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91_HB0278 LRB9100287KSgcA 1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by adding 2 Section 12-2.7 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 adding Section 12-2.7as follows: 7 (720 ILCS 5/12-2.7 new) 8 Sec. 12-2.7. Endangering school bus transportation. 9 (a) A person commits the offense of endangering school 10 bus transportation if the person does one or more of the 11 following: 12 (1) Tampers with a school bus or school bus 13 facility with intent to cause any damage, malfunction, or 14 nonfunction. 15 (2) On a school bus, knowingly threatens any driver 16 or passenger: 17 (A) with death or imminent bodily injury; or 18 (B) with a deadly weapon or with words or 19 actions intended to induce belief that the person is 20 armed with a deadly weapon. 21 (b) Endangering a school bus transportation is a Class A 22 misdemeanor.