95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0363


 
Introduced 2/7/2007, by Sen. William R. Haine
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














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







    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961.  Provides that a person commits reckless homicide if he or she unintentionally kills an individual while driving in a posted school zone or in a construction or maintenance zone and he or she was also either driving at a speed of more than 10 miles per hour in excess of the posted speed limit or driving under the influence of alcohol or other drugs.  Corrects erroneous cross references in the statute concerning reckless homicide.
















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    AN ACT concerning 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 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-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 11-605.1
11-605
of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
the 
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penalty is a Class 2 felony, for which a
person, if sentenced 
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to a term of imprisonment, shall be sentenced to a term of
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less than 3 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 11-605.1
11-605
of the Illinois Vehicle 
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Code, and caused the deaths of 2 or more persons as
part of a 
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single course of conduct,
the penalty is a Class 2 felony, for 
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which a
person, if sentenced to a term of imprisonment, shall 
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be sentenced to a term of
not less than 6 years and not more 
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than 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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    (e-10) A person commits reckless homicide if he or she 
 


 






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unintentionally kills an individual while driving in a posted 
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school zone, as defined in Section 11-605 of the Illinois 
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Vehicle Code, or in a construction or maintenance zone, as 
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defined in Section 11 605.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, and 
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he or she was also either driving at a speed of more than 10 
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miles per hour in excess of the posted speed limit or violating 
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Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.

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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.)