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| 1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 12-6.2 as follows:
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| 6 | (720 ILCS 5/12-6.2)
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| 7 | Sec. 12-6.2. Aggravated intimidation.
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| 8 | (a) A person commits the offense of aggravated intimidation | ||||||
| 9 | when he or she
commits the offense of intimidation and:
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| 10 | (1) the person committed the offense in furtherance of | ||||||
| 11 | the activities of
an organized gang or by the person's | ||||||
| 12 | membership in or allegiance to an
organized gang; or
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| 13 | (2) the offense is committed with the intent to prevent | ||||||
| 14 | any person from
becoming a community policing volunteer; or
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| 15 | (3) the following conditions are met:
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| 16 | (A) the person knew that the victim was: (i) a | ||||||
| 17 | peace officer,
(ii) a correctional
institution | ||||||
| 18 | employee, (iii) a fireman; or (iv) a community policing | ||||||
| 19 | volunteer;
or (v) a civilian reporting information | ||||||
| 20 | regarding a forcible felony to a law enforcement | ||||||
| 21 | agency; and
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| 22 | (B) the offense was committed: (i) while the victim | ||||||
| 23 | was engaged in the
execution of his or her official | ||||||
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| 1 | duties; or (ii) to prevent the victim from
performing | ||||||
| 2 | his or her official duties; (iii) in retaliation for | ||||||
| 3 | the victim's
performance of his or her official duties; | ||||||
| 4 | or (iv) by reason of any person's
activity as a | ||||||
| 5 | community policing volunteer; or (v) because the | ||||||
| 6 | person reported information regarding a forcible | ||||||
| 7 | felony to a law enforcement agency.
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| 8 | (b) Sentence. Aggravated intimidation as defined in | ||||||
| 9 | paragraph (a)(1) is
a Class 1
felony. Aggravated intimidation | ||||||
| 10 | as defined in paragraph (a)(2) or (a)(3) is
a Class 2 felony
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| 11 | for which the offender may be sentenced to a term of | ||||||
| 12 | imprisonment of not less
than 3 years nor more than 14 years.
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| 13 | (c) For the purposes of this Section, "streetgang", | ||||||
| 14 | "streetgang member", and
"organized gang"
have the meanings | ||||||
| 15 | ascribed to them in Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang
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| 16 | Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
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| 17 | (Source: P.A. 89-631, eff. 1-1-97; 90-651, eff. 1-1-99; 90-655, | ||||||
| 18 | eff.
7-30-98.)
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