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1		AN ACT concerning 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 2012 is amended by changing
5		Sections 9-1, 12-2, 12-3.05, and 24-1 as follows:
6		(720 ILCS 5/9-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 9-1)
7		Sec. 9-1. First degree murder; death penalties;
8		exceptions; separate hearings; proof; findings; appellate
9		procedures; reversals. First degree Murder - Death penalties -
10		Exceptions - Separate Hearings - Proof - Findings - Appellate
11		procedures - Reversals.
12		(a) A person who kills an individual without lawful
13		justification commits first degree murder if, in performing the
14		acts which cause the death:
15		(1) he either intends to kill or do great bodily harm
16		to that individual or another, or knows that such acts will
17		cause death to that individual or another; or
18		(2) he knows that such acts create a strong probability
19		of death or great bodily harm to that individual or
20		another; or
21		(3) he is attempting or committing a forcible felony
22		other than second degree murder.
23		(b) Aggravating Factors. A defendant who at the time of the

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1		commission of the offense has attained the age of 18 or more
2		and who has been found guilty of first degree murder may be
3		sentenced to death if:
4		(1) the murdered individual was a peace officer or
5		fireman killed in the course of performing his official
6		duties, to prevent the performance of his official duties,
7		or in retaliation for performing his official duties, and
8		the defendant knew or should have known that the murdered
9		individual was a peace officer or fireman; or
10		(2) the murdered individual was an employee of an
11		institution or facility of the Department of Corrections,
12		or any similar local correctional agency, killed in the
13		course of performing his official duties, to prevent the
14		performance of his official duties, or in retaliation for
15		performing his official duties, or the murdered individual
16		was an inmate at such institution or facility and was
17		killed on the grounds thereof, or the murdered individual
18		was otherwise present in such institution or facility with
19		the knowledge and approval of the chief administrative
20		officer thereof; or
21		(3) the defendant has been convicted of murdering two
22		or more individuals under subsection (a) of this Section or
23		under any law of the United States or of any state which is
24		substantially similar to subsection (a) of this Section
25		regardless of whether the deaths occurred as the result of
26		the same act or of several related or unrelated acts so

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1		long as the deaths were the result of either an intent to
2		kill more than one person or of separate acts which the
3		defendant knew would cause death or create a strong
4		probability of death or great bodily harm to the murdered
5		individual or another; or
6		(4) the murdered individual was killed as a result of
7		the hijacking of an airplane, train, ship, bus or other
8		public conveyance; or
9		(5) the defendant committed the murder pursuant to a
10		contract, agreement or understanding by which he was to
11		receive money or anything of value in return for committing
12		the murder or procured another to commit the murder for
13		money or anything of value; or
14		(6) the murdered individual was killed in the course of
15		another felony if:
16		(a) the murdered individual:
17		(i) was actually killed by the defendant, or
18		(ii) received physical injuries personally
19		inflicted by the defendant substantially
20		contemporaneously with physical injuries caused by
21		one or more persons for whose conduct the defendant
22		is legally accountable under Section 5-2 of this
23		Code, and the physical injuries inflicted by
24		either the defendant or the other person or persons
25		for whose conduct he is legally accountable caused
26		the death of the murdered individual; and

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1		(b) in performing the acts which caused the death
2		of the murdered individual or which resulted in
3		physical injuries personally inflicted by the
4		defendant on the murdered individual under the
5		circumstances of subdivision (ii) of subparagraph (a)
6		of paragraph (6) of subsection (b) of this Section, the
7		defendant acted with the intent to kill the murdered
8		individual or with the knowledge that his acts created
9		a strong probability of death or great bodily harm to
10		the murdered individual or another; and
11		(c) the other felony was an inherently violent
12		crime or the attempt to commit an inherently violent
13		crime. In this subparagraph (c), "inherently violent
14		crime" includes, but is not limited to, armed robbery,
15		robbery, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child,
16		aggravated criminal sexual assault, aggravated
17		kidnapping, aggravated vehicular hijacking, aggravated
18		arson, aggravated stalking, residential burglary, and
19		home invasion; or
20		(7) the murdered individual was under 12 years of age
21		and the death resulted from exceptionally brutal or heinous
22		behavior indicative of wanton cruelty; or
23		(8) the defendant committed the murder with intent to
24		prevent the murdered individual from testifying or
25		participating in any criminal investigation or prosecution
26		or giving material assistance to the State in any

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1		investigation or prosecution, either against the defendant
2		or another; or the defendant committed the murder because
3		the murdered individual was a witness in any prosecution or
4		gave material assistance to the State in any investigation
5		or prosecution, either against the defendant or another;
6		for purposes of this paragraph (8), "participating in any
7		criminal investigation or prosecution" is intended to
8		include those appearing in the proceedings in any capacity
9		such as trial judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys,
10		investigators, witnesses, or jurors; or
11		(9) the defendant, while committing an offense
12		punishable under Sections 401, 401.1, 401.2, 405, 405.2,
13		407 or 407.1 or subsection (b) of Section 404 of the
14		Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or while engaged in a
15		conspiracy or solicitation to commit such offense,
16		intentionally killed an individual or counseled,
17		commanded, induced, procured or caused the intentional
18		killing of the murdered individual; or
19		(10) the defendant was incarcerated in an institution
20		or facility of the Department of Corrections at the time of
21		the murder, and while committing an offense punishable as a
22		felony under Illinois law, or while engaged in a conspiracy
23		or solicitation to commit such offense, intentionally
24		killed an individual or counseled, commanded, induced,
25		procured or caused the intentional killing of the murdered
26		individual; or

