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90_SB0429eng

      720 ILCS 5/12-2           from Ch. 38, par. 12-2
          Amends the Criminal Code of 1961.  Provides that the  use
      of  a  deadly  weapon in committing an assault, other than by
      discharging a firearm in the direction of another person,  is
      a  Class  4  felony  (now  a  Class A misdemeanor). Effective
      immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code  of  1961  by  changing
 2    Section 12-2.
 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 12-2 as follows:
 7        (720 ILCS 5/12-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-2)
 8        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-507)
 9        Sec. 12-2.  Aggravated assault.
10        (a)  A  person  commits  an  aggravated assault, when, in
11    committing an assault, he:
12             (1)  Uses a deadly weapon or any device manufactured
13        and designed to be substantially similar in appearance to
14        a firearm, other than by discharging  a  firearm  in  the
15        direction  of  another  person, a peace officer, a person
16        summoned or directed by a peace officer,  a  correctional
17        officer  or  a  fireman  or in the direction of a vehicle
18        occupied by another person, a  peace  officer,  a  person
19        summoned  or  directed by a peace officer, a correctional
20        officer or a fireman while  the  officer  or  fireman  is
21        engaged  in  the execution of any of his official duties,
22        or to prevent the officer or fireman from performing  his
23        official  duties,  or  in  retaliation for the officer or
24        fireman performing his official duties;
25             (2)  Is hooded, robed or masked in such manner as to
26        conceal his  identity  or  any  device  manufactured  and
27        designed  to  be substantially similar in appearance to a
28        firearm;
29             (3)  Knows the individual assaulted to be a  teacher
30        or  other  person employed in any school and such teacher
31        or other employee is upon the  grounds  of  a  school  or
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 1        grounds adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a building
 2        used for school purposes;
 3             (4)  Knows   the   individual   assaulted  to  be  a
 4        supervisor, director, instructor or other person employed
 5        in any  park  district  and  such  supervisor,  director,
 6        instructor  or  other employee is upon the grounds of the
 7        park or grounds adjacent thereto, or is in any part of  a
 8        building used for park purposes;
 9             (5)  Knows   the   individual   assaulted  to  be  a
10        caseworker, investigator, or other person employed by the
11        State Department of Public Aid or a County Department  of
12        Public  Aid  and  such caseworker, investigator, or other
13        person is upon the grounds of  a  Public  Aid  office  or
14        grounds adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a building
15        used  for  Public  Aid purposes, or upon the grounds of a
16        home of a public aid applicant, recipient  or  any  other
17        person   being   interviewed   or   investigated  in  the
18        employees'  discharge  of  his  duties,  or  on   grounds
19        adjacent  thereto,  or  is  in  any part of a building in
20        which the applicant,  recipient,  or  other  such  person
21        resides or is located;
22             (6)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted to be a peace
23        officer, or a person summoned and directed by him,  or  a
24        fireman  while  the  officer or fireman is engaged in the
25        execution of any of his official duties,  or  to  prevent
26        the  officer  or  fireman  from  performing  his official
27        duties, or in retaliation  for  the  officer  or  fireman
28        performing  his  official  duties,  and  the  assault  is
29        committed other than by the discharge of a firearm in the
30        direction  of  the officer or fireman or in the direction
31        of a vehicle occupied by the officer or fireman;
32             (7)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted  to   be   an
33        emergency   medical  technician  -  ambulance,  emergency
34        medical  technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical
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 1        technician - paramedic, ambulance driver or other medical
 2        assistance  or  first  aid  personnel   employed   by   a
 3        municipality  or  other  governmental unit engaged in the
 4        execution of any of his official duties,  or  to  prevent
 5        the  emergency  medical technician - ambulance, emergency
 6        medical  technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical
 7        technician  -  paramedic,  ambulance  driver,  or   other
 8        medical assistance or first aid personnel from performing
 9        his  official duties, or in retaliation for the emergency
10        medical  technician  -   ambulance,   emergency   medical
11        technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
12        paramedic,  ambulance driver, or other medical assistance
13        or first aid personnel performing his official duties;
14             (8)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted  to  be   the
