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91_HB1541
LRB9102307RCtm
1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
2 Section 12-4.2.
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 12-4.2 as follows:
7 (720 ILCS 5/12-4.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-4.2)
8 Sec. 12-4.2. Aggravated Battery with a firearm.
9 (a) A person commits aggravated battery with a firearm
10 when he, in committing a battery, knowingly or intentionally
11 by means of the discharging of a firearm (1) causes any
12 injury to another person, or (2) causes any injury to a
13 person he knows to be a peace officer, a community policing
14 volunteer, a correctional institution employee or a fireman
15 while the officer, volunteer, employee or fireman is engaged
16 in the execution of any of his official duties, or to prevent
17 the officer, volunteer, employee or fireman from performing
18 his official duties, or in retaliation for the officer,
19 volunteer, employee or fireman performing his official
20 duties, or (3) causes any injury to a person he knows to be
21 an emergency medical technician - ambulance, emergency
22 medical technician - intermediate, emergency medical
23 technician - paramedic, ambulance driver, or other medical
24 assistance or first aid personnel, employed by a municipality
25 or other governmental unit, while the emergency medical
26 technician - ambulance, emergency medical technician -
27 intermediate, emergency medical technician - paramedic,
28 ambulance driver, or other medical assistance or first aid
29 personnel is engaged in the execution of any of his official
30 duties, or to prevent the emergency medical technician -
31 ambulance, emergency medical technician - intermediate,
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1 emergency medical technician - paramedic, ambulance driver,
2 or other medical assistance or first aid personnel from
3 performing his official duties, or in retaliation for the
4 emergency medical technician - ambulance, emergency medical
5 technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
6 paramedic, ambulance driver, or other medical assistance or
7 first aid personnel performing his official duties, or (4)
8 causes any injury to a person he or she knows to be an
9 officer or employee of any school while the school officer or
10 employee is engaged in the execution of any of his or her
11 official duties, or to prevent the officer or employee from
12 performing his or her official duties, or in retaliation for
13 the officer or employee performing his or her official
14 duties, or while the officer or employee is in any school, on
15 the real property comprising any school, in any conveyance
16 owned, leased, or contracted by a school to transport
17 students to or from school or a school related activity, or
18 on any public way within 1,000 feet of the real property
19 comprising any school.
20 (b) A violation of subsection (a) (1) of this Section is
21 a Class X felony. A violation of subsection (a) (2), or
22 subsection (a) (3), or subsection (a) (4) of this Section is
23 a Class X felony for which the sentence shall be a term of
24 imprisonment of no less than 15 years and no more than 60
25 years.
26 (c) For purposes of this Section, "firearm" is defined
27 as in "An Act relating to the acquisition, possession and
28 transfer of firearms and firearm ammunition, to provide a
29 penalty for the violation thereof and to make an
30 appropriation in connection therewith", approved August 1,
31 1967, as amended.
32 (Source: P.A. 90-651, eff. 1-1-99.)