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1		(11) the murder was committed in a cold, calculated and
2		premeditated manner pursuant to a preconceived plan,
3		scheme or design to take a human life by unlawful means,
4		and the conduct of the defendant created a reasonable
5		expectation that the death of a human being would result
6		therefrom; or
7		(12) the murdered individual was an emergency medical
8		technician - ambulance, emergency medical technician -
9		intermediate, emergency medical technician - paramedic,
10		ambulance driver, or other medical assistance or first aid
11		personnel, employed by a municipality or other
12		governmental unit, killed in the course of performing his
13		official duties, to prevent the performance of his official
14		duties, or in retaliation for performing his official
15		duties, and the defendant knew or should have known that
16		the murdered individual was an emergency medical
17		technician - ambulance, emergency medical technician -
18		intermediate, emergency medical technician - paramedic,
19		ambulance driver, or other medical assistance or first aid
20		personnel; or
21		(13) the defendant was a principal administrator,
22		organizer, or leader of a calculated criminal drug
23		conspiracy consisting of a hierarchical position of
24		authority superior to that of all other members of the
25		conspiracy, and the defendant counseled, commanded,
26		induced, procured, or caused the intentional killing of the

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1		murdered person; or
2		(14) the murder was intentional and involved the
3		infliction of torture. For the purpose of this Section
4		torture means the infliction of or subjection to extreme
5		physical pain, motivated by an intent to increase or
6		prolong the pain, suffering or agony of the victim; or
7		(15) the murder was committed as a result of the
8		intentional discharge of a firearm by the defendant from a
9		motor vehicle and the victim was not present within the
10		motor vehicle; or
11		(16) the murdered individual was 60 years of age or
12		older and the death resulted from exceptionally brutal or
13		heinous behavior indicative of wanton cruelty; or
14		(17) the murdered individual was a person with a
15		disability and the defendant knew or should have known that
16		the murdered individual was a person with a disability. For
17		purposes of this paragraph (17), "person with a disability"
18		means a person who suffers from a permanent physical or
19		mental impairment resulting from disease, an injury, a
20		functional disorder, or a congenital condition that
21		renders the person incapable of adequately providing for
22		his or her own health or personal care; or
23		(18) the murder was committed by reason of any person's
24		activity as a community policing volunteer or to prevent
25		any person from engaging in activity as a community
26		policing volunteer; or

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1		(19) the murdered individual was subject to an order of
2		protection and the murder was committed by a person against
3		whom the same order of protection was issued under the
4		Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986; or
5		(20) the murdered individual was known by the defendant
6		to be a teacher or other person employed in any school and
7		the teacher or other employee is upon the grounds of a
8		school or grounds adjacent to a school, or is in any part
9		of a building used for school purposes; or
10		(21) the murder was committed by the defendant in
11		connection with or as a result of the offense of terrorism
12		as defined in Section 29D-14.9 of this Code; or .
13		(22) the murdered individual was a member of a
14		congregation engaged in prayer or other religious
15		activities at a church, synagogue, mosque, or other
16		building, structure, or place used for religious worship.
17		(b-5) Aggravating Factor; Natural Life Imprisonment. A
18		defendant who has been found guilty of first degree murder and
19		who at the time of the commission of the offense had attained
20		the age of 18 years or more may be sentenced to natural life
21		imprisonment if (i) the murdered individual was a physician,
22		physician assistant, psychologist, nurse, or advanced practice
23		registered nurse, (ii) the defendant knew or should have known
24		that the murdered individual was a physician, physician
25		assistant, psychologist, nurse, or advanced practice
26		registered nurse, and (iii) the murdered individual was killed

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1		in the course of acting in his or her capacity as a physician,
2		physician assistant, psychologist, nurse, or advanced practice
3		registered nurse, or to prevent him or her from acting in that
4		capacity, or in retaliation for his or her acting in that
5		capacity.
6		(c) Consideration of factors in Aggravation and
7		Mitigation.
8		The court shall consider, or shall instruct the jury to
9		consider any aggravating and any mitigating factors which are
10		relevant to the imposition of the death penalty. Aggravating
11		factors may include but need not be limited to those factors
12		set forth in subsection (b). Mitigating factors may include but
13		need not be limited to the following:
14		(1) the defendant has no significant history of prior
15		criminal activity;
16		(2) the murder was committed while the defendant was
17		under the influence of extreme mental or emotional
18		disturbance, although not such as to constitute a defense
19		to prosecution;
20		(3) the murdered individual was a participant in the
21		defendant's homicidal conduct or consented to the
22		homicidal act;
23		(4) the defendant acted under the compulsion of threat
24		or menace of the imminent infliction of death or great
25		bodily harm;
26		(5) the defendant was not personally present during

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1		commission of the act or acts causing death;
2		(6) the defendant's background includes a history of
3		extreme emotional or physical abuse;
4		(7) the defendant suffers from a reduced mental
5		capacity.
6		Provided, however, that an action that does not otherwise
7		mitigate first degree murder cannot qualify as a mitigating
8		factor for first degree murder because of the discovery,
9		knowledge, or disclosure of the victim's sexual orientation as
10		defined in Section 1-103 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.
11		(d) Separate sentencing hearing.
12		Where requested by the State, the court shall conduct a
13		separate sentencing proceeding to determine the existence of
14		factors set forth in subsection (b) and to consider any
15		aggravating or mitigating factors as indicated in subsection
16		(c). The proceeding shall be conducted:
17		(1) before the jury that determined the defendant's
18		guilt; or
19		(2) before a jury impanelled for the purpose of the
20		proceeding if:
21		A. the defendant was convicted upon a plea of
22		guilty; or
23		B. the defendant was convicted after a trial before
24		the court sitting without a jury; or
25		C. the court for good cause shown discharges the
26		jury that determined the defendant's guilt; or

