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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 | Sec. 9-3. Involuntary Manslaughter and Reckless Homicide.
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8 | (a) A person who unintentionally kills an individual | ||||||
9 | without lawful
justification commits involuntary manslaughter | ||||||
10 | if his acts whether lawful
or unlawful which cause the death | ||||||
11 | are such as are likely to cause death or
great bodily harm to | ||||||
12 | some individual, and he performs them recklessly,
except in | ||||||
13 | cases in which the cause of the death consists of the driving | ||||||
14 | of
a motor vehicle or operating a snowmobile, all-terrain | ||||||
15 | vehicle, or watercraft,
in which case the person commits | ||||||
16 | reckless homicide. A person commits reckless homicide if he or | ||||||
17 | she unintentionally kills an individual while driving a vehicle | ||||||
18 | and using an incline in a roadway, such as a railroad crossing, | ||||||
19 | bridge
approach, or hill, to cause the vehicle to become | ||||||
20 | airborne.
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21 | (b) (Blank).
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22 | (c) (Blank).
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23 | (d) Sentence.
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1 | (1) Involuntary manslaughter is a Class 3 felony.
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2 | (2) Reckless homicide is a Class 3 felony.
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3 | (e) (Blank).
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4 | (e-5) (Blank).
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5 | (e-7) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e-8), in | ||||||
6 | cases involving
reckless homicide in which the defendant was
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7 | driving in a construction or maintenance zone, as defined in | ||||||
8 | Section 11-605
of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
the penalty is a | ||||||
9 | Class 2 felony, for which a
person, if sentenced to a term of | ||||||
10 | imprisonment, shall be sentenced to a term of
not less than 3 | ||||||
11 | years and not more than 14 years.
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12 | (e-8) In cases involving reckless homicide in which the | ||||||
13 | defendant was
driving in a construction or maintenance zone, as | ||||||
14 | defined in Section 11-605
of the Illinois Vehicle Code, and | ||||||
15 | caused the deaths of 2 or more persons as
part of a single | ||||||
16 | course of conduct,
the penalty is a Class 2 felony, for which a
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17 | person, if sentenced to a term of imprisonment, shall be | ||||||
18 | sentenced to a term of
not less than 6 years and not more than | ||||||
19 | 28 years.
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20 | (e-9) In cases involving reckless homicide in which the | ||||||
21 | defendant drove a vehicle and used an incline in a roadway, | ||||||
22 | such as a railroad crossing, bridge
approach, or hill, to cause | ||||||
23 | the vehicle to become airborne, and caused the deaths of 2 or | ||||||
24 | more persons as
part of a single course of conduct,
the penalty | ||||||
25 | is a Class 2 felony.
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26 | (e-10) In cases involving involuntary manslaughter or |
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1 | reckless homicide resulting in the death of a peace officer | ||||||
2 | killed in the performance of his or her duties as a peace | ||||||
3 | officer, the penalty 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; 93-682, eff. 1-1-05.)
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