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 1        AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code  of  1961  by  changing
 2    Sections 12-2 and 36-1 and adding Section 12-4.11.

 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 Sections 12-2 and 36-1 and adding Section 12-4.11 as
 7    follows:

 8        (720 ILCS 5/12-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-2)
 9        Sec. 12-2.  Aggravated assault.
10        (a)  A  person  commits  an  aggravated assault, when, in
11    committing an assault, he:
12             (1)  Uses a deadly weapon or any device manufactured
13        and designed to be substantially similar in appearance to
14        a firearm, other than by discharging  a  firearm  in  the
15        direction  of  another  person, a peace officer, a person
16        summoned or directed by a peace officer,  a  correctional
17        officer  or  a  fireman  or in the direction of a vehicle
18        occupied by another person, a  peace  officer,  a  person
19        summoned  or  directed by a peace officer, a correctional
20        officer or a fireman while  the  officer  or  fireman  is
21        engaged  in  the execution of any of his official duties,
22        or to prevent the officer or fireman from performing  his
23        official  duties,  or  in  retaliation for the officer or
24        fireman performing his official duties;
25             (2)  Is hooded, robed or masked in such manner as to
26        conceal his  identity  or  any  device  manufactured  and
27        designed  to  be substantially similar in appearance to a
28        firearm;
29             (3)  Knows the individual assaulted to be a  teacher
30        or  other  person employed in any school and such teacher
31        or other employee is upon the  grounds  of  a  school  or
 
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 1        grounds adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a building
 2        used for school purposes;
 3             (4)  Knows   the   individual   assaulted  to  be  a
 4        supervisor, director, instructor or other person employed
 5        in any  park  district  and  such  supervisor,  director,
 6        instructor  or  other employee is upon the grounds of the
 7        park or grounds adjacent thereto, or is in any part of  a
 8        building used for park purposes;
 9             (5)  Knows   the   individual   assaulted  to  be  a
10        caseworker, investigator, or other person employed by the
11        State Department of Public Aid, a  County  Department  of
12        Public  Aid,  or the Department of Human Services (acting
13        as successor to the Illinois  Department  of  Public  Aid
14        under  the  Department  of  Human  Services Act) and such
15        caseworker, investigator, or other  person  is  upon  the
16        grounds  of  a  public  aid  office  or  grounds adjacent
17        thereto, or is in any part of a building used for  public
18        aid  purposes,  or upon the grounds of a home of a public
19        aid  applicant,  recipient  or  any  other  person  being
20        interviewed or investigated in the  employees'  discharge
21        of  his  duties, or on grounds adjacent thereto, or is in
22        any part of a building in which the applicant, recipient,
23        or other such person resides or is located;
24             (6)  Knows the individual assaulted to  be  a  peace
25        officer,  or a community policing volunteer, or a fireman
26        while the officer or fireman is engaged in the  execution
27        of any of his official duties, or to prevent the officer,
28        community  policing volunteer, or fireman from performing
29        his official duties, or in retaliation for  the  officer,
30        community  policing  volunteer, or fireman performing his
31        official duties, and the assault is committed other  than
32        by  the  discharge  of  a firearm in the direction of the
33        officer or fireman or  in  the  direction  of  a  vehicle
34        occupied by the officer or fireman;
 
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 1             (7)  Knows   the   individual  assaulted  to  be  an
 2        emergency  medical  technician  -  ambulance,   emergency
 3        medical  technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical
 4        technician - paramedic, ambulance driver or other medical
 5        assistance   or   first   aid  personnel  employed  by  a
 6        municipality or other governmental unit  engaged  in  the
 7        execution  of  any  of his official duties, or to prevent
 8        the emergency medical technician -  ambulance,  emergency
 9        medical  technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical
10        technician   -  paramedic,  ambulance  driver,  or  other
11        medical assistance or first aid personnel from performing
12        his official duties, or in retaliation for the  emergency
13        medical   technician   -   ambulance,  emergency  medical
14        technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
15        paramedic, ambulance driver, or other medical  assistance
16        or first aid personnel performing his official duties;
17             (8)  Knows   the  individual  assaulted  to  be  the
18        driver,  operator,   employee   or   passenger   of   any
19        transportation facility or system engaged in the business
20        of   transportation  of  the  public  for  hire  and  the
21        individual assaulted is then performing in such  capacity
22        or  then  using such public transportation as a passenger
23        or using any area of any description  designated  by  the
24        transportation  facility or system as a vehicle boarding,
25        departure, or transfer location;
26             (9)  Or the individual assaulted is on  or  about  a
27        public   way,   public   property,  or  public  place  of
28        accommodation or amusement;
29             (10)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted  to  be   an
30        employee   of   the   State   of  Illinois,  a  municipal
31        corporation therein or a political  subdivision  thereof,
32        engaged  in  the  performance of his authorized duties as
33        such employee;
34             (11)  Knowingly  and  without  legal  justification,
 
