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 1        AN ACT in relation to laser pointers.

 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    adding Article 24.6 as follows:

 6        (720 ILCS 5/Art. 24.6 heading new)
 7                    ARTICLE 24.6.  LASER POINTERS

 8        (720 ILCS 5/24.6-5 new)
 9        Sec. 24.6-5.  Definitions.  In this Article:
10        "Laser pointer" means a handheld device that emits  light
11    amplified  by  the  stimulated  emission of radiation that is
12    visible to the human eye.
13        "Laser sight" means a laser pointer that can be  attached
14    to  a  firearm and can be used to improve the accuracy of the
15    firearm.

16        (720 ILCS 5/24.6-20 new)
17        Sec. 24.6-20.  Aiming a laser pointer at a peace officer.
18        (a)  A person commits aiming a laser pointer at  a  peace
19    officer  when  he  or she intentionally or  knowingly aims an
20    operating laser pointer at  a  person  he  or  she  knows  or
21    reasonably should know to be a  peace officer.
22        (b)  Sentence.  Aiming a laser pointer at a peace officer
23    is a Class A misdemeanor.

24        Section  10.  The  Unified Code of Corrections is amended
25    by changing Section 5-5-3.2 as follows:

26        (730 ILCS 5/5-5-3.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-5-3.2)
27        Sec. 5-5-3.2.  Factors in Aggravation.
 
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 1        (a)  The following factors shall be  accorded  weight  in
 2    favor of imposing a term of imprisonment or may be considered
 3    by  the  court  as  reasons  to impose a more severe sentence
 4    under Section 5-8-1:
 5             (1)  the defendant's conduct  caused  or  threatened
 6        serious harm;
 7             (2)  the   defendant   received   compensation   for
 8        committing the offense;
 9             (3)  the   defendant   has   a   history   of  prior
10        delinquency or criminal activity;
11             (4)  the defendant, by the duties of his  office  or
12        by  his  position,  was obliged to prevent the particular
13        offense committed or to bring the offenders committing it
14        to justice;
15             (5)  the defendant held public office at the time of
16        the offense, and the offense related to  the  conduct  of
17        that office;
18             (6)  the   defendant   utilized   his   professional
19        reputation  or  position  in  the community to commit the
20        offense, or to afford him an easier means  of  committing
21        it;
22             (7)  the  sentence is necessary to deter others from
23        committing the same crime;
24             (8)  the defendant committed the offense  against  a
25        person  60  years  of  age  or  older  or  such  person's
26        property;
27             (9)  the  defendant  committed the offense against a
28        person who is physically  handicapped  or  such  person's
29        property;
30             (10)  by  reason  of  another individual's actual or
31        perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender,
32        sexual orientation, physical  or  mental  disability,  or
33        national  origin,  the  defendant  committed  the offense
34        against (i) the person or property  of  that  individual;
 
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 1        (ii)  the  person  or  property  of  a  person who has an
 2        association with, is married to, or has a friendship with
 3        the other individual; or (iii) the person or property  of
 4        a  relative  (by blood or marriage) of a person described
 5        in clause (i) or (ii).  For the purposes of this Section,
 6        "sexual     orientation"      means      heterosexuality,
 7        homosexuality, or bisexuality;
 8             (11)  the  offense  took place in a place of worship
 9        or on the grounds of  a  place  of  worship,  immediately
10        prior   to,   during  or  immediately  following  worship
11        services.  For purposes of this subparagraph,  "place  of
12        worship"  shall  mean  any  church,  synagogue  or  other
13        building, structure or place used primarily for religious
14        worship;
15             (12)  the   defendant  was  convicted  of  a  felony
16        committed while he  was  released  on  bail  or  his  own
17        recognizance  pending  trial  for  a prior felony and was
18        convicted of such prior  felony,  or  the  defendant  was
19        convicted  of  a  felony committed while he was serving a
20        period of probation, conditional discharge, or  mandatory
21        supervised  release under subsection (d) of Section 5-8-1
22        for a prior felony;
23             (13)  the defendant committed or attempted to commit
24        a felony while he was wearing a  bulletproof  vest.   For
25        the  purposes  of this paragraph (13), a bulletproof vest
26        is any device  which  is  designed  for  the  purpose  of
27        protecting  the wearer from bullets, shot or other lethal
28        projectiles;
29             (14)  the defendant held  a  position  of  trust  or
30        supervision such as, but not limited to, family member as
31        defined  in  Section  12-12 of the Criminal Code of 1961,
32        teacher, scout leader, baby sitter, or day  care  worker,
33        in  relation  to  a victim under 18 years of age, and the
34        defendant committed an offense in  violation  of  Section
 
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 1        11-6,  11-11,  11-15.1, 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 11-20.1, 12-13,
 2        12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15 or 12-16 of the  Criminal  Code  of
 3        1961 against that victim;
 4             (15)  the  defendant committed an offense related to
 5        the activities of an organized gang.  For the purposes of
 6        this factor, "organized gang" has the meaning ascribed to
 7        it in Section 10  of  the  Streetgang  Terrorism  Omnibus
 8        Prevention Act;
 9             (16)  the   defendant   committed   an   offense  in
10        violation of one of the following  Sections  while  in  a
11        school, regardless of the time of day or time of year; on
12        any  conveyance  owned, leased, or contracted by a school
13        to transport students to  or  from  school  or  a  school
14        related activity; on the real property of a school; or on
15        a  public  way  within  1,000  feet  of the real property
16        comprising any school: Section 10-1, 10-2, 10-5, 11-15.1,
17        11-17.1, 11-18.1, 11-19.1, 11-19.2,  12-2, 12-4,  12-4.1,
18        12-4.2,  12-4.3,  12-6,  12-6.1,   12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1,
19        12-15, 12-16,  18-2, or 33A-2 of  the  Criminal  Code  of
20        1961;
21             (17)  the  defendant committed the offense by reason
22        of  any  person's  activity  as  a   community   policing
23        volunteer  or  to  prevent  any  person  from engaging in
24        activity as a  community  policing  volunteer.   For  the
25        purpose  of  this Section, "community policing volunteer"
26        has the meaning ascribed to it in Section  2-3.5  of  the
27        Criminal Code of 1961.
28        For  the purposes of this Section, "school" is defined as
29    a public or private elementary or secondary school, community
30    college, college, or university.
31        (b)  The following factors may be considered by the court
32    as reasons to impose an extended term sentence under  Section
33    5-8-2 upon any offender:
34             (1)  When  a  defendant  is convicted of any felony,
 
