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 1        AN ACT in relation to 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
 5    changing Sections 12-2 and 12-4 as follows:

 6        (720 ILCS 5/12-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-2)
 7        Sec. 12-2.  Aggravated assault.
 8        (a)  A  person  commits  an  aggravated assault, when, in
 9    committing an assault, he:
10             (1)  Uses a deadly weapon or any device manufactured
11        and designed to be substantially similar in appearance to
12        a firearm, other than by discharging  a  firearm  in  the
13        direction  of  another  person, a peace officer, a person
14        summoned or directed by a peace officer,  a  correctional
15        officer  or  a  fireman  or in the direction of a vehicle
16        occupied by another person, a  peace  officer,  a  person
17        summoned  or  directed by a peace officer, a correctional
18        officer or a fireman while  the  officer  or  fireman  is
19        engaged  in  the execution of any of his official duties,
20        or to prevent the officer or fireman from performing  his
21        official  duties,  or  in  retaliation for the officer or
22        fireman performing his official duties;
23             (2)  Is hooded, robed or masked in such manner as to
24        conceal his  identity  or  any  device  manufactured  and
25        designed  to  be substantially similar in appearance to a
26        firearm;
27             (3)  Knows the individual assaulted to be a  teacher
28        or  other  person employed in any school and such teacher
29        or other employee is upon the  grounds  of  a  school  or
30        grounds adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a building
31        used for school purposes;
 
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 1             (4)  Knows   the   individual   assaulted  to  be  a
 2        supervisor, director, instructor or other person employed
 3        in any  park  district  and  such  supervisor,  director,
 4        instructor  or  other employee is upon the grounds of the
 5        park or grounds adjacent thereto, or is in any part of  a
 6        building used for park purposes;
 7             (5)  Knows   the   individual   assaulted  to  be  a
 8        caseworker, investigator, or other person employed by the
 9        State Department of Public Aid, a  County  Department  of
10        Public  Aid,  or the Department of Human Services (acting
11        as successor to the Illinois  Department  of  Public  Aid
12        under  the  Department  of  Human  Services Act) and such
13        caseworker, investigator, or other  person  is  upon  the
14        grounds  of  a  public  aid  office  or  grounds adjacent
15        thereto, or is in any part of a building used for  public
16        aid  purposes,  or upon the grounds of a home of a public
17        aid  applicant,  recipient  or  any  other  person  being
18        interviewed or investigated in the  employees'  discharge
19        of  his  duties, or on grounds adjacent thereto, or is in
20        any part of a building in which the applicant, recipient,
21        or other such person resides or is located;
22             (6)  Knows the individual assaulted to  be  a  peace
23        officer,  or a community policing volunteer, or a fireman
24        while the officer or fireman is engaged in the  execution
25        of any of his official duties, or to prevent the officer,
26        community  policing volunteer, or fireman from performing
27        his official duties, or in retaliation for  the  officer,
28        community  policing  volunteer, or fireman performing his
29        official duties, and the assault is committed other  than
30        by  the  discharge  of  a firearm in the direction of the
31        officer or fireman or  in  the  direction  of  a  vehicle
32        occupied by the officer or fireman;
33             (7)  Knows   the   individual  assaulted  to  be  an
34        emergency  medical  technician  -  ambulance,   emergency
 
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 1        medical  technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical
 2        technician - paramedic, ambulance driver or other medical
 3        assistance   or   first   aid  personnel  employed  by  a
 4        municipality or other governmental unit  engaged  in  the
 5        execution  of  any  of his official duties, or to prevent
 6        the emergency medical technician -  ambulance,  emergency
 7        medical  technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical
 8        technician   -  paramedic,  ambulance  driver,  or  other
 9        medical assistance or first aid personnel from performing
10        his official duties, or in retaliation for the  emergency
11        medical   technician   -   ambulance,  emergency  medical
12        technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
13        paramedic, ambulance driver, or other medical  assistance
14        or first aid personnel performing his official duties;
15             (8)  Knows   the  individual  assaulted  to  be  the
16        driver,  operator,   employee   or   passenger   of   any
17        transportation facility or system engaged in the business
18        of   transportation  of  the  public  for  hire  and  the
19        individual assaulted is then performing in such  capacity
20        or  then  using such public transportation as a passenger
21        or using any area of any description  designated  by  the
22        transportation  facility or system as a vehicle boarding,
23        departure, or transfer location;
24             (9)  Or the individual assaulted is on  or  about  a
25        public   way,   public   property,  or  public  place  of
26        accommodation or amusement;
27             (10)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted  to  be   an
28        employee   of   the   State   of  Illinois,  a  municipal
29        corporation therein or a political  subdivision  thereof,
30        engaged  in  the  performance of his authorized duties as
31        such employee;
32             (11)  Knowingly  and  without  legal  justification,
33        commits an assault on a physically handicapped person;
34             (12)  Knowingly  and  without  legal  justification,
 
