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92_HB1958

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to vehicles.

 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    adding Sections 11-503.1 and 11-503.2 as follows:

 6        (625 ILCS 5/11-503.1 new)
 7        Sec. 11-503.1.  Vehicular assault.
 8        (a)  A person commits vehicular assault when he  or  she,
 9    with  the  intent to damage any property or injure any person
10    or to place any person in reasonable apprehension  of  bodily
11    injury, knowingly operates a motor vehicle in a manner likely
12    to  cause  damage to any property or injury to any person and
13    endangers the safety of any person.
14        (b)  Vehicular assault is a Class 3 felony.

15        (625 ILCS 5/11-503.2 new)
16        Sec. 11-503.2.  Negligent driving.
17        (a)  A person commits negligent driving when  he  or  she
18    operates a motor vehicle carelessly or without exercising due
19    care  for  the safety of others or in a manner that endangers
20    any  property  or  any  person,  including  the   driver   or
21    passengers of the vehicle.
22        (b)  Negligent  driving  is  a  Class  B  misdemeanor.  A
23    second or subsequent offense of negligent driving is a  Class
24    A misdemeanor.

25        Section  10.   The  Criminal  Code  of 1961 is amended by
26    changing Section 9-3 as follows:

27        (720 ILCS 5/9-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 9-3)
28        Sec.  9-3.    Involuntary   Manslaughter   and   Reckless
 
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 1    Homicide.
 2        (a)  A  person  who  unintentionally  kills an individual
 3    without lawful justification commits involuntary manslaughter
 4    if his acts whether lawful or unlawful which cause the  death
 5    are such as are likely to cause death or great bodily harm to
 6    some  individual,  and he performs them recklessly, except in
 7    cases in which the cause of the death consists of the driving
 8    of a motor vehicle or  operating  a  snowmobile,  all-terrain
 9    vehicle,  or  watercraft,  in  which  case the person commits
10    reckless homicide.
11        (b)  In cases involving reckless  homicide,  being  under
12    the  influence  of  alcohol or any other drug or drugs at the
13    time of  the  alleged  violation  shall  be  presumed  to  be
14    evidence  of  a  reckless act unless disproved by evidence to
15    the contrary.
16        (c)  For the purposes of this Section, a person shall  be
17    considered  to  be  under  the  influence of alcohol or other
18    drugs while:
19             1.  The alcohol concentration in the person's  blood
20        or  breath  is  0.08  or  more based on the definition of
21        blood  and  breath  units  in  Section  11-501.2  of  the
22        Illinois Vehicle Code;
23             2.  Under the influence of alcohol to a degree  that
24        renders  the  person  incapable of safely driving a motor
25        vehicle or operating a snowmobile,  all-terrain  vehicle,
26        or watercraft;
27             3.  Under   the  influence  of  any  other  drug  or
28        combination of drugs to a degree that renders the  person
29        incapable  of safely driving a motor vehicle or operating
30        a snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or watercraft; or
31             4.  Under the combined influence of alcohol and  any
32        other  drug or drugs to a degree which renders the person
33        incapable of safely driving a motor vehicle or  operating
34        a snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or watercraft.
 
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 1        (d)  Sentence.
 2             (1)  Involuntary manslaughter is a Class 3 felony.
 3             (2)  Reckless homicide is a Class 2 Class 3 felony.
 4        (e)  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e-5), in
 5    cases  involving reckless homicide in which the defendant was
 6    determined to have been under the influence of alcohol or any
 7    other drug or drugs as an element of the offense, or in cases
 8    in which the defendant is proven beyond a reasonable doubt to
 9    have been under the influence of alcohol or any other drug or
10    drugs, the penalty shall be a Class 2  felony,  for  which  a
11    person,  if  sentenced  to  a  term of imprisonment, shall be
12    sentenced to a term of not less than 3  years  and  not  more
13    than 14 years.
14        (e-5)  In  cases involving reckless homicide in which the
15    defendant was determined to have been under the influence  of
16    alcohol  or  any  other  drug  or  drugs as an element of the
17    offense, or in cases in which the defendant is proven  beyond
18    a  reasonable  doubt  to  have  been  under  the influence of
19    alcohol or any other drug or drugs, if the defendant kills  2
20    or  more  individuals  as part of a single course of conduct,
21    the penalty is a Class 2  felony,  for  which  a  person,  if
22    sentenced  to a term of imprisonment, shall be sentenced to a
23    term of not less than 6 years and not more than 28 years.
24        (f)  In cases involving involuntary manslaughter in which
25    the victim was a family or household  member  as  defined  in
26    paragraph  (3)  of  Section  112A-3  of  the Code of Criminal
27    Procedure of 1963, the penalty shall be a Class 2 felony, for
28    which a person if sentenced to a term of imprisonment,  shall
29    be  sentenced to a term of not less than 3 years and not more
30    than 14 years.
31    (Source: P.A.  90-43,  eff.  7-2-97;  90-119,  eff.   1-1-98;
32    90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 91-6, eff. 1-1-00; 91-122, eff. 1-1-00;
33    revised 10-8-99.)

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