Sen. Steve McClure

Filed: 4/5/2019

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 905

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 905 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 1. This Act may be referred to as Lindsey's Law.
 
5    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
6Section 11-501 as follows:
 
7    (625 ILCS 5/11-501)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-501)
8    Sec. 11-501. Driving while under the influence of alcohol,
9other drug or drugs, intoxicating compound or compounds or any
10combination thereof.
11    (a) A person shall not drive or be in actual physical
12control of any vehicle within this State while:
13        (1) the alcohol concentration in the person's blood,
14    other bodily substance, or breath is 0.08 or more based on
15    the definition of blood and breath units in Section

 

 

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1    11-501.2;
2        (2) under the influence of alcohol;
3        (3) under the influence of any intoxicating compound or
4    combination of intoxicating compounds to a degree that
5    renders the person incapable of driving safely;
6        (4) under the influence of any other drug or
7    combination of drugs to a degree that renders the person
8    incapable of safely driving;
9        (5) under the combined influence of alcohol, other drug
10    or drugs, or intoxicating compound or compounds to a degree
11    that renders the person incapable of safely driving;
12        (6) there is any amount of a drug, substance, or
13    compound in the person's breath, blood, other bodily
14    substance, or urine resulting from the unlawful use or
15    consumption of a controlled substance listed in the
16    Illinois Controlled Substances Act, an intoxicating
17    compound listed in the Use of Intoxicating Compounds Act,
18    or methamphetamine as listed in the Methamphetamine
19    Control and Community Protection Act; or
20        (7) the person has, within 2 hours of driving or being
21    in actual physical control of a vehicle, a
22    tetrahydrocannabinol concentration in the person's whole
23    blood or other bodily substance as defined in paragraph 6
24    of subsection (a) of Section 11-501.2 of this Code. Subject
25    to all other requirements and provisions under this
26    Section, this paragraph (7) does not apply to the lawful

 

 

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1    consumption of cannabis by a qualifying patient licensed
2    under the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot
3    Program Act who is in possession of a valid registry card
4    issued under that Act, unless that person is impaired by
5    the use of cannabis.
6    (b) The fact that any person charged with violating this
7Section is or has been legally entitled to use alcohol,
8cannabis under the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot
9Program Act, other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or
10compounds, or any combination thereof, shall not constitute a
11defense against any charge of violating this Section.
12    (c) Penalties.
13        (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, any
14    person convicted of violating subsection (a) of this
15    Section is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
16        (2) A person who violates subsection (a) or a similar
17    provision a second time shall be sentenced to a mandatory
18    minimum term of either 5 days of imprisonment or 240 hours
19    of community service in addition to any other criminal or
20    administrative sanction.
21        (3) A person who violates subsection (a) is subject to
22    6 months of imprisonment, an additional mandatory minimum
23    fine of $1,000, and 25 days of community service in a
24    program benefiting children if the person was transporting
25    a person under the age of 16 at the time of the violation.
26        (4) A person who violates subsection (a) a first time,

 

 

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1    if the alcohol concentration in his or her blood, breath,
2    other bodily substance, or urine was 0.16 or more based on
3    the definition of blood, breath, other bodily substance, or
4    urine units in Section 11-501.2, shall be subject, in
5    addition to any other penalty that may be imposed, to a
6    mandatory minimum of 100 hours of community service and a
7    mandatory minimum fine of $500.
8        (5) A person who violates subsection (a) a second time,
9    if at the time of the second violation the alcohol
10    concentration in his or her blood, breath, other bodily
11    substance, or urine was 0.16 or more based on the
12    definition of blood, breath, other bodily substance, or
13    urine units in Section 11-501.2, shall be subject, in
14    addition to any other penalty that may be imposed, to a
15    mandatory minimum of 2 days of imprisonment and a mandatory
16    minimum fine of $1,250.
17    (d) Aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol,
18other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or compounds, or
19any combination thereof.
20        (1) Every person convicted of committing a violation of
21    this Section shall be guilty of aggravated driving under
22    the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, or
23    intoxicating compound or compounds, or any combination
24    thereof if:
25            (A) the person committed a violation of subsection
26        (a) or a similar provision for the third or subsequent

 

 

