93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB3997

 

Introduced 1/9/2004, by Dan Brady

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/2-10.4 new
720 ILCS 5/2-10.5 new
720 ILCS 5/12-2   from Ch. 38, par. 12-2
720 ILCS 5/12-4   from Ch. 38, par. 12-4
720 ILCS 5/12-14   from Ch. 38, par. 12-14

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that it constitutes aggravated assault, aggravated battery, or aggravated criminal sexual assault to commit an assault, battery, or criminal sexual assault upon a mentally handicapped person. Defines mentally handicapped person. Effective immediately.


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1     AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
5 Sections 12-2, 12-4, and 12-14 and by adding Sections 2-10.4
6 and 2-10.5 as follows:
 
7     (720 ILCS 5/2-10.4 new)
8     Sec. 2-10.4. Mentally handicapped person. "Mentally
9 handicapped person" means a person who suffers from a
10 disability that is attributable to: (1) mental retardation,
11 cerebral palsy, epilepsy or autism; or to (2) any other
12 condition that results in impairment similar to that caused by
13 mental retardation and that requires services similar to those
14 required by mentally retarded persons.
 
15     (720 ILCS 5/2-10.5 new)
16     Sec. 2-10.5. Mental retardation. "Mental retardation"
17 means significantly subaverage general intellectual
18 functioning that exists concurrently with impairment in
19 adaptive behavior.
 
20     (720 ILCS 5/12-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 12-2)
21     Sec. 12-2. Aggravated assault.
22     (a) A person commits an aggravated assault, when, in
23 committing an assault, he:
24         (1) Uses a deadly weapon or any device manufactured and
25     designed to be substantially similar in appearance to a
26     firearm, other than by discharging a firearm in the
27     direction of another person, a peace officer, a person
28     summoned or directed by a peace officer, a correctional
29     officer or a fireman or in the direction of a vehicle
30     occupied by another person, a peace officer, a person

 

 

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1     summoned or directed by a peace officer, a correctional
2     officer or a fireman while the officer or fireman is
3     engaged in the execution of any of his official duties, or
4     to prevent the officer or fireman from performing his
5     official duties, or in retaliation for the officer or
6     fireman performing his official duties;
7         (2) Is hooded, robed or masked in such manner as to
8     conceal his identity or any device manufactured and
9     designed to be substantially similar in appearance to a
10     firearm;
11         (3) Knows the individual assaulted to be a teacher or
12     other person employed in any school and such teacher or
13     other employee is upon the grounds of a school or grounds
14     adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a building used for
15     school purposes;
16         (4) Knows the individual assaulted to be a supervisor,
17     director, instructor or other person employed in any park
18     district and such supervisor, director, instructor or
19     other employee is upon the grounds of the park or grounds
20     adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a building used for
21     park purposes;
22         (5) Knows the individual assaulted to be a caseworker,
23     investigator, or other person employed by the State
24     Department of Public Aid, a County Department of Public
25     Aid, or the Department of Human Services (acting as
26     successor to the Illinois Department of Public Aid under
27     the Department of Human Services Act) and such caseworker,
28     investigator, or other person is upon the grounds of a
29     public aid office or grounds adjacent thereto, or is in any
30     part of a building used for public aid purposes, or upon
31     the grounds of a home of a public aid applicant, recipient
32     or any other person being interviewed or investigated in
33     the employees' discharge of his duties, or on grounds
34     adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a building in which
35     the applicant, recipient, or other such person resides or
36     is located;

 

 

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1         (6) Knows the individual assaulted to be a peace
2     officer, or a community policing volunteer, or a fireman
3     while the officer or fireman is engaged in the execution of
4     any of his official duties, or to prevent the officer,
5     community policing volunteer, or fireman from performing
6     his official duties, or in retaliation for the officer,
7     community policing volunteer, or fireman performing his
8     official duties, and the assault is committed other than by
9     the discharge of a firearm in the direction of the officer
10     or fireman or in the direction of a vehicle occupied by the
11     officer or fireman;
12         (7) Knows the individual assaulted to be an emergency
13     medical technician - ambulance, emergency medical
14     technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
15     paramedic, ambulance driver or other medical assistance or
16     first aid personnel engaged in the execution of any of his
17     official duties, or to prevent the emergency medical
18     technician - ambulance, emergency medical technician -
19     intermediate, emergency medical technician - paramedic,
20     ambulance driver, or other medical assistance or first aid
21     personnel from performing his official duties, or in
22     retaliation for the emergency medical technician -
23     ambulance, emergency medical technician - intermediate,
24     emergency medical technician - paramedic, ambulance
25     driver, or other medical assistance or first aid personnel
26     performing his official duties;
27         (8) Knows the individual assaulted to be the driver,
28     operator, employee or passenger of any transportation
29     facility or system engaged in the business of
30     transportation of the public for hire and the individual
31     assaulted is then performing in such capacity or then using
32     such public transportation as a passenger or using any area
33     of any description designated by the transportation
34     facility or system as a vehicle boarding, departure, or
35     transfer location;
36         (9) Or the individual assaulted is on or about a public

