
13 school employees to the local law enforcement agency within
14 24 hours after the principal becomes aware of the occurrence.
15 The principal shall also report the occurrence to the State
16 Board of Education, who shall make the information available
17 to the public.
18 (105 ILCS 5/22-26 new)
19 Sec. 22-26. Task Force on School Safety.
20 (a) The Task Force on School Safety is hereby created.
21 The Task Force shall consist of the following members:
22 (1) One member of the Senate appointed by the
23 President of the Senate.
24 (2) One member of the House of Representatives
25 appointed by the Speaker of the House.
26 (3) Two regional superintendents of schools
27 appointed by the State Superintendent of Education.
28 (4) One teacher who is a member of the Illinois
29 Federation of Teachers, appointed by the State
30 Superintendent of Education.
31 (5) One teacher who is a member of the Illinois
32 Education Association, appointed by the State
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1 Superintendent of Education.
2 (6) One member of the Illinois Sheriffs'
3 Association appointed by the Governor.
4 (7) One member of the State's Attorneys Association
5 appointed by the Governor.
6 (8) One member of the Illinois Public Defenders
7 Association appointed by the Governor.
8 (9) One member of the Illinois Violence Prevention
9 Authority.
10 (10) One member appointed by the Governor.
11 (11) One member of the Illinois Principals
12 Association appointed by the Illinois Principals
13 Association.
14 The Task Force shall meet initially at the call of the
15 Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate, shall
16 select one member as chairperson at its initial meeting, and
17 shall thereafter meet at the call of the chairperson.
18 (b) The Task Force shall identify all school safety
19 programs offered by schools and State agencies and make
20 recommendations of successful programs, including without
21 limitation peer mediation, and shall study alternative
22 education programs and their current status, waiting lists,
23 and capital needs. The Task Force shall also make
24 recommendations on the streamlining, centralization, and
25 coordination of school safety resources and programs offered
26 by various entities, agencies, and governmental units. The
27 Task Force shall submit a report on its findings and
28 recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor by
29 January 1, 2000.
30 (c) This Section is repealed on January 2, 2000.
31 (105 ILCS 5/34-18.18 new)
32 Sec. 34-18.18. School safety assessment audit; safety
33 plan. The board of education shall require schools to
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1 complete a school safety assessment audit, as developed by
2 the State Board of Education pursuant to Section 2-3.126, and
3 to develop a written safety plan. The plan shall be subject
4 to approval by the board of education. Once approved, the
5 school shall file the plan with the State Board of Education
6 and the regional superintendent of schools. The State Board
7 of Education may provide, subject to appropriation, grants
8 for the purposes of this Section.
9 (105 ILCS 5/34-84a.2 new)
10 Sec. 34-84a.2. Principal to report certain felonies and
11 misdemeanors. The principal of each attendance center shall
12 report the occurrence of a felony or misdemeanor offense
13 occurring on school grounds, in the school, on a school bus,
14 or at an activity supervised by school employees to the local
15 law enforcement agency within 24 hours after the principal
16 becomes aware of the occurrence. The principal shall also
17 report the occurrence to the State Board of Education, who
18 shall make the information available to the public.
19 Section 10. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
20 changing Section 1-7 as follows:
21 (705 ILCS 405/1-7) (from Ch. 37, par. 801-7)
22 Sec. 1-7. Confidentiality of law enforcement records.
23 (A) Inspection and copying of law enforcement records
24 maintained by law enforcement agencies that relate to a minor
25 who has been arrested or taken into custody before his or her
26 17th birthday shall be restricted to the following:
27 (1) Any local, State or federal law enforcement
28 officers of any jurisdiction or agency when necessary for
29 the discharge of their official duties during the
30 investigation or prosecution of a crime or relating to a
31 minor who has been adjudicated delinquent and there has
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1 been a previous finding that the act which constitutes
2 the previous offense was committed in furtherance of
3 criminal activities by a criminal street gang. For
4 purposes of this Section, "criminal street gang" has the
5 meaning ascribed to it in Section 10 of the Illinois
6 Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
7 (2) Prosecutors, probation officers, social
8 workers, or other individuals assigned by the court to
9 conduct a pre-adjudication or pre-disposition
10 investigation, and individuals responsible for
11 supervising or providing temporary or permanent care and
12 custody for minors pursuant to the order of the juvenile
13 court, when essential to performing their
14 responsibilities.
