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90_HB1548

      720 ILCS 5/12-4           from Ch. 38, par. 12-4
          Amends the Criminal Code of 1961.  Provides that a person
      commits aggravated battery if he or she knowingly and without
      legal justification and by any means causes bodily harm to  a
      merchant  who  detains  the  person for alleged commission of
      retail theft.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code  of  1961  by  changing
 2    Section 12-4.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Criminal  Code  of  1961  is  amended  by
 6    changing Section 12-4 as follows:
 7        (720 ILCS 5/12-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-4)
 8        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-507)
 9        Sec. 12-4. Aggravated Battery.
10        (a)  A person who, in committing a battery, intentionally
11    or   knowingly   causes   great  bodily  harm,  or  permanent
12    disability or disfigurement commits aggravated battery.
13        (b)  In committing a battery, a person commits aggravated
14    battery if he or she:
15             (1)  Uses  a  deadly  weapon  other  than   by   the
16        discharge of a firearm;
17             (2)  Is  hooded,  robed or masked, in such manner as
18        to conceal his identity;
19             (3)  Knows the individual harmed to be a teacher  or
20        other  person  employed in any school and such teacher or
21        other employee is upon the grounds of a school or grounds
22        adjacent thereto, or is in any part of  a  building  used
23        for school purposes;
24             (4)  Knows the individual harmed to be a supervisor,
25        director, instructor or other person employed in any park
26        district  and  such  supervisor,  director, instructor or
27        other employee is upon the grounds of the park or grounds
28        adjacent thereto, or is in any part of  a  building  used
29        for park purposes;
30             (5)  Knows the individual harmed to be a caseworker,
31        investigator,  or  other  person  employed  by  the State
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 1        Department of Public Aid or a County Department of Public
 2        Aid and such caseworker, investigator, or other person is
 3        upon the grounds  of  a  Public  Aid  office  or  grounds
 4        adjacent  thereto,  or  is in any part of a building used
 5        for Public Aid purposes, or upon the grounds of a home of
 6        a public aid applicant, recipient, or  any  other  person
 7        being  interviewed  or  investigated  in  the  employee's
 8        discharge  of his duties, or on grounds adjacent thereto,
 9        or is in any part of a building in which  the  applicant,
10        recipient, or other such person resides or is located;
11             (6)  Knows  the  individual  harmed  to  be  a peace
12        officer, a  person  summoned  and  directed  by  a  peace
13        officer,   a  correctional  institution  employee,  or  a
14        fireman  while  such  officer,  employee  or  fireman  is
15        engaged in the execution of any official duties including
16        arrest or attempted arrest, or to  prevent  the  officer,
17        employee  or  fireman from performing official duties, or
18        in retaliation  for  the  officer,  employee  or  fireman
19        performing  official duties, and the battery is committed
20        other than by the discharge of a firearm;
21             (7)  Knows the individual harmed to be an  emergency
22        medical   technician   -   ambulance,  emergency  medical
23        technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
24        paramedic, ambulance driver or other  medical  assistance
25        or  first aid personnel engaged in the performance of any
26        of  his  or  her  official  duties,  or  to  prevent  the
27        emergency  medical  technician  -  ambulance,   emergency
28        medical  technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical
29        technician   -  paramedic,  ambulance  driver,  or  other
30        medical assistance or first aid personnel from performing
31        official  duties,  or  in  retaliation   for   performing
32        official duties;
33             (8)  Is,  or  the  person battered is, on or about a
34        public  way,  public  property   or   public   place   of
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 1        accommodation or amusement;
 2             (9)  Knows  the  individual harmed to be the driver,
 3        operator, employee or  passenger  of  any  transportation
 4        facility   or   system   engaged   in   the  business  of
 5        transportation of the public for hire and the  individual
 6        assaulted  is  then  performing  in such capacity or then
 7        using such public transportation as a passenger or  using
 8        any   area   of   any   description   designated  by  the
 9        transportation facility or system as a vehicle  boarding,
10        departure, or transfer location;
11             (10)  Knowingly  and without legal justification and
12        by any means causes bodily harm to an  individual  of  60
13        years of age or older;
14             (11)  Knows the individual harmed is pregnant;
15             (12)  Knows the individual harmed to be a judge whom
16        the  person  intended  to harm as a result of the judge's
17        performance of his or her official duties as a judge;
18             (13)  Knows the individual harmed to be an  employee
19        of   the  Illinois  Department  of  Children  and  Family
20        Services engaged in the  performance  of  his  authorized
21        duties as such employee; or
22             (14)  Knows the individual harmed to be a person who
23        is physically handicapped.
24        For  the  purpose  of paragraph (14) of subsection (b) of
25    this Section, a physically handicapped person is a person who
26    suffers   from   a   permanent   and    disabling    physical
27    characteristic,  resulting  from  disease, injury, functional
28    disorder or congenital condition.
29        (c)  A person who administers to an individual or  causes
30    him  to  take, without his consent or by threat or deception,
31    and  for  other  than  medical  purposes,  any  intoxicating,
32    poisonous,  stupefying,  narcotic  or  anesthetic   substance
33    commits aggravated battery.
34        (d)  A  person  who knowingly gives to another person any
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 1    food that contains any substance or object that  is  intended
 2    to   cause  physical  injury  if  eaten,  commits  aggravated
 3    battery.
 4        (e)  Sentence.
 5        Aggravated battery is a Class 3 felony.
 6    (Source: P.A. 87-921; 87-1083; 88-45; 88-433.)
