97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB3665

 

Introduced 2/10/2012, by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/12-2  from Ch. 38, par. 12-2
720 ILCS 5/12-3.05  was 720 ILCS 5/12-4
720 ILCS 5/18-1  from Ch. 38, par. 18-1

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Enhances to aggravated assault or aggravated battery the assault or battery of a letter carrier or postal worker while that individual is performing his or her duties delivering mail for the United States Postal Service. Provides that the robbery of a letter carrier or postal worker while that individual is performing his or her duties delivering mail for the United States Postal Service is a Class 1 (rather than a Class 2) felony.


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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
5Sections 12-2, 12-3.05, and 18-1 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/12-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 12-2)
7    Sec. 12-2. Aggravated assault.
8    (a) Offense based on location of conduct. A person commits
9aggravated assault when he or she commits an assault against an
10individual who is on or about a public way, public property, a
11public place of accommodation or amusement, or a sports venue.
12    (b) Offense based on status of victim. A person commits
13aggravated assault when, in committing an assault, he or she
14knows the individual assaulted to be any of the following:
15        (1) A physically handicapped person or a person 60
16    years of age or older and the assault is without legal
17    justification.
18        (2) A teacher or school employee upon school grounds or
19    grounds adjacent to a school or in any part of a building
20    used for school purposes.
21        (3) A park district employee upon park grounds or
22    grounds adjacent to a park or in any part of a building
23    used for park purposes.

 

 

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1        (4) A peace officer, community policing volunteer,
2    fireman, private security officer, emergency management
3    worker, emergency medical technician, or utility worker:
4            (i) performing his or her official duties;
5            (ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or her
6        official duties; or
7            (iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his
8        or her official duties.
9        (5) A correctional officer or probation officer:
10            (i) performing his or her official duties;
11            (ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or her
12        official duties; or
13            (iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his
14        or her official duties.
15        (6) A correctional institution employee, a county
16    juvenile detention center employee who provides direct and
17    continuous supervision of residents of a juvenile
18    detention center, including a county juvenile detention
19    center employee who supervises recreational activity for
20    residents of a juvenile detention center, or a Department
21    of Human Services employee, Department of Human Services
22    officer, or employee of a subcontractor of the Department
23    of Human Services supervising or controlling sexually
24    dangerous persons or sexually violent persons:
25            (i) performing his or her official duties;
26            (ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or her

 

 

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1        official duties; or
2            (iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his
3        or her official duties.
4        (7) An employee of the State of Illinois, a municipal
5    corporation therein, or a political subdivision thereof,
6    performing his or her official duties.
7        (8) A transit employee performing his or her official
8    duties, or a transit passenger.
9        (9) A sports official or coach actively participating
10    in any level of athletic competition within a sports venue,
11    on an indoor playing field or outdoor playing field, or
12    within the immediate vicinity of such a facility or field.
13        (10) A person authorized to serve process under Section
14    2-202 of the Code of Civil Procedure or a special process
15    server appointed by the circuit court, while that
16    individual is in the performance of his or her duties as a
17    process server.
18        (11) A letter carrier or postal worker while that
19    individual is performing his or her duties delivering mail
20    for the United States Postal Service.
21    (c) Offense based on use of firearm, device, or motor
22vehicle. A person commits aggravated assault when, in
23committing an assault, he or she does any of the following:
24        (1) Uses a deadly weapon, an air rifle as defined in
25    the Air Rifle Act, or any device manufactured and designed
26    to be substantially similar in appearance to a firearm,

 

 

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1    other than by discharging a firearm.
2        (2) Discharges a firearm, other than from a motor
3    vehicle.
4        (3) Discharges a firearm from a motor vehicle.
5        (4) Wears a hood, robe, or mask to conceal his or her
6    identity.
7        (5) Knowingly and without lawful justification shines
8    or flashes a laser gun sight or other laser device attached
9    to a firearm, or used in concert with a firearm, so that
10    the laser beam strikes near or in the immediate vicinity of
11    any person.
12        (6) Uses a firearm, other than by discharging the
13    firearm, against a peace officer, community policing
14    volunteer, fireman, private security officer, emergency
15    management worker, emergency medical technician, employee
16    of a police department, employee of a sheriff's department,
17    or traffic control municipal employee:
18            (i) performing his or her official duties;
19            (ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or her
20        official duties; or
21            (iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his
22        or her official duties.
23        (7) Without justification operates a motor vehicle in a
24    manner which places a person, other than a person listed in
25    subdivision (b)(4), in reasonable apprehension of being
26    struck by the moving motor vehicle.

