95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB1293

 

Introduced 2/9/2007, by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/12-2   from Ch. 38, par. 12-2
720 ILCS 5/12-4   from Ch. 38, par. 12-4

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that the assault or battery of a person known to be a utility worker, while the utility worker is engaged in the execution of his or her duties, or to prevent the utility worker from performing his or her duties, or in retaliation for the utility worker performing his or her duties is enhanced to aggravated assault or aggravated battery. Establishes penalties.


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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 Sections 12-2 and 12-4 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/12-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 12-2)
7     Sec. 12-2. Aggravated assault.
8     (a) A person commits an aggravated assault, when, in
9 committing an assault, he:
10         (1) Uses a deadly weapon or any device manufactured and
11     designed to be substantially similar in appearance to a
12     firearm, other than by discharging a firearm in the
13     direction of another person, a peace officer, a person
14     summoned or directed by a peace officer, a correctional
15     officer or a fireman or in the direction of a vehicle
16     occupied by another person, a peace officer, a person
17     summoned or directed by a peace officer, a correctional
18     officer or a fireman while the officer or fireman is
19     engaged in the execution of any of his official duties, or
20     to prevent the officer or fireman from performing his
21     official duties, or in retaliation for the officer or
22     fireman performing his official duties;
23         (2) Is hooded, robed or masked in such manner as to

 

 

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1     conceal his identity or any device manufactured and
2     designed to be substantially similar in appearance to a
3     firearm;
4         (3) Knows the individual assaulted to be a teacher or
5     other person employed in any school and such teacher or
6     other employee is upon the grounds of a school or grounds
7     adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a building used for
8     school purposes;
9         (4) Knows the individual assaulted to be a supervisor,
10     director, instructor or other person employed in any park
11     district and such supervisor, director, instructor or
12     other employee is upon the grounds of the park or grounds
13     adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a building used for
14     park purposes;
15         (5) Knows the individual assaulted to be a caseworker,
16     investigator, or other person employed by the Department of
17     Healthcare and Family Services (formerly State Department
18     of Public Aid), a County Department of Public Aid, or the
19     Department of Human Services (acting as successor to the
20     Illinois Department of Public Aid under the Department of
21     Human Services Act) and such caseworker, investigator, or
22     other person is upon the grounds of a public aid office or
23     grounds adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a building
24     used for public aid purposes, or upon the grounds of a home
25     of a public aid applicant, recipient or any other person
26     being interviewed or investigated in the employees'

 

 

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1     discharge of his duties, or on grounds adjacent thereto, or
2     is in any part of a building in which the applicant,
3     recipient, or other such person resides or is located;
4         (6) Knows the individual assaulted to be a peace
5     officer, or a community policing volunteer, or a fireman
6     while the officer or fireman is engaged in the execution of
7     any of his official duties, or to prevent the officer,
8     community policing volunteer, or fireman from performing
9     his official duties, or in retaliation for the officer,
10     community policing volunteer, or fireman performing his
11     official duties, and the assault is committed other than by
12     the discharge of a firearm in the direction of the officer
13     or fireman or in the direction of a vehicle occupied by the
14     officer or fireman;
15         (7) Knows the individual assaulted to be an emergency
16     medical technician - ambulance, emergency medical
17     technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
18     paramedic, ambulance driver or other medical assistance or
19     first aid personnel engaged in the execution of any of his
20     official duties, or to prevent the emergency medical
21     technician - ambulance, emergency medical technician -
22     intermediate, emergency medical technician - paramedic,
23     ambulance driver, or other medical assistance or first aid
24     personnel from performing his official duties, or in
25     retaliation for the emergency medical technician -
26     ambulance, emergency medical technician - intermediate,

 

 

