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1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.


2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3represented in the General Assembly:



4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing 
5Sections 12-0.1, 12-2, and 12-3.05 as follows:

6 (720 ILCS 5/12-0.1)

7 Sec. 12-0.1. Definitions. In this Article, unless the 
8context clearly requires otherwise:
9 "Bona fide labor dispute" means any controversy concerning 
10wages, salaries, hours, working conditions, or benefits, 
11including health and welfare, sick leave, insurance, and 
12pension or retirement provisions, the making or maintaining of 
13collective bargaining agreements, and the terms to be included 
14in those agreements.
15 "Coach" means a person recognized as a coach by the 
16sanctioning authority that conducts an athletic contest.
17 "Correctional institution employee" means a person 
18employed by a penal institution.
19 "Emergency medical services personnel" has the meaning 
20specified in Section 3.5 of the Emergency Medical Services 
21(EMS) Systems Act and shall include all ambulance crew members, 
22including drivers or pilots.
23 "Family or household members" include spouses, former 
 
 
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1spouses, parents, children, stepchildren, and other persons 
2related by blood or by present or prior marriage, persons who 
3share or formerly shared a common dwelling, persons who have or 
4allegedly have a child in common, persons who share or 
5allegedly share a blood relationship through a child, persons 
6who have or have had a dating or engagement relationship, 
7persons with disabilities and their personal assistants, and 
8caregivers as defined in Section 12-4.4a of this Code. For 
9purposes of this Article, neither a casual acquaintanceship nor 
10ordinary fraternization between 2 individuals in business or 
11social contexts shall be deemed to constitute a dating 
12relationship.
13 "In the presence of a child" means in the physical presence 
14of a child or knowing or having reason to know that a child is 
15present and may see or hear an act constituting an offense.
16 "Park district employee" means a supervisor, director, 
17instructor, or other person employed by a park district.
18 "Person with a physical disability" means a person who 
19suffers from a permanent and disabling physical 
20characteristic, resulting from disease, injury, functional 
21disorder, or congenital condition.
22 "Private security officer" means a registered employee of a 
23private security contractor agency under the Private 
24Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint 
25Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004.
26 "Probation officer" means a person as defined in the 
 
 
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1Probation and Probation Officers Act. 
2 "Servicemember" means a person who is currently serving in 
3the Army, Air Force, Marines, Navy, or Coast Guard on active 
4duty, reserve status, or in the National Guard. 
5 "Sports official" means a person at an athletic contest who 
6enforces the rules of the contest, such as an umpire or 
7referee.
8 "Sports venue" means a publicly or privately owned sports 
9or entertainment arena, stadium, community or convention hall, 
10special event center, or amusement facility, or a special event 
11center in a public park, during the 12 hours before or after 
12the sanctioned sporting event.
13 "Streetgang", "streetgang member", and "criminal street 
14gang" have the meanings ascribed to those terms in Section 10 
15of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
16 "Transit employee" means a driver, operator, or employee of 
17any transportation facility or system engaged in the business 
18of transporting the public for hire.
19 "Transit passenger" means a passenger of any 
20transportation facility or system engaged in the business of 
21transporting the public for hire, including a passenger using 
22any area designated by a transportation facility or system as a 
23vehicle boarding, departure, or transfer location.
24 "Utility worker" means any of the following:
25  (1) A person employed by a public utility as defined in 
26 Section 3-105 of the Public Utilities Act.
 
 
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1  (2) An employee of a municipally owned utility.
2  (3) An employee of a cable television company.
3  (4) An employee of an electric cooperative as defined 
4 in Section 3-119 of the Public Utilities Act.
5  (5) An independent contractor or an employee of an 
6 independent contractor working on behalf of a cable 
7 television company, public utility, municipally owned 
8 utility, or electric cooperative.
9  (6) An employee of a telecommunications carrier as 
10 defined in Section 13-202 of the Public Utilities Act, or 
11 an independent contractor or an employee of an independent 
12 contractor working on behalf of a telecommunications 
13 carrier.
14  (7) An employee of a telephone or telecommunications 
15 cooperative as defined in Section 13-212 of the Public 
16 Utilities Act, or an independent contractor or an employee 
17 of an independent contractor working on behalf of a 
18 telephone or telecommunications cooperative.