15        driver,   operator,   employee   or   passenger   of  any
16        transportation facility or system engaged in the business
17        of  transportation  of  the  public  for  hire  and   the
18        individual  assaulted is then performing in such capacity
19        or then using such public transportation as  a  passenger
20        or  using  any  area of any description designated by the
21        transportation facility or system as a vehicle  boarding,
22        departure, or transfer location;
23             (9)  Or  the  individual  assaulted is on or about a
24        public  way,  public  property,  or   public   place   of
25        accommodation or amusement;
26             (10)  Knows   the  individual  assaulted  to  be  an
27        employee  of  the  State   of   Illinois,   a   municipal
28        corporation  therein  or a political subdivision thereof,
29        engaged in the performance of his  authorized  duties  as
30        such employee;
31             (11)  Knowingly  and  without  legal  justification,
32        commits an assault on a physically handicapped person;
33             (12)  Knowingly  and  without  legal  justification,
34        commits an assault on a person 60 years of age or older;
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 1             (13)  Discharges a firearm;
 2             (14)  Knows   the   individual  assaulted  to  be  a
 3        correctional officer, while the officer is engaged in the
 4        execution of any of his or her  official  duties,  or  to
 5        prevent  the  officer from performing his or her official
 6        duties, or in retaliation for the officer performing  his
 7        or her official duties; or
 8             (15)  Knows   the   individual  assaulted  to  be  a
 9        correctional employee, while the employee is  engaged  in
10        the execution of any of his or her official duties, or to
11        prevent  the employee from performing his or her official
12        duties, or in retaliation for the employee performing his
13        or her official duties,  and  the  assault  is  committed
14        other than by the discharge of a firearm in the direction
15        of the employee or in the direction of a vehicle occupied
16        by the employee.
17        (b)  Sentence.
18        Aggravated  assault  as defined in paragraphs (1) through
19    (5) and (7) through (12) of subsection (a) of this Section is
20    a Class A misdemeanor.   Aggravated  assault  as  defined  in
21    paragraphs  (6),  (13),  (14),  and (15) of subsection (a) of
22    this Section is a Class 4 felony.
23    (Source: P.A. 87-921; 88-311; 88-433;  88-467;  88-670,  eff.
24    12-2-94.)
25        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-507)
26        Sec. 12-2.  Aggravated assault.
27        (a)  A  person  commits  an  aggravated assault, when, in
28    committing an assault, he:
29             (1)  Uses a deadly weapon or any device manufactured
30        and designed to be substantially similar in appearance to
31        a firearm, other than by discharging  a  firearm  in  the
32        direction  of  another  person, a peace officer, a person
33        summoned or directed by a peace officer,  a  correctional
34        officer  or  a  fireman  or in the direction of a vehicle
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 1        occupied by another person, a  peace  officer,  a  person
 2        summoned  or  directed by a peace officer, a correctional
 3        officer or a fireman while  the  officer  or  fireman  is
 4        engaged  in  the execution of any of his official duties,
 5        or to prevent the officer or fireman from performing  his
 6        official  duties,  or  in  retaliation for the officer or
 7        fireman performing his official duties;
 8             (2)  Is hooded, robed or masked in such manner as to
 9        conceal his  identity  or  any  device  manufactured  and
10        designed  to  be substantially similar in appearance to a
11        firearm;
12             (3)  Knows the individual assaulted to be a  teacher
13        or  other  person employed in any school and such teacher
14        or other employee is upon the  grounds  of  a  school  or
15        grounds adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a building
16        used for school purposes;
17             (4)  Knows   the   individual   assaulted  to  be  a
18        supervisor, director, instructor or other person employed
19        in any  park  district  and  such  supervisor,  director,
20        instructor  or  other employee is upon the grounds of the
21        park or grounds adjacent thereto, or is in any part of  a
22        building used for park purposes;
23             (5)  Knows   the   individual   assaulted  to  be  a
24        caseworker, investigator, or other person employed by the
25        State Department of Public Aid, a  County  Department  of
26        Public  Aid,  or the Department of Human Services (acting
27        as successor to the Illinois  Department  of  Public  Aid
28        under  the  Department  of  Human  Services Act) and such
29        caseworker, investigator, or other  person  is  upon  the
30        grounds  of  a  public  aid  office  or  grounds adjacent
31        thereto, or is in any part of a building used for  public
32        aid  purposes,  or upon the grounds of a home of a public
33        aid  applicant,  recipient  or  any  other  person  being
34        interviewed or investigated in the  employees'  discharge
