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Full Text of HB0699  96th General Assembly

HB0699sam001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. William R. Haine

Filed: 4/27/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 699

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 699 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
5 changing Section 12-4.1 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/12-4.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 12-4.1)
7     Sec. 12-4.1. Heinous Battery.
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
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.
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.
2 (Source: P.A. 91-121, eff. 7-15-99.)
 
3     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4 becoming law.".