Public Act 90-0406 of the 90th General Assembly

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Public Act 90-0406

SB429 Enrolled                                 LRB9000783RCks

    AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code  of  1961  by  changing
Section 12-2.

    Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section 5.  The Criminal  Code  of  1961  is  amended  by
changing Section 12-2 as follows:

    (720 ILCS 5/12-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-2)
    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-507)
    Sec. 12-2.  Aggravated assault.
    (a)  A  person  commits  an  aggravated assault, when, in
committing an assault, he:
         (1)  Uses a deadly weapon or any device manufactured
    and designed to be substantially similar in appearance to
    a firearm, other than by discharging  a  firearm  in  the
    direction  of  another  person, a peace officer, a person
    summoned or directed by a peace officer,  a  correctional
    officer  or  a  fireman  or in the direction of a vehicle
    occupied by another person, a  peace  officer,  a  person
    summoned  or  directed by a peace officer, a correctional
    officer or a fireman while  the  officer  or  fireman  is
    engaged  in  the execution of any of his official duties,
    or to prevent the officer or fireman from performing  his
    official  duties,  or  in  retaliation for the officer or
    fireman performing his official duties;
         (2)  Is hooded, robed or masked in such manner as to
    conceal his  identity  or  any  device  manufactured  and
    designed  to  be substantially similar in appearance to a
    firearm;
         (3)  Knows the individual assaulted to be a  teacher
    or  other  person employed in any school and such teacher
    or other employee is upon the  grounds  of  a  school  or
    grounds adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a building
    used for school purposes;
         (4)  Knows   the   individual   assaulted  to  be  a
    supervisor, director, instructor or other person employed
    in any  park  district  and  such  supervisor,  director,
    instructor  or  other employee is upon the grounds of the
    park or grounds adjacent thereto, or is in any part of  a
    building used for park purposes;
         (5)  Knows   the   individual   assaulted  to  be  a
    caseworker, investigator, or other person employed by the
    State Department of Public Aid or a County Department  of
    Public  Aid  and  such caseworker, investigator, or other
    person is upon the grounds of  a  Public  Aid  office  or
    grounds adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a building
    used  for  Public  Aid purposes, or upon the grounds of a
    home of a public aid applicant, recipient  or  any  other
    person   being   interviewed   or   investigated  in  the
    employees'  discharge  of  his  duties,  or  on   grounds
    adjacent  thereto,  or  is  in  any part of a building in
    which the applicant,  recipient,  or  other  such  person
    resides or is located;
         (6)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted to be a peace
    officer, or a person summoned and directed by him,  or  a
    fireman  while  the  officer or fireman is engaged in the
    execution of any of his official duties,  or  to  prevent
    the  officer  or  fireman  from  performing  his official
    duties, or in retaliation  for  the  officer  or  fireman
    performing  his  official  duties,  and  the  assault  is
    committed other than by the discharge of a firearm in the
    direction  of  the officer or fireman or in the direction
    of a vehicle occupied by the officer or fireman;
         (7)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted  to   be   an
