101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3323

 

Introduced 2/14/2020, by Sen. Steve McClure

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/11-501  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-501

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a violation of aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compounds, or any combination thereof, involving a motor vehicle, snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or watercraft accident that results in the death of one person and great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement of one or more other persons is a Class 2 felony punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than 4 years and not more than 20 years. Provides that the Act may be referred to as Lindsey's Law.


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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 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
16    11-501.2;
17        (2) under the influence of alcohol;
18        (3) under the influence of any intoxicating compound or
19    combination of intoxicating compounds to a degree that
20    renders the person incapable of driving safely;
21        (4) under the influence of any other drug or
22    combination of drugs to a degree that renders the person

 

 

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

 

 

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1cannabis under the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis
2Program Act, other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or
3compounds, or any combination thereof, shall not constitute a
4defense against any charge of violating this Section.
5    (c) Penalties.
6        (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, any
7    person convicted of violating subsection (a) of this
8    Section is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
9        (2) A person who violates subsection (a) or a similar
10    provision a second time shall be sentenced to a mandatory
11    minimum term of either 5 days of imprisonment or 240 hours
12    of community service in addition to any other criminal or
13    administrative sanction.
14        (3) A person who violates subsection (a) is subject to
15    6 months of imprisonment, an additional mandatory minimum
16    fine of $1,000, and 25 days of community service in a
17    program benefiting children if the person was transporting
18    a person under the age of 16 at the time of the violation.
19        (4) A person who violates subsection (a) a first time,
20    if the alcohol concentration in his or her blood, breath,
21    other bodily substance, or urine was 0.16 or more based on
22    the definition of blood, breath, other bodily substance, or
23    urine units in Section 11-501.2, shall be subject, in
24    addition to any other penalty that may be imposed, to a
25    mandatory minimum of 100 hours of community service and a
26    mandatory minimum fine of $500.

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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1        when the violation of subsection (a) was a proximate
2        cause of the death;
3            (G) the person committed a violation of subsection
4        (a) during a period in which the defendant's driving
5        privileges are revoked or suspended, where the
6        revocation or suspension was for a violation of
7        subsection (a) or a similar provision, Section
8        11-501.1, paragraph (b) of Section 11-401, or for
9        reckless homicide as defined in Section 9-3 of the
10        Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;
11            (H) the person committed the violation while he or
12        she did not possess a driver's license or permit or a
13        restricted driving permit or a judicial driving permit
14        or a monitoring device driving permit;
15            (I) the person committed the violation while he or
16        she knew or should have known that the vehicle he or
17        she was driving was not covered by a liability
18        insurance policy;
19            (J) the person in committing a violation of
20        subsection (a) was involved in a motor vehicle accident
21        that resulted in bodily harm, but not great bodily
22        harm, to the child under the age of 16 being
23        transported by the person, if the violation was the
24        proximate cause of the injury;
25            (K) the person in committing a second violation of
26        subsection (a) or a similar provision was transporting

 

 

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1        a person under the age of 16; or
2            (L) the person committed a violation of subsection
3        (a) of this Section while transporting one or more
4        passengers in a vehicle for-hire.
5        (2)(A) Except as provided otherwise, a person
6    convicted of aggravated driving under the influence of
7    alcohol, other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or
8    compounds, or any combination thereof is guilty of a Class
9    4 felony.
10        (B) A third violation of this Section or a similar
11    provision is a Class 2 felony. If at the time of the third
12    violation the alcohol concentration in his or her blood,
13    breath, other bodily substance, or urine was 0.16 or more
14    based on the definition of blood, breath, other bodily
15    substance, or urine units in Section 11-501.2, a mandatory
16    minimum of 90 days of imprisonment and a mandatory minimum
17    fine of $2,500 shall be imposed in addition to any other
18    criminal or administrative sanction. If at the time of the
19    third violation, the defendant was transporting a person
20    under the age of 16, a mandatory fine of $25,000 and 25
21    days of community service in a program benefiting children
22    shall be imposed in addition to any other criminal or
23    administrative sanction.
24        (C) A fourth violation of this Section or a similar
25    provision is a Class 2 felony, for which a sentence of
26    probation or conditional discharge may not be imposed. If

 

 