19 "Veteran" means a former servicemember who was discharged 
20or released from service under conditions other than 
21dishonorable. 
22(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-816, eff. 8-15-16.)




23 (720 ILCS 5/12-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-2)


24 Sec. 12-2. Aggravated assault. 

25 (a) Offense based on location of conduct. A person commits 
 
 
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1aggravated assault when he or she commits an assault against an 
2individual who is on or about a public way, public property, a 
3public place of accommodation or amusement, or a sports venue.
4 (b) Offense based on status of victim. A person commits 
5aggravated assault when, in committing an assault, he or she 
6knows the individual assaulted to be any of the following:
7  (1) A person with a physical disability or a person 60 
8 years of age or older and the assault is without legal 
9 justification.
10  (1.5) A servicemember or veteran and the assault is 
11 without legal justification. 
12  (2) A teacher or school employee upon school grounds or 
13 grounds adjacent to a school or in any part of a building 
14 used for school purposes.
15  (3) A park district employee upon park grounds or 
16 grounds adjacent to a park or in any part of a building 
17 used for park purposes.
18  (4) A community policing volunteer, private security 
19 officer, or utility worker:
20   (i) performing his or her official duties;
21   (ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or her 
22 official duties; or
23   (iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his 
24 or her official duties.
25  (4.1) A peace officer, fireman, emergency management 
26 worker, or emergency medical services personnel:
 
 
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1   (i) performing his or her official duties;
2   (ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or her 
3 official duties; or
4   (iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his 
5 or her official duties. 
6  (5) A correctional officer or probation officer:
7   (i) performing his or her official duties;
8   (ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or her 
9 official duties; or
10   (iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his 
11 or her official duties.
12  (6) A correctional institution employee, a county 
13 juvenile detention center employee who provides direct and 
14 continuous supervision of residents of a juvenile 
15 detention center, including a county juvenile detention 
16 center employee who supervises recreational activity for 
17 residents of a juvenile detention center, or a Department 
18 of Human Services employee, Department of Human Services 
19 officer, or employee of a subcontractor of the Department 
20 of Human Services supervising or controlling sexually 
21 dangerous persons or sexually violent persons:
22   (i) performing his or her official duties;
23   (ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or her 
24 official duties; or
25   (iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his 
26 or her official duties.
 
 
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1  (7) An employee of the State of Illinois, a municipal 
2 corporation therein, or a political subdivision thereof, 
3 performing his or her official duties.
4  (8) A transit employee performing his or her official 
5 duties, or a transit passenger.
6  (9) A sports official or coach actively participating 
7 in any level of athletic competition within a sports venue, 
8 on an indoor playing field or outdoor playing field, or 
9 within the immediate vicinity of such a facility or field.
10  (10) A person authorized to serve process under Section 
11 2-202 of the Code of Civil Procedure or a special process 
12 server appointed by the circuit court, while that 
13 individual is in the performance of his or her duties as a 
14 process server. 
15 (c) Offense based on use of firearm, device, or motor 
16vehicle. A person commits aggravated assault when, in 
17committing an assault, he or she does any of the following:
18  (1) Uses a deadly weapon, an air rifle as defined in 
19 Section 24.8-0.1 of this Act, or any device manufactured 
20 and designed to be substantially similar in appearance to a 
21 firearm, other than by discharging a firearm.
22  (2) Discharges a firearm, other than from a motor 
23 vehicle.
24  (3) Discharges a firearm from a motor vehicle.
25  (4) Wears a hood, robe, or mask to conceal his or her 
26 identity.
 
 
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1  (5) Knowingly and without lawful justification shines 
2 or flashes a laser gun sight or other laser device attached 
3 to a firearm, or used in concert with a firearm, so that 
4 the laser beam strikes near or in the immediate vicinity of 
5 any person.
6  (6) Uses a firearm, other than by discharging the 
7 firearm, against a peace officer, community policing 
8 volunteer, fireman, private security officer, emergency 
9 management worker, emergency medical services personnel, 
10 employee of a police department, employee of a sheriff's 
11 department, or traffic control municipal employee:
12   (i) performing his or her official duties;
13   (ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or her 
14 official duties; or
15   (iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his 
16 or her official duties. 
17  (7) Without justification operates a motor vehicle in a 
18 manner which places a person, other than a person listed in 
19 subdivision (b)(4), in reasonable apprehension of being 
20 struck by the moving motor vehicle.
21  (8) Without justification operates a motor vehicle in a 
22 manner which places a person listed in subdivision (b)(4), 
23 in reasonable apprehension of being struck by the moving 
24 motor vehicle. 
25  (9) Knowingly video or audio records the offense with 
26 the intent to disseminate the recording. 
 