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1        time;
2            (B) the person committed a violation of subsection
3        (a) while driving a school bus with one or more
4        passengers on board;
5            (C) the person in committing a violation of
6        subsection (a) was involved in a motor vehicle accident
7        that resulted in great bodily harm or permanent
8        disability or disfigurement to another, when the
9        violation was a proximate cause of the injuries;
10            (D) the person committed a violation of subsection
11        (a) and has been previously convicted of violating
12        Section 9-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the
13        Criminal Code of 2012 or a similar provision of a law
14        of another state relating to reckless homicide in which
15        the person was determined to have been under the
16        influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, or
17        intoxicating compound or compounds as an element of the
18        offense or the person has previously been convicted
19        under subparagraph (C) or subparagraph (F) of this
20        paragraph (1);
21            (E) the person, in committing a violation of
22        subsection (a) while driving at any speed in a school
23        speed zone at a time when a speed limit of 20 miles per
24        hour was in effect under subsection (a) of Section
25        11-605 of this Code, was involved in a motor vehicle
26        accident that resulted in bodily harm, other than great

 

 

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1        bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement,
2        to another person, when the violation of subsection (a)
3        was a proximate cause of the bodily harm;
4            (F) the person, in committing a violation of
5        subsection (a), was involved in a motor vehicle,
6        snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or watercraft
7        accident that resulted in the death of another person,
8        when the violation of subsection (a) was a proximate
9        cause of the death;
10            (G) the person committed a violation of subsection
11        (a) during a period in which the defendant's driving
12        privileges are revoked or suspended, where the
13        revocation or suspension was for a violation of
14        subsection (a) or a similar provision, Section
15        11-501.1, paragraph (b) of Section 11-401, or for
16        reckless homicide as defined in Section 9-3 of the
17        Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;
18            (H) the person committed the violation while he or
19        she did not possess a driver's license or permit or a
20        restricted driving permit or a judicial driving permit
21        or a monitoring device driving permit;
22            (I) the person committed the violation while he or
23        she knew or should have known that the vehicle he or
24        she was driving was not covered by a liability
25        insurance policy;
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1        subsection (a) was involved in a motor vehicle accident
2        that resulted in bodily harm, but not great bodily
3        harm, to the child under the age of 16 being
4        transported by the person, if the violation was the
5        proximate cause of the injury;
6            (K) the person in committing a second violation of
7        subsection (a) or a similar provision was transporting
8        a person under the age of 16; or
9            (L) the person committed a violation of subsection
10        (a) of this Section while transporting one or more
11        passengers in a vehicle for-hire.
12        (2)(A) Except as provided otherwise, a person
13    convicted of aggravated driving under the influence of
14    alcohol, other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or
15    compounds, or any combination thereof is guilty of a Class
16    4 felony.
17        (B) A third violation of this Section or a similar
18    provision is a Class 2 felony. If at the time of the third
19    violation the alcohol concentration in his or her blood,
20    breath, other bodily substance, or urine was 0.16 or more
21    based on the definition of blood, breath, other bodily
22    substance, or urine units in Section 11-501.2, a mandatory
23    minimum of 90 days of imprisonment and a mandatory minimum
24    fine of $2,500 shall be imposed in addition to any other
25    criminal or administrative sanction. If at the time of the
26    third violation, the defendant was transporting a person

 

 

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1    under the age of 16, a mandatory fine of $25,000 and 25
2    days of community service in a program benefiting children
3    shall be imposed in addition to any other criminal or
4    administrative sanction.
5        (C) A fourth violation of this Section or a similar
6    provision is a Class 2 felony, for which a sentence of
7    probation or conditional discharge may not be imposed. If
8    at the time of the violation, the alcohol concentration in
9    the defendant's blood, breath, other bodily substance, or
10    urine was 0.16 or more based on the definition of blood,
11    breath, other bodily substance, or urine units in Section
12    11-501.2, a mandatory minimum fine of $5,000 shall be
13    imposed in addition to any other criminal or administrative
14    sanction. If at the time of the fourth violation, the
15    defendant was transporting a person under the age of 16 a
16    mandatory fine of $25,000 and 25 days of community service
17    in a program benefiting children shall be imposed in
18    addition to any other criminal or administrative sanction.
19        (D) A fifth violation of this Section or a similar
20    provision is a Class 1 felony, for which a sentence of
21    probation or conditional discharge may not be imposed. If
22    at the time of the violation, the alcohol concentration in
23    the defendant's blood, breath, other bodily substance, or
24    urine was 0.16 or more based on the definition of blood,
25    breath, other bodily substance, or urine units in Section
26    11-501.2, a mandatory minimum fine of $5,000 shall be

