94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB0186


 
Introduced 2/2/2005, by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














720 ILCS 5/9-3
  from Ch. 38, par. 9-3







    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person who causes a fatal accident by operating a motor vehicle, all-terrain vehicle, snowmobile, or watercraft  while he or she is aware of being fatigued is guilty of reckless homicide. Provides that a person is fatigued if he or she has been without sleep for 24 consecutive hours. Provides that proof that the defendant fell asleep while driving or was driving after having been without sleep for a period in excess of 24 consecutive hours creates an inference that the defendant was driving recklessly. Provides that, if a person  commits reckless homicide  and is determined to have been knowingly fatigued as an element of the offense, he or she is guilty of a Class 2 felony. Provides that the offender, if sentenced to imprisonment, shall be sentenced to a term of (i) not less than 3 years and not more than 14 years if the offense resulted in the death of one person or (ii) not less than 6 years and not more than 28 years if the offense resulted in the deaths of 2 or more persons.
















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    AN ACT concerning criminal law.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended  by changing 
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Section 9-3 as follows:
 



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    (720 ILCS 5/9-3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 9-3)



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    Sec. 9-3. Involuntary Manslaughter and Reckless Homicide. 

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    (a) A person who unintentionally kills an individual 
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without lawful
justification commits involuntary manslaughter 
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if his acts whether lawful
or unlawful which cause the death 
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are such as are likely to cause death or
great bodily harm to 
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some individual, and he performs them recklessly,
except in 
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cases in which the cause of the death consists of the driving 
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of
a motor vehicle or operating a snowmobile, all-terrain 
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vehicle, or watercraft,
in which case the person commits 
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reckless homicide. A person commits reckless homicide if he or 
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she unintentionally kills an individual while driving a vehicle 
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and using an incline in a roadway, such as a railroad crossing, 
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bridge
approach, or hill, to cause the vehicle to become 
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airborne.


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    (b) (Blank).
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    (b-1) In cases involving reckless homicide, driving while 
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the driver is aware that he or she is fatigued constitutes 
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recklessness.
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     As used in this Section, "fatigued" means having been 
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without sleep for a period in excess of 24 consecutive hours.
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    (b-2) Proof that the defendant fell asleep while driving or 
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was driving after having been without sleep for a period in 
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excess of 24 consecutive hours creates an inference that the 
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defendant was driving recklessly.


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    (c) (Blank).

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    (d) Sentence.


 


 






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        (1) Involuntary manslaughter is a Class 3 felony.


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        (2) Reckless homicide is a Class 3 felony.

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    (e) (Blank).

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    (e-1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e-2), in 
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cases involving
reckless homicide in which the defendant was

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determined to have been knowingly fatigued as an element of the 
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offense, the penalty shall be a Class 2 felony,
for which a 
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person, if sentenced to a term of imprisonment, shall be

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sentenced to a term of not less than 3 years and not more than 
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14 years.

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    (e-2) In cases involving reckless homicide in which the 
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defendant was
determined to have been knowingly fatigued as an 
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element of the offense, if the defendant kills 2 or more 
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individuals as part
of a single course of conduct, the penalty 
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is a Class 2 felony, for which a
person, if sentenced to a term 
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of imprisonment, shall be sentenced to a term of
not less than 
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6 years and not more than 28 years.

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    (e-5) (Blank).

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    (e-7) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e-8), in 
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cases involving
reckless homicide in which the defendant was

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driving in a construction or maintenance zone, as defined in 
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Section 11-605
of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
the penalty is a 
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Class 2 felony, for which a
person, if sentenced to a term of 
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imprisonment, shall be sentenced to a term of
not less than 3 
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years and not more than 14 years.

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    (e-8) In cases involving reckless homicide in which the 
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defendant was
driving in a construction or maintenance zone, as 
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defined in Section 11-605
of the Illinois Vehicle Code, and 
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caused the deaths of 2 or more persons as
part of a single 
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course of conduct,
the penalty is a Class 2 felony, for which a

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person, if sentenced to a term of imprisonment, shall be 
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sentenced to a term of
not less than 6 years and not more than 
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28 years.

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    (e-9) In cases involving reckless homicide in which the 
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defendant drove a vehicle and used an incline in a roadway, 
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such as a railroad crossing, bridge
approach, or hill, to cause 
 


 






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the vehicle to become airborne, and caused the deaths of 2 or 
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more persons as
part of a single course of conduct,
the penalty 
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is a Class 2 felony.

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    (f) In cases involving involuntary manslaughter in which 
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the victim was a
family or household member as defined in 
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paragraph (3) of Section 112A-3 of the
Code of
Criminal 
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Procedure of 1963, the penalty shall be a Class 2 felony, for 
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which a
person if sentenced to a term of imprisonment, shall be 
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sentenced to a term of
not less than 3 years and not more than 
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14 years.

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(Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 93-178, eff. 6-1-04; 93-213, 
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eff. 7-18-03; 93-682, eff. 1-1-05.)