    emergency   medical  technician  -  ambulance,  emergency
    medical  technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical
    technician - paramedic, ambulance driver or other medical
    assistance  or  first  aid  personnel   employed   by   a
    municipality  or  other  governmental unit engaged in the
    execution of any of his official duties,  or  to  prevent
    the  emergency  medical technician - ambulance, emergency
    medical  technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical
    technician  -  paramedic,  ambulance  driver,  or   other
    medical assistance or first aid personnel from performing
    his  official duties, or in retaliation for the emergency
    medical  technician  -   ambulance,   emergency   medical
    technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
    paramedic,  ambulance driver, or other medical assistance
    or first aid personnel performing his official duties;
         (8)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted  to  be   the
    driver,   operator,   employee   or   passenger   of  any
    transportation facility or system engaged in the business
    of  transportation  of  the  public  for  hire  and   the
    individual  assaulted is then performing in such capacity
    or then using such public transportation as  a  passenger
    or  using  any  area of any description designated by the
    transportation facility or system as a vehicle  boarding,
    departure, or transfer location;
         (9)  Or  the  individual  assaulted is on or about a
    public  way,  public  property,  or   public   place   of
    accommodation or amusement;
         (10)  Knows   the  individual  assaulted  to  be  an
    employee  of  the  State   of   Illinois,   a   municipal
    corporation  therein  or a political subdivision thereof,
    engaged in the performance of his  authorized  duties  as
    such employee;
         (11)  Knowingly  and  without  legal  justification,
    commits an assault on a physically handicapped person;
         (12)  Knowingly  and  without  legal  justification,
    commits an assault on a person 60 years of age or older;
         (13)  Discharges a firearm;
         (14)  Knows   the   individual  assaulted  to  be  a
    correctional officer, while the officer is engaged in the
    execution of any of his or her  official  duties,  or  to
    prevent  the  officer from performing his or her official
    duties, or in retaliation for the officer performing  his
    or her official duties; or
         (15)  Knows   the   individual  assaulted  to  be  a
    correctional employee, while the employee is  engaged  in
    the execution of any of his or her official duties, or to
    prevent  the employee from performing his or her official
    duties, or in retaliation for the employee performing his
    or her official duties,  and  the  assault  is  committed
    other than by the discharge of a firearm in the direction
    of the employee or in the direction of a vehicle occupied
    by the employee.
    (b)  Sentence.
    Aggravated  assault  as defined in paragraphs (1) through
(5) and (7) through (12) of subsection (a) of this Section is
a Class A misdemeanor.   Aggravated  assault  as  defined  in
paragraphs  (13),  (14),  and  (15) of subsection (a) of this
Section is a Class 4 felony. Aggravated assault as defined in
paragraph (6) of subsection (a) of this Section is a Class  A
misdemeanor if a firearm is not used in the commission of the
assault.   Aggravated  assault as defined in paragraph (6) of
subsection (a) of this Section is  a  Class  4  felony  if  a
firearm is used in the commission of the assault.
(Source: P.A.  87-921;  88-311;  88-433; 88-467; 88-670, eff.
12-2-94.)

