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 1        AN ACT in relation to laser devices.

 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    changing Sections 12-2 and 12-4 and adding  Sections  2-10.2,
 6    2-10.3, and 12-8.1 as follows:

 7        (720 ILCS 5/2-10.2 new)
 8        Sec.  2-10.2.  Laser  or laser device.  "Laser" or "laser
 9    device" means any small or hand-held battery  powered  device
10    which  converts  incident  electromagnetic radiation of mixed
11    frequencies to one or more  discrete  frequencies  of  highly
12    amplified  and  coherent  visible  radiation or light.  Proof
13    that a particular device casts  a  small  red  dot  or  other
14    similar small and discrete image or small and discrete visual
15    signal  upon a target surface at least 15 feet away creates a
16    rebuttable  presumption  that  the   device   is   a   laser.
17    Flashlights   and   similar   lamps,  lanterns,  lights,  and
18    penlights are not laser devices.

19        (720 ILCS 5/2-10.3 new)
20        Sec. 2-10.3.  Laser gunsight.  "Laser gunsight" means any
21    battery powered laser device manufactured to  function  as  a
22    firearm aiming device or sold as a firearm aiming device.

23        (720 ILCS 5/12-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-2)
24        Sec. 12-2.  Aggravated assault.
25        (a)  A  person  commits  an  aggravated assault, when, in
26    committing an assault, he:
27             (1)  Uses a deadly weapon or any device manufactured
28        and designed to be substantially similar in appearance to
29        a firearm, other than by discharging  a  firearm  in  the
 
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 1        direction  of  another  person, a peace officer, a person
 2        summoned or directed by a peace officer,  a  correctional
 3        officer  or  a  fireman  or in the direction of a vehicle
 4        occupied by another person, a  peace  officer,  a  person
 5        summoned  or  directed by a peace officer, a correctional
 6        officer or a fireman while  the  officer  or  fireman  is
 7        engaged  in  the execution of any of his official duties,
 8        or to prevent the officer or fireman from performing  his
 9        official  duties,  or  in  retaliation for the officer or
10        fireman performing his official duties;
11             (2)  Is hooded, robed or masked in such manner as to
12        conceal his  identity  or  any  device  manufactured  and
13        designed  to  be substantially similar in appearance to a
14        firearm;
15             (3)  Knows the individual assaulted to be a  teacher
16        or  other  person employed in any school and such teacher
17        or other employee is upon the  grounds  of  a  school  or
18        grounds adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a building
19        used for school purposes;
20             (4)  Knows   the   individual   assaulted  to  be  a
21        supervisor, director, instructor or other person employed
22        in any  park  district  and  such  supervisor,  director,
23        instructor  or  other employee is upon the grounds of the
24        park or grounds adjacent thereto, or is in any part of  a
25        building used for park purposes;
26             (5)  Knows   the   individual   assaulted  to  be  a
27        caseworker, investigator, or other person employed by the
28        State Department of Public Aid, a  County  Department  of
29        Public  Aid,  or the Department of Human Services (acting
30        as successor to the Illinois  Department  of  Public  Aid
31        under  the  Department  of  Human  Services Act) and such
32        caseworker, investigator, or other  person  is  upon  the
33        grounds  of  a  public  aid  office  or  grounds adjacent
34        thereto, or is in any part of a building used for  public
 
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 1        aid  purposes,  or upon the grounds of a home of a public
 2        aid  applicant,  recipient  or  any  other  person  being
 3        interviewed or investigated in the  employees'  discharge
 4        of  his  duties, or on grounds adjacent thereto, or is in
 5        any part of a building in which the applicant, recipient,
 6        or other such person resides or is located;
 7             (6)  Knows the individual assaulted to  be  a  peace
 8        officer,  or a community policing volunteer, or a fireman
 9        while the officer or fireman is engaged in the  execution
10        of any of his official duties, or to prevent the officer,
11        community  policing volunteer, or fireman from performing
12        his official duties, or in retaliation for  the  officer,
13        community  policing  volunteer, or fireman performing his
14        official duties, and the assault is committed other  than
15        by  the  discharge  of  a firearm in the direction of the
16        officer or fireman or  in  the  direction  of  a  vehicle
17        occupied by the officer or fireman;
18             (7)  Knows   the   individual  assaulted  to  be  an
19        emergency  medical  technician  -  ambulance,   emergency
20        medical  technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical
21        technician - paramedic, ambulance driver or other medical
22        assistance   or   first   aid  personnel  employed  by  a
23        municipality or other governmental unit  engaged  in  the
24        execution  of  any  of his official duties, or to prevent
25        the emergency medical technician -  ambulance,  emergency
26        medical  technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical
27        technician   -  paramedic,  ambulance  driver,  or  other
28        medical assistance or first aid personnel from performing
29        his official duties, or in retaliation for the  emergency
30        medical   technician   -   ambulance,  emergency  medical
31        technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
32        paramedic, ambulance driver, or other medical  assistance
33        or first aid personnel performing his official duties;
34             (8)  Knows   the  individual  assaulted  to  be  the
 