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1     emergency medical technician - paramedic, ambulance
2     driver, or other medical assistance or first aid personnel
3     performing his official duties;
4         (8) Knows the individual assaulted to be the driver,
5     operator, employee or passenger of any transportation
6     facility or system engaged in the business of
7     transportation of the public for hire and the individual
8     assaulted is then performing in such capacity or then using
9     such public transportation as a passenger or using any area
10     of any description designated by the transportation
11     facility or system as a vehicle boarding, departure, or
12     transfer location;
13         (9) Or the individual assaulted is on or about a public
14     way, public property, or public place of accommodation or
15     amusement;
16         (9.5) Is, or the individual assaulted is, in or about a
17     publicly or privately owned sports or entertainment arena,
18     stadium, community or convention hall, special event
19     center, amusement facility, or a special event center in a
20     public park during any 24-hour period when a professional
21     sporting event, National Collegiate Athletic Association
22     (NCAA)-sanctioned sporting event, United States Olympic
23     Committee-sanctioned sporting event, or International
24     Olympic Committee-sanctioned sporting event is taking
25     place in this venue;
26         (10) Knows the individual assaulted to be an employee

 

 

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1     of the State of Illinois, a municipal corporation therein
2     or a political subdivision thereof, engaged in the
3     performance of his authorized duties as such employee;
4         (11) Knowingly and without legal justification,
5     commits an assault on a physically handicapped person;
6         (12) Knowingly and without legal justification,
7     commits an assault on a person 60 years of age or older;
8         (13) Discharges a firearm;
9         (14) Knows the individual assaulted to be a
10     correctional officer, while the officer is engaged in the
11     execution of any of his or her official duties, or to
12     prevent the officer from performing his or her official
13     duties, or in retaliation for the officer performing his or
14     her official duties;
15         (15) Knows the individual assaulted to be a
16     correctional employee or an employee of the Department of
17     Human Services supervising or controlling sexually
18     dangerous persons or sexually violent persons, while the
19     employee is engaged in the execution of any of his or her
20     official duties, or to prevent the employee from performing
21     his or her official duties, or in retaliation for the
22     employee performing his or her official duties, and the
23     assault is committed other than by the discharge of a
24     firearm in the direction of the employee or in the
25     direction of a vehicle occupied by the employee;
26         (16) Knows the individual assaulted to be an employee

 

 

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1     of a police or sheriff's department engaged in the
2     performance of his or her official duties as such employee;
3     or
4         (17) Knows the individual assaulted to be a sports
5     official or coach at any level of competition and the act
6     causing the assault to the sports official or coach
7     occurred within an athletic facility or an indoor or
8     outdoor playing field or within the immediate vicinity of
9     the athletic facility or an indoor or outdoor playing field
10     at which the sports official or coach was an active
11     participant in the athletic contest held at the athletic
12     facility. For the purposes of this paragraph (17), "sports
13     official" means a person at an athletic contest who
14     enforces the rules of the contest, such as an umpire or
15     referee; and "coach" means a person recognized as a coach
16     by the sanctioning authority that conducted the athletic
17     contest; .
18         (18) Knows the individual assaulted to be an emergency
19     management worker, while the emergency management worker
20     is engaged in the execution of any of his or her official
21     duties, or to prevent the emergency management worker from
22     performing his or her official duties, or in retaliation
23     for the emergency management worker performing his or her
24     official duties, and the assault is committed other than by
25     the discharge of a firearm in the direction of the
26     emergency management worker or in the direction of a

 

 

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1     vehicle occupied by the emergency management worker; or .
2         (19) Knows the individual assaulted to be a utility
3     worker, while the utility worker is engaged in the
4     execution of his or her duties, or to prevent the utility
5     worker from performing his or her duties, or in retaliation
6     for the utility worker performing his or her duties. In
7     this paragraph (19), "utility worker" means a person
8     employed by a public utility as defined in Section 3-105 of
9     the Public Utilities Act and also includes an employee of a
10     municipally owned utility, an employee of a cable
11     television company, an employee of an electric cooperative
12     as defined in Section 3-119 of the Public Utilities Act, an
13     independent contractor or an employee of an independent
14     contractor working on behalf of a cable television company,
15     public utility, municipally owned utility, or an electric
16     cooperative, or an employee of a telecommunications
17     carrier as defined in Section 13-202 of the Public
18     Utilities Act, an independent contractor or an employee of
19     an independent contractor working on behalf of a
20     telecommunications carrier, or an employee of a telephone
21     or telecommunications cooperative as defined in Section
22     13-212 of the Public Utilities Act, or an independent
23     contractor or an employee of an independent contractor
24     working on behalf of a telephone or telecommunications
25     cooperative.
26     (a-5) A person commits an aggravated assault when he or she

 

 