 
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1 (d) Sentence. Aggravated assault as defined in subdivision 
2(a), (b)(1), (b)(1.5), (b)(2), (b)(3), (b)(4), (b)(7), (b)(8), 
3(b)(9), (c)(1), (c)(4), or (c)(9) is a Class A misdemeanor, 
4except that aggravated assault as defined in subdivision (b)(4) 
5and (b)(7) is a Class 4 felony if a Category I, Category II, or 
6Category III weapon is used in the commission of the assault. 
7Aggravated assault as defined in subdivision (b)(4.1), (b)(5), 
8(b)(6), (b)(10), (c)(2), (c)(5), (c)(6), or (c)(7) is a Class 4 
9felony. Aggravated assault as defined in subdivision (c)(3) or 
10(c)(8) is a Class 3 felony.
11 (e) For the purposes of this Section, "Category I weapon", 
12"Category II weapon, and "Category III weapon" have the 
13meanings ascribed to those terms in Section 33A-1 of this Code. 

14(Source: P.A. 98-385, eff. 1-1-14; 99-78, eff. 7-20-15; 99-143, 
15eff. 7-27-15; 99-256, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 
1699-816, eff. 8-15-16.)



17 (720 ILCS 5/12-3.05) (was 720 ILCS 5/12-4)



18 Sec. 12-3.05. Aggravated battery. 

19 (a) Offense based on injury. A person commits aggravated 
20battery when, in committing a battery, other than by the 
21discharge of a firearm, he or she knowingly does any of the 
22following:
23  (1) Causes great bodily harm or permanent disability or 
24 disfigurement.
25  (2) Causes severe and permanent disability, great 
 
 
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1 bodily harm, or disfigurement by means of a caustic or 
2 flammable substance, a poisonous gas, a deadly biological 
3 or chemical contaminant or agent, a radioactive substance, 
4 or a bomb or explosive compound.
5  (3) Causes great bodily harm or permanent disability or 
6 disfigurement to an individual whom the person knows to be 
7 a peace officer, community policing volunteer, fireman, 
8 private security officer, correctional institution 
9 employee, or Department of Human Services employee 
10 supervising or controlling sexually dangerous persons or 
11 sexually violent persons:
12   (i) performing his or her official duties;
13   (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her 
14 official duties; or
15   (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his 
16 or her official duties.
17  (4) Causes great bodily harm or permanent disability or 
18 disfigurement to an individual 60 years of age or older.
19  (5) Strangles another individual. 
20 (b) Offense based on injury to a child or person with an 
21intellectual disability. A person who is at least 18 years of 
22age commits aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, 
23he or she knowingly and without legal justification by any 
24means:
25  (1) causes great bodily harm or permanent disability or 
26 disfigurement to any child under the age of 13 years, or to 
 
 
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1 any person with a severe or profound intellectual 
2 disability; or
3  (2) causes bodily harm or disability or disfigurement 
4 to any child under the age of 13 years or to any person 
5 with a severe or profound intellectual disability. 
6 (c) Offense based on location of conduct. A person commits 
7aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, other than by 
8the discharge of a firearm, he or she is or the person battered 
9is on or about a public way, public property, a public place of 
10accommodation or amusement, a sports venue, or a domestic 
11violence shelter.
12 (d) Offense based on status of victim. A person commits 
13aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, other than by 
14discharge of a firearm, he or she knows the individual battered 
15to be any of the following:
16  (1) A person 60 years of age or older.
17  (1.5) A servicemember or veteran. 
18  (2) A person who is pregnant or has a physical 
19 disability.
20  (3) A teacher or school employee upon school grounds or 
21 grounds adjacent to a school or in any part of a building 
22 used for school purposes.
23  (4) A peace officer, community policing volunteer, 
24 fireman, private security officer, correctional 
25 institution employee, or Department of Human Services 
26 employee supervising or controlling sexually dangerous 
 