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1    at the time of the violation, the alcohol concentration in
2    the defendant's blood, breath, other bodily substance, or
3    urine was 0.16 or more based on the definition of blood,
4    breath, other bodily substance, or urine units in Section
5    11-501.2, a mandatory minimum fine of $5,000 shall be
6    imposed in addition to any other criminal or administrative
7    sanction. If at the time of the fourth violation, the
8    defendant was transporting a person under the age of 16 a
9    mandatory fine of $25,000 and 25 days of community service
10    in a program benefiting children shall be imposed in
11    addition to any other criminal or administrative sanction.
12        (D) A fifth violation of this Section or a similar
13    provision is a Class 1 felony, for which a sentence of
14    probation or conditional discharge may not be imposed. If
15    at the time of the violation, the alcohol concentration in
16    the defendant's blood, breath, other bodily substance, or
17    urine was 0.16 or more based on the definition of blood,
18    breath, other bodily substance, or urine units in Section
19    11-501.2, a mandatory minimum fine of $5,000 shall be
20    imposed in addition to any other criminal or administrative
21    sanction. If at the time of the fifth violation, the
22    defendant was transporting a person under the age of 16, a
23    mandatory fine of $25,000, and 25 days of community service
24    in a program benefiting children shall be imposed in
25    addition to any other criminal or administrative sanction.
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1    similar provision is a Class X felony. If at the time of
2    the violation, the alcohol concentration in the
3    defendant's blood, breath, other bodily substance, or
4    urine was 0.16 or more based on the definition of blood,
5    breath, other bodily substance, or urine units in Section
6    11-501.2, a mandatory minimum fine of $5,000 shall be
7    imposed in addition to any other criminal or administrative
8    sanction. If at the time of the violation, the defendant
9    was transporting a person under the age of 16, a mandatory
10    fine of $25,000 and 25 days of community service in a
11    program benefiting children shall be imposed in addition to
12    any other criminal or administrative sanction.
13        (F) For a violation of subparagraph (C) of paragraph
14    (1) of this subsection (d), the defendant, if sentenced to
15    a term of imprisonment, shall be sentenced to not less than
16    one year nor more than 12 years.
17        (G) A violation of subparagraph (F) of paragraph (1) of
18    this subsection (d) is a Class 2 felony, for which the
19    defendant, unless the court determines that extraordinary
20    circumstances exist and require probation, shall be
21    sentenced to: (i) a term of imprisonment of not less than 3
22    years and not more than 14 years if the violation resulted
23    in the death of one person; or (ii) a term of imprisonment
24    of not less than 6 years and not more than 28 years if the
25    violation resulted in the deaths of 2 or more persons; or
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1    not more than 20 years if the violation resulted in the
2    death of one person and great bodily harm or permanent
3    disability or disfigurement of one or more other persons.
4        (H) For a violation of subparagraph (J) of paragraph
5    (1) of this subsection (d), a mandatory fine of $2,500, and
6    25 days of community service in a program benefiting
7    children shall be imposed in addition to any other criminal
8    or administrative sanction.
9        (I) A violation of subparagraph (K) of paragraph (1) of
10    this subsection (d), is a Class 2 felony and a mandatory
11    fine of $2,500, and 25 days of community service in a
12    program benefiting children shall be imposed in addition to
13    any other criminal or administrative sanction. If the child
14    being transported suffered bodily harm, but not great
15    bodily harm, in a motor vehicle accident, and the violation
16    was the proximate cause of that injury, a mandatory fine of
17    $5,000 and 25 days of community service in a program
18    benefiting children shall be imposed in addition to any
19    other criminal or administrative sanction.
20        (J) A violation of subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1) of
21    this subsection (d) is a Class 3 felony, for which a
22    sentence of probation or conditional discharge may not be
23    imposed.
24        (3) Any person sentenced under this subsection (d) who
25    receives a term of probation or conditional discharge must
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1    service or 10 days of imprisonment as a condition of the
2    probation or conditional discharge in addition to any other
3    criminal or administrative sanction.
4    (e) Any reference to a prior violation of subsection (a) or
5a similar provision includes any violation of a provision of a
6local ordinance or a provision of a law of another state or an
7offense committed on a military installation that is similar to
8a violation of subsection (a) of this Section.
9    (f) The imposition of a mandatory term of imprisonment or
10assignment of community service for a violation of this Section
11shall not be suspended or reduced by the court.
12    (g) Any penalty imposed for driving with a license that has
13been revoked for a previous violation of subsection (a) of this
14Section shall be in addition to the penalty imposed for any
15subsequent violation of subsection (a).
16    (h) For any prosecution under this Section, a certified
17copy of the driving abstract of the defendant shall be admitted
18as proof of any prior conviction.
19(Source: P.A. 101-363, eff. 8-9-19.)