15 (3) Prosecutors and probation officers:
16 (a) in the course of a trial when institution
17 of criminal proceedings has been permitted under
18 Section 5-4 or required under Section 5-805 5-4; or
19 (b) when institution of criminal proceedings
20 has been permitted under Section 5-4 or required
21 under Section 5-805 5-4 and such minor is the
22 subject of a proceeding to determine the amount of
23 bail; or
24 (c) when criminal proceedings have been
25 permitted under Section 5-4 or required under
26 Section 5-805 5-4 and such minor is the subject of a
27 pre-trial investigation, pre-sentence investigation,
28 fitness hearing, or proceedings on an application
29 for probation.
30 (4) Adult and Juvenile Prisoner Review Board.
31 (5) Authorized military personnel.
32 (6) Persons engaged in bona fide research, with the
33 permission of the Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Court
34 and the chief executive of the respective law enforcement
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1 agency; provided that publication of such research
2 results in no disclosure of a minor's identity and
3 protects the confidentiality of the minor's record.
4 (7) Department of Children and Family Services
5 child protection investigators acting in their official
6 capacity.
7 (8) The appropriate school official. Inspection
8 and copying shall be limited to law enforcement records
9 transmitted to the appropriate school official by a local
10 law enforcement agency (a) who shall report all weapons
11 related offenses, as defined in the federal Guns Free
12 Schools Act, and violent crimes committed by minors
13 enrolled in the school to the school official and (b)
14 under a reciprocal reporting system established and
15 maintained between the school district and the local law
16 enforcement agency under Section 10-20.14 of the School
17 Code concerning a minor enrolled in a school within the
18 school district who has been arrested or taken into
19 custody for any of the following offenses:
20 (i) unlawful use of weapons under Section 24-1
21 of the Criminal Code of 1961;
22 (ii) a violation of the Illinois Controlled
23 Substances Act;
24 (iii) a violation of the Cannabis Control Act;
25 or
26 (iv) a forcible felony as defined in Section
27 2-8 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
28 (B) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no law
29 enforcement officer or other person or agency may
30 knowingly transmit to the Department of Corrections,
31 Adult Division or the Department of State Police or to
32 the Federal Bureau of Investigation any fingerprint or
33 photograph relating to a minor who has been arrested or
34 taken into custody before his or her 17th birthday,
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1 unless the court in proceedings under this Act authorizes
2 the transmission or enters an order under Section 5-805
3 5-4 permitting or requiring the institution of criminal
4 proceedings.
5 (2) Law enforcement officers or other persons or
6 agencies shall transmit to the Department of State
7 Police copies of fingerprints and descriptions of all
8 minors who have been arrested or taken into custody
9 before their 17th birthday for the offense of unlawful
10 use of weapons under Article 24 of the Criminal Code of
11 1961, a Class X or Class 1 felony, a forcible felony as
12 defined in Section 2-8 of the Criminal Code of 1961, or a
13 Class 2 or greater felony under the Cannabis Control Act,
14 the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or Chapter 4 of
15 the Illinois Vehicle Code, pursuant to Section 5 of the
16 Criminal Identification Act. Information reported to the
17 Department pursuant to this Section may be maintained
18 with records that the Department files pursuant to
19 Section 2.1 of the Criminal Identification Act. Nothing
20 in this Act prohibits a law enforcement agency from
21 fingerprinting a minor taken into custody or arrested
22 before his or her 17th birthday for an offense other than
23 those listed in this paragraph (2).
24 (C) The records of law enforcement officers concerning
25 all minors under 17 years of age must be maintained separate
26 from the records of arrests and may not be open to public
27 inspection or their contents disclosed to the public except
28 by order of the court or when the institution of criminal
29 proceedings has been permitted under Section 5-4 or required
30 under Section 5-805 5-4 or such a person has been convicted
31 of a crime and is the subject of pre-sentence investigation
32 or proceedings on an application for probation or when
33 provided by law.
34 (D) Nothing contained in subsection (C) of this Section
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1 shall prohibit the inspection or disclosure to victims and
2 witnesses of photographs contained in the records of law
3 enforcement agencies when the inspection and disclosure is
4 conducted in the presence of a law enforcement officer for
5 the purpose of the identification or apprehension of any
6 person subject to the provisions of this Act or for the
7 investigation or prosecution of any crime.
8 (E) Law enforcement officers may not disclose the
9 identity of any minor in releasing information to the general
10 public as to the arrest, investigation or disposition of any
11 case involving a minor.
12 (F) Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit law
13 enforcement agencies from communicating with each other by
14 letter, memorandum, teletype or intelligence alert bulletin
15 or other means the identity or other relevant information
16 pertaining to a person under 17 years of age if there are
17 reasonable grounds to believe that the person poses a real
18 and present danger to the safety of the public or law
19 enforcement officers. The information provided under this
20 subsection (F) shall remain confidential and shall not be
21 publicly disclosed, except as otherwise allowed by law.