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 1        commits an assault on a person 60 years of age or older;
 2             (13)  Discharges a firearm;
 3             (14)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted  to   be   a
 4        correctional officer, while the officer is engaged in the
 5        execution  of  any  of  his or her official duties, or to
 6        prevent the officer from performing his or  her  official
 7        duties,  or in retaliation for the officer performing his
 8        or her official duties; or
 9             (15)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted  to   be   a
10        correctional  employee,  while the employee is engaged in
11        the execution of any of his or her official duties, or to
12        prevent the employee from performing his or her  official
13        duties, or in retaliation for the employee performing his
14        or  her  official  duties,  and  the assault is committed
15        other than by the discharge of a firearm in the direction
16        of the employee or in the direction of a vehicle occupied
17        by the employee; or.
18             (16)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted  to  be   an
19        employee  of  a police or sheriff's department engaged in
20        the performance of his or her  official  duties  as  such
21        employee.
22        (a-5)  A  person commits an aggravated assault when he or
23    she knowingly and  without  lawful  justification  shines  or
24    flashes  a  laser  gunsight  or  other  laser  device that is
25    attached or affixed to a firearm, or used in concert  with  a
26    firearm,  so  that  the  laser  beam  strikes  near or in the
27    immediate vicinity of any person.
28        (b)  Sentence.
29        Aggravated assault as defined in paragraphs  (1)  through
30    (5)  and  (8)  (7)  through  (12)  of  subsection (a) of this
31    Section is a Class  A  misdemeanor.   Aggravated  assault  as
32    defined  in paragraphs (13), (14), and (15) of subsection (a)
33    of this Section and as defined in subsection  (a-5)  of  this
34    Section  is  a Class 4 felony.  Aggravated assault as defined
 
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 1    in paragraphs paragraph (6), (7), and (16) of subsection  (a)
 2    of  this Section is a Class A misdemeanor if a firearm is not
 3    used in the commission of the assault.  Aggravated assault as
 4    defined  in  paragraphs  paragraph  (6),  (7),  and  (16)  of
 5    subsection (a) of this Section is  a  Class  4  felony  if  a
 6    firearm is used in the commission of the assault.
 7    (Source: P.A.  90-406,  eff.  8-15-97;  90-651,  eff. 1-1-99;
 8    91-672, eff. 1-1-00.)

 9        (720 ILCS 5/12-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-4)
10        Sec. 12-4. Aggravated Battery.
11        (a)  A person who, in committing a battery, intentionally
12    or  knowingly  causes  great  bodily   harm,   or   permanent
13    disability or disfigurement commits aggravated battery.
14        (b)  In committing a battery, a person commits aggravated
15    battery if he or she:
16             (1)  Uses   a   deadly  weapon  other  than  by  the
17        discharge of a firearm;
18             (2)  Is hooded, robed or masked, in such  manner  as
19        to conceal his identity;
20             (3)  Knows  the individual harmed to be a teacher or
21        other person employed in any school and such  teacher  or
22        other employee is upon the grounds of a school or grounds
23        adjacent  thereto,  or  is in any part of a building used
24        for school purposes;
25             (4)  Knows the individual harmed to be a supervisor,
26        director, instructor or other person employed in any park
27        district and such  supervisor,  director,  instructor  or
28        other employee is upon the grounds of the park or grounds
29        adjacent  thereto,  or  is in any part of a building used
30        for park purposes;
31             (5)  Knows the individual harmed to be a caseworker,
32        investigator, or  other  person  employed  by  the  State
33        Department  of  Public Aid, a County Department of Public
 
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 1        Aid, or the  Department  of  Human  Services  (acting  as
 2        successor  to the Illinois Department of Public Aid under
 3        the  Department  of  Human   Services   Act)   and   such
 4        caseworker,  investigator,  or  other  person is upon the
 5        grounds of  a  public  aid  office  or  grounds  adjacent
 6        thereto,  or is in any part of a building used for public
 7        aid purposes, or upon the grounds of a home of  a  public
 8        aid  applicant,  recipient,  or  any  other  person being
 9        interviewed or investigated in the  employee's  discharge
10        of  his  duties, or on grounds adjacent thereto, or is in
11        any part of a building in which the applicant, recipient,
12        or other such person resides or is located;
13             (6)  Knows the  individual  harmed  to  be  a  peace
14        officer,  a  community policing volunteer, a correctional
15        institution employee, or a fireman  while  such  officer,
16        volunteer,   employee   or  fireman  is  engaged  in  the
17        execution of any  official  duties  including  arrest  or
18        attempted  arrest,  or to prevent the officer, volunteer,
19        employee or fireman from performing official  duties,  or
20        in  retaliation  for  the officer, volunteer, employee or
21        fireman performing official duties, and  the  battery  is
22        committed other than by the discharge of a firearm;
23             (7)  Knows  the individual harmed to be an emergency
24        medical  technician  -   ambulance,   emergency   medical
25        technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
26        paramedic,  ambulance  driver,  other medical assistance,
27        first aid personnel, or hospital emergency room personnel
28        engaged in the performance of any of his or her  official
29        duties,  or to prevent the emergency medical technician -
30        ambulance, emergency medical technician  -  intermediate,
31        emergency   medical  technician  -  paramedic,  ambulance
32        driver, other medical assistance, first aid personnel, or
33        hospital  emergency  room   personnel   from   performing
34        official   duties,   or  in  retaliation  for  performing
 