    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-507)
    Sec. 12-2.  Aggravated assault.
    (a)  A person commits an  aggravated  assault,  when,  in
committing an assault, he:
         (1)  Uses a deadly weapon or any device manufactured
    and designed to be substantially similar in appearance to
    a  firearm,  other  than  by discharging a firearm in the
    direction of another person, a peace  officer,  a  person
    summoned  or  directed by a peace officer, a correctional
    officer or a fireman or in the  direction  of  a  vehicle
    occupied  by  another  person,  a peace officer, a person
    summoned or directed by a peace officer,  a  correctional
    officer  or  a  fireman  while  the officer or fireman is
    engaged in the execution of any of his  official  duties,
    or  to prevent the officer or fireman from performing his
    official duties, or in retaliation  for  the  officer  or
    fireman performing his official duties;
         (2)  Is hooded, robed or masked in such manner as to
    conceal  his  identity  or  any  device  manufactured and
    designed to be substantially similar in appearance  to  a
    firearm;
         (3)  Knows  the individual assaulted to be a teacher
    or other person employed in any school and  such  teacher
    or  other  employee  is  upon  the grounds of a school or
    grounds adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a building
    used for school purposes;
         (4)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted   to   be   a
    supervisor, director, instructor or other person employed
    in  any  park  district  and  such  supervisor, director,
    instructor or other employee is upon the grounds  of  the
    park  or grounds adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a
    building used for park purposes;
         (5)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted   to   be   a
    caseworker, investigator, or other person employed by the
    State  Department  of  Public Aid, a County Department of
    Public Aid, or the Department of Human  Services  (acting
    as  successor  to  the  Illinois Department of Public Aid
    under the Department of  Human  Services  Act)  and  such
    caseworker,  investigator,  or  other  person is upon the
    grounds of  a  public  aid  office  or  grounds  adjacent
    thereto,  or is in any part of a building used for public
    aid purposes, or upon the grounds of a home of  a  public
    aid  applicant,  recipient  or  any  other  person  being
    interviewed  or  investigated in the employees' discharge
    of his duties, or on grounds adjacent thereto, or  is  in
    any part of a building in which the applicant, recipient,
    or other such person resides or is located;
         (6)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted to be a peace
    officer, or a person summoned and directed by him,  or  a
    fireman  while  the  officer or fireman is engaged in the
    execution of any of his official duties,  or  to  prevent
    the  officer  or  fireman  from  performing  his official
    duties, or in retaliation  for  the  officer  or  fireman
    performing  his  official  duties,  and  the  assault  is
    committed other than by the discharge of a firearm in the
    direction  of  the officer or fireman or in the direction
    of a vehicle occupied by the officer or fireman;
         (7)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted  to   be   an
    emergency   medical  technician  -  ambulance,  emergency
    medical  technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical
    technician - paramedic, ambulance driver or other medical
    assistance  or  first  aid  personnel   employed   by   a
    municipality  or  other  governmental unit engaged in the
    execution of any of his official duties,  or  to  prevent
    the  emergency  medical technician - ambulance, emergency
    medical  technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical
    technician  -  paramedic,  ambulance  driver,  or   other
    medical assistance or first aid personnel from performing
    his  official duties, or in retaliation for the emergency
    medical  technician  -   ambulance,   emergency   medical
    technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
    paramedic,  ambulance driver, or other medical assistance
    or first aid personnel performing his official duties;
         (8)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted  to  be   the
    driver,   operator,   employee   or   passenger   of  any
    transportation facility or system engaged in the business
    of  transportation  of  the  public  for  hire  and   the
    individual  assaulted is then performing in such capacity
    or then using such public transportation as  a  passenger
    or  using  any  area of any description designated by the
    transportation facility or system as a vehicle  boarding,
    departure, or transfer location;
         (9)  Or  the  individual  assaulted is on or about a
    public  way,  public  property,  or   public   place   of
    accommodation or amusement;
         (10)  Knows   the  individual  assaulted  to  be  an
    employee  of  the  State   of   Illinois,   a   municipal
    corporation  therein  or a political subdivision thereof,
    engaged in the performance of his  authorized  duties  as
    such employee;
         (11)  Knowingly  and  without  legal  justification,
    commits an assault on a physically handicapped person;
         (12)  Knowingly  and  without  legal  justification,
    commits an assault on a person 60 years of age or older;
         (13)  Discharges a firearm;
         (14)  Knows   the   individual  assaulted  to  be  a
    correctional officer, while the officer is engaged in the
    execution of any of his or her  official  duties,  or  to
    prevent  the  officer from performing his or her official
    duties, or in retaliation for the officer performing  his
    or her official duties; or
         (15)  Knows   the   individual  assaulted  to  be  a
    correctional employee, while the employee is  engaged  in
    the execution of any of his or her official duties, or to
    prevent  the employee from performing his or her official
    duties, or in retaliation for the employee performing his
    or her official duties,  and  the  assault  is  committed
    other than by the discharge of a firearm in the direction
    of the employee or in the direction of a vehicle occupied
    by the employee.
    (b)  Sentence.
    Aggravated  assault  as defined in paragraphs (1) through
(5) and (7) through (12) of subsection (a) of this Section is
a Class A misdemeanor.   Aggravated  assault  as  defined  in
paragraphs  (13),  (14),  and  (15) of subsection (a) of this
Section is a Class 4 felony. Aggravated assault as defined in
paragraph (6) of subsection (a) of this Section is a Class  A
misdemeanor if a firearm is not used in the commission of the
assault.   Aggravated  assault as defined in paragraph (6) of
subsection (a) of this Section is  a  Class  4  felony  if  a
firearm is used in the commission of the assault.
(Source: P.A.  88-311;  88-433; 88-467; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94;
89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

    Section 95.  No acceleration or delay.   Where  this  Act
makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
text  that  is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
Section represented by multiple versions), the  use  of  that
text  does  not  accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived  from
any other Public Act.

    Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

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