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90_SB1392

          Amends the Criminal Code of 1961.  Provides that a person
      who commits the offense of intimidation in which  the  victim
      of  the  intimidation  is  a Block Club member or a community
      policing  person  is  guilty  of   aggravated   intimidation.
      Effective immediately.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
 2    Section 12-6.2.
 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 12-6.2 as follows:
 7        (720 ILCS 5/12-6.2)
 8        Sec. 12-6.2.  Aggravated intimidation.
 9        (a)  Any streetgang member who  commits  the  offense  of
10    intimidation in furtherance of the activities of an organized
11    gang commits the offense of aggravated intimidation.
12        (a-5)  A  person  who commits the offense of intimidation
13    in which the victim of  the  intimidation  is  a  Block  Club
14    member  or a community policing person commits the offense of
15    aggravated intimidation.
16        (b)  Sentence.  Aggravated  intimidation  is  a  Class  1
17    felony.
18        (c)  For the purposes of this Section:
19             (1)  "Block  Club  member"  means  a person who is a
20        member in a voluntary association consisting of residents
21        of  contiguous  residences  in  a  specifically   defined
22        geographic  area organized to enhance the quality of life
23        in the area by organizing such activities including,  but
24        not limited to, neighborhood watches, community clean-up,
25        or other related neighborhood activities.
26             (2)  "Community  policing  person"  means  a  person
27        performing  any  work  or  duties that are prescribed by,
28        guided by, or directed by members of  a  law  enforcement
29        agency  under  any community policing program established
30        by and conducted under the auspices of a law  enforcement
31        agency  in  which  citizens  act  under  the  guidance or
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 1        direction of the law  enforcement  agency  to  reduce  or
 2        prevent crime in a given geographic area.,
 3             (3)  "Streetgang",  "streetgang  steetgang  member",
 4        and  "organized  gang" have the meanings ascribed to them
 5        in  Section  10  of  the  Illinois  Streetgang  Terrorism
 6        Omnibus Prevention Act.
 7    (Source: P.A. 89-631, eff. 1-1-97; revised 7-7-97.)
 8        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 9    becoming law.

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