HB4649 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB095 16937 RLC 42982 b

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB4649

Introduced , by Rep. John E. Bradley

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

625 ILCS 5/Ch. 11 Art. V heading
625 ILCS 5/11-507 new

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Creates the offense of negligent operation of a motor vehicle. Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she: (1) operates a motor vehicle without the motor vehicle being covered by a liability insurance policy; and (2) causes great bodily harm to another person that was the proximate result of the driver's negligent operation of the motor vehicle. Provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor.

CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning vehicles.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by by changing the heading of Article V of Chapter 11 and by adding Section 11-507 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/Ch. 11 Art. V heading)

ARTICLE V. DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED,

TRANSPORTING ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR,

AND RECKLESS DRIVING , AND NEGLIGENT OPERATION OF A MOTOR

VEHICLE

(625 ILCS 5/11-507 new)

Sec. 11-507. Negligent operation of a motor vehicle.

(a) A person commits the offense of negligent operation of a motor vehicle when he or she:

(1) operates a motor vehicle in violation of Section 7-601 of this Code; and

(2) causes great bodily harm to another person that was the proximate result of the driver's negligent operation of the motor vehicle.

(b) Negligent operation of a motor vehicle is a Class A misdemeanor.