Bill Text: IL HB5315 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that it is aggravated fleeing or attempting to eluding a peace officer if the person causes death to another individual as a result of the fleeing or attempted eluding. If death is caused to a person other than a peace officer or first responder, the penalty is a Class 2 felony and if death is caused to a peace officer or first responder, the penalty is a Class 1 felony.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5315 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB5315-Introduced.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 11-204.1 as follows:
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6 | (625 ILCS 5/11-204.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-204.1)
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7 | Sec. 11-204.1. Aggravated fleeing or attempting
to elude a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | peace
officer. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) The offense of aggravated fleeing or attempting to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | elude a peace officer
is committed by any driver or operator of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | a motor vehicle who flees or attempts
to elude a peace officer, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | after being given a visual or audible
signal
by a peace officer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | in the manner prescribed in subsection (a) of
Section
11-204 of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | this Code, and such flight or attempt to elude:
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15 | (1) is at a rate of speed at least 21 miles per hour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | over the legal
speed
limit;
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17 | (2) causes bodily injury to any individual;
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18 | (2.1) causes death to a person other than a peace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | officer or first responder; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | (2.2) causes death to a peace officer or first | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | responder;
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22 | (3) causes damage in excess of $300 to property;
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23 | (4) involves disobedience of 2 or more official traffic |
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1 | control
devices; or
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2 | (5) involves the concealing or altering of the | ||||||
3 | vehicle's registration plate. | ||||||
4 | (b) Any person convicted of a first violation of paragraph | ||||||
5 | (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of subsection (a) of this Section | ||||||
6 | shall be
guilty of a Class 4 felony. Upon notice of such a | ||||||
7 | conviction the Secretary
of State shall forthwith revoke the | ||||||
8 | driver's license of the person so
convicted, as provided in | ||||||
9 | Section 6-205 of this Code. Any person convicted
of a second or | ||||||
10 | subsequent violation of paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of | ||||||
11 | subsection (a) of this Section shall be guilty of a Class
3
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12 | felony,
and upon notice of such a conviction the Secretary of | ||||||
13 | State shall forthwith
revoke the driver's license of the person | ||||||
14 | convicted, as provided in Section
6-205 of the Code. Any person | ||||||
15 | convicted of a violation of paragraph (2.1) of subsection (a) | ||||||
16 | of this Section is guilty of a Class 2 felony. Any person | ||||||
17 | convicted of a violation of paragraph (2.2) of subsection (a) | ||||||
18 | of this Section is guilty of a Class 1 felony.
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19 | (c) The motor vehicle used in a violation of this Section | ||||||
20 | is subject to
seizure and forfeiture as provided in Sections | ||||||
21 | 36-1 and 36-2 of the Criminal
Code of 2012.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 97-743, eff. 1-1-13; | ||||||
23 | 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
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