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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5418
Introduced 02/06/04, by Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in the Section
defining the offense of vehicular hijacking.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5418 |
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LRB093 17145 RLC 42811 b |
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| AN ACT in relation to criminal law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
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| Section 18-3 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/18-3)
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| Sec. 18-3. Vehicular hijacking.
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| (a) A person commits vehicular hijacking when he or she |
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| takes a motor
vehicle from the person or the immediate presence |
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| of another by the use of
force or by threatening the imminent |
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| use of force.
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| (b) For the purposes of this Article, the term "motor |
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| vehicle" has
shall have
the meaning ascribed to it in the |
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| Illinois Vehicle Code.
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| (c) Sentence. Vehicular hijacking is a Class 1 felony.
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| (Source: P.A. 88-351; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
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