97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB3736

 

Introduced 2/10/2012, by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs

 

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.


LRB097 19955 RLC 65250 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB3736LRB097 19955 RLC 65250 b

1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
5Section 18-3 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/18-3)
7    Sec. 18-3. Vehicular hijacking.
8    (a) A person commits vehicular hijacking when he or she
9takes a motor vehicle from the the person or the immediate
10presence of another by the use of force or by threatening the
11imminent use of force.
12    (b) For the purposes of this Article, the term "motor
13vehicle" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Illinois
14Vehicle Code.
15    (c) Sentence. Vehicular hijacking is a Class 1 felony.
16(Source: P.A. 88-351; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)