Bill Text: IL HB5237 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Railroad Obstruction Act. Provides that a person commits the offense of parking a motor vehicle on tracks, a Class 4 felony, when he or she knowingly leaves a motor vehicle on any portion of a railroad track for a period of one hour or more. Provides that a person commits the offense of aggravated parking a motor vehicle on tracks, a Class 2 felony, when he or she commits the offense of parking a motor vehicle on tracks and the violation is a proximate cause of death or great bodily harm to another person. Provides that the new provisions do not apply if a motor vehicle is left on a railroad track because of a mechanical failure, provided that the person in control of the vehicle at the time of the mechanical failure immediately makes a reasonable effort to have the vehicle removed from the track or to notify law enforcement of the location of the vehicle.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5237 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB5237-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB5237 Introduced , by Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
610 ILCS 95/5 new
Amends the Railroad Obstruction Act. Provides that a person commits the offense of parking a motor vehicle on tracks, a Class 4 felony, when he or she knowingly leaves a motor vehicle on any portion of a railroad track for a period of one hour or more. Provides that a person commits the offense of aggravated parking a motor vehicle on tracks, a Class 2 felony, when he or she commits the offense of parking a motor vehicle on tracks and the violation is a proximate cause of death or great bodily harm to another person. Provides that the new provisions do not apply if a motor vehicle is left on a railroad track because of a mechanical failure, provided that the person in control of the vehicle at the time of the mechanical failure immediately makes a reasonable effort to have the vehicle removed from the track or to notify law enforcement of the location of the vehicle.
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Railroad Obstruction Act is amended by
adding Section 5 as follows:
(610 ILCS 95/5 new)
Sec. 5. Parking a motor vehicle on tracks; aggravated
parking a motor vehicle on tracks.
(a) A person commits parking a motor vehicle on tracks when
he or she knowingly leaves a motor vehicle on any portion of a
railroad track for a period of one hour or more. Parking a
motor vehicle on tracks is a Class 4 felony.
(b) A person commits aggravated parking a motor vehicle on
tracks when he or she violates subsection (a), and the
violation is a proximate cause of death or great bodily harm to
another person. Aggravated parking a motor vehicle on tracks is
a Class 2 felony.
(c) This Section does not apply if a motor vehicle is left
on a railroad track because of a mechanical failure, provided
that the person in control of the vehicle at the time of the
mechanical failure immediately makes a reasonable effort to
have the vehicle removed from the track or to notify law
enforcement of the location of the vehicle.