093_HB3215

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 1        AN ACT in relation to vehicular offenses.

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

 4        Section 5.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended  by
 5    changing Sections 11-503 and 11-605 as follows:

 6        (625 ILCS 5/11-503) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-503)
 7        Sec.   11-503.   Reckless  driving;  aggravated  reckless
 8    driving; aggravated reckless driving  in  a  construction  or
 9    maintenance zone.
10        (a)  Any  person who drives any vehicle with a willful or
11    wanton disregard for the safety of  persons  or  property  is
12    guilty of reckless driving.
13        (b)  Every  person convicted of reckless driving shall be
14    guilty of a Class A misdemeanor,  except  as  provided  under
15    subsection (c) and subsection (d) of this Section.
16        (c)  Every  person convicted of committing a violation of
17    subsection (a) shall be guilty of aggravated reckless driving
18    if the violation results in great bodily  harm  or  permanent
19    disability  or disfigurement to another.  Aggravated reckless
20    driving is  a  Class  4  felony,  except  as  provided  under
21    subsection (d) of this Section.
22        (d)  A person who violates subsection (a) of this Section
23    in  a construction or maintenance zone, as defined in Section
24    11-605 of this Code, and as a result of the violation  causes
25    great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement to
26    a person in the construction or maintenance zone is guilty of
27    aggravated  reckless driving in a construction or maintenance
28    zone. A violation of subsection (b) of Section 11-605 of this
29    Code shall be presumed to be evidence  that  the  person  was
30    driving  with a willful or wanton disregard for the safety of
31    persons or property  unless  disproved  by  evidence  to  the
 
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 1    contrary.
 2        A  person  convicted  of aggravated reckless driving in a
 3    construction or maintenance zone  is  guilty  of  a  Class  3
 4    felony.
 5    (Source: P.A. 88-679, eff. 7-1-95.)

 6        (625 ILCS 5/11-605) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-605)
 7        Sec. 11-605. Special speed limit while passing schools or
 8    while  traveling  through highway construction or maintenance
 9    zones.
10        (a)  For the purpose of this Section, "school" means  the
11    following entities:
12             (1)  A   public  or  private  primary  or  secondary
13        school.
14             (2)  A primary or secondary  school  operated  by  a
15        religious institution.
16             (3)  A public, private, or religious nursery school.
17        On  a  school day when school children are present and so
18    close thereto that a potential hazard exists because  of  the
19    close  proximity  of  the  motorized traffic, no person shall
20    drive a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of  20  miles  per
21    hour  while  passing  a  school  zone or while traveling on a
22    roadway  on  public  school  property  or  upon  any   public
23    thoroughfare where children pass going to and from school.
24        For  the purpose of this Section a school day shall begin
25    at seven ante  meridian  and  shall  conclude  at  four  post
26    meridian.
27        This  Section  shall not be applicable unless appropriate
28    signs are  posted  upon  streets  and  highways  under  their
29    respective  jurisdiction  and  maintained  by the Department,
30    township,   county,   park   district,   city,   village   or
31    incorporated town wherein the school zone  is  located.  With
32    regard to the special speed limit while passing schools, such
33    signs  shall  give  proper  due warning that a school zone is
 