 

 

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1        (8) Without justification operates a motor vehicle in a
2    manner which places a person listed in subdivision (b)(4),
3    in reasonable apprehension of being struck by the moving
4    motor vehicle.
5    (d) Sentence. Aggravated assault as defined in subdivision
6(a), (b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(3), (b)(4), (b)(7), (b)(8), (b)(9),
7(b)(11), (c)(1), or (c)(4) is a Class A misdemeanor, except
8that aggravated assault as defined in subdivision (b)(4) and
9(b)(7) is a Class 4 felony if a Category I, Category II, or
10Category III weapon is used in the commission of the assault.
11Aggravated assault as defined in subdivision (b)(5), (b)(6),
12(b)(10), (c)(2), (c)(5), (c)(6), or (c)(7) is a Class 4 felony.
13Aggravated assault as defined in subdivision (c)(3) or (c)(8)
14is a Class 3 felony.
15    (e) For the purposes of this Section, "Category I weapon",
16"Category II weapon, and "Category III weapon" have the
17meanings ascribed to those terms in Section 33A-1 of this Code.
18an employee of a county juvenile detention center who provides
19direct and continuous supervision of residents of a juvenile
20detention center, including an employee of a county juvenile
21detention center who supervises recreational activity for
22residents of a juvenile detention center,
23; or
24        (20) Knows the individual assaulted to be either:
25            (A) a person authorized to serve process under
26        Section 2-202 of the Code of Civil Procedure; or

 

 

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1            (B) a special process server appointed by the
2        circuit court;
3    while that individual is in the performance of his or her
4    duties as a process server.
5, and (20)
6(Source: P.A. 96-201, eff. 8-10-09; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10;
796-1109, eff. 1-1-11; 96-1398, eff. 7-29-10; 96-1551, eff.
87-1-11; 97-225, eff. 7-28-11; 97-313, eff. 1-1-12; 97-333, eff.
98-12-11; revised 9-12-11.)
 
10    (720 ILCS 5/12-3.05)  (was 720 ILCS 5/12-4)
11    Sec. 12-3.05. Aggravated battery.
12    (a) Offense based on injury. A person commits aggravated
13battery when, in committing a battery, other than by the
14discharge of a firearm, he or she knowingly does any of the
15following:
16        (1) Causes great bodily harm or permanent disability or
17    disfigurement.
18        (2) Causes severe and permanent disability, great
19    bodily harm, or disfigurement by means of a caustic or
20    flammable substance, a poisonous gas, a deadly biological
21    or chemical contaminant or agent, a radioactive substance,
22    or a bomb or explosive compound.
23        (3) Causes great bodily harm or permanent disability or
24    disfigurement to an individual whom the person knows to be
25    a peace officer, community policing volunteer, fireman,

 

 

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1    private security officer, correctional institution
2    employee, or Department of Human Services employee
3    supervising or controlling sexually dangerous persons or
4    sexually violent persons:
5            (i) performing his or her official duties;
6            (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
7        official duties; or
8            (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
9        or her official duties.
10        (4) Causes great bodily harm or permanent disability or
11    disfigurement to an individual 60 years of age or older.
12        (5) Strangles another individual.
13    (b) Offense based on injury to a child or intellectually
14disabled mentally retarded person. A person who is at least 18
15years of age commits aggravated battery when, in committing a
16battery, he or she knowingly and without legal justification by
17any means:
18        (1) causes great bodily harm or permanent disability or
19    disfigurement to any child under the age of 13 years, or to
20    any severely or profoundly intellectually disabled
21    mentally retarded person; or
22        (2) causes bodily harm or disability or disfigurement
23    to any child under the age of 13 years or to any severely
24    or profoundly intellectually disabled mentally retarded
25    person.
26    (c) Offense based on location of conduct. A person commits

 

 

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1aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, other than by
2the discharge of a firearm, he or she is or the person battered
3is on or about a public way, public property, a public place of
4accommodation or amusement, a sports venue, or a domestic
5violence shelter.
6    (d) Offense based on status of victim. A person commits
7aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, other than by
8discharge of a firearm, he or she knows the individual battered
9to be any of the following:
10        (1) A person 60 years of age or older.
11        (2) A person who is pregnant or physically handicapped.
12        (3) A teacher or school employee upon school grounds or
13    grounds adjacent to a school or in any part of a building
14    used for school purposes.
15        (4) A peace officer, community policing volunteer,
16    fireman, private security officer, correctional
17    institution employee, or Department of Human Services
18    employee supervising or controlling sexually dangerous
19    persons or sexually violent persons:
20            (i) performing his or her official duties;
21            (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
22        official duties; or
23            (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
24        or her official duties.
25        (5) A judge, emergency management worker, emergency
26    medical technician, or utility worker:

 

 

