Bill Amendment: IL HB5439 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: VEH CD–BLOCKING CNTRL ACCESS

Status: 2022-05-06 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0733 [HB5439 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB5439-House_Amendment_002.html

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Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

Filed: 3/2/2022

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5439
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5439, AS AMENDED,
by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
following:
"Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
changing Section 11-506 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/11-506)
Sec. 11-506. Street racing; aggravated street racing;
street sideshows.
(a) No person shall engage in street racing or street
sideshows on any street or highway of this State.
(b) No owner of any vehicle shall acquiesce in or permit
his or her vehicle to be used by another for the purpose of
street racing or street sideshows.
(b-5) A person may not knowingly cause the movement of
traffic to slow or stop for the purpose of facilitating street

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racing or a street sideshow.
(c) For the purposes of this Section, the following words
shall have the meanings ascribed to them:
"Acquiesce" or "permit" means actual knowledge that the
motor vehicle was to be used for the purpose of street racing.
"Street racing" means:
(1) The operation of 2 or more vehicles from a point
side by side at accelerating speeds in a competitive
attempt to outdistance each other; or
(2) The operation of one or more vehicles over a
common selected course, each starting at the same point,
for the purpose of comparing the relative speeds or power
of acceleration of such vehicle or vehicles within a
certain distance or time limit; or
(3) The use of one or more vehicles in an attempt to
outgain or outdistance another vehicle; or
(4) The use of one or more vehicles to prevent another
vehicle from passing; or
(5) The use of one or more vehicles to arrive at a
given destination ahead of another vehicle or vehicles; or
(6) The use of one or more vehicles to test the
physical stamina or endurance of drivers over
long-distance driving routes.
"Street sideshow" means an event in which one or more
vehicles block or impede traffic on a street or highway, for
the purpose of performing unauthorized motor vehicle stunts,

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motor vehicle speed contests, or motor vehicle exhibitions of
speed.
(d) Penalties.
(1) Any person who is convicted of a violation of
subsection (a) or (b-5) shall be guilty of a Class A
misdemeanor for the first offense and shall be subject to
a minimum fine of $250. Any person convicted of a
violation of subsection (a) or (b-5) a second or
subsequent time shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony and
shall be subject to a minimum fine of $500. The driver's
license of any person convicted of subsection (a) for
street racing shall be revoked in the manner provided by
Section 6-205 of this Code.
(2) Any person who is convicted of a violation of
subsection (b) shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
Any person who is convicted of subsection (b) for a second
or subsequent time shall be guilty of a Class A
misdemeanor.
(3) Every person convicted of committing a violation
of subsection (a) of this Section for street racing shall
be guilty of aggravated street racing if the person, in
committing a violation of subsection (a) was involved in a
motor vehicle accident that resulted in great bodily harm
or permanent disability or disfigurement to another, where
the violation was a proximate cause of the injury.
Aggravated street racing is a Class 4 felony for which the

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defendant, if sentenced to a term of imprisonment shall be
sentenced to not less than one year nor more than 12 years.
(Source: P.A. 95-310, eff. 1-1-08.)".