95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0076

 

Introduced 1/31/2007, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/12-4   from Ch. 38, par. 12-4

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person commits aggravated battery when he or she commits a battery upon a taxi driver and the battery is committed while the taxi driver is on duty.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
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 changing
5 Section 12-4 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/12-4)  (from Ch. 38, par. 12-4)
7     Sec. 12-4. Aggravated Battery.
8     (a) A person who, in committing a battery, intentionally or
9 knowingly causes great bodily harm, or permanent disability or
10 disfigurement commits aggravated battery.
11     (b) In committing a battery, a person commits aggravated
12 battery if he or she:
13         (1) Uses a deadly weapon other than by the discharge of
14     a firearm;
15         (2) Is hooded, robed or masked, in such manner as to
16     conceal his identity;
17         (3) Knows the individual harmed to be a teacher or
18     other person employed in any school and such teacher or
19     other employee is upon the grounds of a school or grounds
20     adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a building used for
21     school purposes;
22         (4) (Blank);
23         (5) (Blank);

 

 

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1         (6) Knows the individual harmed to be a community
2     policing volunteer while such volunteer is engaged in the
3     execution of any official duties, or to prevent the
4     volunteer from performing official duties, or in
5     retaliation for the volunteer performing official duties,
6     and the battery is committed other than by the discharge of
7     a firearm;
8         (7) Knows the individual harmed to be an emergency
9     medical technician - ambulance, emergency medical
10     technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
11     paramedic, ambulance driver, other medical assistance,
12     first aid personnel, or hospital personnel engaged in the
13     performance of any of his or her official duties, or to
14     prevent the emergency medical technician - ambulance,
15     emergency medical technician - intermediate, emergency
16     medical technician - paramedic, ambulance driver, other
17     medical assistance, first aid personnel, or hospital
18     personnel from performing official duties, or in
19     retaliation for performing official duties;
20         (8) Is, or the person battered is, on or about a public
21     way, public property or public place of accommodation or
22     amusement;
23         (8.5) Is, or the person battered is, on a publicly or
24     privately owned sports or entertainment arena, stadium,
25     community or convention hall, special event center,
26     amusement facility, or a special event center in a public

 

 

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1     park during any 24-hour period when a professional sporting
2     event, National Collegiate Athletic Association
3     (NCAA)-sanctioned sporting event, United States Olympic
4     Committee-sanctioned sporting event, or International
5     Olympic Committee-sanctioned sporting event is taking
6     place in this venue;
7         (9) Knows the individual harmed to be the driver,
8     operator, employee or passenger of any transportation
9     facility or system engaged in the business of
10     transportation of the public for hire and the individual
11     assaulted is then performing in such capacity or then using
12     such public transportation as a passenger or using any area
13     of any description designated by the transportation
14     facility or system as a vehicle boarding, departure, or
15     transfer location;
16         (10) Knows the individual harmed to be an individual of
17     60 years of age or older;
18         (11) Knows the individual harmed is pregnant;
19         (12) Knows the individual harmed to be a judge whom the
20     person intended to harm as a result of the judge's
21     performance of his or her official duties as a judge;
22         (13) (Blank);
23         (14) Knows the individual harmed to be a person who is
24     physically handicapped;
25         (15) Knowingly and without legal justification and by
26     any means causes bodily harm to a merchant who detains the

 

 

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1     person for an alleged commission of retail theft under
2     Section 16A-5 of this Code. In this item (15), "merchant"
3     has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 16A-2.4 of this
4     Code;
5         (16) Is, or the person battered is, in any building or
6     other structure used to provide shelter or other services
7     to victims or to the dependent children of victims of
8     domestic violence pursuant to the Illinois Domestic
9     Violence Act of 1986 or the Domestic Violence Shelters Act,
10     or the person battered is within 500 feet of such a
11     building or other structure while going to or from such a
12     building or other structure. "Domestic violence" has the
13     meaning ascribed to it in Section 103 of the Illinois
14     Domestic Violence Act of 1986. "Building or other structure
15     used to provide shelter" has the meaning ascribed to
16     "shelter" in Section 1 of the Domestic Violence Shelters
17     Act;
18         (17) (Blank); or
19         (18) Knows the individual harmed to be an officer or
20     employee of the State of Illinois, a unit of local
21     government, or school district engaged in the performance
22     of his or her authorized duties as such officer or
23     employee; .
24         (19) (18) Knows the individual harmed to be an
25     emergency management worker engaged in the performance of
26     any of his or her official duties, or to prevent the