 

 

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1     way, public property, or public place of accommodation or
2     amusement;
3         (10) Knows the individual assaulted to be an employee
4     of the State of Illinois, a municipal corporation therein
5     or a political subdivision thereof, engaged in the
6     performance of his authorized duties as such employee;
7         (11) Knowingly and without legal justification,
8     commits an assault on a physically handicapped person or on
9     a mentally handicapped person;
10         (12) Knowingly and without legal justification,
11     commits an assault on a person 60 years of age or older;
12         (13) Discharges a firearm;
13         (14) Knows the individual assaulted to be a
14     correctional officer, while the officer is engaged in the
15     execution of any of his or her official duties, or to
16     prevent the officer from performing his or her official
17     duties, or in retaliation for the officer performing his or
18     her official duties;
19         (15) Knows the individual assaulted to be a
20     correctional employee or an employee of the Department of
21     Human Services supervising or controlling sexually
22     dangerous persons or sexually violent persons, while the
23     employee is engaged in the execution of any of his or her
24     official duties, or to prevent the employee from performing
25     his or her official duties, or in retaliation for the
26     employee performing his or her official duties, and the
27     assault is committed other than by the discharge of a
28     firearm in the direction of the employee or in the
29     direction of a vehicle occupied by the employee; or
30         (16) Knows the individual assaulted to be an employee
31     of a police or sheriff's department engaged in the
32     performance of his or her official duties as such employee.
33     (a-5) A person commits an aggravated assault when he or she
34 knowingly and without lawful justification shines or flashes a
35 laser gunsight or other laser device that is attached or
36 affixed to a firearm, or used in concert with a firearm, so

 

 

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1 that the laser beam strikes near or in the immediate vicinity
2 of any person.
3     (b) Sentence.
4     Aggravated assault as defined in paragraphs (1) through (5)
5 and (8) through (12) of subsection (a) of this Section is a
6 Class A misdemeanor. Aggravated assault as defined in
7 paragraphs (13), (14), and (15) of subsection (a) of this
8 Section and as defined in subsection (a-5) of this Section is a
9 Class 4 felony. Aggravated assault as defined in paragraphs
10 (6), (7), and (16) of subsection (a) of this Section is a Class
11 A misdemeanor if a firearm is not used in the commission of the
12 assault. Aggravated assault as defined in paragraphs (6), (7),
13 and (16) of subsection (a) of this Section is a Class 4 felony
14 if a firearm is used in the commission of the assault.
15 (Source: P.A. 91-672, eff. 1-1-00; 92-841, eff. 8-22-02;
16 92-865, eff. 1-3-03; revised 1-9-03.)
 
17     (720 ILCS 5/12-4)  (from Ch. 38, par. 12-4)
18     Sec. 12-4. Aggravated Battery.
19     (a) A person who, in committing a battery, intentionally or
20 knowingly causes great bodily harm, or permanent disability or
21 disfigurement commits aggravated battery.
22     (b) In committing a battery, a person commits aggravated
23 battery if he or she:
24         (1) Uses a deadly weapon other than by the discharge of
25     a firearm;
26         (2) Is hooded, robed or masked, in such manner as to
27     conceal his identity;
28         (3) Knows the individual harmed to be a teacher or
29     other person employed in any school and such teacher or
30     other employee is upon the grounds of a school or grounds
31     adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a building used for
32     school purposes;
33         (4) Knows the individual harmed to be a supervisor,
34     director, instructor or other person employed in any park
35     district and such supervisor, director, instructor or

 

 

