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91_HB1199eng HB1199 Engrossed LRB9103696RCks 1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing 2 Section 12-4.2. 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 12-4.2 as follows: 7 (720 ILCS 5/12-4.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-4.2) 8 Sec. 12-4.2. Aggravated Battery with a firearm. 9 (a) A person commits aggravated battery with a firearm 10 when he or she, in committing a battery, knowingly or 11 intentionally by means of the discharging of a firearm: 12 (1) causes any injury to another person, or 13 (2) causes any injury to a person he or she knows to 14 be a peace officer, a community policing volunteer, a 15 correctional institution employee or a fireman while the 16 officer, volunteer, employee or fireman is engaged in the 17 execution of any of his or her official duties, or to 18 prevent the officer, volunteer, employee or fireman from 19 performing his or her official duties, or in retaliation 20 for the officer, volunteer, employee or fireman 21 performing his or her official duties, or 22 (3) causes any injury to a person he or she knows 23 to be an emergency medical technician - ambulance, 24 emergency medical technician - intermediate, emergency 25 medical technician - paramedic, ambulance driver, or 26 other medical assistance or first aid personnel, employed 27 by a municipality or other governmental unit, while the 28 emergency medical technician - ambulance, emergency 29 medical technician - intermediate, emergency medical 30 technician - paramedic, ambulance driver, or other 31 medical assistance or first aid personnel is engaged in HB1199 Engrossed -2- LRB9103696RCks 1 the execution of any of his or her official duties, or to 2 prevent the emergency medical technician - ambulance, 3 emergency medical technician - intermediate, emergency 4 medical technician - paramedic, ambulance driver, or 5 other medical assistance or first aid personnel from 6 performing his or her official duties, or in retaliation 7 for the emergency medical technician - ambulance, 8 emergency medical technician - intermediate, emergency 9 medical technician - paramedic, ambulance driver, or 10 other medical assistance or first aid personnel 11 performing his or her official duties; or 12 (4) causes any injury to a person he or she knows, 13 or reasonably should know, to be a student, teacher, or 14 other person employed by a school or school district 15 while that person is in a school, on the real property 16 comprising a school, within 1,000 feet of the real 17 property comprising a school, at a school related 18 activity, on or within 1,000 feet of any conveyance 19 owned, leased, or contracted by a school or school 20 district to transport students to or from school or a 21 school related activity regardless of the time of day or 22 time of year that the offense was committed. 23 (b) A violation of subsection (a) (1) of this Section is 24 a Class X felony. A violation of subsection (a)(2),or25 subsection (a) (3), or subsection (a)(4) of this Section is a 26 Class X felony for which the sentence shall be a term of 27 imprisonment of no less than 15 years and no more than 60 28 years. 29 (c) For purposes of this Section:,30 "Firearm" is defined as in the Firearm Owners 31 Identification Card Act. 32 "School" means a public or private elementary or 33 secondary school, community college, college, or university. 34 "School related activity" means any sporting, social, HB1199 Engrossed -3- LRB9103696RCks 1 academic or other activity for which students' attendance or 2 participation is sponsored, organized, or funded in whole or 3 in part by a school or school district."An Act relating to4the acquisition, possession and transfer of firearms and5firearm ammunition, to provide a penalty for the violation6thereof and to make an appropriation in connection7therewith", approved August 1, 1967, as amended.8 (Source: P.A. 90-651, eff. 1-1-99.)