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90_HB2067eng

      720 ILCS 5/4-1            from Ch. 38, par. 4-1
          Amends the Criminal Code  of  1961.   Makes  a  technical
      change in Section defining voluntary act.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
 2    Section 12-4.
 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 as follows:
 7        (720 ILCS 5/12-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-4)
 8        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-507)
 9        Sec. 12-4. Aggravated Battery.
10        (a)  A person who, in committing a battery, intentionally
11    or  knowingly  causes  great  bodily   harm,   or   permanent
12    disability or disfigurement commits aggravated battery.
13        (b)  In committing a battery, a person commits aggravated
14    battery if he or she:
15             (1)  Uses   a   deadly  weapon  other  than  by  the
16        discharge of a firearm;
17             (2)  Is hooded, robed or masked, in such  manner  as
18        to conceal his identity;
19             (3)  Knows  the individual harmed to be a teacher or
20        other person employed in any school and such  teacher  or
21        other employee is upon the grounds of a school or grounds
22        adjacent  thereto,  or  is in any part of a building used
23        for school purposes;
24             (4)  Knows the individual harmed to be a supervisor,
25        director, instructor or other person employed in any park
26        district and such  supervisor,  director,  instructor  or
27        other employee is upon the grounds of the park or grounds
28        adjacent  thereto,  or  is in any part of a building used
29        for park purposes;
30             (5)  Knows the individual harmed to be a caseworker,
31        investigator, or  other  person  employed  by  the  State
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 1        Department of Public Aid or a County Department of Public
 2        Aid and such caseworker, investigator, or other person is
 3        upon  the  grounds  of  a  Public  Aid  office or grounds
 4        adjacent thereto, or is in any part of  a  building  used
 5        for Public Aid purposes, or upon the grounds of a home of
 6        a  public  aid  applicant, recipient, or any other person
 7        being  interviewed  or  investigated  in  the  employee's
 8        discharge of his duties, or on grounds adjacent  thereto,
 9        or  is  in any part of a building in which the applicant,
10        recipient, or other such person resides or is located;
11             (6)  Knows the  individual  harmed  to  be  a  peace
12        officer,  a  person  summoned  and  directed  by  a peace
13        officer,  a  correctional  institution  employee,  or   a
14        fireman  while  such  officer,  employee  or  fireman  is
15        engaged in the execution of any official duties including
16        arrest  or  attempted  arrest, or to prevent the officer,
17        employee or fireman from performing official  duties,  or
18        in  retaliation  for  the  officer,  employee  or fireman
19        performing official duties, and the battery is  committed
20        other than by the discharge of a firearm;
21             (7)  Knows  the individual harmed to be an 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 engaged in the performance of  any
26        of  his  or  her  official  duties,  or  to  prevent  the
27        emergency   medical  technician  -  ambulance,  emergency
28        medical  technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical
29        technician  -  paramedic,  ambulance  driver,  or   other
30        medical assistance or first aid personnel from performing
31        official   duties,   or  in  retaliation  for  performing
32        official duties;
33             (8)  Is, or the person battered is, on  or  about  a
34        public   way,   public   property   or  public  place  of
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 1        accommodation or amusement;
 2             (9)  Knows the individual harmed to be  the  driver,
 3        operator,  employee  or  passenger  of any transportation
 4        facility  or  system   engaged   in   the   business   of
 5        transportation  of the public for hire and the individual
 6        assaulted is then performing in  such  capacity  or  then
 7        using  such public transportation as a passenger or using
 8        any  area  of   any   description   designated   by   the
 9        transportation  facility or system as a vehicle boarding,
10        departure, or transfer location;
11             (10)  Knowingly and without legal justification  and
12        by  any  means  causes bodily harm to an individual of 60
13        years of age or older;
14             (11)  Knows the individual harmed is pregnant;
15             (12)  Knows the individual harmed to be a judge whom
16        the person intended to harm as a result  of  the  judge's
17        performance of his or her official duties as a judge;
18             (13)  Knows  the individual harmed to be an employee
19        of  the  Illinois  Department  of  Children  and   Family
20        Services  engaged  in  the  performance of his authorized
21        duties as such employee; or
22             (14)  Knows the individual harmed to be a person who
23        is physically handicapped.
24        For the purpose of paragraph (14) of  subsection  (b)  of
25    this Section, a physically handicapped person is a person who
26    suffers    from    a   permanent   and   disabling   physical
27    characteristic, resulting from  disease,  injury,  functional
28    disorder or congenital condition.
29        (c)  A  person who administers to an individual or causes
30    him to take, without his consent or by threat  or  deception,
31    and  for  other  than  medical  purposes,  any  intoxicating,
32    poisonous,   stupefying,  narcotic  or  anesthetic  substance
33    commits aggravated battery.
34        (d)  A person who knowingly gives to another  person  any
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 1    food  that  contains any substance or object that is intended
 2    to  cause  physical  injury  if  eaten,  commits   aggravated
 3    battery.
 4        (e)  Sentence.
 5        Aggravated battery is a Class 3 felony.
 6    (Source: P.A. 87-921; 87-1083; 88-45; 88-433.)
 7        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-507)
 8        Sec. 12-4. Aggravated Battery.
 9        (a)  A person who, in committing a battery, intentionally
10    or   knowingly   causes   great  bodily  harm,  or  permanent
11    disability or disfigurement commits aggravated battery.