22 (G) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the right of
23 a Civil Service Commission or appointing authority of any
24 state, county or municipality examining the character and
25 fitness of an applicant for employment with a law enforcement
26 agency or correctional institution from obtaining and
27 examining the records of any law enforcement agency relating
28 to any record of the applicant having been arrested or taken
29 into custody before the applicant's 17th birthday.
30 (Source: P.A. 89-221, eff. 8-4-95; 89-362, eff. 8-18-95;
31 89-626, eff. 8-9-96; 90-127, eff. 1-1-98; revised 8-26-98.)
32 Section 15. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
33 changing Sections 12-2, 12-4.2, and 24-1.2 and adding Section
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1 31-9 as follows:
2 (720 ILCS 5/12-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-2)
3 Sec. 12-2. Aggravated assault.
4 (a) A person commits an aggravated assault, when, in
5 committing an assault, he:
6 (1) Uses a deadly weapon or any device manufactured
7 and designed to be substantially similar in appearance to
8 a firearm, other than by discharging a firearm in the
9 direction of another person, a peace officer, a person
10 summoned or directed by a peace officer, a correctional
11 officer or a fireman or in the direction of a vehicle
12 occupied by another person, a peace officer, a person
13 summoned or directed by a peace officer, a correctional
14 officer or a fireman while the officer or fireman is
15 engaged in the execution of any of his official duties,
16 or to prevent the officer or fireman from performing his
17 official duties, or in retaliation for the officer or
18 fireman performing his official duties;
19 (2) Is hooded, robed or masked in such manner as to
20 conceal his identity or any device manufactured and
21 designed to be substantially similar in appearance to a
22 firearm;
23 (3) Knows the individual assaulted to be a teacher
24 or other person employed in any school and such teacher
25 or other employee is upon the grounds of a school or
26 grounds adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a building
27 used for school purposes;
28 (4) Knows the individual assaulted to be a
29 supervisor, director, instructor or other person employed
30 in any park district and such supervisor, director,
31 instructor or other employee is upon the grounds of the
32 park or grounds adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a
33 building used for park purposes;
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1 (5) Knows the individual assaulted to be a
2 caseworker, investigator, or other person employed by the
3 State Department of Public Aid, a County Department of
4 Public Aid, or the Department of Human Services (acting
5 as successor to the Illinois Department of Public Aid
6 under the Department of Human Services Act) and such
7 caseworker, investigator, or other person is upon the
8 grounds of a public aid office or grounds adjacent
9 thereto, or is in any part of a building used for public
10 aid purposes, or upon the grounds of a home of a public
11 aid applicant, recipient or any other person being
12 interviewed or investigated in the employees' discharge
13 of his duties, or on grounds adjacent thereto, or is in
14 any part of a building in which the applicant, recipient,
15 or other such person resides or is located;
16 (6) Knows the individual assaulted to be a peace
17 officer, or a community policing volunteer, or a fireman
18 while the officer or fireman is engaged in the execution
19 of any of his official duties, or to prevent the officer,
20 community policing volunteer, or fireman from performing
21 his official duties, or in retaliation for the officer,
22 community policing volunteer, or fireman performing his
23 official duties, and the assault is committed other than
24 by the discharge of a firearm in the direction of the
25 officer or fireman or in the direction of a vehicle
26 occupied by the officer or fireman;
27 (7) Knows the individual assaulted to be an
28 emergency medical technician - ambulance, emergency
29 medical technician - intermediate, emergency medical
30 technician - paramedic, ambulance driver or other medical
31 assistance or first aid personnel employed by a
32 municipality or other governmental unit engaged in the
33 execution of any of his official duties, or to prevent
34 the emergency medical technician - ambulance, emergency
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1 medical technician - intermediate, emergency medical
2 technician - paramedic, ambulance driver, or other
3 medical assistance or first aid personnel from performing
4 his official duties, or in retaliation for the emergency
5 medical technician - ambulance, emergency medical
6 technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
7 paramedic, ambulance driver, or other medical assistance
8 or first aid personnel performing his official duties;
9 (8) Knows the individual assaulted to be the
10 driver, operator, employee or passenger of any
11 transportation facility or system engaged in the business
12 of transportation of the public for hire and the
13 individual assaulted is then performing in such capacity
14 or then using such public transportation as a passenger
15 or using any area of any description designated by the
16 transportation facility or system as a vehicle boarding,
17 departure, or transfer location;
18 (9) Or the individual assaulted is on or about a
19 public way, public property, or public place of
20 accommodation or amusement;
21 (10) Knows the individual assaulted to be an
22 employee of the State of Illinois, a municipal
23 corporation therein or a political subdivision thereof,
24 engaged in the performance of his authorized duties as
25 such employee;
26 (11) Knowingly and without legal justification,
27 commits an assault on a physically handicapped person;
28 (12) Knowingly and without legal justification,
29 commits an assault on a person 60 years of age or older;
30 (13) Discharges a firearm;
31 (14) Knows the individual assaulted to be a
32 correctional officer, while the officer is engaged in the
33 execution of any of his or her official duties, or to
34 prevent the officer from performing his or her official
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1 duties, or in retaliation for the officer performing his
2 or her official duties; or
3 (15) Knows the individual assaulted to be a
4 correctional employee, while the employee is engaged in
5 the execution of any of his or her official duties, or to
6 prevent the employee from performing his or her official
7 duties, or in retaliation for the employee performing his
8 or her official duties, and the assault is committed
9 other than by the discharge of a firearm in the direction
10 of the employee or in the direction of a vehicle occupied
11 by the employee.