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 1    being approached and shall indicate the school zone  and  the
 2    maximum  speed limit in effect during school days when school
 3    children are present.
 4        (b)  No  person  shall  operate  a  motor  vehicle  in  a
 5    construction or maintenance zone at a speed in excess of  the
 6    posted  speed  limit when workers are present and so close to
 7    the moving traffic that a potential hazard exists because  of
 8    the motorized traffic.
 9        (c)  Nothing  in  this  Chapter shall prohibit the use of
10    electronic speed-detecting devices within 500 feet  of  signs
11    within  a  special  school  speed  zone  or a construction or
12    maintenance zone indicating such zone,  as  defined  in  this
13    Section,  nor shall evidence obtained thereby be inadmissible
14    in any prosecution for speeding  provided  the  use  of  such
15    device shall apply only to the enforcement of the speed limit
16    in  such  special  school  speed  zone  or  a construction or
17    maintenance zone.
18        (d)  As used in For  the  purpose  of  this  Section  and
19    Section 11-503, a construction or maintenance zone is an area
20    in  which  the  Department,  Toll Highway Authority, or local
21    agency has determined that the preexisting established  speed
22    limit  through  a highway construction or maintenance project
23    is greater than is reasonable or safe  with  respect  to  the
24    conditions   expected   to   exist  in  the  construction  or
25    maintenance zone and has posted a lower speed  limit  with  a
26    highway  construction or maintenance zone special speed limit
27    sign.
28        Highway construction or maintenance  zone  special  speed
29    limit  signs shall be of a design approved by the Department.
30    The signs shall give proper due warning that  a  construction
31    or  maintenance  zone  is being approached and shall indicate
32    the maximum speed limit in  effect.   The  signs  shall  also
33    state  the  amount  of  the minimum fine for a violation when
34    workers are present.
 
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 1        (e)  A first violation of this Section is a petty offense
 2    with  a  minimum  fine  of  $150.   A  second  or  subsequent
 3    violation of this Section is a petty offense with  a  minimum
 4    fine of $300.
 5        (f)  When  a  fine  for  a violation of subsection (a) is
 6    $150 or greater, the person who violates subsection (a) shall
 7    be charged an additional $50 to be paid to  the  unit  school
 8    district  where  the  violation  occurred  for  school safety
 9    purposes.   If  the  violation  occurred  in  a  dual  school
10    district,  $25  of  the  surcharge  shall  be  paid  to   the
11    elementary school district for school safety purposes and $25
12    of  the  surcharge  shall be paid to the high school district
13    for  school  safety  purposes.   Notwithstanding  any   other
14    provision  of  law, the entire $50 surcharge shall be paid to
15    the appropriate school district or districts.
16        For purposes  of  this  subsection  (f),  "school  safety
17    purposes"  includes  the  costs  associated  with school zone
18    safety  education  and  the   purchase,   installation,   and
19    maintenance  of  caution  lights  which are mounted on school
20    speed zone signs.
21        (g)  When a fine for a violation  of  subsection  (b)  is
22    $150 or greater, the person who violates subsection (b) shall
23    be  charged  an  additional $50.   The $50 surcharge shall be
24    deposited into the Transportation  Safety  Highway  Hire-back
25    Fund.
26        (h)  The  Transportation Safety Highway Hire-back Fund is
27    created as a special fund in the State treasury.  Subject  to
28    appropriation  by  the  General  Assembly and approval by the
29    Secretary, the Secretary  of  Transportation  shall  use  all
30    moneys in the Transportation Safety Highway Hire-back Fund to
31    hire  off-duty Department of State Police officers to monitor
32    construction or maintenance zones.
33    (Source: P.A.  91-531,  eff.  1-1-00;  92-242,  eff.  1-1-02;
34    92-619, eff. 1-1-03; 92-780, eff. 8-6-02; revised 8-22-02.)
 
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 1        Section  10.  The  Criminal  Code  of  1961 is amended by
 2    changing Section 9-3 as follows:

