Bill Text: IL SB3712 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning street racing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3712 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB3712-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB3712 Introduced 2/14/2020, by Sen. Laura Ellman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/11-506
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning street racing.
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A BILL FOR
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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 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.
(a) No person shall engage in street racing 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 the purpose of
street racing.
(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

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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.
(d) Penalties.
(1) Any person who is convicted of a violation of
subsection (a) 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)
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)
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.

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(3) Every person convicted of committing a violation of
subsection (a) of this Section 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 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.)