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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 12-2 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, an air rifle as defined in
11     the Air Rifle Act, or any device manufactured and designed
12     to be substantially similar in appearance to a firearm,
13     other than by discharging a firearm in the direction of
14     another person, a peace officer, a person summoned or
15     directed by a peace officer, a correctional officer, a
16     private security officer, or a fireman or in the direction
17     of a vehicle occupied by another person, a peace officer, a
18     person summoned or directed by a peace officer, a
19     correctional officer, a private security officer, or a
20     fireman while the officer or fireman is engaged in the
21     execution of any of his official duties, or to prevent the
22     officer or fireman from performing his official duties, or
23     in retaliation for the officer or fireman performing his

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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1     personnel from performing his official duties, or in
2     retaliation for the emergency medical technician -
3     ambulance, emergency medical technician - intermediate,
4     emergency medical technician - paramedic, ambulance
5     driver, or other medical assistance or first aid personnel
6     performing his official duties;
7         (8) Knows the individual assaulted 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         (9) Or the individual assaulted is on or about a public
17     way, public property, or public place of accommodation or
18     amusement;
19         (9.5) Is, or the individual assaulted is, in or about a
20     publicly or privately owned sports or entertainment arena,
21     stadium, community or convention hall, special event
22     center, amusement facility, or a special event center in a
23     public park during any 24-hour period when a professional
24     sporting event, National Collegiate Athletic Association
25     (NCAA)-sanctioned sporting event, United States Olympic
26     Committee-sanctioned sporting event, or International

 

 

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1     Olympic Committee-sanctioned sporting event is taking
2     place in this venue;
3         (10) Knows the individual assaulted to be an employee
4     of the State of Illinois, a municipal corporation therein
5     or a political subdivision thereof, engaged in the
6     performance of his authorized duties as such employee;
7         (11) Knowingly and without legal justification,
8     commits an assault on a physically handicapped person;
9         (12) Knowingly and without legal justification,
10     commits an assault on a person 60 years of age or older;
11         (13) Discharges a firearm, other than from a motor
12     vehicle;
13         (13.5) Discharges a firearm from a motor vehicle;
14         (14) Knows the individual assaulted to be a
15     correctional officer, while the officer is engaged in the
16     execution of any of his or her official duties, or to
17     prevent the officer from performing his or her official
18     duties, or in retaliation for the officer performing his or
19     her official duties;
20         (14.5) Knows the individual assaulted to be a probation
21     officer, as defined in the Probation and Probation Officers
22     Act, while the officer is engaged in the execution of any
23     of his or her official duties, or to prevent the officer
24     from performing his or her official duties, or in
25     retaliation for the officer performing his or her official
26     duties;

 

 

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1         (15) Knows the individual assaulted to be a
2     correctional employee or an employee or officer of the
3     Department of Human Services supervising or controlling
4     sexually dangerous persons or sexually violent persons, or
5     an employee of a subcontractor of the Department of Human
6     Services supervising or controlling sexually dangerous
7     persons or sexually violent persons, while the employee or
8     officer is engaged in the execution of any of his or her
9     official duties, or to prevent the employee or officer from
10     performing his or her official duties, or in retaliation
11     for the employee or officer performing his or her official
12     duties, and the assault is committed other than by the
13     discharge of a firearm in the direction of the employee or
14     officer or in the direction of a vehicle occupied by the
15     employee or officer;
16         (16) Knows the individual assaulted to be an employee
17     of a police or sheriff's department, or a person who is
18     employed by a municipality and whose duties include traffic
19     control, engaged in the performance of his or her official
20     duties as such employee;
21         (17) Knows the individual assaulted to be a sports
22     official or coach at any level of competition and the act
23     causing the assault to the sports official or coach
24     occurred within an athletic facility or an indoor or
25     outdoor playing field or within the immediate vicinity of
26     the athletic facility or an indoor or outdoor playing field

 

 