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1     other employee is upon the grounds of the park or grounds
2     adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a building used for
3     park purposes;
4         (5) Knows the individual harmed to be a caseworker,
5     investigator, or other person employed by the State
6     Department of Public Aid, a County Department of Public
7     Aid, or the Department of Human Services (acting as
8     successor to the Illinois Department of Public Aid under
9     the Department of Human Services Act) and such caseworker,
10     investigator, or other person is upon the grounds of a
11     public aid office or grounds adjacent thereto, or is in any
12     part of a building used for public aid purposes, or upon
13     the grounds of a home of a public aid applicant, recipient,
14     or any other person being interviewed or investigated in
15     the employee's discharge of his duties, or on grounds
16     adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a building in which
17     the applicant, recipient, or other such person resides or
18     is located;
19         (6) Knows the individual harmed to be a peace officer,
20     a community policing volunteer, a correctional institution
21     employee, an employee of the Department of Human Services
22     supervising or controlling sexually dangerous persons or
23     sexually violent persons, or a fireman while such officer,
24     volunteer, employee or fireman is engaged in the execution
25     of any official duties including arrest or attempted
26     arrest, or to prevent the officer, volunteer, employee or
27     fireman from performing official duties, or in retaliation
28     for the officer, volunteer, employee or fireman performing
29     official duties, and the battery is committed other than by
30     the discharge of a firearm;
31         (7) Knows the individual harmed to be an emergency
32     medical technician - ambulance, emergency medical
33     technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
34     paramedic, ambulance driver, other medical assistance,
35     first aid personnel, or hospital personnel engaged in the
36     performance of any of his or her official duties, or to

 

 

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1     prevent the emergency medical technician - ambulance,
2     emergency medical technician - intermediate, emergency
3     medical technician - paramedic, ambulance driver, other
4     medical assistance, first aid personnel, or hospital
5     personnel from performing official duties, or in
6     retaliation for performing official duties;
7         (8) Is, or the person battered is, on or about a public
8     way, public property or public place of accommodation or
9     amusement;
10         (9) Knows the individual harmed to be the driver,
11     operator, employee or passenger of any transportation
12     facility or system engaged in the business of
13     transportation of the public for hire and the individual
14     assaulted is then performing in such capacity or then using
15     such public transportation as a passenger or using any area
16     of any description designated by the transportation
17     facility or system as a vehicle boarding, departure, or
18     transfer location;
19         (10) Knowingly and without legal justification and by
20     any means causes bodily harm to an individual of 60 years
21     of age or older;
22         (11) Knows the individual harmed is pregnant;
23         (12) Knows the individual harmed to be a judge whom the
24     person intended to harm as a result of the judge's
25     performance of his or her official duties as a judge;
26         (13) Knows the individual harmed to be an employee of
27     the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
28     engaged in the performance of his authorized duties as such
29     employee;
30         (14) Knows the individual harmed to be a person who is
31     physically handicapped or mentally handicapped;
32         (15) Knowingly and without legal justification and by
33     any means causes bodily harm to a merchant who detains the
34     person for an alleged commission of retail theft under
35     Section 16A-5 of this Code. In this item (15), "merchant"
36     has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 16A-2.4 of this

 

 

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1     Code;
2         (16) Is, or the person battered is, in any building or
3     other structure used to provide shelter or other services
4     to victims or to the dependent children of victims of
5     domestic violence pursuant to the Illinois Domestic
6     Violence Act of 1986 or the Domestic Violence Shelters Act,
7     or the person battered is within 500 feet of such a
8     building or other structure while going to or from such a
9     building or other structure. "Domestic violence" has the
10     meaning ascribed to it in Section 103 of the Illinois
11     Domestic Violence Act of 1986. "Building or other structure
12     used to provide shelter" has the meaning ascribed to
13     "shelter" in Section 1 of the Domestic Violence Shelters
14     Act; or
15         (17) Knows the individual harmed to be an employee of a
16     police or sheriff's department engaged in the performance
17     of his or her official duties as such employee.
18     For the purpose of paragraph (14) of subsection (b) of this
19 Section, a physically handicapped person is a person who
20 suffers from a permanent and disabling physical
21 characteristic, resulting from disease, injury, functional
22 disorder or congenital condition.
23     (c) A person who administers to an individual or causes him
24 to take, without his consent or by threat or deception, and for
25 other than medical purposes, any intoxicating, poisonous,
26 stupefying, narcotic, anesthetic, or controlled substance
27 commits aggravated battery.
28     (d) A person who knowingly gives to another person any food
29 that contains any substance or object that is intended to cause
30 physical injury if eaten, commits aggravated battery.
31     (d-3) A person commits aggravated battery when he or she
32 knowingly and without lawful justification shines or flashes a
33 laser gunsight or other laser device that is attached or
34 affixed to a firearm, or used in concert with a firearm, so
35 that the laser beam strikes upon or against the person of
36 another.