 
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1 persons or sexually violent persons:
2   (i) performing his or her official duties;
3   (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her 
4 official duties; or
5   (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his 
6 or her official duties.
7  (5) A judge, emergency management worker, emergency 
8 medical services personnel, or utility worker:
9   (i) performing his or her official duties;
10   (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her 
11 official duties; or
12   (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his 
13 or her official duties.
14  (6) An officer or employee of the State of Illinois, a 
15 unit of local government, or a school district, while 
16 performing his or her official duties.
17  (7) A transit employee performing his or her official 
18 duties, or a transit passenger.
19  (8) A taxi driver on duty.
20  (9) A merchant who detains the person for an alleged 
21 commission of retail theft under Section 16-26 of this Code 
22 and the person without legal justification by any means 
23 causes bodily harm to the merchant.
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 individual 
 
 
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1 is in the performance of his or her duties as a process 
2 server.
3  (11) A nurse while in the performance of his or her 
4 duties as a nurse. 
5 (e) Offense based on use of a firearm. A person commits 
6aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, he or she 
7knowingly does any of the following:
8  (1) Discharges a firearm, other than a machine gun or a 
9 firearm equipped with a silencer, and causes any injury to 
10 another person.
11  (2) Discharges a firearm, other than a machine gun or a 
12 firearm equipped with a silencer, and causes any injury to 
13 a person he or she knows to be a peace officer, community 
14 policing volunteer, person summoned by a police officer, 
15 fireman, private security officer, correctional 
16 institution employee, or emergency management worker:
17   (i) performing his or her official duties;
18   (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her 
19 official duties; or
20   (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his 
21 or her official duties.
22  (3) Discharges a firearm, other than a machine gun or a 
23 firearm equipped with a silencer, and causes any injury to 
24 a person he or she knows to be emergency medical services 
25 personnel:
26   (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) Discharges a firearm and causes any injury to a 
6 person he or she knows to be a teacher, a student in a 
7 school, or a school employee, and the teacher, student, or 
8 employee is upon school grounds or grounds adjacent to a 
9 school or in any part of a building used for school 
10 purposes.
11  (5) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped with 
12 a silencer, and causes any injury to another person.
13  (6) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped with 
14 a silencer, and causes any injury to a person he or she 
15 knows to be a peace officer, community policing volunteer, 
16 person summoned by a police officer, fireman, private 
17 security officer, correctional institution employee or 
18 emergency management worker:
19   (i) performing his or her official duties;
20   (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her 
21 official duties; or
22   (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his 
23 or her official duties.
24  (7) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped with 
25 a silencer, and causes any injury to a person he or she 
26 knows to be emergency medical services personnel:
 
 
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1   (i) performing his or her official duties;
2   (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her 
3 official duties; or
4   (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his 
5 or her official duties.
6  (8) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped with 
7 a silencer, and causes any injury to a person he or she 
8 knows to be a teacher, or a student in a school, or a 
9 school employee, and the teacher, student, or employee is 
10 upon school grounds or grounds adjacent to a school or in 
11 any part of a building used for school purposes. 
12 (f) Offense based on use of a weapon or device. A person 
13commits aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, he or 
14she does any of the following:
15  (1) Uses a deadly weapon other than by discharge of a 
16 firearm, or uses an air rifle as defined in Section 
17 24.8-0.1 of this Code.
18  (2) Wears a hood, robe, or mask to conceal his or her 
19 identity.
20  (3) Knowingly and without lawful justification shines 
21 or flashes a laser gunsight or other laser device attached 
22 to a firearm, or used in concert with a firearm, so that 
23 the laser beam strikes upon or against the person of 
24 another.
25  (4) Knowingly video or audio records the offense with 
26 the intent to disseminate the recording. 
 