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1		(3) before the court alone if the defendant waives a
2		jury for the separate proceeding.
3		(e) Evidence and Argument.
4		During the proceeding any information relevant to any of
5		the factors set forth in subsection (b) may be presented by
6		either the State or the defendant under the rules governing the
7		admission of evidence at criminal trials. Any information
8		relevant to any additional aggravating factors or any
9		mitigating factors indicated in subsection (c) may be presented
10		by the State or defendant regardless of its admissibility under
11		the rules governing the admission of evidence at criminal
12		trials. The State and the defendant shall be given fair
13		opportunity to rebut any information received at the hearing.
14		(f) Proof.
15		The burden of proof of establishing the existence of any of
16		the factors set forth in subsection (b) is on the State and
17		shall not be satisfied unless established beyond a reasonable
18		doubt.
19		(g) Procedure - Jury.
20		If at the separate sentencing proceeding the jury finds
21		that none of the factors set forth in subsection (b) exists,
22		the court shall sentence the defendant to a term of
23		imprisonment under Chapter V of the Unified Code of
24		Corrections. If there is a unanimous finding by the jury that
25		one or more of the factors set forth in subsection (b) exist,
26		the jury shall consider aggravating and mitigating factors as

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1		instructed by the court and shall determine whether the
2		sentence of death shall be imposed. If the jury determines
3		unanimously, after weighing the factors in aggravation and
4		mitigation, that death is the appropriate sentence, the court
5		shall sentence the defendant to death. If the court does not
6		concur with the jury determination that death is the
7		appropriate sentence, the court shall set forth reasons in
8		writing including what facts or circumstances the court relied
9		upon, along with any relevant documents, that compelled the
10		court to non-concur with the sentence. This document and any
11		attachments shall be part of the record for appellate review.
12		The court shall be bound by the jury's sentencing
13		determination.
14		If after weighing the factors in aggravation and
15		mitigation, one or more jurors determines that death is not the
16		appropriate sentence, the court shall sentence the defendant to
17		a term of imprisonment under Chapter V of the Unified Code of
18		Corrections.
19		(h) Procedure - No Jury.
20		In a proceeding before the court alone, if the court finds
21		that none of the factors found in subsection (b) exists, the
22		court shall sentence the defendant to a term of imprisonment
23		under Chapter V of the Unified Code of Corrections.
24		If the Court determines that one or more of the factors set
25		forth in subsection (b) exists, the Court shall consider any
26		aggravating and mitigating factors as indicated in subsection

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1		(c). If the Court determines, after weighing the factors in
2		aggravation and mitigation, that death is the appropriate
3		sentence, the Court shall sentence the defendant to death.
4		If the court finds that death is not the appropriate
5		sentence, the court shall sentence the defendant to a term of
6		imprisonment under Chapter V of the Unified Code of
7		Corrections.
8		(h-5) Decertification as a capital case.
9		In a case in which the defendant has been found guilty of
10		first degree murder by a judge or jury, or a case on remand for
11		resentencing, and the State seeks the death penalty as an
12		appropriate sentence, on the court's own motion or the written
13		motion of the defendant, the court may decertify the case as a
14		death penalty case if the court finds that the only evidence
15		supporting the defendant's conviction is the uncorroborated
16		testimony of an informant witness, as defined in Section 115-21
17		of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, concerning the
18		confession or admission of the defendant or that the sole
19		evidence against the defendant is a single eyewitness or single
20		accomplice without any other corroborating evidence. If the
21		court decertifies the case as a capital case under either of
22		the grounds set forth above, the court shall issue a written
23		finding. The State may pursue its right to appeal the
24		decertification pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 604(a)(1). If
25		the court does not decertify the case as a capital case, the
26		matter shall proceed to the eligibility phase of the sentencing

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1		hearing.
2		(i) Appellate Procedure.
3		The conviction and sentence of death shall be subject to
4		automatic review by the Supreme Court. Such review shall be in
5		accordance with rules promulgated by the Supreme Court. The
6		Illinois Supreme Court may overturn the death sentence, and
7		order the imposition of imprisonment under Chapter V of the
8		Unified Code of Corrections if the court finds that the death
9		sentence is fundamentally unjust as applied to the particular
10		case. If the Illinois Supreme Court finds that the death
11		sentence is fundamentally unjust as applied to the particular
12		case, independent of any procedural grounds for relief, the
13		Illinois Supreme Court shall issue a written opinion explaining
14		this finding.
15		(j) Disposition of reversed death sentence.
16		In the event that the death penalty in this Act is held to
17		be unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States
18		or of the State of Illinois, any person convicted of first
19		degree murder shall be sentenced by the court to a term of
20		imprisonment under Chapter V of the Unified Code of
21		Corrections.
22		In the event that any death sentence pursuant to the
23		sentencing provisions of this Section is declared
24		unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States or
25		of the State of Illinois, the court having jurisdiction over a
26		person previously sentenced to death shall cause the defendant

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1		to be brought before the court, and the court shall sentence
2		the defendant to a term of imprisonment under Chapter V of the
3		Unified Code of Corrections.
4		(k) Guidelines for seeking the death penalty.
5		The Attorney General and State's Attorneys Association
6		shall consult on voluntary guidelines for procedures governing
7		whether or not to seek the death penalty. The guidelines do not
8		have the force of law and are only advisory in nature.
9		(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 100-460, eff. 1-1-18;
10		100-513, eff. 1-1-18; revised 10-5-17.)
11		(720 ILCS 5/12-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-2)
12		Sec. 12-2. Aggravated assault.
13		(a) Offense based on location of conduct. A person commits
14		aggravated assault when he or she commits an assault against an
15		individual who is on or about a public way, public property, a
16		public place of accommodation or amusement, or a sports venue,
17		or in a church, synagogue, mosque, or other building,
18		structure, or place used for religious worship.
19		(b) Offense based on status of victim. A person commits
20		aggravated assault when, in committing an assault, he or she
21		knows the individual assaulted to be any of the following:
22		(1) A person with a physical disability or a person 60
23		years of age or older and the assault is without legal
24		justification.
25		(2) A teacher or school employee upon school grounds or