12 (b) Sentence.
13 Aggravated assault as defined in paragraphs (1) (2), (4),
14 and through (5) and (7) through (12) of subsection (a) of
15 this Section is a Class A misdemeanor. Aggravated assault as
16 defined in paragraphs (3), (13), (14), and (15) of subsection
17 (a) of this Section is a Class 4 felony. Aggravated assault
18 as defined in paragraph (6) of subsection (a) of this Section
19 is a Class A misdemeanor if a firearm is not used in the
20 commission of the assault. Aggravated assault as defined in
21 paragraph (6) of subsection (a) of this Section is a Class 4
22 felony if a firearm is used in the commission of the assault.
23 (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 90-406, eff. 8-15-97;
24 90-651, eff. 1-1-99.)
25 (720 ILCS 5/12-4.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-4.2)
26 Sec. 12-4.2. Aggravated Battery with a firearm.
27 (a) A person commits aggravated battery with a firearm
28 when he, in committing a battery, knowingly or intentionally
29 by means of the discharging of a firearm (1) causes any
30 injury to another person, or (2) causes any injury to a
31 person he knows to be a peace officer, a community policing
32 volunteer, a correctional institution employee or a fireman
33 while the officer, volunteer, employee or fireman is engaged
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1 in the execution of any of his official duties, or to prevent
2 the officer, volunteer, employee or fireman from performing
3 his official duties, or in retaliation for the officer,
4 volunteer, employee or fireman performing his official
5 duties, or (3) causes any injury to a person he knows to be
6 an emergency medical technician - ambulance, emergency
7 medical technician - intermediate, emergency medical
8 technician - paramedic, ambulance driver, or other medical
9 assistance or first aid personnel, employed by a municipality
10 or other governmental unit, while the emergency medical
11 technician - ambulance, emergency medical technician -
12 intermediate, emergency medical technician - paramedic,
13 ambulance driver, or other medical assistance or first aid
14 personnel is engaged in the execution of any of his official
15 duties, or to prevent the emergency medical technician -
16 ambulance, emergency medical technician - intermediate,
17 emergency medical technician - paramedic, ambulance driver,
18 or other medical assistance or first aid personnel from
19 performing his official duties, or in retaliation for the
20 emergency medical technician - ambulance, emergency medical
21 technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
22 paramedic, ambulance driver, or other medical assistance or
23 first aid personnel performing his official duties, or (4)
24 causes any injury to a person he or she knows to be a
25 teacher, and the teacher is upon the grounds of a school or
26 grounds adjacent thereto or is in any part of a building
27 used for school purposes.
28 (b) A violation of subsection (a) (1) of this Section is
29 a Class X felony. A violation of subsection (a) (2), or
30 subsection (a) (3), or subsection (a) (4) of this Section is
31 a Class X felony for which the sentence shall be a term of
32 imprisonment of no less than 15 years and no more than 60
33 years.
34 (c) For purposes of this Section, "firearm" is defined
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1 as in "An Act relating to the acquisition, possession and
2 transfer of firearms and firearm ammunition, to provide a
3 penalty for the violation thereof and to make an
4 appropriation in connection therewith", approved August 1,
5 1967, as amended.
6 (Source: P.A. 90-651, eff. 1-1-99.)
