SB3736 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB097 19955 RLC 65250 b

97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB3736

Introduced 2/10/2012, by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/18-3

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section defining the offense of vehicular hijacking.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing Section 18-3 as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/18-3)

Sec. 18-3. Vehicular hijacking.

(a) A person commits vehicular hijacking when he or she takes a motor vehicle from the the person or the immediate presence of another by the use of force or by threatening the imminent use of force.

(b) For the purposes of this Article, the term "motor vehicle" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Illinois Vehicle Code.

(c) Sentence. Vehicular hijacking is a Class 1 felony.

(Source: P.A. 88-351; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)