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Synopsis As Introduced Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person violates provisions prohibiting reckless driving and aggravated reckless driving if he or she drives a vehicle and uses an incline in a roadway, such as a railroad crossing, bridge approach, or hill, to cause the vehicle to become airborne. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person commits reckless homicide if he or she unintentionally kills an individual while driving a vehicle and using such an incline to cause the vehicle to become airborne. Provides that, in cases involving reckless homicide in which the defendant drove a vehicle and used such an incline to cause the vehicle to become airborne and caused the deaths of 2 or more persons as part of a single course of conduct, the penalty is a Class 2 felony.
Correctional Note (Dept of Corrections)
HB 4006 contains three provisions involving driving a vehicle and using an incline to cause the vehicle to become airborne. Specific information on the number of incidents that take place and the number of offenders who would be arrested and prosecuted for these offenses is not available in order to make an objective determination regarding how many inmates would receive a prison sentence, although the Department estimates the impact to be minimal. Estimates can be made for each offender who is sentenced to prison for each of these proposed enhancements. Each person sentenced to prison for a Class 4 felony for aggravated reckless driving when using an incline to cause the vehicle to become airborne would serve an average of 17 months at a cost of $29,649. Each person sentenced to prison for a Class 3 felony for reckless homicide when using an incline to cause the vehicle to become airborne would serve an average of 14 months at a cost of $24,417 and each person sentenced for a Class 2 violation would serve an average of 35 months at a cost of $61,043. Each new admission would require the construction of one additional prison bed at the cost of $55,826.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 In language added to the Illinois Vehicle Code making it reckless driving to drive a vehicle and use an incline in a roadway, such as a railroad crossing, bridge approach, or hill, to cause the vehicle to become airborne, provides that the actions must be performed knowingly.
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