7 (720 ILCS 5/24-1.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-1.2)
8 Sec. 24-1.2. Aggravated discharge of a firearm.
9 (a) A person commits aggravated discharge of a firearm
10 when he knowingly or intentionally:
11 (1) Discharges a firearm at or into a building he
12 knows to be occupied and the firearm is discharged from a
13 place or position outside that building;
14 (2) Discharges a firearm in the direction of
15 another person or in the direction of a vehicle he knows
16 to be occupied;
17 (3) Discharges a firearm in the direction of a
18 person he knows to be a peace officer, a community
19 policing volunteer, a correctional institution employee,
20 or a fireman while the officer, volunteer, employee or
21 fireman is engaged in the execution of any of his
22 official duties, or to prevent the officer, volunteer,
23 employee or fireman from performing his official duties,
24 or in retaliation for the officer, volunteer, employee or
25 fireman performing his official duties;
26 (4) Discharges a firearm in the direction of a
27 vehicle he knows to be occupied by a peace officer, a
28 person summoned or directed by a peace officer, a
29 correctional institution employee or a fireman while the
30 officer, employee or fireman is engaged in the execution
31 of any of his official duties, or to prevent the officer,
32 employee or fireman from performing his official duties,
33 or in retaliation for the officer, employee or fireman
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1 performing his official duties;
2 (5) Discharges a firearm in the direction of a
3 person he knows to be an emergency medical technician -
4 ambulance, emergency medical technician - intermediate,
5 emergency medical technician - paramedic, ambulance
6 driver, or other medical assistance or first aid
7 personnel, employed by a municipality or other
8 governmental unit, while the emergency medical technician
9 - ambulance, emergency medical technician - intermediate,
10 emergency medical technician - paramedic, ambulance
11 driver, or other medical assistance or first aid
12 personnel is engaged in the execution of any of his
13 official duties, or to prevent the emergency medical
14 technician - ambulance, emergency medical technician -
15 intermediate, emergency medical technician - paramedic,
16 ambulance driver, or other medical assistance or first
17 aid personnel from performing his official duties, or in
18 retaliation for the emergency medical technician -
19 ambulance, emergency medical technician - intermediate,
20 emergency medical technician - paramedic, ambulance
21 driver, or other medical assistance or first aid
22 personnel performing his official duties; or
23 (6) Discharges a firearm in the direction of a
24 vehicle he knows to be occupied by an emergency medical
25 technician - ambulance, emergency medical technician -
26 intermediate, emergency medical technician - paramedic,,
27 ambulance driver, or other medical assistance or first
28 aid personnel, employed by a municipality or other
29 governmental unit, while the emergency medical technician
30 - ambulance, emergency medical technician - intermediate,
31 emergency medical technician - paramedic, ambulance
32 driver, or other medical assistance or first aid
33 personnel is engaged in the execution of any of his
34 official duties, or to prevent the emergency medical
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1 technician - ambulance, emergency medical technician -
2 intermediate, emergency medical technician - paramedic,
3 ambulance driver, or other medical assistance or first
4 aid personnel from performing his official duties, or in
5 retaliation for the emergency medical technician -
6 ambulance, emergency medical technician - intermediate,
7 emergency medical technician - paramedic, ambulance
8 driver, or other medical assistance or first aid
9 personnel performing his official duties.
10 (b) A violation of subsection (a)(1) or subsection
11 (a)(2) of this Section is a Class 1 felony. A violation of
12 subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this Section committed in a
13 school or on the real property comprising a school,
14 regardless of the time of the day or time of year that the
15 offense was committed, is a Class X felony. A violation of
16 subsection (a)(3), (a)(4), (a)(5), or (a)(6) of this Section
17 is a Class X felony for which the sentence shall be a term of
18 imprisonment of no less than 10 years and not more than 45
19 years.
20 (c) For purposes of this Section, "school" means any
21 public or private elementary or secondary school, community
22 college, college, or university.
23 (Source: P.A. 90-651, eff. 1-1-99; revised 10-31-98.)
24 (720 ILCS 5/31-9 new)
25 Sec. 31-9. Certain school officials to report certain
26 felonies and misdemeanors. The principal or other appropriate
27 administrative officer of each attendance center of a public
28 or nonpublic elementary or secondary school shall report the
29 occurrence of a felony or misdemeanor offense occurring on
30 school grounds, in the school, on a school bus, or at an
31 activity supervised by school employees to the local law
32 enforcement agency within 24 hours after the principal or
33 other appropriate administrative officer becomes aware of the
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1 occurrence.
2 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3 becoming law.
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