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1		grounds adjacent to a school or in any part of a building
2		used for school purposes.
3		(3) A park district employee upon park grounds or
4		grounds adjacent to a park or in any part of a building
5		used for park purposes.
6		(4) A community policing volunteer, private security
7		officer, or utility worker:
8		(i) performing his or her official duties;
9		(ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or her
10		official duties; or
11		(iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his
12		or her official duties.
13		(4.1) A peace officer, fireman, emergency management
14		worker, or emergency medical services personnel:
15		(i) performing his or her official duties;
16		(ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or her
17		official duties; or
18		(iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his
19		or her official duties.
20		(5) A correctional officer or probation officer:
21		(i) performing his or her official duties;
22		(ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or her
23		official duties; or
24		(iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his
25		or her official duties.
26		(6) A correctional institution employee, a county

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1		juvenile detention center employee who provides direct and
2		continuous supervision of residents of a juvenile
3		detention center, including a county juvenile detention
4		center employee who supervises recreational activity for
5		residents of a juvenile detention center, or a Department
6		of Human Services employee, Department of Human Services
7		officer, or employee of a subcontractor of the Department
8		of Human Services supervising or controlling sexually
9		dangerous persons or sexually violent persons:
10		(i) performing his or her official duties;
11		(ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or her
12		official duties; or
13		(iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his
14		or her official duties.
15		(7) An employee of the State of Illinois, a municipal
16		corporation therein, or a political subdivision thereof,
17		performing his or her official duties.
18		(8) A transit employee performing his or her official
19		duties, or a transit passenger.
20		(9) A sports official or coach actively participating
21		in any level of athletic competition within a sports venue,
22		on an indoor playing field or outdoor playing field, or
23		within the immediate vicinity of such a facility or field.
24		(10) A person authorized to serve process under Section
25		2-202 of the Code of Civil Procedure or a special process
26		server appointed by the circuit court, while that

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1		individual is in the performance of his or her duties as a
2		process server.
3		(c) Offense based on use of firearm, device, or motor
4		vehicle. A person commits aggravated assault when, in
5		committing an assault, he or she does any of the following:
6		(1) Uses a deadly weapon, an air rifle as defined in
7		Section 24.8-0.1 of this Act, or any device manufactured
8		and designed to be substantially similar in appearance to a
9		firearm, other than by discharging a firearm.
10		(2) Discharges a firearm, other than from a motor
11		vehicle.
12		(3) Discharges a firearm from a motor vehicle.
13		(4) Wears a hood, robe, or mask to conceal his or her
14		identity.
15		(5) Knowingly and without lawful justification shines
16		or flashes a laser gun sight or other laser device attached
17		to a firearm, or used in concert with a firearm, so that
18		the laser beam strikes near or in the immediate vicinity of
19		any person.
20		(6) Uses a firearm, other than by discharging the
21		firearm, against a peace officer, community policing
22		volunteer, fireman, private security officer, emergency
23		management worker, emergency medical services personnel,
24		employee of a police department, employee of a sheriff's
25		department, or traffic control municipal employee:
26		(i) performing his or her official duties;

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1		(ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or her
2		official duties; or
3		(iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his
4		or her official duties.
5		(7) Without justification operates a motor vehicle in a
6		manner which places a person, other than a person listed in
7		subdivision (b)(4), in reasonable apprehension of being
8		struck by the moving motor vehicle.
9		(8) Without justification operates a motor vehicle in a
10		manner which places a person listed in subdivision (b)(4),
11		in reasonable apprehension of being struck by the moving
12		motor vehicle.
13		(9) Knowingly video or audio records the offense with
14		the intent to disseminate the recording.
15		(d) Sentence. Aggravated assault as defined in subdivision
16		(a), (b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(3), (b)(4), (b)(7), (b)(8), (b)(9),
17		(c)(1), (c)(4), or (c)(9) is a Class A misdemeanor, except that
18		aggravated assault as defined in subdivision (b)(4) and (b)(7)
19		is a Class 4 felony if a Category I, Category II, or Category
20		III weapon is used in the commission of the assault. Aggravated
21		assault as defined in subdivision (b)(4.1), (b)(5), (b)(6),
22		(b)(10), (c)(2), (c)(5), (c)(6), or (c)(7) is a Class 4 felony.
23		Aggravated assault as defined in subdivision (c)(3) or (c)(8)
24		is a Class 3 felony.
25		(e) For the purposes of this Section, "Category I weapon",
26		"Category II weapon, and "Category III weapon" have the

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1		meanings ascribed to those terms in Section 33A-1 of this Code.
2		(Source: P.A. 98-385, eff. 1-1-14; 99-78, eff. 7-20-15; 99-143,
3		eff. 7-27-15; 99-256, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16;
4		99-816, eff. 8-15-16.)
5		(720 ILCS 5/12-3.05) (was 720 ILCS 5/12-4)
6		Sec. 12-3.05. Aggravated battery.
7		(a) Offense based on injury. A person commits aggravated
8		battery when, in committing a battery, other than by the
9		discharge of a firearm, he or she knowingly does any of the
10		following:
11		(1) Causes great bodily harm or permanent disability or
12		disfigurement.
13		(2) Causes severe and permanent disability, great
14		bodily harm, or disfigurement by means of a caustic or
15		flammable substance, a poisonous gas, a deadly biological
16		or chemical contaminant or agent, a radioactive substance,
17		or a bomb or explosive compound.
18		(3) Causes great bodily harm or permanent disability or
19		disfigurement to an individual whom the person knows to be
20		a peace officer, community policing volunteer, fireman,
21		private security officer, correctional institution
22		employee, or Department of Human Services employee
23		supervising or controlling sexually dangerous persons or
24		sexually violent persons:
25		(i) performing his or her official duties;

