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91_HB2894

 
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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        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
22        official duties, or in retaliation  for  the  officer  or
23        fireman performing his official duties;
24             (2)  Is hooded, robed or masked in such manner as to
25        conceal  his  identity  or  any  device  manufactured and
26        designed to be substantially similar in appearance  to  a
27        firearm;
28             (3)  Knows  the individual assaulted to be a teacher
29        or other person employed in any school and  such  teacher
30        or  other  employee  is  upon  the grounds of a school or
31        grounds adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a building
 
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 1        used for school purposes;
 2             (4)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted   to   be   a
 3        supervisor, director, instructor or other person employed
 4        in  any  park  district  and  such  supervisor, director,
 5        instructor or other employee is upon the grounds  of  the
 6        park  or grounds adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a
 7        building used for park purposes;
 8             (5)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted   to   be   a
 9        caseworker, investigator, or other person employed by the
10        State  Department  of  Public Aid, a County Department of
11        Public Aid, or the Department of Human  Services  (acting
12        as  successor  to  the  Illinois Department of Public Aid
13        under the Department of  Human  Services  Act)  and  such
14        caseworker,  investigator,  or  other  person is upon the
15        grounds of  a  public  aid  office  or  grounds  adjacent
16        thereto,  or is in any part of a building used for public
17        aid purposes, or upon the grounds of a home of  a  public
18        aid  applicant,  recipient  or  any  other  person  being
19        interviewed  or  investigated in the employees' discharge
20        of his duties, or on grounds adjacent thereto, or  is  in
21        any part of a building in which the applicant, recipient,
22        or other such person resides or is located;
23             (6)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted to be a peace
24        officer, or a community policing volunteer, or a  fireman
25        while  the officer or fireman is engaged in the execution
26        of any of his official duties, or to prevent the officer,
27        community policing volunteer, or fireman from  performing
28        his  official  duties, or in retaliation for the officer,
29        community policing volunteer, or fireman  performing  his
30        official  duties, and the assault is committed other than
31        by the discharge of a firearm in  the  direction  of  the
32        officer  or  fireman  or  in  the  direction of a vehicle
33        occupied by the officer or fireman;
34             (7)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted  to   be   an
 
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 1        emergency   medical  technician  -  ambulance,  emergency
 2        medical  technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical
 3        technician - paramedic, ambulance driver or other medical
 4        assistance  or  first  aid  personnel   employed   by   a
 5        municipality  or  other  governmental unit engaged in the
 6        execution of any of his official duties,  or  to  prevent
 7        the  emergency  medical technician - ambulance, emergency
 8        medical  technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical
 9        technician  -  paramedic,  ambulance  driver,  or   other
10        medical assistance or first aid personnel from performing
11        his  official duties, or in retaliation for the emergency
12        medical  technician  -   ambulance,   emergency   medical
13        technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
14        paramedic,  ambulance driver, or other medical assistance
15        or first aid personnel performing his official duties;
16             (8)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted  to  be   the
17        driver,   operator,   employee   or   passenger   of  any
18        transportation facility or system engaged in the business
19        of  transportation  of  the  public  for  hire  and   the
20        individual  assaulted is then performing in such capacity
21        or then using such public transportation as  a  passenger
22        or  using  any  area of any description designated by the
23        transportation facility or system as a vehicle  boarding,
24        departure, or transfer location;
25             (9)  Or  the  individual  assaulted is on or about a
26        public  way,  public  property,  or   public   place   of
27        accommodation or amusement;
28             (10)  Knows   the  individual  assaulted  to  be  an
29        employee  of  the  State   of   Illinois,   a   municipal
30        corporation  therein  or a political subdivision thereof,
31        engaged in the performance of his  authorized  duties  as
32        such employee;
33             (11)  Knowingly  and  without  legal  justification,
34        commits an assault on a physically handicapped person;
 
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 1             (12)  Knowingly  and  without  legal  justification,
 2        commits an assault on a person 60 years of age or older;
 3             (13)  Discharges a firearm;
 4             (14)  Knows   the   individual  assaulted  to  be  a
 5        correctional officer, while the officer is engaged in the
 6        execution of any of his or her  official  duties,  or  to
 7        prevent  the  officer from performing his or her official
 8        duties, or in retaliation for the officer performing  his
 9        or her official duties; or
10             (15)  Knows   the   individual  assaulted  to  be  a
11        correctional employee, while the employee is  engaged  in
12        the execution of any of his or her official duties, or to
13        prevent  the employee from performing his or her official
14        duties, or in retaliation for the employee performing his
15        or her official duties,  and  the  assault  is  committed
16        other than by the discharge of a firearm in the direction
17        of the employee or in the direction of a vehicle occupied
18        by the employee.
19        (b)  Sentence.
20        Aggravated  assault  as  defined  in  paragraphs  (2) (1)
21    through (5) and (7) through (12) of subsection  (a)  of  this
22    Section  is  a  Class  A  misdemeanor.  Aggravated assault as
23    defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this Section is
24    a Class A misdemeanor  if  a  firearm  is  not  used  in  the
25    commission  of the assault.  Aggravated assault as defined in
26    paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this Section is a Class  4
27    felony if a firearm is used in the commission of the assault.
28      Aggravated assault as defined in paragraphs (13), (14), and
29    (15)  of  subsection (a) of this Section is a Class 4 felony.
30    Aggravated assault as defined in paragraph (6) of  subsection
31    (a)  of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor if a firearm is
32    not used  in  the  commission  of  the  assault.   Aggravated
33    assault as defined in paragraph (6) of subsection (a) of this
34    Section  is  a  Class  4  felony  if a firearm is used in the
 
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 1    commission of the assault.
 2    (Source: P.A. 89-507,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-406,  eff.  8-15-97;
 3    90-651, eff. 1-1-99.)

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