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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB3458
Introduced 2/23/2005, by Rep. Sandra M. Pihos SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of aggravated intimidation of a senior citizen (a person 60 years of age or older). Defines the offense. Provides that a violation is a Class 2 felony for which the offender may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 3 years and not more than 14 years. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB3458 |
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LRB094 10189 RLC 40456 b |
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding |
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| Section 12-6.5 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/12-6.5 new)
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| Sec. 12-6.5. Aggravated intimidation of a senior citizen. |
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| (a) A person commits aggravated intimidation of a senior |
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| citizen when, with intent to cause a person 60 years of age or |
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| older to
perform or to omit the performance of any act, he or |
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| she communicates to
the person 60 years of age or older, |
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| whether in person, by telephone or by mail, a
threat to perform |
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| without lawful authority any of the following acts: |
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| (1) inflict physical harm on a person 60 years of age |
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| or older threatened or on property of a person 60 years of |
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| age or older; or |
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| (2) subject a person 60 years of age or older to |
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| physical confinement or restraint; or |
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| (3) commit any criminal offense; or |
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| (4) accuse a person 60 years of age or older of an |
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| offense; |
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| (5) expose a person 60 years of age or older to hatred, |
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| contempt or ridicule; or |
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| (6) take action as a public official against a person |
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| 60 years of age or older or
withhold official action |
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| affecting a person 60 years of age or older, or cause such |
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| action or withholding; or |
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| (7) bring about or continue a strike, boycott, or other |
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| collective
action against the business of a person 60 years |
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| of age or older. |
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| (b) Sentence. Aggravated intimidation of a senior citizen |
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| is a Class 2 felony for which an offender may be sentenced to
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