Sen. William R. Haine
Filed: 4/27/2009
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 699
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 699 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 12-4.1 as follows:
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| 6 | (720 ILCS 5/12-4.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-4.1)
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| 7 | Sec. 12-4.1. Heinous Battery.
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| 8 | (a) A person who, in
committing a battery, knowingly causes | ||||||
| 9 | severe and permanent
disability, great bodily harm or | ||||||
| 10 | disfigurement by means of a caustic or
flammable substance,
a | ||||||
| 11 | poisonous gas, a deadly biological or chemical contaminant or
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| 12 | agent, a
radioactive substance, or a bomb or explosive | ||||||
| 13 | compound, or any other dangerous weapon as defined by Section | ||||||
| 14 | 33A-1 of this Code
commits heinous battery.
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| 15 | (b) Sentence. Heinous battery is a Class X felony for which | ||||||
| 16 | a person shall
be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of no | ||||||
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| 1 | less than 6 years and no more
than 45 years.
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| 2 | (Source: P.A. 91-121, eff. 7-15-99.)
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| 3 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 4 | becoming law.".
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