 3        (720 ILCS 5/9-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 9-3)
 4        Sec.  9-3.    Involuntary   Manslaughter   and   Reckless
 5    Homicide.
 6        (a)  A  person  who  unintentionally  kills an individual
 7    without lawful justification commits involuntary manslaughter
 8    if his acts whether lawful or unlawful which cause the  death
 9    are such as are likely to cause death or great bodily harm to
10    some  individual,  and he performs them recklessly, except in
11    cases in which the cause of the death consists of the driving
12    of a motor vehicle or  operating  a  snowmobile,  all-terrain
13    vehicle,  or  watercraft,  in  which  case the person commits
14    reckless homicide.
15        (b)  In cases involving reckless  homicide,  being  under
16    the  influence  of  alcohol or any other drug or drugs at the
17    time of  the  alleged  violation  shall  be  presumed  to  be
18    evidence  of  a  reckless act unless disproved by evidence to
19    the contrary.
20        (b-5)  In cases involving reckless homicide in which  the
21    defendant  was driving in a construction or maintenance zone,
22    as defined in Section 11-605 of the  Illinois  Vehicle  Code,
23    and  caused  the  death  of  a  person in the construction or
24    maintenance zone, a violation of subsection  (b)  of  Section
25    11-605  of  the Illinois Vehicle Code shall be presumed to be
26    evidence of a reckless act unless disproved  by  evidence  to
27    the contrary.
28        (c)  For  the purposes of this Section, a person shall be
29    considered to be under the  influence  of  alcohol  or  other
30    drugs while:
31             1.  The  alcohol concentration in the person's blood
32        or breath is 0.08 or more  based  on  the  definition  of
33        blood  and  breath  units  in  Section  11-501.2  of  the
 
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 1        Illinois Vehicle Code;
 2             2.  Under  the influence of alcohol to a degree that
 3        renders the person incapable of safely  driving  a  motor
 4        vehicle  or  operating a snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle,
 5        or watercraft;
 6             3.  Under  the  influence  of  any  other  drug   or
 7        combination  of drugs to a degree that renders the person
 8        incapable of safely driving a motor vehicle or  operating
 9        a snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or watercraft; or
10             4.  Under  the combined influence of alcohol and any
11        other drug or drugs to a degree which renders the  person
12        incapable  of safely driving a motor vehicle or operating
13        a snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or watercraft.
14        (d)  Sentence.
15             (1)  Involuntary manslaughter is a Class 3 felony.
16             (2)  Reckless homicide is a Class 3 felony.
17        (e)  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e-5) and
18    subsection (e-7), in cases  involving  reckless  homicide  in
19    which  the  defendant  was  determined to have been under the
20    influence of alcohol or any other drug or drugs as an element
21    of the offense, or in cases in which the defendant is  proven
22    beyond a reasonable doubt to have been under the influence of
23    alcohol  or  any  other drug or drugs, the penalty shall be a
24    Class 2 felony, for which a person, if sentenced to a term of
25    imprisonment, shall be sentenced to a term of not less than 3
26    years and not more than 14 years.
27        (e-5)  In cases involving reckless homicide in which  the
28    defendant  was determined to have been under the influence of
29    alcohol or any other drug or  drugs  as  an  element  of  the
30    offense,  or in cases in which the defendant is proven beyond
31    a reasonable doubt  to  have  been  under  the  influence  of
32    alcohol  or any other drug or drugs, if the defendant kills 2
33    or more individuals as part of a single  course  of  conduct,
34    the  penalty  is  a  Class  2  felony, for which a person, if
 
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 1    sentenced to a term of imprisonment, shall be sentenced to  a
 2    term of not less than 6 years and not more than 28 years.
 3        (e-7)  In  cases involving reckless homicide in which the
 4    defendant was driving in a construction or maintenance  zone,
 5    as  defined  in  Section 11-605 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
 6    and caused the death of  a  person  in  the  construction  or
 7    maintenance  zone, the penalty is a Class 2 felony, for which
 8    a person, if sentenced to a term of  imprisonment,  shall  be
 9    sentenced  to  a  term  of not less than 6 years and not more
10    than 28 years.
11        (f)  In cases involving involuntary manslaughter in which
12    the victim was a family or household  member  as  defined  in
13    paragraph  (3)  of  Section  112A-3  of  the Code of Criminal
14    Procedure of 1963, the penalty shall be a Class 2 felony, for
15    which a person if sentenced to a term of imprisonment,  shall
16    be  sentenced to a term of not less than 3 years and not more
17    than 14 years.
18    (Source: P.A. 91-6, eff. 1-1-00; 91-122, eff. 1-1-00;  92-16,
19    eff. 6-28-01.)