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1		(ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
2		official duties; or
3		(iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
4		or her official duties.
5		(4) Causes great bodily harm or permanent disability or
6		disfigurement to an individual 60 years of age or older.
7		(5) Strangles another individual.
8		(b) Offense based on injury to a child or person with an
9		intellectual disability. A person who is at least 18 years of
10		age commits aggravated battery when, in committing a battery,
11		he or she knowingly and without legal justification by any
12		means:
13		(1) causes great bodily harm or permanent disability or
14		disfigurement to any child under the age of 13 years, or to
15		any person with a severe or profound intellectual
16		disability; or
17		(2) causes bodily harm or disability or disfigurement
18		to any child under the age of 13 years or to any person
19		with a severe or profound intellectual disability.
20		(c) Offense based on location of conduct. A person commits
21		aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, other than by
22		the discharge of a firearm, he or she is or the person battered
23		is on or about a public way, public property, a public place of
24		accommodation or amusement, a sports venue, or a domestic
25		violence shelter, or in a church, synagogue, mosque, or other
26		building, structure, or place used for religious worship.

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1		(d) Offense based on status of victim. A person commits
2		aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, other than by
3		discharge of a firearm, he or she knows the individual battered
4		to be any of the following:
5		(1) A person 60 years of age or older.
6		(2) A person who is pregnant or has a physical
7		disability.
8		(3) A teacher or school employee upon school grounds or
9		grounds adjacent to a school or in any part of a building
10		used for school purposes.
11		(4) A peace officer, community policing volunteer,
12		fireman, private security officer, correctional
13		institution employee, or Department of Human Services
14		employee supervising or controlling sexually dangerous
15		persons or sexually violent persons:
16		(i) performing his or her official duties;
17		(ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
18		official duties; or
19		(iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
20		or her official duties.
21		(5) A judge, emergency management worker, emergency
22		medical services personnel, or utility worker:
23		(i) performing his or her official duties;
24		(ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
25		official duties; or
26		(iii) battered in retaliation for performing his

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1		or her official duties.
2		(6) An officer or employee of the State of Illinois, a
3		unit of local government, or a school district, while
4		performing his or her official duties.
5		(7) A transit employee performing his or her official
6		duties, or a transit passenger.
7		(8) A taxi driver on duty.
8		(9) A merchant who detains the person for an alleged
9		commission of retail theft under Section 16-26 of this Code
10		and the person without legal justification by any means
11		causes bodily harm to the merchant.
12		(10) A person authorized to serve process under Section
13		2-202 of the Code of Civil Procedure or a special process
14		server appointed by the circuit court while that individual
15		is in the performance of his or her duties as a process
16		server.
17		(11) A nurse while in the performance of his or her
18		duties as a nurse.
19		(e) Offense based on use of a firearm. A person commits
20		aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, he or she
21		knowingly does any of the following:
22		(1) Discharges a firearm, other than a machine gun or a
23		firearm equipped with a silencer, and causes any injury to
24		another person.
25		(2) Discharges a firearm, other than a machine gun or a
26		firearm equipped with a silencer, and causes any injury to

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1		a person he or she knows to be a peace officer, community
2		policing volunteer, person summoned by a police officer,
3		fireman, private security officer, correctional
4		institution employee, or emergency management worker:
5		(i) performing his or her official duties;
6		(ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
7		official duties; or
8		(iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
9		or her official duties.
10		(3) Discharges a firearm, other than a machine gun or a
11		firearm equipped with a silencer, and causes any injury to
12		a person he or she knows to be emergency medical services
13		personnel:
14		(i) performing his or her official duties;
15		(ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
16		official duties; or
17		(iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
18		or her official duties.
19		(4) Discharges a firearm and causes any injury to a
20		person he or she knows to be a teacher, a student in a
21		school, or a school employee, and the teacher, student, or
22		employee is upon school grounds or grounds adjacent to a
23		school or in any part of a building used for school
24		purposes.
25		(5) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped with
26		a silencer, and causes any injury to another person.

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1		(6) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped with
2		a silencer, and causes any injury to a person he or she
3		knows to be a peace officer, community policing volunteer,
4		person summoned by a police officer, fireman, private
5		security officer, correctional institution employee or
6		emergency management worker:
7		(i) performing his or her official duties;
8		(ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
9		official duties; or
10		(iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
11		or her official duties.
12		(7) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped with
13		a silencer, and causes any injury to a person he or she
14		knows to be emergency medical services personnel:
15		(i) performing his or her official duties;
16		(ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
17		official duties; or
18		(iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
19		or her official duties.
20		(8) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped with
21		a silencer, and causes any injury to a person he or she
22		knows to be a teacher, or a student in a school, or a
23		school employee, and the teacher, student, or employee is
24		upon school grounds or grounds adjacent to a school or in
25		any part of a building used for school purposes.
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1		commits aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, he or
2		she does any of the following:
3		(1) Uses a deadly weapon other than by discharge of a
4		firearm, or uses an air rifle as defined in Section
5		24.8-0.1 of this Code.
6		(2) Wears a hood, robe, or mask to conceal his or her
7		identity.
8		(3) Knowingly and without lawful justification shines
9		or flashes a laser gunsight or other laser device attached
10		to a firearm, or used in concert with a firearm, so that
11		the laser beam strikes upon or against the person of
12		another.
13		(4) Knowingly video or audio records the offense with
14		the intent to disseminate the recording.
15		(g) Offense based on certain conduct. A person commits
16		aggravated battery when, other than by discharge of a firearm,
17		he or she does any of the following:
18		(1) Violates Section 401 of the Illinois Controlled
19		Substances Act by unlawfully delivering a controlled
20		substance to another and any user experiences great bodily
21		harm or permanent disability as a result of the injection,
22		inhalation, or ingestion of any amount of the controlled
23		substance.
24		(2) Knowingly administers to an individual or causes
25		him or her to take, without his or her consent or by threat
26		or deception, and for other than medical purposes, any