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 1        commits an assault on a physically handicapped person;
 2             (12)  Knowingly  and  without  legal  justification,
 3        commits an assault on a person 60 years of age or older;
 4             (13)  Discharges a firearm;
 5             (14)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted  to   be   a
 6        correctional officer, while the officer is engaged in the
 7        execution  of  any  of  his or her official duties, or to
 8        prevent the officer from performing his or  her  official
 9        duties,  or in retaliation for the officer performing his
10        or her official duties; or
11             (15)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted  to   be   a
12        correctional  employee,  while the employee is engaged in
13        the execution of any of his or her official duties, or to
14        prevent the employee from performing his or her  official
15        duties, or in retaliation for the employee performing his
16        or  her  official  duties,  and  the assault is committed
17        other than by the discharge of a firearm in the direction
18        of the employee or in the direction of a vehicle occupied
19        by the employee; or
20             (16)  Uses a motor vehicle  as  defined  in  Section
21        1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
22        (a-5)  A  person commits an aggravated assault when he or
23    she knowingly and  without  lawful  justification  shines  or
24    flashes  a  laser  gunsight  or  other  laser  device that is
25    attached or affixed to a firearm, or used in concert  with  a
26    firearm,  so  that  the  laser  beam  strikes  near or in the
27    immediate vicinity of any person.
28        (b)  Sentence.
29        Aggravated assault as defined in paragraphs  (1)  through
30    (5) and (7) through (12) of subsection (a) of this Section is
31    a  Class  A  misdemeanor.   Aggravated  assault as defined in
32    paragraphs (13), (14), and (15) of  subsection  (a)  of  this
33    Section and as defined in subsection (a-5) of this Section is
34    a  Class 4 felony. Aggravated assault as defined in paragraph
 
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 1    (16) of subsection (a) of this Section is a Class  3  felony.
 2    Aggravated  assault as defined in paragraph (6) of subsection
 3    (a) of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor if a firearm  is
 4    not  used  in  the  commission  of  the  assault.  Aggravated
 5    assault as defined in paragraph (6) of subsection (a) of this
 6    Section is a Class 4 felony if  a  firearm  is  used  in  the
 7    commission of the assault.
 8    (Source: P.A.  90-406,  eff.  8-15-97;  90-651,  eff. 1-1-99;
 9    91-672, eff. 1-1-00.)

10        (720 ILCS 5/12-4.11 new)
11        Sec. 12-4.11.  Aggravated battery with a motor vehicle.
12        (a) A person commits  aggravated  battery  with  a  motor
13    vehicle when he or she, in committing a battery, knowingly or
14    intentionally   causes   great   bodily   harm  or  permanent
15    disability or disfigurement by means of the operation or  use
16    of a motor vehicle.
17        (b)  For the purpose of this Section, "motor vehicle" has
18    the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1-146 of  the  Illinois
19    Vehicle Code.
20        (c) Sentence.  Aggravated battery with a motor vehicle is
21    a Class 1 felony.

22        (720 ILCS 5/36-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 36-1)
23        Sec.  36-1.   Seizure.   Any  vessel, vehicle or aircraft
24    used with the knowledge and  consent  of  the  owner  in  the
25    commission  of,  or  in  the  attempt to commit as defined in
26    Section 8-4 of  this  Code,  an  offense  prohibited  by  (a)
27    Section  9-1,  9-3,  10-2,  11-6,  11-15.1, 11-19.1, 11-19.2,
28    11-20.1, 12-4.11, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-13, 12-14,  18-2,  19-1,
29    19-2, 19-3, 20-1, 20-2, 24-1.2, 24-1.5, or 28-1 of this Code,
30    or  paragraph (a) of Section 12-15 of this Code, paragraph or
31    paragraphs (a), (c), or (d) of Section 12-16 of this Code, or
32    paragraph (16) of subsection (a)  of  Section  12-2  of  this
 