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 1        driver,  operator,   employee   or   passenger   of   any
 2        transportation facility or system engaged in the business
 3        of   transportation  of  the  public  for  hire  and  the
 4        individual assaulted is then performing in such  capacity
 5        or  then  using such public transportation as a passenger
 6        or using any area of any description  designated  by  the
 7        transportation  facility or system as a vehicle boarding,
 8        departure, or transfer location;
 9             (9)  Or the individual assaulted is on  or  about  a
10        public   way,   public   property,  or  public  place  of
11        accommodation or amusement;
12             (10)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted  to  be   an
13        employee   of   the   State   of  Illinois,  a  municipal
14        corporation therein or a political  subdivision  thereof,
15        engaged  in  the  performance of his authorized duties as
16        such employee;
17             (11)  Knowingly  and  without  legal  justification,
18        commits an assault on a physically handicapped person;
19             (12)  Knowingly  and  without  legal  justification,
20        commits an assault on a person 60 years of age or older;
21             (13)  Discharges a firearm;
22             (14)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted  to   be   a
23        correctional officer, while the officer is engaged in the
24        execution  of  any  of  his or her official duties, or to
25        prevent the officer from performing his or  her  official
26        duties,  or in retaliation for the officer performing his
27        or her official duties; or
28             (15)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted  to   be   a
29        correctional  employee,  while the employee is engaged in
30        the execution of any of his or her official duties, or to
31        prevent the employee from performing his or her  official
32        duties, or in retaliation for the employee performing his
33        or  her  official  duties,  and  the assault is committed
34        other than by the discharge of a firearm in the direction
 
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 1        of the employee or in the direction of a vehicle occupied
 2        by the employee.
 3        (a-5)  A person commits an aggravated assault when he  or
 4    she  knowingly  and  without  lawful  justification shines or
 5    flashes a laser  gunsight  or  other  laser  device  that  is
 6    attached  or  affixed to a firearm, or used in concert with a
 7    firearm, so that the  laser  beam  strikes  near  or  in  the
 8    immediate vicinity of any person.
 9        (b)  Sentence.
10        Aggravated  assault  as defined in paragraphs (1) through
11    (5) and (7) through (12) of subsection (a) of this Section is
12    a Class A misdemeanor.   Aggravated  assault  as  defined  in
13    paragraphs  (13),  (14),  and  (15) of subsection (a) of this
14    Section and as defined in subsection (a-5) of this Section is
15    a Class 4 felony.  Aggravated assault as defined in paragraph
16    (6)  of  subsection  (a)  of  this  Section  is  a  Class   A
17    misdemeanor if a firearm is not used in the commission of the
18    assault.   Aggravated  assault as defined in paragraph (6) of
19    subsection (a) of this Section is  a  Class  4  felony  if  a
20    firearm is used in the commission of the assault.
21    (Source: P.A.  89-507,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-406,  eff. 8-15-97;
22    90-651, eff. 1-1-99.)

23        (720 ILCS 5/12-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-4)
24        Sec. 12-4. Aggravated Battery.
25        (a)  A person who, in committing a battery, intentionally
26    or  knowingly  causes  great  bodily   harm,   or   permanent
27    disability or disfigurement commits aggravated battery.
28        (b)  In committing a battery, a person commits aggravated
29    battery if he or she:
30             (1)  Uses   a   deadly  weapon  other  than  by  the
31        discharge of a firearm;
32             (2)  Is hooded, robed or masked, in such  manner  as
33        to conceal his identity;
 
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 1             (3)  Knows  the individual harmed to be a teacher or
 2        other person employed in any school and such  teacher  or
 3        other employee is upon the grounds of a school or grounds
 4        adjacent  thereto,  or  is in any part of a building used
 5        for school purposes;
 6             (4)  Knows the individual harmed to be a supervisor,
 7        director, instructor or other person employed in any park
 8        district and such  supervisor,  director,  instructor  or
 9        other employee is upon the grounds of the park or grounds
10        adjacent  thereto,  or  is in any part of a building used
11        for park purposes;
12             (5)  Knows the individual harmed to be a caseworker,
13        investigator, or  other  person  employed  by  the  State
14        Department  of  Public Aid, a County Department of Public
15        Aid, or the  Department  of  Human  Services  (acting  as
16        successor  to the Illinois Department of Public Aid under
17        the  Department  of  Human   Services   Act)   and   such
18        caseworker,  investigator,  or  other  person is upon the
19        grounds of  a  public  aid  office  or  grounds  adjacent
20        thereto,  or is in any part of a building used for public
21        aid purposes, or upon the grounds of a home of  a  public
22        aid  applicant,  recipient,  or  any  other  person being
23        interviewed or investigated in the  employee's  discharge
24        of  his  duties, or on grounds adjacent thereto, or is in
25        any part of a building in which the applicant, recipient,
26        or other such person resides or is located;
27             (6)  Knows the  individual  harmed  to  be  a  peace
28        officer,  a  community policing volunteer, a correctional
29        institution employee, or a fireman  while  such  officer,
30        volunteer,   employee   or  fireman  is  engaged  in  the
31        execution of any  official  duties  including  arrest  or
32        attempted  arrest,  or to prevent the officer, volunteer,
33        employee or fireman from performing official  duties,  or
34        in  retaliation  for  the officer, volunteer, employee or
 