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 1        of  his  duties, or on grounds adjacent thereto, or is in
 2        any part of a building in which the applicant, recipient,
 3        or other such person resides or is located;
 4             (6)  Knows the individual assaulted to  be  a  peace
 5        officer,  or  a person summoned and directed by him, or a
 6        fireman while the officer or fireman is  engaged  in  the
 7        execution  of  any  of his official duties, or to prevent
 8        the officer  or  fireman  from  performing  his  official
 9        duties,  or  in  retaliation  for  the officer or fireman
10        performing  his  official  duties,  and  the  assault  is
11        committed other than by the discharge of a firearm in the
12        direction of the officer or fireman or in  the  direction
13        of a vehicle occupied by the officer or fireman;
14             (7)  Knows   the   individual  assaulted  to  be  an
15        emergency  medical  technician  -  ambulance,   emergency
16        medical  technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical
17        technician - paramedic, ambulance driver or other medical
18        assistance   or   first   aid  personnel  employed  by  a
19        municipality or other governmental unit  engaged  in  the
20        execution  of  any  of his official duties, or to prevent
21        the emergency medical technician -  ambulance,  emergency
22        medical  technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical
23        technician   -  paramedic,  ambulance  driver,  or  other
24        medical assistance or first aid personnel from performing
25        his official duties, or in retaliation for the  emergency
26        medical   technician   -   ambulance,  emergency  medical
27        technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
28        paramedic, ambulance driver, or other medical  assistance
29        or first aid personnel performing his official duties;
30             (8)  Knows   the  individual  assaulted  to  be  the
31        driver,  operator,   employee   or   passenger   of   any
32        transportation facility or system engaged in the business
33        of   transportation  of  the  public  for  hire  and  the
34        individual assaulted is then performing in such  capacity
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 1        or  then  using such public transportation as a passenger
 2        or using any area of any description  designated  by  the
 3        transportation  facility or system as a vehicle boarding,
 4        departure, or transfer location;
 5             (9)  Or the individual assaulted is on  or  about  a
 6        public   way,   public   property,  or  public  place  of
 7        accommodation or amusement;
 8             (10)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted  to  be   an
 9        employee   of   the   State   of  Illinois,  a  municipal
10        corporation therein or a political  subdivision  thereof,
11        engaged  in  the  performance of his authorized duties as
12        such employee;
13             (11)  Knowingly  and  without  legal  justification,
14        commits an assault on a physically handicapped person;
15             (12)  Knowingly  and  without  legal  justification,
16        commits an assault on a person 60 years of age or older;
17             (13)  Discharges a firearm;
18             (14)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted  to   be   a
19        correctional officer, while the officer is engaged in the
20        execution  of  any  of  his or her official duties, or to
21        prevent the officer from performing his or  her  official
22        duties,  or in retaliation for the officer performing his
23        or her official duties; or
24             (15)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted  to   be   a
25        correctional  employee,  while the employee is engaged in
26        the execution of any of his or her official duties, or to
27        prevent the employee from performing his or her  official
28        duties, or in retaliation for the employee performing his
29        or  her  official  duties,  and  the assault is committed
30        other than by the discharge of a firearm in the direction
31        of the employee or in the direction of a vehicle occupied
32        by the employee.
33        (b)  Sentence.
34        Aggravated assault as defined in paragraphs  (1)  through
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 1    (5) and (7) through (12) of subsection (a) of this Section is
 2    a  Class  A  misdemeanor.   Aggravated  assault as defined in
 3    paragraphs (6), (13), (14), and (15)  of  subsection  (a)  of
 4    this Section is a Class 4 felony.
 5    (Source: P.A.  88-311;  88-433; 88-467; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94;
 6    89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
 7        Section 95.  No acceleration or delay.   Where  this  Act
 8    makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
 9    text  that  is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
10    Section represented by multiple versions), the  use  of  that
11    text  does  not  accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
12    the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived  from
13    any other Public Act.
14        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
15    becoming law.

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