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 1    Code;  (b)  Section 21, 22, 23, 24 or 26 of the Cigarette Tax
 2    Act if the vessel, vehicle or aircraft contains more than  10
 3    cartons  of  such cigarettes; (c) Section 28, 29 or 30 of the
 4    Cigarette Use Tax Act if  the  vessel,  vehicle  or  aircraft
 5    contains more than 10 cartons of such cigarettes; (d) Section
 6    44  of  the Environmental Protection Act; (e) 11-204.1 of the
 7    Illinois Vehicle Code; or (f) the offenses described  in  the
 8    following  provisions  of  the Illinois Vehicle Code: Section
 9    11-501 subdivisions (c-1)(1), (c-1)(2), (c-1)(3),  (d)(1)(A),
10    or  (d)(1)(D);  may  be seized and delivered forthwith to the
11    sheriff of the county of seizure.
12        Within 15 days after such delivery the sheriff shall give
13    notice of seizure to each person according to  the  following
14    method:  Upon each such person whose right, title or interest
15    is of record in the office of the  Secretary  of  State,  the
16    Secretary of Transportation, the Administrator of the Federal
17    Aviation  Agency,  or  any other Department of this State, or
18    any other state of the United States if such vessel,  vehicle
19    or  aircraft is required to be so registered, as the case may
20    be, by mailing a copy of the notice by certified mail to  the
21    address  as given upon the records of the Secretary of State,
22    the Department of Aeronautics, Department of Public Works and
23    Buildings or any other Department of this State or the United
24    States if such vessel, vehicle or aircraft is required to  be
25    so  registered.  Within  that 15 day period the sheriff shall
26    also notify the State's Attorney of  the  county  of  seizure
27    about the seizure.
28        In addition, any mobile or portable equipment used in the
29    commission  of  an act which is in violation of Section 7g of
30    the Metropolitan Water  Reclamation  District  Act  shall  be
31    subject  to  seizure and forfeiture under the same procedures
32    provided in this Article for the seizure  and  forfeiture  of
33    vessels,  vehicles and aircraft, and any such equipment shall
34    be deemed a vessel, vehicle or aircraft for purposes of  this
 
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 1    Article.
 2        When  a person discharges a firearm at another individual
 3    from a vehicle with the knowledge and consent of the owner of
 4    the vehicle and with the  intent  to  cause  death  or  great
 5    bodily  harm  to that individual and as a result causes death
 6    or great bodily harm to that individual, the vehicle shall be
 7    subject to seizure and forfeiture under the  same  procedures
 8    provided  in  this  Article for the seizure and forfeiture of
 9    vehicles used in violations of clauses (a), (b), (c), or  (d)
10    of this Section.
11        If  the  spouse  of  the  owner of a vehicle seized for a
12    violation  of  subdivision  (c-1)(1),   (c-1)(2),   (c-1)(3),
13    (d)(1)(A),  or  (d)(1)(D)  of  Section 11-501 of the Illinois
14    Vehicle Code or Section 9-3 of this Code makes a showing that
15    the seized vehicle is the only source of  transportation  and
16    it is determined that the financial hardship to the family as
17    a  result  of  the seizure outweighs the benefit to the State
18    from the seizure, the vehicle may be forfeited to the  spouse
19    or  family  member  and  the  title  to  the vehicle shall be
20    transferred to the spouse or family member  who  is  properly
21    licensed  and  who  requires  the  use  of  the  vehicle  for
22    employment  or  family  transportation  purposes.   A written
23    declaration of forfeiture of a  vehicle  under  this  Section
24    shall  be sufficient cause for the title to be transferred to
25    the  spouse  or  family  member.   The  provisions  of   this
26    paragraph shall apply only to one forfeiture per vehicle.  If
27    the  vehicle  is  the  subject  of  a  subsequent  forfeiture
28    proceeding  by  virtue  of  a subsequent conviction of either
29    spouse or the family member, the spouse or family  member  to
30    whom  the  vehicle  was  forfeited under the first forfeiture
31    proceeding may not utilize the provisions of  this  paragraph
32    in  another  forfeiture  proceeding.   If  the  owner  of the
33    vehicle seized owns more than one vehicle, the procedure  set
34    out in this paragraph may be used for only one vehicle.
 
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 1    (Source:  P.A.  90-134,  eff.  7-22-97;  90-216, eff. 1-1-98;
 2    90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 90-738, eff. 1-1-99.)

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