12        (b)  In committing a battery, a person commits aggravated
13    battery if he or she:
14             (1)  Uses  a  deadly  weapon  other  than   by   the
15        discharge of a firearm;
16             (2)  Is  hooded,  robed or masked, in such manner as
17        to conceal his identity;
18             (3)  Knows the individual harmed to be a teacher  or
19        other  person  employed in any school and such teacher or
20        other employee is upon the grounds of a school or grounds
21        adjacent thereto, or is in any part of  a  building  used
22        for school purposes;
23             (4)  Knows the individual harmed to be a supervisor,
24        director, instructor or other person employed in any park
25        district  and  such  supervisor,  director, instructor or
26        other employee is upon the grounds of the park or grounds
27        adjacent thereto, or is in any part of  a  building  used
28        for park purposes;
29             (5)  Knows the individual harmed to be a caseworker,
30        investigator,  or  other  person  employed  by  the State
31        Department of Public Aid, a County Department  of  Public
32        Aid,  or  the  Department  of  Human  Services (acting as
33        successor to the Illinois Department of Public Aid  under
34        the   Department   of   Human   Services  Act)  and  such
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 1        caseworker, investigator, or other  person  is  upon  the
 2        grounds  of  a  public  aid  office  or  grounds adjacent
 3        thereto, or is in any part of a building used for  public
 4        aid  purposes,  or upon the grounds of a home of a public
 5        aid applicant,  recipient,  or  any  other  person  being
 6        interviewed  or  investigated in the employee's discharge
 7        of his duties, or on grounds adjacent thereto, or  is  in
 8        any part of a building in which the applicant, recipient,
 9        or other such person resides or is located;
10             (6)  Knows  the  individual  harmed  to  be  a peace
11        officer, a  person  summoned  and  directed  by  a  peace
12        officer,   a  correctional  institution  employee,  or  a
13        fireman  while  such  officer,  employee  or  fireman  is
14        engaged in the execution of any official duties including
15        arrest or attempted arrest, or to  prevent  the  officer,
16        employee  or  fireman from performing official duties, or
17        in retaliation  for  the  officer,  employee  or  fireman
18        performing  official duties, and the battery is committed
19        other than by the discharge of a firearm;
20             (7)  Knows the individual harmed to be an  emergency
21        medical   technician   -   ambulance,  emergency  medical
22        technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
23        paramedic, ambulance driver or other  medical  assistance
24        or  first aid personnel engaged in the performance of any
25        of  his  or  her  official  duties,  or  to  prevent  the
26        emergency  medical  technician  -  ambulance,   emergency
27        medical  technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical
28        technician   -  paramedic,  ambulance  driver,  or  other
29        medical assistance or first aid personnel from performing
30        official  duties,  or  in  retaliation   for   performing
31        official duties;
32             (8)  Is,  or  the  person battered is, on or about a
33        public  way,  public  property   or   public   place   of
34        accommodation or amusement;
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 1             (9)  Knows  the  individual harmed to be the driver,
 2        operator, employee or  passenger  of  any  transportation
 3        facility   or   system   engaged   in   the  business  of
 4        transportation of the public for hire and the  individual
 5        assaulted  is  then  performing  in such capacity or then
 6        using such public transportation as a passenger or  using
 7        any   area   of   any   description   designated  by  the
 8        transportation facility or system as a vehicle  boarding,
 9        departure, or transfer location;
10             (10)  Knowingly  and without legal justification and
11        by any means causes bodily harm to an  individual  of  60
12        years of age or older;
13             (11)  Knows the individual harmed is pregnant;
14             (12)  Knows the individual harmed to be a judge whom
15        the  person  intended  to harm as a result of the judge's
16        performance of his or her official duties as a judge;
17             (13)  Knows the individual harmed to be an  employee
18        of   the  Illinois  Department  of  Children  and  Family
19        Services engaged in the  performance  of  his  authorized
20        duties as such employee; or
21             (14)  Knows the individual harmed to be a person who
22        is physically handicapped; or .
23             (15)  Knows  the  individual  harmed to be a State's
24        Attorney or Assistant State's Attorney  whom  the  person
25        intended to harm as a result of the State's Attorney's or
26        Assistant  State's  Attorney's  performance of his or her
27        official  duties  as  a  State's  Attorney  or  Assistant
28        State's Attorney.
29        For the purpose of paragraph (14) of  subsection  (b)  of
30    this Section, a physically handicapped person is a person who
31    suffers    from    a   permanent   and   disabling   physical
32    characteristic, resulting from  disease,  injury,  functional
33    disorder or congenital condition.
34        (c)  A  person who administers to an individual or causes
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 1    him to take, without his consent or by threat  or  deception,
 2    and  for  other  than  medical  purposes,  any  intoxicating,
 3    poisonous,   stupefying,  narcotic  or  anesthetic  substance
 4    commits aggravated battery.
 5        (d)  A person who knowingly gives to another  person  any
 6    food  that  contains any substance or object that is intended
 7    to  cause  physical  injury  if  eaten,  commits   aggravated
 8    battery.
 9        (e)  Sentence.
10        Except   as   otherwise   provided   in  subsection  (f),
11    aggravated battery is a Class 3 felony.
12        (f)  A person who, in committing a battery, intentionally
13    or knowingly causes great bodily harm or permanent disability
14    or  disfigurement  under  paragraph  (6)  of  subsection  (b)
15    commits a Class 1 felony.
16    (Source: P.A. 88-45; 88-433; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
17        Section 95.  No acceleration or delay.   Where  this  Act
18    makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
19    text  that  is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
20    Section represented by multiple versions), the  use  of  that
21    text  does  not  accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
22    the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived  from
23    any other Public Act.

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