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    AN ACT concerning transportation.

 
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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 Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by changing 
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Section 11-503 as follows:
 



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    (625 ILCS 5/11-503)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-503)



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    Sec. 11-503. Reckless driving; aggravated reckless 
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driving; aggravated reckless driving where a school crossing 
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guard is performing official duties. 

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    (a) A

person commits  reckless driving if he or she:
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        (1) drives any vehicle with
a willful or wanton 
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    disregard for the safety of persons or property; or
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        (2) knowingly drives a vehicle and uses an incline in a 
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    roadway, such as a railroad crossing, bridge
approach, or 
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    hill, to cause the vehicle to become airborne.

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    (b) Every person convicted of reckless driving shall be 
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guilty of a
Class A misdemeanor, except as provided under 
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subsection (c) of this
Section.

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    (c) Every person convicted of committing a violation of 
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subsection (a)
shall
be guilty of aggravated reckless driving 
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if the violation results in great
bodily harm or permanent 
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disability or disfigurement to another.  Aggravated
reckless 
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driving is a Class 4 felony.
 


 






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    (d) A person who violates this Section, if the violation 
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causes
 bodily injury to a child or a school crossing guard 
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while the school crossing guard is performing his or her 
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official duties, is guilty of aggravated reckless
driving where 
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a school crossing guard is performing  official duties.
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    Aggravated reckless
driving where a school crossing guard 
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is performing  official duties is a Class 3 felony.


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(Source: P.A. 93-682, eff. 1-1-05.)

 
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    Section 10. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended  by 
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changing Section 9-3 as follows:
 



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    (720 ILCS 5/9-3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 9-3)



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    Sec. 9-3. Involuntary Manslaughter and Reckless Homicide. 

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    (a) A person who unintentionally kills an individual 
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without lawful
justification commits involuntary manslaughter 
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if his acts whether lawful
or unlawful which cause the death 
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are such as are likely to cause death or
great bodily harm to 
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some individual, and he performs them recklessly,
except in 
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cases in which the cause of the death consists of the driving 
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of
a motor vehicle or operating a snowmobile, all-terrain 
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vehicle, or watercraft,
in which case the person commits 
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reckless homicide. A person commits reckless homicide if he or 
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she unintentionally kills an individual while driving a vehicle 
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and using an incline in a roadway, such as a railroad crossing, 
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bridge
approach, or hill, to cause the vehicle to become 
 


 






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airborne.


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    (b) (Blank).

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    (c) (Blank).

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    (d) Sentence.


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        (1) Involuntary manslaughter is a Class 3 felony.


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        (2) Reckless homicide is a Class 3 felony.

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    (e) (Blank).
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    (e-2) Except as provided in subsection (e-3), in cases 
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involving reckless homicide in which the offense is committed 
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upon a public thoroughfare where children pass going to and 
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from school  when a school crossing guard is performing  official 
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duties, the penalty is a Class 2 felony, for which a
person, if 
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sentenced to a term of imprisonment, shall be sentenced to a 
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term of
not less than 3 years and not more than 14  years.
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    (e-3) In cases involving reckless homicide in which (i) the 
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offense  is committed upon a public thoroughfare where children 
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pass going to and from school  when a school crossing guard is 
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performing  official duties and (ii) the defendant causes the 
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deaths of 2 or more persons as part of a single course of 
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conduct, the penalty is a Class 2 felony, for which a
person, 
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if sentenced to a term of imprisonment, shall be sentenced to a 
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term of
not less than 6 years and not more than 28  years.


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    (e-5) (Blank).

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    (e-7) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e-8), in 
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cases involving
reckless homicide in which the defendant was

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driving in a construction or maintenance zone, as defined in 
 


 






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Section 11-605
of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
the penalty is a 
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Class 2 felony, for which a
person, if sentenced to a term of 
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imprisonment, shall be sentenced to a term of
not less than 3 
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years and not more than 14 years.

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    (e-8) In cases involving reckless homicide in which the 
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defendant was
driving in a construction or maintenance zone, as 
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defined in Section 11-605
of the Illinois Vehicle Code, and 
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caused the deaths of 2 or more persons as
part of a single 
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course of conduct,
the penalty is a Class 2 felony, for which a

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person, if sentenced to a term of imprisonment, shall be 
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sentenced to a term of
not less than 6 years and not more than 
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28 years.

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    (e-9) In cases involving reckless homicide in which the 
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defendant drove a vehicle and used an incline in a roadway, 
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such as a railroad crossing, bridge
approach, or hill, to cause 
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the vehicle to become airborne, and caused the deaths of 2 or 
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more persons as
part of a single course of conduct,
the penalty 
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is a Class 2 felony.

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    (f) In cases involving involuntary manslaughter in which 
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the victim was a
family or household member as defined in 
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paragraph (3) of Section 112A-3 of the
Code of
Criminal 
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Procedure of 1963, the penalty shall be a Class 2 felony, for 
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which a
person if sentenced to a term of imprisonment, shall be 
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sentenced to a term of
not less than 3 years and not more than 
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14 years.

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(Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 93-178, eff. 6-1-04; 93-213, 
 


 






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eff. 7-18-03; 93-682, eff. 1-1-05.)