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92_HB4926

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to 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
 5    changing Section 12-14 as follows:

 6        (720 ILCS 5/12-14) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-14)
 7        Sec. 12-14.  Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault.
 8        (a)  The  accused  commits  aggravated  criminal   sexual
 9    assault  if he or she commits criminal sexual assault and any
10    of the following aggravating circumstances existed during, or
11    for the purposes of paragraph (7) of this subsection  (a)  as
12    part  of the same course of conduct as, the commission of the
13    offense:
14             (1)  the accused displayed, threatened  to  use,  or
15        used  a  dangerous  weapon,  other than a firearm, or any
16        object fashioned or utilized in such a manner as to  lead
17        the  victim under the circumstances reasonably to believe
18        it to be a dangerous weapon; or
19             (2)  the  accused  caused  bodily  harm,  except  as
20        provided in subsection (a)(10), to the victim; or
21             (3)  the accused  acted  in  such  a  manner  as  to
22        threaten  or endanger the life of the victim or any other
23        person; or
24             (4)  the criminal  sexual  assault  was  perpetrated
25        during   the   course  of  the  commission  or  attempted
26        commission of any other felony by the accused; or
27             (5)  the victim was 60 years of age or over when the
28        offense was committed; or
29             (6)  the victim was a physically handicapped person;
30        or
31             (7)  the   accused    delivered    (by    injection,
 
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 1        inhalation,  ingestion,  transfer  of  possession, or any
 2        other means) to the victim without his or her consent, or
 3        by threat  or  deception,  and  for  other  than  medical
 4        purposes, any controlled substance; or
 5             (8)  the accused was armed with a firearm; or
 6             (9)  the  accused  personally  discharged  a firearm
 7        during the commission of the offense; or
 8             (10)  the accused,  during  the  commission  of  the
 9        offense, personally discharged a firearm that proximately
10        caused great bodily harm, permanent disability, permanent
11        disfigurement, or death to another person.
12        (b)  The   accused  commits  aggravated  criminal  sexual
13    assault if the accused was under 17  years  of  age  and  (i)
14    commits  an  act  of sexual penetration with a victim who was
15    under 9 years of age when the  act  was  committed;  or  (ii)
16    commits an act of sexual penetration with a victim who was at
17    least  9  years of age but under 13 years of age when the act
18    was committed and the accused used force or threat  of  force
19    to commit the act.
20        (c)  The   accused  commits  aggravated  criminal  sexual
21    assault if he or she commits an  act  of  sexual  penetration
22    with  a  victim  who  was  a  severely or profoundly mentally
23    retarded person at the time the act was committed.
24        (d)  Sentence.
25             (1)  Aggravated criminal sexual assault in violation
26        of paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4),  (5),  (6),  or  (7)  of
27        subsection  (a)  or in violation of subsection (b) or (c)
28        is a Class X felony. A violation of subsection (a)(1)  or
29        (a)(8)  is  a  Class X felony for which 15 years shall be
30        added to the term of imprisonment imposed by the court. A
31        violation of subsection (a)(9) is a Class  X  felony  for
32        which 20 years shall be added to the term of imprisonment
33        imposed  by  the court. A violation of subsection (a)(10)
34        is a Class X felony for which 25 years or up to a term of
 
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 1        natural life imprisonment shall be added to the  term  of
 2        imprisonment imposed by the court.
 3             (2)  A  person  who  is  convicted  of  a  second or
 4        subsequent offense of aggravated criminal sexual assault,
 5        or who is convicted of the offense of aggravated criminal
 6        sexual assault after having previously been convicted  of
 7        the  offense of criminal sexual assault or the offense of
 8        predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, or  who  is
 9        convicted  of  the  offense of aggravated criminal sexual
10        assault after having previously been convicted under  the
11        laws  of  this  or  any other state of an offense that is
12        substantially  equivalent  to  the  offense  of  criminal
13        sexual assault, the offense of aggravated criminal sexual
14        assault or  the  offense  of  predatory  criminal  sexual
15        assault  of  a  child,  shall  be  sentenced to a term of
16        natural life imprisonment. The commission of  the  second
17        or  subsequent offense is required to have been after the
18        initial conviction for this paragraph (2) to apply.
19    (Source: P.A.  91-404,  eff.  1-1-00;  92-434,  eff.  1-1-02;
20    92-502, eff. 12-19-01.)

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