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

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