Bill Text: IL HB2447 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person commits reckless driving when he or she knowingly drives a vehicle and is involved in an accident when the person has been diagnosed with a medical condition that is likely to cause loss of consciousness or any loss of ability to safely operate a vehicle and the person has failed to comply with a health care professional recommendation or prescribed treatment, or failed to take medication for the condition, and the failure to comply or take medication is the proximate cause of the accident. Effective January 1, 2018.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB2447 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB2447-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 11-503 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/11-503) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-503)
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| 7 | Sec. 11-503. Reckless driving; aggravated reckless | ||||||
| 8 | driving.
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| 9 | (a) A
person commits reckless driving if he or she: | ||||||
| 10 | (1) drives any vehicle with
a willful or wanton | ||||||
| 11 | disregard for the safety of persons or property; or | ||||||
| 12 | (2) knowingly drives a vehicle and uses an incline in a | ||||||
| 13 | roadway, such as a railroad crossing, bridge
approach, or | ||||||
| 14 | hill, to cause the vehicle to become airborne; or .
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| 15 | (3) knowingly drives a vehicle and is involved in an | ||||||
| 16 | accident when: | ||||||
| 17 | (A) he or she has been diagnosed with a medical | ||||||
| 18 | condition that is likely to cause loss of consciousness | ||||||
| 19 | or any loss of ability to safely operate a vehicle; | ||||||
| 20 | (B) he or she failed to comply with a health care | ||||||
| 21 | professional recommendation or prescribed treatment, | ||||||
| 22 | or failed to take medication for the condition; and | ||||||
| 23 | (C) the failure to comply with a health care | ||||||
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| 1 | professional recommendation or prescribed treatment, | ||||||
| 2 | or the failure to take medication, is the proximate | ||||||
| 3 | cause of the accident. | ||||||
| 4 | (b) Every person convicted of reckless driving shall be | ||||||
| 5 | guilty of a
Class A misdemeanor, except as provided under | ||||||
| 6 | subsections (b-1), (c), and (d) of this
Section.
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| 7 | (b-1) Except as provided in subsection (d), any person | ||||||
| 8 | convicted of violating subsection (a), if the violation causes | ||||||
| 9 | bodily harm to a child or a school crossing guard while the | ||||||
| 10 | school crossing guard is performing his or her official duties, | ||||||
| 11 | is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
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| 12 | (c) Every person convicted of committing a violation of | ||||||
| 13 | subsection (a)
shall
be guilty of aggravated reckless driving | ||||||
| 14 | if the violation results in great
bodily harm or permanent | ||||||
| 15 | disability or disfigurement to another. Except as provided in | ||||||
| 16 | subsection (d) of this Section, aggravated
reckless driving is | ||||||
| 17 | a Class 4 felony. | ||||||
| 18 | (d) Any person convicted of violating subsection (a), if | ||||||
| 19 | the violation causes great bodily harm or permanent disability | ||||||
| 20 | or disfigurement to a child or a school crossing guard while | ||||||
| 21 | the school crossing guard is performing his or her official | ||||||
| 22 | duties, is guilty of aggravated reckless driving. Aggravated | ||||||
| 23 | reckless driving under this subsection (d) is a Class 3 felony.
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| 24 | (Source: P.A. 95-467, eff. 6-1-08.)
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| 25 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
| 26 | 1, 2018.
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