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 1        official duties;
 2             (8)  Is, or the person battered is, on  or  about  a
 3        public   way,   public   property   or  public  place  of
 4        accommodation or amusement;
 5             (9)  Knows the individual harmed to be  the  driver,
 6        operator,  employee  or  passenger  of any transportation
 7        facility  or  system   engaged   in   the   business   of
 8        transportation  of the public for hire and the individual
 9        assaulted is then performing in  such  capacity  or  then
10        using  such public transportation as a passenger or using
11        any  area  of   any   description   designated   by   the
12        transportation  facility or system as a vehicle boarding,
13        departure, or transfer location;
14             (10)  Knowingly and without legal justification  and
15        by  any  means  causes bodily harm to an individual of 60
16        years of age or older;
17             (11)  Knows the individual harmed is pregnant;
18             (12)  Knows the individual harmed to be a judge whom
19        the person intended to harm as a result  of  the  judge's
20        performance of his or her official duties as a judge;
21             (13)  Knows  the individual harmed to be an employee
22        of  the  Illinois  Department  of  Children  and   Family
23        Services  engaged  in  the  performance of his authorized
24        duties as such employee;
25             (14)  Knows the individual harmed to be a person who
26        is physically handicapped;
27             (15)  Knowingly and without legal justification  and
28        by any means causes bodily harm to a merchant who detains
29        the  person  for  an  alleged  commission of retail theft
30        under Section 16A-5 of this  Code.  In  this  item  (15),
31        "merchant"  has  the  meaning  ascribed  to it in Section
32        16A-2.4 of this Code; or
33             (16)  Is, or the person battered is, in any building
34        or other structure  used  to  provide  shelter  or  other
 
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 1        services  to  victims  or  to  the  dependent children of
 2        victims of domestic violence  pursuant  to  the  Illinois
 3        Domestic  Violence  Act  of 1986 or the Domestic Violence
 4        Shelters Act, or the person battered is within  500  feet
 5        of  such  a building or other structure while going to or
 6        from such  a  building  or  other  structure.   "Domestic
 7        violence"  has  the meaning ascribed to it in Section 103
 8        of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.  "Building
 9        or  other  structure  used  to  provide  shelter" has the
10        meaning  ascribed  to  "shelter"  in  Section  1  of  the
11        Domestic Violence Shelters Act; or.
12             (17)  Knows the individual harmed to be an  employee
13        of  a  police  or  sheriff's  department  engaged  in the
14        performance  of  his  or  her  official  duties  as  such
15        employee.
16        For the purpose of paragraph (14) of  subsection  (b)  of
17    this Section, a physically handicapped person is a person who
18    suffers    from    a   permanent   and   disabling   physical
19    characteristic, resulting from  disease,  injury,  functional
20    disorder or congenital condition.
21        (c)  A  person who administers to an individual or causes
22    him to take, without his consent or by threat  or  deception,
23    and  for  other  than  medical  purposes,  any  intoxicating,
24    poisonous,  stupefying,  narcotic,  anesthetic, or controlled
25    substance commits aggravated battery.
26        (d)  A person who knowingly gives to another  person  any
27    food  that  contains any substance or object that is intended
28    to  cause  physical  injury  if  eaten,  commits   aggravated
29    battery.
30        (d-3)  A person commits aggravated battery when he or she
31    knowingly  and without lawful justification shines or flashes
32    a laser gunsight or other laser device that  is  attached  or
33    affixed  to  a firearm, or used in concert with a firearm, so
34    that the laser beam strikes upon or  against  the  person  of
 
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 1    another.
 2        (d-5)  An  inmate  of  a  penal institution who causes or
 3    attempts to  cause  a  correctional  employee  of  the  penal
 4    institution  to  come into contact with blood, seminal fluid,
 5    urine, or feces, by  throwing,  tossing,  or  expelling  that
 6    fluid  or  material commits aggravated battery.  For purposes
 7    of this subsection (d-5),  "correctional  employee"  means  a
 8    person who is employed by a penal institution.
 9        (e)  Sentence.
10        Aggravated battery is a Class 3 felony.
11    (Source: P.A.  91-357,  eff.  7-29-99;  91-488,  eff. 1-1-00;
12    91-619,  eff.  1-1-00;  91-672,  eff.  1-1-00;  92-16,   eff.
13    6-28-01; 92-516, eff. 1-1-02.)

14        Section  99.  Effective  date.   This Act takes effect on
15    January 1, 2003.

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