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1 knowingly and without lawful justification shines or flashes a
2 laser gunsight or other laser device that is attached or
3 affixed to a firearm, or used in concert with a firearm, so
4 that the laser beam strikes near or in the immediate vicinity
5 of any person.
6     (b) Sentence.
7     Aggravated assault as defined in paragraphs (1) through (5)
8 and (8) through (12) and (17) and (19) of subsection (a) of
9 this Section is a Class A misdemeanor. Aggravated assault as
10 defined in paragraphs (13), (14), and (15) of subsection (a) of
11 this Section and as defined in subsection (a-5) of this Section
12 is a Class 4 felony. Aggravated assault as defined in
13 paragraphs (6), (7), (16), and (18) of subsection (a) of this
14 Section is a Class A misdemeanor if a firearm is not used in
15 the commission of the assault. Aggravated assault as defined in
16 paragraphs (6), (7), (16), and (18) of subsection (a) of this
17 Section is a Class 4 felony if a firearm is used in the
18 commission of the assault.
19 (Source: P.A. 93-692, eff. 1-1-05; 94-243, eff. 1-1-06; 94-482,
20 eff. 1-1-06; revised 12-15-05.)
 
21     (720 ILCS 5/12-4)  (from Ch. 38, par. 12-4)
22     Sec. 12-4. Aggravated Battery.
23     (a) A person who, in committing a battery, intentionally or
24 knowingly causes great bodily harm, or permanent disability or
25 disfigurement commits aggravated battery.

 

 

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1     (b) In committing a battery, a person commits aggravated
2 battery if he or she:
3         (1) Uses a deadly weapon other than by the discharge of
4     a firearm;
5         (2) Is hooded, robed or masked, in such manner as to
6     conceal his identity;
7         (3) Knows the individual harmed to be a teacher or
8     other person employed in any school and such teacher or
9     other employee is upon the grounds of a school or grounds
10     adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a building used for
11     school purposes;
12         (4) (Blank);
13         (5) (Blank);
14         (6) Knows the individual harmed to be a community
15     policing volunteer while such volunteer is engaged in the
16     execution of any official duties, or to prevent the
17     volunteer from performing official duties, or in
18     retaliation for the volunteer performing official duties,
19     and the battery is committed other than by the discharge of
20     a firearm;
21         (7) Knows the individual harmed to be an emergency
22     medical technician - ambulance, emergency medical
23     technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
24     paramedic, ambulance driver, other medical assistance,
25     first aid personnel, or hospital personnel engaged in the
26     performance of any of his or her official duties, or to

 

 

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1     prevent the emergency medical technician - ambulance,
2     emergency medical technician - intermediate, emergency
3     medical technician - paramedic, ambulance driver, other
4     medical assistance, first aid personnel, or hospital
5     personnel from performing official duties, or in
6     retaliation for performing official duties;
7         (8) Is, or the person battered is, on or about a public
8     way, public property or public place of accommodation or
9     amusement;
10         (8.5) Is, or the person battered is, on a publicly or
11     privately owned sports or entertainment arena, stadium,
12     community or convention hall, special event center,
13     amusement facility, or a special event center in a public
14     park during any 24-hour period when a professional sporting
15     event, National Collegiate Athletic Association
16     (NCAA)-sanctioned sporting event, United States Olympic
17     Committee-sanctioned sporting event, or International
18     Olympic Committee-sanctioned sporting event is taking
19     place in this venue;
20         (9) Knows the individual harmed to be the driver,
21     operator, employee or passenger of any transportation
22     facility or system engaged in the business of
23     transportation of the public for hire and the individual
24     assaulted is then performing in such capacity or then using
25     such public transportation as a passenger or using any area
26     of any description designated by the transportation

 

 

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1     facility or system as a vehicle boarding, departure, or
2     transfer location;
3         (10) Knows the individual harmed to be an individual of
4     60 years of age or older;
5         (11) Knows the individual harmed is pregnant;
6         (12) Knows the individual harmed to be a judge whom the
7     person intended to harm as a result of the judge's
8     performance of his or her official duties as a judge;
9         (13) (Blank);
10         (14) Knows the individual harmed to be a person who is
11     physically handicapped;
12         (15) Knowingly and without legal justification and by
13     any means causes bodily harm to a merchant who detains the
14     person for an alleged commission of retail theft under
15     Section 16A-5 of this Code. In this item (15), "merchant"
16     has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 16A-2.4 of this
17     Code;
18         (16) Is, or the person battered is, in any building or
19     other structure used to provide shelter or other services
20     to victims or to the dependent children of victims of
21     domestic violence pursuant to the Illinois Domestic
22     Violence Act of 1986 or the Domestic Violence Shelters Act,
23     or the person battered is within 500 feet of such a
24     building or other structure while going to or from such a
25     building or other structure. "Domestic violence" has the
26     meaning ascribed to it in Section 103 of the Illinois

