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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4585 Introduced 1/21/2022, by Rep. Amy Elik SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 625 ILCS 5/11-204.1 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-204.1 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that any person convicted of a first offense of aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer is guilty of a Class 2 felony (instead of a Class 4 felony). Provides that any person convicted of a second or subsequent offense of aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer is guilty of a Class 1 felony (instead of a Class 3 felony).
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| | HB4585 | | LRB102 25045 RAM 34304 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 11-204.1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-204.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-204.1)
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| 7 | | Sec. 11-204.1. Aggravated fleeing or attempting
to elude a |
| 8 | | peace
officer. |
| 9 | | (a) The offense of aggravated fleeing or attempting to |
| 10 | | elude a peace officer
is committed by any driver or operator of |
| 11 | | a motor vehicle who flees or attempts
to elude a peace officer, |
| 12 | | after being given a visual or audible
signal
by a peace officer |
| 13 | | in the manner prescribed in subsection (a) of
Section
11-204 |
| 14 | | of this Code, and such flight or attempt to elude:
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| 15 | | (1) is at a rate of speed at least 21 miles per hour |
| 16 | | over the legal
speed
limit;
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| 17 | | (2) causes bodily injury to any individual;
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| 18 | | (3) causes damage in excess of $300 to property;
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| 19 | | (4) involves disobedience of 2 or more official |
| 20 | | traffic control
devices; or
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| 21 | | (5) involves the concealing or altering of the |
| 22 | | vehicle's registration plate or digital registration |
| 23 | | plate. |