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 1        fireman performing official duties, and  the  battery  is
 2        committed other than by the discharge of a firearm;
 3             (7)  Knows  the individual harmed to be an emergency
 4        medical  technician  -   ambulance,   emergency   medical
 5        technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
 6        paramedic,  ambulance  driver or other medical assistance
 7        or first aid personnel engaged in the performance of  any
 8        of  his  or  her  official  duties,  or  to  prevent  the
 9        emergency   medical  technician  -  ambulance,  emergency
10        medical  technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical
11        technician  -  paramedic,  ambulance  driver,  or   other
12        medical assistance or first aid personnel from performing
13        official   duties,   or  in  retaliation  for  performing
14        official duties;
15             (8)  Is, or the person battered is, on  or  about  a
16        public   way,   public   property   or  public  place  of
17        accommodation or amusement;
18             (9)  Knows the individual harmed to be  the  driver,
19        operator,  employee  or  passenger  of any transportation
20        facility  or  system   engaged   in   the   business   of
21        transportation  of the public for hire and the individual
22        assaulted is then performing in  such  capacity  or  then
23        using  such public transportation as a passenger or using
24        any  area  of   any   description   designated   by   the
25        transportation  facility or system as a vehicle boarding,
26        departure, or transfer location;
27             (10)  Knowingly and without legal justification  and
28        by  any  means  causes bodily harm to an individual of 60
29        years of age or older;
30             (11)  Knows the individual harmed is pregnant;
31             (12)  Knows the individual harmed to be a judge whom
32        the person intended to harm as a result  of  the  judge's
33        performance of his or her official duties as a judge;
34             (13)  Knows  the individual harmed to be an employee
 
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 1        of  the  Illinois  Department  of  Children  and   Family
 2        Services  engaged  in  the  performance of his authorized
 3        duties as such employee;
 4             (14)  Knows the individual harmed to be a person who
 5        is physically handicapped; or
 6             (15)  Knowingly and without legal justification  and
 7        by any means causes bodily harm to a merchant who detains
 8        the  person  for  an  alleged  commission of retail theft
 9        under Section 16A-5 of this  Code.  In  this  item  (15),
10        "merchant"  has  the  meaning  ascribed  to it in Section
11        16A-2.4 of this Code.
12        For the purpose of paragraph (14) of  subsection  (b)  of
13    this Section, a physically handicapped person is a person who
14    suffers    from    a   permanent   and   disabling   physical
15    characteristic, resulting from  disease,  injury,  functional
16    disorder or congenital condition.
17        (c)  A  person who administers to an individual or causes
18    him to take, without his consent or by threat  or  deception,
19    and  for  other  than  medical  purposes,  any  intoxicating,
20    poisonous,  stupefying,  narcotic,  anesthetic, or controlled
21    substance commits aggravated battery.
22        (d)  A person who knowingly gives to another  person  any
23    food  that  contains any substance or object that is intended
24    to  cause  physical  injury  if  eaten,  commits   aggravated
25    battery.
26        (d-5)  A person commits aggravated battery when he or she
27    knowingly  and without lawful justification shines or flashes
28    a laser gunsight or other laser device that  is  attached  or
29    affixed  to  a firearm, or used in concert with a firearm, so
30    that the laser beam strikes upon or  against  the  person  of
31    another.
32        (e)  Sentence.
33        Aggravated battery is a Class 3 felony.
34    (Source: P.A.  89-507,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-115,  eff.  1-1-98;
 
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 1    90-651, eff. 1-1-99; 90-735, eff. 8-11-98; revised 9-16-98.)

 2        (720 ILCS 5/12-8.1 new)
 3        Sec. 12-8.1.  Aiming a laser pointer at a peace officer.
 4        (a)  A  person  commits  the  offense  of  aiming a laser
 5    pointer at a peace officer when he or  she  intentionally  or
 6    knowingly  shines or flashes a laser device at a person he or
 7    she knows or reasonably should know to be a  peace officer.
 8        (b)  Sentence.  Aiming a laser pointer at a peace officer
 9    is a Class A misdemeanor.

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