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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2030

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 2030 as follows:

 3    by replacing everything after the enacting  clause  with  the
 4    following:

 5        "Section   5.   The  Criminal  Code of 1961 is amended by
 6    changing Sections 12-2, 12-4, and 31-1 as follows:

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

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

30        (720 ILCS 5/31-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 31-1)
31        Sec. 31-1.  Resisting or obstructing a peace  officer  or
32    correctional institution employee.
33        (a)  A  person  who  knowingly  resists  or obstructs the
 
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 1    performance by one known to the person to be a peace  officer
 2    or  correctional  institution  employee of any authorized act
 3    within his official capacity commits a Class A misdemeanor.
 4        (a-5)  In addition to any  other  sentence  that  may  be
 5    imposed,   a  court  shall  order  any  person  convicted  of
 6    resisting or obstructing a peace officer to be sentenced to a
 7    minimum of 48 consecutive hours of imprisonment or ordered to
 8    perform community service for not less than 100 hours as  may
 9    be  determined  by  the court.  The imprisonment or community
10    service under this subsection (a-5) shall not be  subject  to
11    suspension  nor shall the person be eligible for probation in
12    order to reduce the sentence  of  imprisonment  or  community
13    service.
14        (b)  For   purposes   of   this   Section,  "correctional
15    institution employee" means any person employed to  supervise
16    and  control  inmates  incarcerated  in a penitentiary, State
17    farm, reformatory, prison, jail, house of correction,  police
18    detention area, half-way house, or other institution or place
19    for  the  incarceration  or custody of persons under sentence
20    for offenses or awaiting  trial  or  sentence  for  offenses,
21    under  arrest  for  an  offense,  a violation of probation, a
22    violation of parole, or a violation of  mandatory  supervised
23    release,  or  awaiting  a bail setting hearing or preliminary
24    hearing, or who are sexually dangerous  persons  or  who  are
25    sexually violent persons.
26    (Source: P.A. 87-1198.)

27        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
28    becoming law.".

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