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1		intoxicating, poisonous, stupefying, narcotic, anesthetic,
2		or controlled substance, or gives to another person any
3		food containing any substance or object intended to cause
4		physical injury if eaten.
5		(3) Knowingly causes or attempts to cause a
6		correctional institution employee or Department of Human
7		Services employee to come into contact with blood, seminal
8		fluid, urine, or feces by throwing, tossing, or expelling
9		the fluid or material, and the person is an inmate of a
10		penal institution or is a sexually dangerous person or
11		sexually violent person in the custody of the Department of
12		Human Services.
13		(h) Sentence. Unless otherwise provided, aggravated
14		battery is a Class 3 felony.
15		Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(4),
16		(d)(4), or (g)(3) is a Class 2 felony.
17		Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(3) or
18		(g)(1) is a Class 1 felony.
19		Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(1) is a
20		Class 1 felony when the aggravated battery was intentional and
21		involved the infliction of torture, as defined in paragraph
22		(14) of subsection (b) of Section 9-1 of this Code, as the
23		infliction of or subjection to extreme physical pain, motivated
24		by an intent to increase or prolong the pain, suffering, or
25		agony of the victim.
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1		Class 1 felony when the person causes great bodily harm or
2		permanent disability to an individual whom the person knows to
3		be a member of a congregation engaged in prayer or other
4		religious activities at a church, synagogue, mosque, or other
5		building, structure, or place used for religious worship.
6		Aggravated battery under subdivision (a)(5) is a Class 1
7		felony if:
8		(A) the person used or attempted to use a dangerous
9		instrument while committing the offense; or
10		(B) the person caused great bodily harm or permanent
11		disability or disfigurement to the other person while
12		committing the offense; or
13		(C) the person has been previously convicted of a
14		violation of subdivision (a)(5) under the laws of this
15		State or laws similar to subdivision (a)(5) of any other
16		state.
17		Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(1) is a
18		Class X felony.
19		Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(2) is a
20		Class X felony for which a person shall be sentenced to a term
21		of imprisonment of a minimum of 6 years and a maximum of 45
22		years.
23		Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(5) is a
24		Class X felony for which a person shall be sentenced to a term
25		of imprisonment of a minimum of 12 years and a maximum of 45
26		years.

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1		Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(2),
2		(e)(3), or (e)(4) is a Class X felony for which a person shall
3		be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of a minimum of 15 years
4		and a maximum of 60 years.
5		Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(6),
6		(e)(7), or (e)(8) is a Class X felony for which a person shall
7		be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of a minimum of 20 years
8		and a maximum of 60 years.
9		Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (b)(1) is a
10		Class X felony, except that:
11		(1) if the person committed the offense while armed
12		with a firearm, 15 years shall be added to the term of
13		imprisonment imposed by the court;
14		(2) if, during the commission of the offense, the
15		person personally discharged a firearm, 20 years shall be
16		added to the term of imprisonment imposed by the court;
17		(3) if, during the commission of the offense, the
18		person personally discharged a firearm that proximately
19		caused great bodily harm, permanent disability, permanent
20		disfigurement, or death to another person, 25 years or up
21		to a term of natural life shall be added to the term of
22		imprisonment imposed by the court.
23		(i) Definitions. For the purposes of this Section:
24		"Building or other structure used to provide shelter" has
25		the meaning ascribed to "shelter" in Section 1 of the Domestic
26		Violence Shelters Act.

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1		"Domestic violence" has the meaning ascribed to it in
2		Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
3		"Domestic violence shelter" means any building or other
4		structure used to provide shelter or other services to victims
5		or to the dependent children of victims of domestic violence
6		pursuant to the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 or the
7		Domestic Violence Shelters Act, or any place within 500 feet of
8		such a building or other structure in the case of a person who
9		is going to or from such a building or other structure.
10		"Firearm" has the meaning provided under Section 1.1 of the
11		Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, and does not include an
12		air rifle as defined by Section 24.8-0.1 of this Code.
13		"Machine gun" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
14		24-1 of this Code.
15		"Merchant" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 16-0.1
16		of this Code.
17		"Strangle" means intentionally impeding the normal
18		breathing or circulation of the blood of an individual by
19		applying pressure on the throat or neck of that individual or
20		by blocking the nose or mouth of that individual.
21		(Source: P.A. 98-369, eff. 1-1-14; 98-385, eff. 1-1-14; 98-756,
22		eff. 7-16-14; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-816, eff. 8-15-16.)
23		(720 ILCS 5/24-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-1)
24		Sec. 24-1. Unlawful use of weapons.
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1		when he knowingly:
2		(1) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or
3		carries any bludgeon, black-jack, slung-shot, sand-club,
4		sand-bag, metal knuckles or other knuckle weapon
5		regardless of its composition, throwing star, or any knife,
6		commonly referred to as a switchblade knife, which has a
7		blade that opens automatically by hand pressure applied to
8		a button, spring or other device in the handle of the
9		knife, or a ballistic knife, which is a device that propels
10		a knifelike blade as a projectile by means of a coil
11		spring, elastic material or compressed gas; or
12		(2) Carries or possesses with intent to use the same
13		unlawfully against another, a dagger, dirk, billy,
14		dangerous knife, razor, stiletto, broken bottle or other
15		piece of glass, stun gun or taser or any other dangerous or
16		deadly weapon or instrument of like character; or
17		(2.5) Carries or possesses with intent to use the same
18		unlawfully against another, any firearm, knife, or other
19		dangerous weapon, in any school, church, synagogue,
20		mosque, or other building, structure, or place used for
21		religious worship; or
22		(3) Carries on or about his person or in any vehicle, a
23		tear gas gun projector or bomb or any object containing
24		noxious liquid gas or substance, other than an object
25		containing a non-lethal noxious liquid gas or substance
26		designed solely for personal defense carried by a person 18