 

 

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1     (d-5) An inmate of a penal institution or a sexually
2 dangerous person or a sexually violent person in the custody of
3 the Department of Human Services who causes or attempts to
4 cause a correctional employee of the penal institution or an
5 employee of the Department of Human Services to come into
6 contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine, or feces, by
7 throwing, tossing, or expelling that fluid or material commits
8 aggravated battery. For purposes of this subsection (d-5),
9 "correctional employee" means a person who is employed by a
10 penal institution.
11     (e) Sentence.
12     Aggravated battery is a Class 3 felony, except a violation
13 of subsection (a) is a Class 2 felony when the person knows the
14 individual harmed to be a peace officer engaged in the
15 execution of any of his or her official duties, or the battery
16 is to prevent the officer from performing his or her official
17 duties, or in retaliation for the officer performing his or her
18 official duties.
19 (Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 92-516, eff. 1-1-02; 92-841,
20 eff. 8-22-02; 92-865, eff. 1-3-03; 93-83, eff. 7-2-03.)
 
21     (720 ILCS 5/12-14)  (from Ch. 38, par. 12-14)
22     Sec. 12-14. Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault.
23     (a) The accused commits aggravated criminal sexual assault
24 if he or she commits criminal sexual assault and any of the
25 following aggravating circumstances existed during, or for the
26 purposes of paragraph (7) of this subsection (a) as part of the
27 same course of conduct as, the commission of the offense:
28         (1) the accused displayed, threatened to use, or used a
29     dangerous weapon, other than a firearm, or any object
30     fashioned or utilized in such a manner as to lead the
31     victim under the circumstances reasonably to believe it to
32     be a dangerous weapon; or
33         (2) the accused caused bodily harm, except as provided
34     in subsection (a)(10), to the victim; or
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1     or endanger the life of the victim or any other person; or
2         (4) the criminal sexual assault was perpetrated during
3     the course of the commission or attempted commission of any
4     other felony by the accused; or
5         (5) the victim was 60 years of age or over when the
6     offense was committed; or
7         (6) the victim was a physically handicapped person or a
8     mentally handicapped person; or
9         (7) the accused delivered (by injection, inhalation,
10     ingestion, transfer of possession, or any other means) to
11     the victim without his or her consent, or by threat or
12     deception, and for other than medical purposes, any
13     controlled substance; or
14         (8) the accused was armed with a firearm; or
15         (9) the accused personally discharged a firearm during
16     the commission of the offense; or
17         (10) the accused, during the commission of the offense,
18     personally discharged a firearm that proximately caused
19     great bodily harm, permanent disability, permanent
20     disfigurement, or death to another person.
21     (b) The accused commits aggravated criminal sexual assault
22 if the accused was under 17 years of age and (i) commits an act
23 of sexual penetration with a victim who was under 9 years of
24 age when the act was committed; or (ii) commits an act of
25 sexual penetration with a victim who was at least 9 years of
26 age but under 13 years of age when the act was committed and
27 the accused used force or threat of force to commit the act.
28     (c) The accused commits aggravated criminal sexual assault
29 if he or she commits an act of sexual penetration with a victim
30 who was a severely or profoundly mentally retarded person at
31 the time the act was committed.
32     (d) Sentence.
33         (1) Aggravated criminal sexual assault in violation of
34     paragraph (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), or (7) of subsection (a)
35     or in violation of subsection (b) or (c) is a Class X
36     felony. A violation of subsection (a)(1) is a Class X

 

 

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1     felony for which 10 years shall be added to the term of
2     imprisonment imposed by the court. A violation of
3     subsection (a)(8) is a Class X felony for which 15 years
4     shall be added to the term of imprisonment imposed by the
5     court. A violation of subsection (a)(9) is a Class X felony
6     for which 20 years shall be added to the term of
7     imprisonment imposed by the court. A violation of
8     subsection (a)(10) is a Class X felony for which 25 years
9     or up to a term of natural life imprisonment shall be added
10     to the term of imprisonment imposed by the court.
11         (2) A person who is convicted of a second or subsequent
12     offense of aggravated criminal sexual assault, or who is
13     convicted of the offense of aggravated criminal sexual
14     assault after having previously been convicted of the
15     offense of criminal sexual assault or the offense of
16     predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, or who is
17     convicted of the offense of aggravated criminal sexual
18     assault after having previously been convicted under the
19     laws of this or any other state of an offense that is
20     substantially equivalent to the offense of criminal sexual
21     assault, the offense of aggravated criminal sexual assault
22     or the offense of predatory criminal sexual assault of a
23     child, shall be sentenced to a term of natural life
24     imprisonment. The commission of the second or subsequent
25     offense is required to have been after the initial
26     conviction for this paragraph (2) to apply.
27 (Source: P.A. 91-404, eff. 1-1-00; 92-434, eff. 1-1-02; 92-502,
28 eff. 12-19-01; 92-721, eff. 1-1-03.)
 
29     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
30 becoming law.