 

 

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1     Domestic Violence Act of 1986. "Building or other structure
2     used to provide shelter" has the meaning ascribed to
3     "shelter" in Section 1 of the Domestic Violence Shelters
4     Act;
5         (17) (Blank); or
6         (18) Knows the individual harmed to be an officer or
7     employee of the State of Illinois, a unit of local
8     government, or school district engaged in the performance
9     of his or her authorized duties as such officer or
10     employee; .
11         (19) (18) Knows the individual harmed to be an
12     emergency management worker engaged in the performance of
13     any of his or her official duties, or to prevent the
14     emergency management worker from performing official
15     duties, or in retaliation for the emergency management
16     worker performing official duties; or .
17         (20) Knows the individual harmed to be a utility
18     worker, while the utility worker is engaged in the
19     execution of his or her duties, or to prevent the utility
20     worker from performing his or her duties, or in retaliation
21     for the utility worker performing his or her duties. In
22     this paragraph (20), "utility worker" means a person
23     employed by a public utility as defined in Section 3-105 of
24     the Public Utilities Act and also includes an employee of a
25     municipally owned utility, an employee of a cable
26     television company, an employee of an electric cooperative

 

 

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1     as defined in Section 3-119 of the Public Utilities Act, an
2     independent contractor or an employee of an independent
3     contractor working on behalf of a cable television company,
4     public utility, municipally owned utility, or an electric
5     cooperative, or an employee of a telecommunications
6     carrier as defined in Section 13-202 of the Public
7     Utilities Act, an independent contractor or an employee of
8     an independent contractor working on behalf of a
9     telecommunications carrier, or an employee of a telephone
10     or telecommunications cooperative as defined in Section
11     13-212 of the Public Utilities Act, or an independent
12     contractor or an employee of an independent contractor
13     working on behalf of a telephone or telecommunications
14     cooperative.
15     For the purpose of paragraph (14) of subsection (b) of this
16 Section, a physically handicapped person is a person who
17 suffers from a permanent and disabling physical
18 characteristic, resulting from disease, injury, functional
19 disorder or congenital condition.
20     (c) A person who administers to an individual or causes him
21 to take, without his consent or by threat or deception, and for
22 other than medical purposes, any intoxicating, poisonous,
23 stupefying, narcotic, anesthetic, or controlled substance
24 commits aggravated battery.
25     (d) A person who knowingly gives to another person any food
26 that contains any substance or object that is intended to cause

 

 

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1 physical injury if eaten, commits aggravated battery.
2     (d-3) A person commits aggravated battery when he or she
3 knowingly and without lawful justification shines or flashes a
4 laser gunsight or other laser device that is attached or
5 affixed to a firearm, or used in concert with a firearm, so
6 that the laser beam strikes upon or against the person of
7 another.
8     (d-5) An inmate of a penal institution or a sexually
9 dangerous person or a sexually violent person in the custody of
10 the Department of Human Services who causes or attempts to
11 cause a correctional employee of the penal institution or an
12 employee of the Department of Human Services to come into
13 contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine, or feces, by
14 throwing, tossing, or expelling that fluid or material commits
15 aggravated battery. For purposes of this subsection (d-5),
16 "correctional employee" means a person who is employed by a
17 penal institution.
18     (e) Sentence.
19         (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (2) and
20     (3), aggravated battery is a Class 3 felony.
21         (2) Aggravated battery that does not cause great bodily
22     harm or permanent disability or disfigurement is a Class 2
23     felony when the person knows the individual harmed to be a
24     peace officer, a community policing volunteer, a
25     correctional institution employee, an employee of the
26     Department of Human Services supervising or controlling

 

 

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

 

 

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1 94-482, eff. 1-1-06; revised 8-19-05.)