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1		years of age or older; or
2		(4) Carries or possesses in any vehicle or concealed on
3		or about his person except when on his land or in his own
4		abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on
5		the land or in the legal dwelling of another person as an
6		invitee with that person's permission, any pistol,
7		revolver, stun gun or taser or other firearm, except that
8		this subsection (a) (4) does not apply to or affect
9		transportation of weapons that meet one of the following
10		conditions:
11		(i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
12		(ii) are not immediately accessible; or
13		(iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
14		carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a
15		person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm
16		Owner's Identification Card; or
17		(iv) are carried or possessed in accordance with
18		the Firearm Concealed Carry Act by a person who has
19		been issued a currently valid license under the Firearm
20		Concealed Carry Act; or
21		(5) Sets a spring gun; or
22		(6) Possesses any device or attachment of any kind
23		designed, used or intended for use in silencing the report
24		of any firearm; or
25		(7) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or
26		carries:

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1		(i) a machine gun, which shall be defined for the
2		purposes of this subsection as any weapon, which
3		shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily
4		restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot
5		without manually reloading by a single function of the
6		trigger, including the frame or receiver of any such
7		weapon, or sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses,
8		or carries any combination of parts designed or
9		intended for use in converting any weapon into a
10		machine gun, or any combination or parts from which a
11		machine gun can be assembled if such parts are in the
12		possession or under the control of a person;
13		(ii) any rifle having one or more barrels less than
14		16 inches in length or a shotgun having one or more
15		barrels less than 18 inches in length or any weapon
16		made from a rifle or shotgun, whether by alteration,
17		modification, or otherwise, if such a weapon as
18		modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches;
19		or
20		(iii) any bomb, bomb-shell, grenade, bottle or
21		other container containing an explosive substance of
22		over one-quarter ounce for like purposes, such as, but
23		not limited to, black powder bombs and Molotov
24		cocktails or artillery projectiles; or
25		(8) Carries or possesses any firearm, stun gun or taser
26		or other deadly weapon in any place which is licensed to

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1		sell intoxicating beverages, or at any public gathering
2		held pursuant to a license issued by any governmental body
3		or any public gathering at which an admission is charged,
4		excluding a place where a showing, demonstration or lecture
5		involving the exhibition of unloaded firearms is
6		conducted.
7		This subsection (a)(8) does not apply to any auction or
8		raffle of a firearm held pursuant to a license or permit
9		issued by a governmental body, nor does it apply to persons
10		engaged in firearm safety training courses; or
11		(9) Carries or possesses in a vehicle or on or about
12		his person any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser or
13		firearm or ballistic knife, when he is hooded, robed or
14		masked in such manner as to conceal his identity; or
15		(10) Carries or possesses on or about his person, upon
16		any public street, alley, or other public lands within the
17		corporate limits of a city, village or incorporated town,
18		except when an invitee thereon or therein, for the purpose
19		of the display of such weapon or the lawful commerce in
20		weapons, or except when on his land or in his own abode,
21		legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on the land
22		or in the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee
23		with that person's permission, any pistol, revolver, stun
24		gun or taser or other firearm, except that this subsection
25		(a) (10) does not apply to or affect transportation of
26		weapons that meet one of the following conditions:

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1		(i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
2		(ii) are not immediately accessible; or
3		(iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
4		carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a
5		person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm
6		Owner's Identification Card; or
7		(iv) are carried or possessed in accordance with
8		the Firearm Concealed Carry Act by a person who has
9		been issued a currently valid license under the Firearm
10		Concealed Carry Act.
11		A "stun gun or taser", as used in this paragraph (a)
12		means (i) any device which is powered by electrical
13		charging units, such as, batteries, and which fires one or
14		several barbs attached to a length of wire and which, upon
15		hitting a human, can send out a current capable of
16		disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner as
17		to render him incapable of normal functioning or (ii) any
18		device which is powered by electrical charging units, such
19		as batteries, and which, upon contact with a human or
20		clothing worn by a human, can send out current capable of
21		disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner as
22		to render him incapable of normal functioning; or
23		(11) Sells, manufactures or purchases any explosive
24		bullet. For purposes of this paragraph (a) "explosive
25		bullet" means the projectile portion of an ammunition
26		cartridge which contains or carries an explosive charge

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1		which will explode upon contact with the flesh of a human
2		or an animal. "Cartridge" means a tubular metal case having
3		a projectile affixed at the front thereof and a cap or
4		primer at the rear end thereof, with the propellant
5		contained in such tube between the projectile and the cap;
6		or
7		(12) (Blank); or
8		(13) Carries or possesses on or about his or her person
9		while in a building occupied by a unit of government, a
10		billy club, other weapon of like character, or other
11		instrument of like character intended for use as a weapon.
12		For the purposes of this Section, "billy club" means a
13		short stick or club commonly carried by police officers
14		which is either telescopic or constructed of a solid piece
15		of wood or other man-made material.
16		(b) Sentence. A person convicted of a violation of
17		subsection 24-1(a)(1) through (5), subsection 24-1(a)(10),
18		subsection 24-1(a)(11), or subsection 24-1(a)(13) commits a
19		Class A misdemeanor. A person convicted of a violation of
20		subsection 24-1(a)(8) or 24-1(a)(9) commits a Class 4 felony; a
21		person convicted of a violation of subsection 24-1(a)(6) or
22		24-1(a)(7)(ii) or (iii) commits a Class 3 felony. A person
23		convicted of a violation of subsection 24-1(a)(7)(i) commits a
24		Class 2 felony and shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment
25		of not less than 3 years and not more than 7 years, unless the
26		weapon is possessed in the passenger compartment of a motor

