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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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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 Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 9-3 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/9-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 9-3)
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7 | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 93-178 )
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8 | Sec. 9-3. Involuntary Manslaughter and Reckless Homicide.
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9 | (a) A person who unintentionally kills an individual | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | without lawful
justification commits involuntary manslaughter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | if his acts whether lawful
or unlawful which cause the death | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | are such as are likely to cause death or
great bodily harm to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | some individual, and he performs them recklessly,
except in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | cases in which the cause of the death consists of the driving | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | of
a motor vehicle or operating a snowmobile, all-terrain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | vehicle, or watercraft,
in which case the person commits | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | reckless homicide.
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18 | (b) (Blank).
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19 | (c) (Blank).
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20 | (d) Sentence.
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21 | (1) Involuntary manslaughter is a Class 3 felony.
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22 | (2) Reckless homicide is a Class 3 felony.
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23 | (e) (Blank).
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24 | (e-5) (Blank).
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25 | (f) In cases involving involuntary manslaughter in which | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | the victim was a
family or household member as defined in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | paragraph (3) of Section 112A-3 of the
Code of
Criminal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Procedure of 1963, the penalty shall be a Class 2 felony, for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | which a
person if sentenced to a term of imprisonment, shall be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | sentenced to a term of
not less than 3 years and not more than | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | 14 years.
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32 | (Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 93-213, eff. 7-18-03.)
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1 | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 93-178 )
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2 | Sec. 9-3. Involuntary Manslaughter and Reckless Homicide.
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3 | (a) A person who unintentionally kills an individual | ||||||
4 | without lawful
justification commits involuntary manslaughter | ||||||
5 | if his acts whether lawful
or unlawful which cause the death | ||||||
6 | are such as are likely to cause death or
great bodily harm to | ||||||
7 | some individual, and he performs them recklessly,
except in | ||||||
8 | cases in which the cause of the death consists of the driving | ||||||
9 | of
a motor vehicle or operating a snowmobile, all-terrain | ||||||
10 | vehicle, or watercraft,
in which case the person commits | ||||||
11 | reckless homicide.
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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 subsections
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20 | subsection (e-8) and (e-9) , in cases involving
reckless | ||||||
21 | homicide in which the defendant was
driving in a construction | ||||||
22 | or maintenance zone, as defined in Section 11-605
of the | ||||||
23 | Illinois Vehicle Code,
the penalty is a Class 2 felony, for | ||||||
24 | which a
person, if sentenced to a term of imprisonment, shall | ||||||
25 | be sentenced to a term of
not less than 3 years and not more | ||||||
26 | than 14 years.
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27 | (e-8) In cases involving reckless homicide in which the | ||||||
28 | defendant was
driving in a construction or maintenance zone, as | ||||||
29 | defined in Section 11-605
of the Illinois Vehicle Code, and | ||||||
30 | caused the deaths of 2 or more persons as
part of a single | ||||||
31 | course of conduct,
the penalty is a Class 2 felony, for which a
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32 | person, if sentenced to a term of imprisonment, shall be | ||||||
33 | sentenced to a term of
not less than 6 years and not more than | ||||||
34 | 28 years. | ||||||
35 | (e-9) In cases involving reckless homicide in which the |
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1 | defendant was driving in a construction or maintenance zone, as | ||||||
2 | defined in Section 11-605
of the Illinois Vehicle Code, at a | ||||||
3 | speed in excess of the posted speed limit required when workers | ||||||
4 | are present or in violation of any warning signs that indicate | ||||||
5 | that workers are present and caused the death of one person in | ||||||
6 | the construction or maintenance zone, the penalty is a Class 1 | ||||||
7 | felony. | ||||||
8 | (e-10) For purposes of this Section, driving in a | ||||||
9 | construction or maintenance zone at a speed in excess of the | ||||||
10 | posted speed limit required when workers are present or in | ||||||
11 | violation of any warning signs that indicate that workers are | ||||||
12 | present constitutes a reckless act.
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13 | (f) In cases involving involuntary manslaughter in which | ||||||
14 | the victim was a
family or household member as defined in | ||||||
15 | paragraph (3) of Section 112A-3 of the
Code of
Criminal | ||||||
16 | Procedure of 1963, the penalty shall be a Class 2 felony, for | ||||||
17 | which a
person if sentenced to a term of imprisonment, shall be | ||||||
18 | sentenced to a term of
not less than 3 years and not more than | ||||||
19 | 14 years.
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20 | (Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 93-178, eff. 6-1-04; 93-213, | ||||||
21 | eff.
7-18-03; revised 7-28-03.)
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