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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 11-503 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/11-503) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-503)
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| 7 | Sec. 11-503. Reckless driving; aggravated reckless | ||||||
| 8 | driving.
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| 9 | (a) A
person commits reckless driving if he or she: | ||||||
| 10 | (1) drives any vehicle with
a willful or wanton | ||||||
| 11 | disregard for the safety of persons or property; or | ||||||
| 12 | (2) knowingly drives a vehicle and uses an incline in a | ||||||
| 13 | roadway, such as a railroad crossing, bridge
approach, or | ||||||
| 14 | hill, to cause the vehicle to become airborne.
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| 15 | (a-5) In cases where the person accused of reckless driving | ||||||
| 16 | under this Section unintentionally caused a death or type A | ||||||
| 17 | injury to another person, the trier of fact may infer that the | ||||||
| 18 | defendant acted with a willful or wanton disregard for the | ||||||
| 19 | safety of persons under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this | ||||||
| 20 | Section if the person is also found guilty of committing 3 or | ||||||
| 21 | more violations of Chapter 11 of this Code in causing the | ||||||
| 22 | accident. | ||||||
| 23 | (b) Every person convicted of reckless driving shall be | ||||||
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| 1 | guilty of a
Class A misdemeanor, except as provided under | ||||||
| 2 | subsections (b-1), (c), and (d) of this
Section.
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| 3 | (b-1) Except as provided in subsection (d), any person | ||||||
| 4 | convicted of violating subsection (a), if the violation causes | ||||||
| 5 | bodily harm to a child or a school crossing guard while the | ||||||
| 6 | school crossing guard is performing his or her official duties, | ||||||
| 7 | is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
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| 8 | (c) Every person convicted of committing a violation of | ||||||
| 9 | subsection (a)
shall
be guilty of aggravated reckless driving | ||||||
| 10 | if the violation results in great
bodily harm or permanent | ||||||
| 11 | disability or disfigurement to another. Except as provided in | ||||||
| 12 | subsection (d) of this Section, aggravated
reckless driving is | ||||||
| 13 | a Class 4 felony. | ||||||
| 14 | (d) Any person convicted of violating subsection (a), if | ||||||
| 15 | the violation causes great bodily harm or permanent disability | ||||||
| 16 | or disfigurement to a child or a school crossing guard while | ||||||
| 17 | the school crossing guard is performing his or her official | ||||||
| 18 | duties, is guilty of aggravated reckless driving. Aggravated | ||||||
| 19 | reckless driving under this subsection (d) is a Class 3 felony.
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| 20 | (Source: P.A. 95-467, eff. 6-1-08.)
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