94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB1143


 
Introduced 2/18/2005, by Sen. John J. Cullerton - Emil Jones, Jr.
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













720 ILCS 5/18-3









    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961.  Makes a technical change in a Section
defining the offense of vehicular hijacking.
















LRB094 04837 RLC 34866 b

















 


 


A BILL FOR









 











SB1143

LRB094 04837 RLC 34866 b






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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 18-3 as follows:
 



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    (720 ILCS 5/18-3)



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    Sec. 18-3. Vehicular hijacking. 

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    (a) A person commits vehicular hijacking when he or she 
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takes a motor
vehicle from the
the person or the immediate 
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presence of another by the use of
force or by threatening the 
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imminent use of force.
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    (b) For the purposes of this Article, the term "motor 
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vehicle" shall have
the meaning ascribed to it in the Illinois 
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Vehicle Code.

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    (c) Sentence.  Vehicular hijacking is a Class 1 felony.

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(Source: P.A. 88-351; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)