 

 

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1    imposed in addition to any other criminal or administrative
2    sanction. If at the time of the fifth violation, the
3    defendant was transporting a person under the age of 16, a
4    mandatory fine of $25,000, and 25 days of community service
5    in a program benefiting children shall be imposed in
6    addition to any other criminal or administrative sanction.
7        (E) A sixth or subsequent violation of this Section or
8    similar provision is a Class X felony. If at the time of
9    the violation, the alcohol concentration in the
10    defendant's blood, breath, other bodily substance, or
11    urine was 0.16 or more based on the definition of blood,
12    breath, other bodily substance, or urine units in Section
13    11-501.2, a mandatory minimum fine of $5,000 shall be
14    imposed in addition to any other criminal or administrative
15    sanction. If at the time of the violation, the defendant
16    was transporting a person under the age of 16, a mandatory
17    fine of $25,000 and 25 days of community service in a
18    program benefiting children shall be imposed in addition to
19    any other criminal or administrative sanction.
20        (F) For a violation of subparagraph (C) of paragraph
21    (1) of this subsection (d), the defendant, if sentenced to
22    a term of imprisonment, shall be sentenced to not less than
23    one year nor more than 12 years.
24        (G) A violation of subparagraph (F) of paragraph (1) of
25    this subsection (d) is a Class 2 felony, for which the
26    defendant, unless the court determines that extraordinary

 

 

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1    circumstances exist and require probation, shall be
2    sentenced to: (i) a term of imprisonment of not less than 3
3    years and not more than 14 years if the violation resulted
4    in the death of one person; or (ii) a term of imprisonment
5    of not less than 6 years and not more than 28 years if the
6    violation resulted in the deaths of 2 or more persons; or
7    (iii) a term of imprisonment of not less than 4 years and
8    not more than 20 years if the violation resulted in death
9    of one person and great bodily harm or permanent disability
10    or disfigurement of one or more persons.
11        (H) For a violation of subparagraph (J) of paragraph
12    (1) of this subsection (d), a mandatory fine of $2,500, and
13    25 days of community service in a program benefiting
14    children shall be imposed in addition to any other criminal
15    or administrative sanction.
16        (I) A violation of subparagraph (K) of paragraph (1) of
17    this subsection (d), is a Class 2 felony and a mandatory
18    fine of $2,500, and 25 days of community service in a
19    program benefiting children shall be imposed in addition to
20    any other criminal or administrative sanction. If the child
21    being transported suffered bodily harm, but not great
22    bodily harm, in a motor vehicle accident, and the violation
23    was the proximate cause of that injury, a mandatory fine of
24    $5,000 and 25 days of community service in a program
25    benefiting children shall be imposed in addition to any
26    other criminal or administrative sanction.

 

 

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1        (J) A violation of subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1) of
2    this subsection (d) is a Class 3 felony, for which a
3    sentence of probation or conditional discharge may not be
4    imposed.
5        (3) Any person sentenced under this subsection (d) who
6    receives a term of probation or conditional discharge must
7    serve a minimum term of either 480 hours of community
8    service or 10 days of imprisonment as a condition of the
9    probation or conditional discharge in addition to any other
10    criminal or administrative sanction.
11    (e) Any reference to a prior violation of subsection (a) or
12a similar provision includes any violation of a provision of a
13local ordinance or a provision of a law of another state or an
14offense committed on a military installation that is similar to
15a violation of subsection (a) of this Section.
16    (f) The imposition of a mandatory term of imprisonment or
17assignment of community service for a violation of this Section
18shall not be suspended or reduced by the court.
19    (g) Any penalty imposed for driving with a license that has
20been revoked for a previous violation of subsection (a) of this
21Section shall be in addition to the penalty imposed for any
22subsequent violation of subsection (a).
23    (h) For any prosecution under this Section, a certified
24copy of the driving abstract of the defendant shall be admitted
25as proof of any prior conviction.
26(Source: P.A. 98-122, eff. 1-1-14; 98-573, eff. 8-27-13;

 

 

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198-756, eff. 7-16-14; 99-697, eff. 7-29-16.)".