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1            (i) performing his or her official duties;
2            (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
3        official duties; or
4            (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
5        or her official duties.
6        (6) An officer or employee of the State of Illinois, a
7    unit of local government, or a school district, while
8    performing his or her official duties.
9        (7) A transit employee performing his or her official
10    duties, or a transit passenger.
11        (8) A taxi driver on duty.
12        (9) A merchant who detains the person for an alleged
13    commission of retail theft under Section 16-26 of this Code
14    and the person without legal justification by any means
15    causes bodily harm to the merchant.
16        (10) A person authorized to serve process under Section
17    2-202 of the Code of Civil Procedure or a special process
18    server appointed by the circuit court while that individual
19    is in the performance of his or her duties as a process
20    server.
21        (11) A letter carrier or postal worker while that
22    individual is performing his or her duties delivering mail
23    for the United States Postal Service.
24    (e) Offense based on use of a firearm. A person commits
25aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, he or she
26knowingly does any of the following:

 

 

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1        (1) Discharges a firearm, other than a machine gun or a
2    firearm equipped with a silencer, and causes any injury to
3    another person.
4        (2) Discharges a firearm, other than a machine gun or a
5    firearm equipped with a silencer, and causes any injury to
6    a person he or she knows to be a peace officer, community
7    policing volunteer, person summoned by a police officer,
8    fireman, private security officer, correctional
9    institution employee, or emergency management worker:
10            (i) performing his or her official duties;
11            (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
12        official duties; or
13            (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
14        or her official duties.
15        (3) Discharges a firearm, other than a machine gun or a
16    firearm equipped with a silencer, and causes any injury to
17    a person he or she knows to be an emergency medical
18    technician employed by a municipality or other
19    governmental unit:
20            (i) performing his or her official duties;
21            (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
22        official duties; or
23            (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
24        or her official duties.
25        (4) Discharges a firearm and causes any injury to a
26    person he or she knows to be a teacher, a student in a

 

 

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1    school, or a school employee, and the teacher, student, or
2    employee is upon school grounds or grounds adjacent to a
3    school or in any part of a building used for school
4    purposes.
5        (5) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped with
6    a silencer, and causes any injury to another person.
7        (6) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped with
8    a silencer, and causes any injury to a person he or she
9    knows to be a peace officer, community policing volunteer,
10    person summoned by a police officer, fireman, private
11    security officer, correctional institution employee or
12    emergency management worker:
13            (i) performing his or her official duties;
14            (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
15        official duties; or
16            (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
17        or her official duties.
18        (7) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped with
19    a silencer, and causes any injury to a person he or she
20    knows to be an emergency medical technician employed by a
21    municipality or other governmental unit:
22            (i) performing his or her official duties;
23            (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
24        official duties; or
25            (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
26        or her official duties.

 

 

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1        (8) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped with
2    a silencer, and causes any injury to a person he or she
3    knows to be a teacher, or a student in a school, or a
4    school employee, and the teacher, student, or employee is
5    upon school grounds or grounds adjacent to a school or in
6    any part of a building used for school purposes.
7    (f) Offense based on use of a weapon or device. A person
8commits aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, he or
9she does any of the following:
10        (1) Uses a deadly weapon other than by discharge of a
11    firearm, or uses an air rifle as defined in the Air Rifle
12    Act.
13        (2) Wears a hood, robe, or mask to conceal his or her
14    identity.
15        (3) Knowingly and without lawful justification shines
16    or flashes a laser gunsight or other laser device attached
17    to a firearm, or used in concert with a firearm, so that
18    the laser beam strikes upon or against the person of
19    another.
20    (g) Offense based on certain conduct. A person commits
21aggravated battery when, other than by discharge of a firearm,
22he or she does any of the following:
23        (1) Violates Section 401 of the Illinois Controlled
24    Substances Act by unlawfully delivering a controlled
25    substance to another and any user experiences great bodily
26    harm or permanent disability as a result of the injection,

 

 

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1    inhalation, or ingestion of any amount of the controlled
2    substance.
3        (2) Knowingly administers to an individual or causes
4    him or her to take, without his or her consent or by threat
5    or deception, and for other than medical purposes, any
6    intoxicating, poisonous, stupefying, narcotic, anesthetic,
7    or controlled substance, or gives to another person any
8    food containing any substance or object intended to cause
9    physical injury if eaten.
10        (3) Knowingly causes or attempts to cause a
11    correctional institution employee or Department of Human
12    Services employee to come into contact with blood, seminal
13    fluid, urine, or feces by throwing, tossing, or expelling
14    the fluid or material, and the person is an inmate of a
15    penal institution or is a sexually dangerous person or
16    sexually violent person in the custody of the Department of
17    Human Services.
18    (h) Sentence. Unless otherwise provided, aggravated
19battery is a Class 3 felony.
20    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(4),
21(d)(4), or (g)(3) is a Class 2 felony.
22    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(3) or
23(g)(1) is a Class 1 felony.
24    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(1) is a
25Class 1 felony when the aggravated battery was intentional and
26involved the infliction of torture, as defined in paragraph