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1		vehicle as defined in Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle
2		Code, or on the person, while the weapon is loaded, in which
3		case it shall be a Class X felony. A person convicted of a
4		second or subsequent violation of subsection 24-1(a)(4),
5		24-1(a)(8), 24-1(a)(9), or 24-1(a)(10) commits a Class 3
6		felony. A person convicted of a violation of subsection
7		24-1(a)(2.5) commits a Class 2 felony. The possession of each
8		weapon in violation of this Section constitutes a single and
9		separate violation.
10		(c) Violations in specific places.
11		(1) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(6) or
12		24-1(a)(7) in any school, regardless of the time of day or
13		the time of year, in residential property owned, operated
14		or managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public
15		housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
16		development, in a public park, in a courthouse, on the real
17		property comprising any school, regardless of the time of
18		day or the time of year, on residential property owned,
19		operated or managed by a public housing agency or leased by
20		a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or
21		mixed-income development, on the real property comprising
22		any public park, on the real property comprising any
23		courthouse, in any conveyance owned, leased or contracted
24		by a school to transport students to or from school or a
25		school related activity, in any conveyance owned, leased,
26		or contracted by a public transportation agency, or on any

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1		public way within 1,000 feet of the real property
2		comprising any school, public park, courthouse, public
3		transportation facility, or residential property owned,
4		operated, or managed by a public housing agency or leased
5		by a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or
6		mixed-income development commits a Class 2 felony and shall
7		be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 3
8		years and not more than 7 years.
9		(1.5) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(4),
10		24-1(a)(9), or 24-1(a)(10) in any school, regardless of the
11		time of day or the time of year, in residential property
12		owned, operated, or managed by a public housing agency or
13		leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered
14		site or mixed-income development, in a public park, in a
15		courthouse, on the real property comprising any school,
16		regardless of the time of day or the time of year, on
17		residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
18		public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
19		as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development, on
20		the real property comprising any public park, on the real
21		property comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance
22		owned, leased, or contracted by a school to transport
23		students to or from school or a school related activity, in
24		any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a public
25		transportation agency, or on any public way within 1,000
26		feet of the real property comprising any school, public

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1		park, courthouse, public transportation facility, or
2		residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
3		public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
4		as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development
5		commits a Class 3 felony.
6		(2) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(1),
7		24-1(a)(2), or 24-1(a)(3) in any school, regardless of the
8		time of day or the time of year, in residential property
9		owned, operated or managed by a public housing agency or
10		leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered
11		site or mixed-income development, in a public park, in a
12		courthouse, on the real property comprising any school,
13		regardless of the time of day or the time of year, on
14		residential property owned, operated or managed by a public
15		housing agency or leased by a public housing agency as part
16		of a scattered site or mixed-income development, on the
17		real property comprising any public park, on the real
18		property comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance
19		owned, leased or contracted by a school to transport
20		students to or from school or a school related activity, in
21		any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a public
22		transportation agency, or on any public way within 1,000
23		feet of the real property comprising any school, public
24		park, courthouse, public transportation facility, or
25		residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
26		public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency

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1		as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development
2		commits a Class 4 felony. "Courthouse" means any building
3		that is used by the Circuit, Appellate, or Supreme Court of
4		this State for the conduct of official business.
5		(3) Paragraphs (1), (1.5), and (2) of this subsection
6		(c) shall not apply to law enforcement officers or security
7		officers of such school, college, or university or to
8		students carrying or possessing firearms for use in
9		training courses, parades, hunting, target shooting on
10		school ranges, or otherwise with the consent of school
11		authorities and which firearms are transported unloaded
12		enclosed in a suitable case, box, or transportation
13		package.
14		(4) For the purposes of this subsection (c), "school"
15		means any public or private elementary or secondary school,
16		community college, college, or university.
17		(5) For the purposes of this subsection (c), "public
18		transportation agency" means a public or private agency
19		that provides for the transportation or conveyance of
20		persons by means available to the general public, except
21		for transportation by automobiles not used for conveyance
22		of the general public as passengers; and "public
23		transportation facility" means a terminal or other place
24		where one may obtain public transportation.
25		(d) The presence in an automobile other than a public
26		omnibus of any weapon, instrument or substance referred to in

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1		subsection (a)(7) is prima facie evidence that it is in the
2		possession of, and is being carried by, all persons occupying
3		such automobile at the time such weapon, instrument or
4		substance is found, except under the following circumstances:
5		(i) if such weapon, instrument or instrumentality is found upon
6		the person of one of the occupants therein; or (ii) if such
7		weapon, instrument or substance is found in an automobile
8		operated for hire by a duly licensed driver in the due, lawful
9		and proper pursuit of his trade, then such presumption shall
10		not apply to the driver.
11		(e) Exemptions.
12		(1) Crossbows, Common or Compound bows and Underwater
13		Spearguns are exempted from the definition of ballistic
14		knife as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this
15		Section.
16		(2) The provision of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of
17		this Section prohibiting the sale, manufacture, purchase,
18		possession, or carrying of any knife, commonly referred to
19		as a switchblade knife, which has a blade that opens
20		automatically by hand pressure applied to a button, spring
21		or other device in the handle of the knife, does not apply
22		to a person who possesses a currently valid Firearm Owner's
23		Identification Card previously issued in his or her name by
24		the Department of State Police or to a person or an entity
25		engaged in the business of selling or manufacturing
26		switchblade knives.

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1		(Source: P.A. 99-29, eff. 7-10-15; 100-82, eff. 8-11-17.)