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1 | AN ACT concerning vehicular offenses.
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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 changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 11-503 as follows:
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6 | (625 ILCS 5/11-503) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-503)
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7 | Sec. 11-503. Reckless driving; aggravated reckless | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | driving.
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9 | (a) A
Any
person commits reckless driving if he or she: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | (1)
who drives any vehicle with
a willful or wanton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | disregard for the safety of persons or property ; or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | (2) drives a vehicle and uses an incline in a roadway, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | such as a railroad crossing, bridge
approach, or hill, to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | cause the vehicle to become airborne
is
guilty of reckless | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | driving .
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16 | (b) Every person convicted of reckless driving shall be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | guilty of a
Class A misdemeanor, except as provided under | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | subsection (c) of this
Section.
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19 | (c) Every person convicted of committing a violation of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | subsection (a)
shall
be guilty of aggravated reckless driving | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | if the violation results in great
bodily harm or permanent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | disability or disfigurement to another. Aggravated
reckless | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | driving is a Class 4 felony.
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24 | (Source: P.A. 88-679, eff. 7-1-95.)
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25 | Section 10. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | changing Section 9-3 as follows:
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27 | (720 ILCS 5/9-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 9-3)
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28 | Sec. 9-3. Involuntary Manslaughter and Reckless Homicide.
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29 | (a) A person who unintentionally kills an individual | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | without lawful
justification commits involuntary manslaughter |
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1 | if his acts whether lawful
or unlawful which cause the death | ||||||
2 | are such as are likely to cause death or
great bodily harm to | ||||||
3 | some individual, and he performs them recklessly,
except in | ||||||
4 | cases in which the cause of the death consists of the driving | ||||||
5 | of
a motor vehicle or operating a snowmobile, all-terrain | ||||||
6 | vehicle, or watercraft,
in which case the person commits | ||||||
7 | reckless homicide. A person commits reckless homicide if he or | ||||||
8 | she unintentionally kills an individual while driving a vehicle | ||||||
9 | and using an incline in a roadway, such as a railroad crossing, | ||||||
10 | bridge
approach, or hill, to cause the vehicle to become | ||||||
11 | airborne.
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12 | (b) (Blank).
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13 | (c) (Blank).
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14 | (d) Sentence.
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15 | (1) Involuntary manslaughter is a Class 3 felony.
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16 | (2) Reckless homicide is a Class 3 felony.
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17 | (e) (Blank). subsections, (e-7), and (e-8)
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18 | (e-5) (Blank).
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19 | (e-7) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e-8), in | ||||||
20 | cases involving
reckless homicide in which the defendant was
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21 | driving in a construction or maintenance zone, as defined in | ||||||
22 | Section 11-605
of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
the penalty is a | ||||||
23 | Class 2 felony, for which a
person, if sentenced to a term of | ||||||
24 | imprisonment, shall be sentenced to a term of
not less than 3 | ||||||
25 | years and not more than 14 years.
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26 | (e-8) In cases involving reckless homicide in which the | ||||||
27 | defendant was
driving in a construction or maintenance zone, as | ||||||
28 | defined in Section 11-605
of the Illinois Vehicle Code, and | ||||||
29 | caused the deaths of 2 or more persons as
part of a single | ||||||
30 | course of conduct,
the penalty is a Class 2 felony, for which a
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31 | person, if sentenced to a term of imprisonment, shall be | ||||||
32 | sentenced to a term of
not less than 6 years and not more than | ||||||
33 | 28 years.
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34 | (e-9) In cases involving reckless homicide in which the | ||||||
35 | defendant drove a vehicle and used an incline in a roadway, | ||||||
36 | such as a railroad crossing, bridge
approach, or hill, to cause |
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1 | the vehicle to become airborne, and caused the deaths of 2 or | ||||||
2 | more persons as
part of a single course of conduct,
the penalty | ||||||
3 | is a Class 2 felony.
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4 | (f) In cases involving involuntary manslaughter in which | ||||||
5 | the victim was a
family or household member as defined in | ||||||
6 | paragraph (3) of Section 112A-3 of the
Code of
Criminal | ||||||
7 | Procedure of 1963, the penalty shall be a Class 2 felony, for | ||||||
8 | which a
person if sentenced to a term of imprisonment, shall be | ||||||
9 | sentenced to a term of
not less than 3 years and not more than | ||||||
10 | 14 years.
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11 | (Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 93-178, eff. 6-1-04; 93-213, | ||||||
12 | eff.
7-18-03; revised 7-28-03.)
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