100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB2447
 
Introduced , by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
  
625 ILCS 5/11-503  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-503

     Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person commits reckless driving when he or she knowingly drives a vehicle and is involved in an accident when the person has been diagnosed with a medical condition that is likely to cause loss of consciousness or any loss of ability to safely operate a vehicle and the person has failed to comply with a health care professional recommendation or prescribed treatment, or failed to take medication for the condition, and the failure to comply or take medication is the proximate cause of the accident. Effective January 1, 2018.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by changing 
5Section 11-503 as follows:
 


6    (625 ILCS 5/11-503)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-503)




7    Sec. 11-503. Reckless driving; aggravated reckless 
8driving. 

9    (a) A

person commits  reckless driving if he or she:
10        (1) drives any vehicle with
a willful or wanton 
11    disregard for the safety of persons or property; or
12        (2) knowingly drives a vehicle and uses an incline in a 
13    roadway, such as a railroad crossing, bridge
approach, or 
14    hill, to cause the vehicle to become airborne; or .

15        (3)  knowingly drives a vehicle and is involved in an 
16    accident when:
17            (A) he or she has been diagnosed with a medical 
18        condition that is likely to cause loss of consciousness 
19        or any loss of ability  to safely operate a vehicle;
20            (B) he or she failed to comply with a health care 
21        professional recommendation or prescribed treatment, 
22        or failed to take medication for the condition; and
23            (C) the failure to comply with a health care 
 
 
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1        professional recommendation or prescribed treatment, 
2        or the failure to take medication, is the proximate 
3        cause of the accident.
4    (b) Every person convicted of reckless driving shall be 
5guilty of a
Class A misdemeanor, except as provided under 
6subsections (b-1), (c), and (d) of this
Section.

7    (b-1) Except as provided in subsection (d), any person 
8convicted of violating subsection (a), if the violation causes 
9bodily harm to a child or a school crossing guard while the 
10school crossing guard is performing his or her official duties, 
11is guilty of a Class 4 felony.

12    (c) Every person convicted of committing a violation of 
13subsection (a)
shall
be guilty of aggravated reckless driving 
14if the violation results in great
bodily harm or permanent 
15disability or disfigurement to another.  Except as provided in 
16subsection (d) of this Section, aggravated

reckless driving is 
17a Class 4 felony.
18    (d) Any person convicted of violating subsection (a), if 
19the violation causes great bodily harm or permanent disability 
20or disfigurement to a child or a school crossing guard while 
21the school crossing guard is performing his or her official 
22duties, is guilty of aggravated reckless driving.  Aggravated 
23reckless driving under this subsection (d) is a Class 3 felony.

24(Source: P.A. 95-467, eff. 6-1-08.)

 
 
25    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
261, 2018.