 

 

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1     emergency management worker from performing official
2     duties, or in retaliation for the emergency management
3     worker performing official duties; or .
4         (20) Knows the individual harmed to be a taxi driver
5     and the battery is committed while the taxi driver is on
6     duty.
7     For the purpose of paragraph (14) of subsection (b) of this
8 Section, a physically handicapped person is a person who
9 suffers from a permanent and disabling physical
10 characteristic, resulting from disease, injury, functional
11 disorder or congenital condition.
12     (c) A person who administers to an individual or causes him
13 to take, without his consent or by threat or deception, and for
14 other than medical purposes, any intoxicating, poisonous,
15 stupefying, narcotic, anesthetic, or controlled substance
16 commits aggravated battery.
17     (d) A person who knowingly gives to another person any food
18 that contains any substance or object that is intended to cause
19 physical injury if eaten, commits aggravated battery.
20     (d-3) A person commits aggravated battery when he or she
21 knowingly and without lawful justification shines or flashes a
22 laser gunsight or other laser device that is attached or
23 affixed to a firearm, or used in concert with a firearm, so
24 that the laser beam strikes upon or against the person of
25 another.
26     (d-5) An inmate of a penal institution or a sexually

 

 

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1 dangerous person or a sexually violent person in the custody of
2 the Department of Human Services who causes or attempts to
3 cause a correctional employee of the penal institution or an
4 employee of the Department of Human Services to come into
5 contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine, or feces, by
6 throwing, tossing, or expelling that fluid or material commits
7 aggravated battery. For purposes of this subsection (d-5),
8 "correctional employee" means a person who is employed by a
9 penal institution.
10     (e) Sentence.
11         (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (2) and
12     (3), aggravated battery is a Class 3 felony.
13         (2) Aggravated battery that does not cause great bodily
14     harm or permanent disability or disfigurement is a Class 2
15     felony when the person knows the individual harmed to be a
16     peace officer, a community policing volunteer, a
17     correctional institution employee, an employee of the
18     Department of Human Services supervising or controlling
19     sexually dangerous persons or sexually violent persons, or
20     a fireman while such officer, volunteer, employee, or
21     fireman is engaged in the execution of any official duties
22     including arrest or attempted arrest, or to prevent the
23     officer, volunteer, employee, or fireman from performing
24     official duties, or in retaliation for the officer,
25     volunteer, employee, or fireman performing official
26     duties, and the battery is committed other than by the

 

 

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1     discharge of a firearm.
2         (3) Aggravated battery that causes great bodily harm or
3     permanent disability or disfigurement in violation of
4     subsection (a) is a Class 1 felony when the person knows
5     the individual harmed to be a peace officer, a community
6     policing volunteer, a correctional institution employee,
7     an employee of the Department of Human Services supervising
8     or controlling sexually dangerous persons or sexually
9     violent persons, or a fireman while such officer,
10     volunteer, employee, or fireman is engaged in the execution
11     of any official duties including arrest or attempted
12     arrest, or to prevent the officer, volunteer, employee, or
13     fireman from performing official duties, or in retaliation
14     for the officer, volunteer, employee, or fireman
15     performing official duties, and the battery is committed
16     other than by the discharge of a firearm.
17 (Source: P.A. 93-83, eff. 7-2-03; 94-243, eff. 1-1-06; 94-327,
18 eff. 1-1-06; 94-333, eff. 7-26-05; 94-363, eff. 7-29-05;
19 94-482, eff. 1-1-06; revised 8-19-05.)