 7        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-507)
 8        Sec. 12-4. Aggravated Battery.
 9        (a)  A person who, in committing a battery, intentionally
10    or  knowingly  causes  great  bodily   harm,   or   permanent
11    disability or disfigurement commits aggravated battery.
12        (b)  In committing a battery, a person commits aggravated
13    battery if he or she:
14             (1)  Uses   a   deadly  weapon  other  than  by  the
15        discharge of a firearm;
16             (2)  Is hooded, robed or masked, in such  manner  as
17        to conceal his identity;
18             (3)  Knows  the individual harmed to be a teacher or
19        other person employed in any school and such  teacher  or
20        other employee is upon the grounds of a school or grounds
21        adjacent  thereto,  or  is in any part of a building used
22        for school purposes;
23             (4)  Knows the individual harmed to be a supervisor,
24        director, instructor or other person employed in any park
25        district and such  supervisor,  director,  instructor  or
26        other employee is upon the grounds of the park or grounds
27        adjacent  thereto,  or  is in any part of a building used
28        for park purposes;
29             (5)  Knows the individual harmed to be a caseworker,
30        investigator, or  other  person  employed  by  the  State
31        Department  of  Public Aid, a County Department of Public
32        Aid, or the  Department  of  Human  Services  (acting  as
33        successor  to the Illinois Department of Public Aid under
34        the  Department  of  Human   Services   Act)   and   such
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 1        caseworker,  investigator,  or  other  person is upon the
 2        grounds of  a  public  aid  office  or  grounds  adjacent
 3        thereto,  or is in any part of a building used for public
 4        aid purposes, or upon the grounds of a home of  a  public
 5        aid  applicant,  recipient,  or  any  other  person being
 6        interviewed or investigated in the  employee's  discharge
 7        of  his  duties, or on grounds adjacent thereto, or is in
 8        any part of a building in which the applicant, recipient,
 9        or other such person resides or is located;
10             (6)  Knows the  individual  harmed  to  be  a  peace
11        officer,  a  person  summoned  and  directed  by  a peace
12        officer,  a  correctional  institution  employee,  or   a
13        fireman  while  such  officer,  employee  or  fireman  is
14        engaged in the execution of any official duties including
15        arrest  or  attempted  arrest, or to prevent the officer,
16        employee or fireman from performing official  duties,  or
17        in  retaliation  for  the  officer,  employee  or fireman
18        performing official duties, and the battery is  committed
19        other than by the discharge of a firearm;
20             (7)  Knows  the individual harmed to be an emergency
21        medical  technician  -   ambulance,   emergency   medical
22        technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
23        paramedic,  ambulance  driver or other medical assistance
24        or first aid personnel engaged in the performance of  any
25        of  his  or  her  official  duties,  or  to  prevent  the
26        emergency   medical  technician  -  ambulance,  emergency
27        medical  technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical
28        technician  -  paramedic,  ambulance  driver,  or   other
29        medical assistance or first aid personnel from performing
30        official   duties,   or  in  retaliation  for  performing
31        official duties;
32             (8)  Is, or the person battered is, on  or  about  a
33        public   way,   public   property   or  public  place  of
34        accommodation or amusement;
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 1             (9)  Knows the individual harmed to be  the  driver,
 2        operator,  employee  or  passenger  of any transportation
 3        facility  or  system   engaged   in   the   business   of
 4        transportation  of the public for hire and the individual
 5        assaulted is then performing in  such  capacity  or  then
 6        using  such public transportation as a passenger or using
 7        any  area  of   any   description   designated   by   the
 8        transportation  facility or system as a vehicle boarding,
 9        departure, or transfer location;
10             (10)  Knowingly and without legal justification  and
11        by  any  means  causes bodily harm to an individual of 60
12        years of age or older;
13             (11)  Knows the individual harmed is pregnant;
14             (12)  Knows the individual harmed to be a judge whom
15        the person intended to harm as a result  of  the  judge's
16        performance of his or her official duties as a judge;
17             (13)  Knows  the individual harmed to be an employee
18        of  the  Illinois  Department  of  Children  and   Family
19        Services  engaged  in  the  performance of his authorized
20        duties as such employee; or
21             (14)  Knows the individual harmed to be a person who
22        is physically handicapped; or.
23             (15)  Knowingly and without legal justification  and
24        by any means causes bodily harm to a merchant who detains
25        the  person  for  an  alleged  commission of retail theft
26        under Section 16A-5 of this  Code.  In  this  item  (15),
27        "merchant"  has  the  meaning  ascribed  to it in Section
28        16A-2.4 of this Code.
29        For the purpose of paragraph (14) of  subsection  (b)  of
30    this Section, a physically handicapped person is a person who
31    suffers    from    a   permanent   and   disabling   physical
32    characteristic, resulting from  disease,  injury,  functional
33    disorder or congenital condition.
34        (c)  A  person who administers to an individual or causes
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 1    him to take, without his consent or by threat  or  deception,
 2    and  for  other  than  medical  purposes,  any  intoxicating,
 3    poisonous,   stupefying,  narcotic  or  anesthetic  substance
 4    commits aggravated battery.
 5        (d)  A person who knowingly gives to another  person  any
 6    food  that  contains any substance or object that is intended
 7    to  cause  physical  injury  if  eaten,  commits   aggravated
 8    battery.
 9        (e)  Sentence.
10        Aggravated battery is a Class 3 felony.
11    (Source: P.A. 88-45; 88-433; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
12        Section  95.   No  acceleration or delay.  Where this Act
13    makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
14    text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for  example,  a
15    Section  represented  by  multiple versions), the use of that
16    text does not accelerate or delay the taking  effect  of  (i)
17    the  changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
18    any other Public Act.

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