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1     at which the sports official or coach was an active
2     participant in the athletic contest held at the athletic
3     facility. For the purposes of this paragraph (17), "sports
4     official" means a person at an athletic contest who
5     enforces the rules of the contest, such as an umpire or
6     referee; and "coach" means a person recognized as a coach
7     by the sanctioning authority that conducted the athletic
8     contest;
9         (18) Knows the individual assaulted to be an emergency
10     management worker, while the emergency management worker
11     is engaged in the execution of any of his or her official
12     duties, or to prevent the emergency management worker from
13     performing his or her official duties, or in retaliation
14     for the emergency management worker performing his or her
15     official duties, and the assault is committed other than by
16     the discharge of a firearm in the direction of the
17     emergency management worker or in the direction of a
18     vehicle occupied by the emergency management worker; or
19         (19) Knows the individual assaulted to be a utility
20     worker, while the utility worker is engaged in the
21     execution of his or her duties, or to prevent the utility
22     worker from performing his or her duties, or in retaliation
23     for the utility worker performing his or her duties. In
24     this paragraph (19), "utility worker" means a person
25     employed by a public utility as defined in Section 3-105 of
26     the Public Utilities Act and also includes an employee of a

 

 

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1     municipally owned utility, an employee of a cable
2     television company, an employee of an electric cooperative
3     as defined in Section 3-119 of the Public Utilities Act, an
4     independent contractor or an employee of an independent
5     contractor working on behalf of a cable television company,
6     public utility, municipally owned utility, or an electric
7     cooperative, or an employee of a telecommunications
8     carrier as defined in Section 13-202 of the Public
9     Utilities Act, an independent contractor or an employee of
10     an independent contractor working on behalf of a
11     telecommunications carrier, or an employee of a telephone
12     or telecommunications cooperative as defined in Section
13     13-212 of the Public Utilities Act, or an independent
14     contractor or an employee of an independent contractor
15     working on behalf of a telephone or telecommunications
16     cooperative.
17     (a-5) A person commits an aggravated assault when he or she
18 knowingly and without lawful justification shines or flashes a
19 laser gunsight or other laser device that is attached or
20 affixed to a firearm, or used in concert with a firearm, so
21 that the laser beam strikes near or in the immediate vicinity
22 of any person.
23     (a-10) A person commits an aggravated assault when he or
24 she knowingly and without justification operates a motor
25 vehicle in a manner which places a person in reasonable
26 apprehension of being struck by a moving vehicle.

 

 

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1     (b) Sentence.
2     Aggravated assault as defined in paragraphs (1) through (5)
3 and (8) through (12) and (17) and (19) of subsection (a) of
4 this Section is a Class A misdemeanor. Aggravated assault as
5 defined in paragraphs (13), (14), (14.5), and (15) of
6 subsection (a) of this Section and as defined in subsection
7 (a-5) or (a-10) of this Section is a Class 4 felony. Aggravated
8 assault as defined in paragraphs (6), (7), (16), and (18) of
9 subsection (a) of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor if a
10 firearm is not used in the commission of the assault.
11 Aggravated assault as defined in paragraphs (6), (7), (16), and
12 (18) of subsection (a) of this Section is a Class 4 felony if a
13 firearm is used in the commission of the assault. Aggravated
14 assault as defined in subsection (a-10) where the victim was a
15 person defined in paragraph (6) or paragraph (13.5) of
16 subsection (a) is a Class 3 felony.
17     (c) For the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (6) of
18 subsection (a), "private security officer" means a registered
19 employee of a private security contractor agency under the
20 Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security,
21 Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004.
22 (Source: P.A. 95-236, eff. 1-1-08; 95-292, eff. 8-20-07;
23 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-429, eff. 1-1-08; 95-591, eff.
24 9-10-07; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08; 96-201, eff. 8-10-09; revised
25 11-4-09.)
 
26     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

 

 

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1 becoming law.