Public Act 099-0291
 
HB1516 EnrolledLRB099 03598 RJF 23606 b


  
    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 18b-108 as follows:
 



    (625 ILCS 5/18b-108)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18b-108)



    Sec. 18b-108. Violations; Criminal penalties. 

    (a) The provisions of Chapter 16 shall be applicable to 
acts committed
by a driver of a motor vehicle that violate this 
Chapter or any rule or
regulation issued under this Chapter.

    (b) Except as provided in subsection (d), any Any driver 
who willfully violates any provision of this Chapter or
any 
rule or regulation issued under this Chapter is guilty of a 
Class 4
felony.  In addition to any other penalties prescribed 
by law, the maximum
fine for each offense is $10,000.
Such 
violation shall be prosecuted by the State's Attorney or the 
Attorney
General.

    (c) Except as provided in subsection (d), any Any person, 
other than a driver, who willfully
violates or causes another 
to violate any provision of this Chapter or any
rule or 
regulation issued
under this Chapter is guilty of a Class 3 
felony.  In addition to any other
penalties prescribed by law, 
the maximum fine for each offense is $25,000.
Such violation 
shall be prosecuted
at the request of the Department
by the 
State's Attorney or the Attorney General.
    (d) Any driver who willfully violates Parts 392, 395, 
Sections 391.11, 391.15, 391.41, or 391.45 of Part 391, or any 
other Part of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as 
adopted by reference in Section 18b-105 of this Code, which 
would place the driver or vehicle out of service, when the 
violation results in a motor vehicle accident that causes great 
bodily harm, permanent disability or disfigurement, or death to 
another person, is guilty of a Class 3 felony.  Any person other 
than the driver who willfully violates Parts 392, 395, Sections 
391.11, 391.15, 391.41, or 391.45 of Part 391 or any other Part 
of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as adopted by 
reference in Section 18b-105 of this Code, which would place 
the driver or vehicle out of service, when the violation 
results in a motor vehicle accident that causes great bodily 
harm, permanent disability or disfigurement, or death to 
another person, is guilty of a Class 2 felony. 

(Source: P.A. 88-476; 89-179, eff. 1-1-96.)