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91_HB0248
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1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
2 Section 24-1.2.
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 24-1.2 as follows:
7 (720 ILCS 5/24-1.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-1.2)
8 Sec. 24-1.2. Aggravated discharge of a firearm.
9 (a) A person commits aggravated discharge of a firearm
10 when he or she knowingly or intentionally:
11 (1) Discharges a firearm at or into a building he
12 or she knows or reasonably should know to be occupied and
13 the firearm is discharged from a place or position
14 outside that building;
15 (2) Discharges a firearm in the direction of
16 another person or in the direction of a vehicle he or she
17 knows to be occupied;
18 (3) Discharges a firearm in the direction of a
19 person he or she knows to be a peace officer, a community
20 policing volunteer, a correctional institution employee,
21 or a fireman while the officer, volunteer, employee or
22 fireman is engaged in the execution of any of his or her
23 official duties, or to prevent the officer, volunteer,
24 employee or fireman from performing his or her official
25 duties, or in retaliation for the officer, volunteer,
26 employee or fireman performing his or her official
27 duties;
28 (4) Discharges a firearm in the direction of a
29 vehicle he or she knows to be occupied by a peace
30 officer, a person summoned or directed by a peace
31 officer, a correctional institution employee or a fireman
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1 while the officer, employee or fireman is engaged in the
2 execution of any of his or her official duties, or to
3 prevent the officer, employee or fireman from performing
4 his or her official duties, or in retaliation for the
5 officer, employee or fireman performing his or her
6 official duties;
7 (5) Discharges a firearm in the direction of a
8 person he or she knows to be an emergency medical
9 technician - ambulance, emergency medical technician -
10 intermediate, emergency medical technician - paramedic,
11 ambulance driver, or other medical assistance or first
12 aid personnel, employed by a municipality or other
13 governmental unit, while the emergency medical technician
14 - ambulance, emergency medical technician - intermediate,
15 emergency medical technician - paramedic, ambulance
16 driver, or other medical assistance or first aid
17 personnel is engaged in the execution of any of his or
18 her official duties, or to prevent the emergency medical
19 technician - ambulance, emergency medical technician -
20 intermediate, emergency medical technician - paramedic,
21 ambulance driver, or other medical assistance or first
22 aid personnel from performing his or her official duties,
23 or in retaliation for the emergency medical technician -
24 ambulance, emergency medical technician - intermediate,
25 emergency medical technician - paramedic, ambulance
26 driver, or other medical assistance or first aid
27 personnel performing his or her official duties; or
28 (6) Discharges a firearm in the direction of a
29 vehicle he or she knows to be occupied by an emergency
30 medical technician - ambulance, emergency medical
31 technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
32 paramedic,, ambulance driver, or other medical assistance
33 or first aid personnel, employed by a municipality or
34 other governmental unit, while the emergency medical
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1 technician - ambulance, emergency medical technician -
2 intermediate, emergency medical technician - paramedic,
3 ambulance driver, or other medical assistance or first
4 aid personnel is engaged in the execution of any of his
5 or her official duties, or to prevent the emergency
6 medical technician - ambulance, emergency medical
7 technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
8 paramedic, ambulance driver, or other medical assistance
9 or first aid personnel from performing his or her
10 official duties, or in retaliation for the emergency
11 medical technician - ambulance, emergency medical
12 technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
13 paramedic, ambulance driver, or other medical assistance
14 or first aid personnel performing his or her official
15 duties.
16 (b) A violation of subsection (a)(1) or subsection
17 (a)(2) of this Section is a Class 1 felony. A violation of
18 subsection (a)(3), (a)(4), (a)(5), or (a)(6) of this Section
19 is a Class X felony for which the sentence shall be a term of
20 imprisonment of no less than 10 years and not more than 45
21 years.
22 (Source: P.A. 90-651, eff. 1-1-99; revised 10-31-98.)