Public Act 90-0134 of the 90th General Assembly

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Public Act 90-0134

SB233 Enrolled                                LRB9001411NTsbA

    AN ACT  concerning vehicles, amending named Acts.

    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
changing Sections 11-204 and 11-204.1 as follows:

    (625 ILCS 5/11-204) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-204)
    Sec.  11-204.  Fleeing  or  attempting  to  elude  police
officer. (a) Any driver or operator of a motor  vehicle  who,
having  been  given  a  visual  or  audible signal by a peace
officer directing  such  driver  or  operator  to  bring  his
vehicle  to  a  stop,  wilfully fails or refuses to obey such
direction, increases his speed, extinguishes his  lights,  or
otherwise  flees  or attempts to elude the officer, is guilty
of a Class A B misdemeanor. The signal  given  by  the  peace
officer  may  be  by  hand,  voice, siren, red or blue light.
Provided, the officer giving such signal shall be  in  police
uniform,  and,  if  driving  a  vehicle,  such  vehicle shall
display illuminated oscillating, rotating or flashing red  or
blue  lights  which  when used in conjunction with an audible
horn or siren would indicate the vehicle to  be  an  official
police  vehicle.  Such requirement shall not preclude the use
of amber or white oscillating, rotating or flashing lights in
conjunction  with  red  or  blue  oscillating,  rotating   or
flashing lights as required in Section 12-215 of Chapter 12.
    (b)  Upon   receiving   notice  of  such  conviction  the
Secretary of State shall may forthwith  suspend  the  drivers
license  of  the person so convicted for a period of not more
than 6 months for a first conviction and  not  more  than  12
months for a second conviction.
    (c)  A third or subsequent violation of this Section is a
Class 4 felony.
(Source: P.A. 85-830.)

    (625 ILCS 5/11-204.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-204.1)
    Sec.  11-204.1.  Aggravated fleeing or attempt to elude a
police officer.
    (a)  The offense of aggravated fleeing or  attempting  to
elude a police officer is committed by any driver or operator
of  a  motor  vehicle who flees or attempts to elude a police
officer, after being given a visual or audible  signal  by  a
police  officer in the manner prescribed in subsection (a) of
Section 11-204 of this Code, and such flight  or  attempt  to
elude:
         (1)  is  at  a  rate  of speed at least 21 miles per
    hour over the legal speed limit; and
         (2)  causes bodily injury to any individual; or
         (3) causes damage  in  excess  of  $300  to  private
    property.
    (b)  Any  person  convicted  of a first violation of this
Section shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony A misdemeanor  if
the  flight  or  attempt  to elude causes damage in excess of
$300  to  private  property.   Any  person  convicted  of   a
violation of this Section shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony
if the flight or attempt to elude causes bodily injury to any
individual. Upon notice of such a conviction the Secretary of
State  shall  forthwith  revoke  the  driver's license of the
person so convicted, as provided in  Section  6-205  of  this
Code.   Any  person  convicted  of  a  second  or  subsequent
violation of this Section within  five  years  of  any  prior
conviction  of  this  Section  shall be guilty of a Class 3 4
felony, and upon notice of such a conviction the Secretary of
State shall forthwith revoke  the  driver's  license  of  the
person convicted, as provided in Section 6-205 of the Code.
    (c)  The  motor  vehicle  used  in  a  violation  of this
Section is subject to seizure and forfeiture as  provided  in
Sections 36-1 and 36-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
(Source: P.A. 88-679, eff. 7-1-95.)

    Section   10.   The  Criminal  Code of 1961 is amended by
changing Section 36-1 as follows:

    (720 ILCS 5/36-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 36-1)
    Sec. 36-1.  Seizure.  Any  vessel,  vehicle  or  aircraft
used  with  the  knowledge  and  consent  of the owner in the
commission of, or in the attempt  to  commit  as  defined  in
Section  8-4  of  this  Code,  an  offense  prohibited by (a)
Section 9-1, 10-2, 11-6, 11-15.1, 11-19.1, 11-19.2,  11-20.1,
12-7.3,  12-7.4,  12-13, 12-14, 18-2, 19-1, 19-2, 19-3, 20-1,
20-2, 24-1.2 or 28-1  of  this  Code,  or  paragraph  (a)  of
Section  12-15 or paragraphs (a), (c) or (d) of Section 12-16
of this Code; (b) Section  21,  22,  23,  24  or  26  of  the
Cigarette Tax Act if the vessel, vehicle or aircraft contains
more  than  10 cartons of such cigarettes; (c) Section 28, 29
or 30 of the Cigarette Use Tax Act if the vessel, vehicle  or
aircraft contains more than 10 cartons of such cigarettes; or
(d)  Section  44  of the Environmental Protection Act; or (e)
11-204.1 of the Illinois Vehicle  Code;  may  be  seized  and
delivered  forthwith to the sheriff of the county of seizure.
    Within 15 days after such delivery the sheriff shall give
notice of seizure to each person according to  the  following
method:  Upon each such person whose right, title or interest
is of record in the office of the  Secretary  of  State,  the
Secretary of Transportation, the Administrator of the Federal
Aviation  Agency,  or  any other Department of this State, or
any other state of the United States if such vessel,  vehicle
or  aircraft is required to be so registered, as the case may
be, by mailing a copy of the notice by certified mail to  the
address  as given upon the records of the Secretary of State,
the Department of Aeronautics, Department of Public Works and
Buildings or any other Department of this State or the United
States if such vessel, vehicle or aircraft is required to  be
so  registered.  Within  that 15 day period the sheriff shall
also notify the State's Attorney of  the  county  of  seizure
about the seizure.
    In addition, any mobile or portable equipment used in the
commission  of  an act which is in violation of Section 7g of
the Metropolitan Water  Reclamation  District  Act  shall  be
subject  to  seizure and forfeiture under the same procedures
provided in this Article for the seizure  and  forfeiture  of
vessels,  vehicles and aircraft, and any such equipment shall
be deemed a vessel, vehicle or aircraft for purposes of  this
Article.
    When  a person discharges a firearm at another individual
from a vehicle with the knowledge and consent of the owner of
the vehicle and with the  intent  to  cause  death  or  great
bodily  harm  to that individual and as a result causes death
or great bodily harm to that individual, the vehicle shall be
subject to seizure and forfeiture under the  same  procedures
provided  in  this  Article for the seizure and forfeiture of
vehicles used in violations of clauses (a), (b), (c), or  (d)
of this Section.
(Source:  P.A.  88-669,  eff. 11-29-94; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94;
88-679, eff. 7-1-95.)

    Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
becoming law.

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