 

 

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1(14) of subsection (b) of Section 9-1 of this Code, as the
2infliction of or subjection to extreme physical pain, motivated
3by an intent to increase or prolong the pain, suffering, or
4agony of the victim.
5    Aggravated battery under subdivision (a)(5) is a Class 1
6felony if:
7        (A) the person used or attempted to use a dangerous
8    instrument while committing the offense; or
9        (B) the person caused great bodily harm or permanent
10    disability or disfigurement to the other person while
11    committing the offense; or
12        (C) the person has been previously convicted of a
13    violation of subdivision (a)(5) under the laws of this
14    State or laws similar to subdivision (a)(5) of any other
15    state.
16    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(1) is a
17Class X felony.
18    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(2) is a
19Class X felony for which a person shall be sentenced to a term
20of imprisonment of a minimum of 6 years and a maximum of 45
21years.
22    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(5) is a
23Class X felony for which a person shall be sentenced to a term
24of imprisonment of a minimum of 12 years and a maximum of 45
25years.
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1(e)(3), or (e)(4) is a Class X felony for which a person shall
2be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of a minimum of 15 years
3and a maximum of 60 years.
4    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(6),
5(e)(7), or (e)(8) is a Class X felony for which a person shall
6be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of a minimum of 20 years
7and a maximum of 60 years.
8    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (b)(1) is a
9Class X felony, except that:
10        (1) if the person committed the offense while armed
11    with a firearm, 15 years shall be added to the term of
12    imprisonment imposed by the court;
13        (2) if, during the commission of the offense, the
14    person personally discharged a firearm, 20 years shall be
15    added to the term of imprisonment imposed by the court;
16        (3) if, during the commission of the offense, the
17    person personally discharged a firearm that proximately
18    caused great bodily harm, permanent disability, permanent
19    disfigurement, or death to another person, 25 years or up
20    to a term of natural life shall be added to the term of
21    imprisonment imposed by the court.
22    (i) Definitions. For the purposes of this Section:
23    "Building or other structure used to provide shelter" has
24the meaning ascribed to "shelter" in Section 1 of the Domestic
25Violence Shelters Act.
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1Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
2    "Domestic violence shelter" means any building or other
3structure used to provide shelter or other services to victims
4or to the dependent children of victims of domestic violence
5pursuant to the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 or the
6Domestic Violence Shelters Act, or any place within 500 feet of
7such a building or other structure in the case of a person who
8is going to or from such a building or other structure.
9    "Firearm" has the meaning provided under Section 1.1 of the
10Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, and does not include an
11air rifle as defined by Section 1 of the Air Rifle Act.
12    "Machine gun" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
1324-1 of this Code.
14    "Merchant" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 16-0.1
15of this Code.
16    "Strangle" means intentionally impeding the normal
17breathing or circulation of the blood of an individual by
18applying pressure on the throat or neck of that individual or
19by blocking the nose or mouth of that individual.
20(Source: P.A. 96-201, eff. 8-10-09; 96-363, eff. 8-13-09;
2196-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-597, eff.
221-1-12; incorporates 97-227, eff. 1-1-12, 97-313, eff. 1-1-12,
23and 97-467, eff. 1-1-12; revised 10-12-11.)
 
24    (720 ILCS 5/18-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 18-1)
25    Sec. 18-1. Robbery.

 

 

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1    (a) A person commits robbery when he or she takes property,
2except a motor vehicle covered by Section 18-3 or 18-4, from
3the person or presence of another by the use of force or by
4threatening the imminent use of force.
5    (b) Sentence.
6    Robbery is a Class 2 felony. However, if the victim is 60
7years of age or over or is a physically handicapped person, or
8if the robbery is committed in a school, day care center, day
9care home, group day care home, or part day child care
10facility, or place of worship, or if the victim is a letter
11carrier or postal worker while that individual is performing
12his or her duties delivering mail for the United States Postal
13Service, robbery is a Class 1 felony.
14    (c) Regarding penalties prescribed in subsection (b) for
15violations committed in a day care center, day care home, group
16day care home, or part day child care facility, the time of
17day, time of year, and whether children under 18 years of age
18were present in the day care center, day care home, group day
19care home, or part day child care facility are irrelevant.
20(Source: P.A. 96-556, eff. 1-1-10.)