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 1        after having been previously convicted in Illinois or any
 2        other jurisdiction of the same or similar class felony or
 3        greater class felony, when such conviction  has  occurred
 4        within  10 years after the previous conviction, excluding
 5        time spent in custody, and such  charges  are  separately
 6        brought  and  tried  and arise out of different series of
 7        acts; or
 8             (2)  When a defendant is convicted of any felony and
 9        the court finds  that  the  offense  was  accompanied  by
10        exceptionally  brutal  or  heinous behavior indicative of
11        wanton cruelty; or
12             (3)  When a  defendant  is  convicted  of  voluntary
13        manslaughter,    second    degree   murder,   involuntary
14        manslaughter or reckless homicide in which the  defendant
15        has  been convicted of causing the death of more than one
16        individual; or
17             (4)  When a defendant is  convicted  of  any  felony
18        committed against:
19                  (i)  a person under 12 years of age at the time
20             of the offense or such person's property;
21                  (ii)  a  person 60 years of age or older at the
22             time of the offense or such person's property; or
23                  (iii)  a person physically handicapped  at  the
24             time of the offense or such person's property; or
25             (5)  In   the  case  of  a  defendant  convicted  of
26        aggravated criminal sexual  assault  or  criminal  sexual
27        assault,  when  the  court finds that aggravated criminal
28        sexual  assault  or  criminal  sexual  assault  was  also
29        committed on  the  same  victim  by  one  or  more  other
30        individuals,  and  the defendant voluntarily participated
31        in the crime with the knowledge of the  participation  of
32        the  others in the crime, and the commission of the crime
33        was part of a single course of conduct during which there
34        was no substantial change in the nature of  the  criminal
 
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 1        objective; or
 2             (6)  When a defendant is convicted of any felony and
 3        the  offense  involved  any  of  the  following  types of
 4        specific misconduct committed  as  part  of  a  ceremony,
 5        rite,  initiation,  observance,  performance, practice or
 6        activity  of  any   actual   or   ostensible   religious,
 7        fraternal, or social group:
 8                  (i)  the  brutalizing or torturing of humans or
 9             animals;
10                  (ii)  the theft of human corpses;
11                  (iii)  the kidnapping of humans;
12                  (iv)  the   desecration   of   any    cemetery,
13             religious,    fraternal,   business,   governmental,
14             educational, or other building or property; or
15                  (v)  ritualized abuse of a child; or
16             (7)  When a defendant is convicted of  first  degree
17        murder,   after   having  been  previously  convicted  in
18        Illinois of any offense listed under paragraph (c)(2)  of
19        Section  5-5-3,  when such conviction has occurred within
20        10 years after the previous  conviction,  excluding  time
21        spent in custody, and such charges are separately brought
22        and tried and arise out of different series of acts; or
23             (8)  When a defendant is convicted of a felony other
24        than  conspiracy  and the court finds that the felony was
25        committed under an agreement with 2 or more other persons
26        to commit that offense and the defendant, with respect to
27        the other individuals, occupied a position of  organizer,
28        supervisor,   financier,   or   any   other  position  of
29        management or leadership, and  the  court  further  finds
30        that   the   felony   committed  was  related  to  or  in
31        furtherance of the criminal activities  of  an  organized
32        gang or was motivated by the defendant's leadership in an
33        organized gang; or
34             (9)  When  a  defendant  is  convicted  of  a felony
 
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 1        violation of Section 24-1 of the Criminal  Code  of  1961
 2        and  the court finds that the defendant is a member of an
 3        organized gang; or.
 4             (10)  When a defendant committed the offense using a
 5        firearm with a laser sight attached to it.  For  purposes
 6        of  this  paragraph  (10),  "laser sight" has the meaning
 7        ascribed to it in Section 24.6-5 of the Criminal Code  of
 8        1961.
 9        (b-1)  For the purposes of this Section, "organized gang"
10    has  the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10 of the Illinois
11    Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
12        (c)  The court may impose an extended term sentence under
13    Section  5-8-2  upon  any  offender  who  was  convicted   of
14    aggravated criminal sexual assault where the victim was under
15    18 years of age at the time of the commission of the offense.
16        (d)  The court may impose an extended term sentence under
17    Section 5-8-2 upon any offender who was convicted of unlawful
18    use  of  weapons  under  Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of
19    1961  for  possessing  a   weapon   that   is   not   readily
20    distinguishable  as  one of the weapons enumerated in Section
21    24-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
22    (Source: P.A. 89-235,  eff.  8-4-95;  89-377,  eff.  8-18-95;
23    89-428, eff. 12-13-95; 89-462, eff. 5-29-96; 89-689 (Sections
24    65  and 115), eff. 12-31-96; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-651, eff.
25    1-1-99; 90-686, eff. 1-1-99; revised 9-16-98.)

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