 
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1 (g) Offense based on certain conduct. A person commits 
2aggravated battery when, other than by discharge of a firearm, 
3he or she does any of the following:
4  (1) Violates Section 401 of the Illinois Controlled 
5 Substances Act by unlawfully delivering a controlled 
6 substance to another and any user experiences great bodily 
7 harm or permanent disability as a result of the injection, 
8 inhalation, or ingestion of any amount of the controlled 
9 substance.
10  (2) Knowingly administers to an individual or causes 
11 him or her to take, without his or her consent or by threat 
12 or deception, and for other than medical purposes, any 
13 intoxicating, poisonous, stupefying, narcotic, anesthetic, 
14 or controlled substance, or gives to another person any 
15 food containing any substance or object intended to cause 
16 physical injury if eaten.
17  (3) Knowingly causes or attempts to cause a 
18 correctional institution employee or Department of Human 
19 Services employee to come into contact with blood, seminal 
20 fluid, urine, or feces by throwing, tossing, or expelling 
21 the fluid or material, and the person is an inmate of a 
22 penal institution or is a sexually dangerous person or 
23 sexually violent person in the custody of the Department of 
24 Human Services.
25 (h) Sentence. Unless otherwise provided, aggravated 
26battery is a Class 3 felony.
 
 
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1 Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(4), 
2(d)(4), or (g)(3) is a Class 2 felony.
3 Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(3) or 
4(g)(1) is a Class 1 felony.
5 Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(1) is a 
6Class 1 felony when the aggravated battery was intentional and 
7involved the infliction of torture, as defined in paragraph 
8(14) of subsection (b) of Section 9-1 of this Code, as the 
9infliction of or subjection to extreme physical pain, motivated 
10by an intent to increase or prolong the pain, suffering, or 
11agony of the victim. 
12 Aggravated battery under subdivision (a)(5) is a
Class 1 
13felony if:
14  (A) the person used or attempted to use a dangerous

15 instrument while committing the offense; or
16  (B) the person caused great bodily harm or
permanent 
17 disability or disfigurement to the other
person while 
18 committing the offense; or
19  (C) the person has been previously convicted of a

20 violation of subdivision (a)(5) under the laws of this

21 State or laws similar to subdivision (a)(5) of any other

22 state. 
23 Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(1) is a 
24Class X felony.
25 Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(2) is a 
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1of imprisonment of a minimum of 6 years and a maximum of 45 
2years.
3 Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(5) is a 
4Class X felony for which a person shall be sentenced to a term 
5of imprisonment of a minimum of 12 years and a maximum of 45 
6years.
7 Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(2), 
8(e)(3), or (e)(4) is a Class X felony for which a person shall 
9be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of a minimum of 15 years 
10and a maximum of 60 years.
11 Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(6), 
12(e)(7), or (e)(8) is a Class X felony for which a person shall 
13be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of a minimum of 20 years 
14and a maximum of 60 years.
15 Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (b)(1) is a 
16Class X felony, except that:
17  (1) if the person committed the offense while armed 
18 with a firearm, 15 years shall be added to the term of 
19 imprisonment imposed by the court;
20  (2) if, during the commission of the offense, the 
21 person personally discharged a firearm, 20 years shall be 
22 added to the term of imprisonment imposed by the court;
23  (3) if, during the commission of the offense, the 
24 person personally discharged a firearm that proximately 
25 caused great bodily harm, permanent disability, permanent 
26 disfigurement, or death to another person, 25 years or up 
 
 
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1 to a term of natural life shall be added to the term of 
2 imprisonment imposed by the court.
3 (i) Definitions. For the purposes of this Section:
4 "Building or other structure used to provide shelter" has 
5the meaning ascribed to "shelter" in Section 1 of the Domestic 
6Violence Shelters Act.
7 "Domestic violence" has the meaning ascribed to it in 
8Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
9 "Domestic violence shelter" means any building or other 
10structure used to provide shelter or other services to victims 
11or to the dependent children of victims of domestic violence 
12pursuant to the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 or the 
13Domestic Violence Shelters Act, or any place within 500 feet of 
14such a building or other structure in the case of a person who 
15is going to or from such a building or other structure.
16 "Firearm" has the meaning provided under Section 1.1
of the 
17Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, and does
not include an 
18air rifle as defined by Section 24.8-0.1 of this Code. 
19 "Machine gun" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 
2024-1 of this Code.
21 "Merchant" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 16-0.1 
22of this Code. 
23 "Strangle" means
intentionally impeding the normal 
24breathing or circulation of the blood of an individual by 
25applying pressure on the throat
or neck of that individual or 
26by blocking the nose or mouth of
that individual. 

 
 
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1(Source: P.A. 98-369, eff. 1-1-14; 98-385, eff. 1-1-14; 98-756, 
2eff. 7-16-14; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-816, eff. 8-15-16.)