94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB5826


 
Introduced 08/25/06, by Rep. Tom Cross - Patricia Reid Lindner
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













720 ILCS 5/12-3.5 new










    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961.  Creates the offense of aggravated domestic assault when a person, in committing domestic assault, knowingly or intentionally uses a deadly weapon or certain other devices against a family or household member.  Requires a peace officer to arrest the offender upon the establishment of probable cause. Makes the offense a Class 4 felony.
















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HB5826

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    AN ACT concerning criminal law.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended  by adding 
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Section 12-3.5 as follows:
 
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    (720 ILCS 5/12-3.5  new)
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    Sec. 12-3.5. Aggravated domestic assault.
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    (a) A person commits aggravated domestic assault when, in 
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committing domestic assault, he or she knowingly or 
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intentionally uses a deadly weapon or any other device or 
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object that could cause substantial injury, or any device 
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manufactured and designed to be substantially similar in 
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appearance to a firearm, other than by discharging a firearm in 
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the direction of another person, against a family or household 
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member, as defined in subsection (3) of Section 112A-3 of the 
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Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. A peace officer must arrest 
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the offender upon the establishment of probable cause.
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    (b) Sentence. Aggravated domestic assault is a Class 4 
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felony.