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HB0073 Engrossed |
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LRB096 03777 RLC 13807 b |
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| AN ACT concerning certain offenses.
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| WHEREAS, Section 10 of this Act may be referred to as the |
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| Matt Wilhelm Law; therefore
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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 adding |
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| Section 9-3.4 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/9-3.4 new) |
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| Sec. 9-3.4. Negligent vehicular homicide. |
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| (a) A person commits the offense of negligent vehicular |
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| homicide if the person's negligent operation of a motor vehicle |
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| is a proximate cause of the death of another person. |
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| (b) A person acts negligently within the meaning of this |
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| Section if he or she fails to be aware of a substantial and |
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| unjustifiable risk of death or injury to others, and that |
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| failure constitutes a substantial deviation from the standard |
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| of care that a reasonable person would exercise under the |
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| circumstances then prevailing. |
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| (c) The finder of fact may consider statutes and ordinances |
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| regulating the defendant's conduct in determining whether he or |
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| she was culpably negligent under subsection (a). |
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| (d) Negligent vehicular homicide is a Class A misdemeanor.
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