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90_SB1392
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person
who commits the offense of intimidation in which the victim
of the intimidation is a Block Club member or a community
policing person is guilty of aggravated intimidation.
Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
2 Section 12-6.2.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
6 changing Section 12-6.2 as follows:
7 (720 ILCS 5/12-6.2)
8 Sec. 12-6.2. Aggravated intimidation.
9 (a) Any streetgang member who commits the offense of
10 intimidation in furtherance of the activities of an organized
11 gang commits the offense of aggravated intimidation.
12 (a-5) A person who commits the offense of intimidation
13 in which the victim of the intimidation is a Block Club
14 member or a community policing person commits the offense of
15 aggravated intimidation.
16 (b) Sentence. Aggravated intimidation is a Class 1
17 felony.
18 (c) For the purposes of this Section:
19 (1) "Block Club member" means a person who is a
20 member in a voluntary association consisting of residents
21 of contiguous residences in a specifically defined
22 geographic area organized to enhance the quality of life
23 in the area by organizing such activities including, but
24 not limited to, neighborhood watches, community clean-up,
25 or other related neighborhood activities.
26 (2) "Community policing person" means a person
27 performing any work or duties that are prescribed by,
28 guided by, or directed by members of a law enforcement
29 agency under any community policing program established
30 by and conducted under the auspices of a law enforcement
31 agency in which citizens act under the guidance or
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1 direction of the law enforcement agency to reduce or
2 prevent crime in a given geographic area.,
3 (3) "Streetgang", "streetgang steetgang member",
4 and "organized gang" have the meanings ascribed to them
5 in Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism
6 Omnibus Prevention Act.
7 (Source: P.A. 89-631, eff. 1-1-97; revised 7-7-97.)
8 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9 becoming law.