96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0349


 
Introduced 1/27/2009, by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		












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    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Creates the offense of distracted driving, which a person commits by operating a motor vehicle in violation of a law or ordinance governing the movement of vehicles while also engaging in certain activities. Provides that a law enforcement officer may charge a person with distracted driving if the officer (i) has stopped the person for any violation of a law or ordinance governing the movement of vehicles and (ii) determines that the person was driving while distracted. Specifies that distracted driving may not be recorded on a person's driving record, but requires  a  person who has committed distracted driving to pay an additional fine equivalent to the amount of the fine for the underlying offense that he or she committed.
















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    AN ACT concerning vehicles.

 
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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 adding 
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Section 11-503.5 as follows:
 
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    (625 ILCS 5/11-503.5 new)

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    Sec. 11-503.5. Distracted driving.
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    (a) A person commits distracted driving when he or she 
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operates a motor vehicle while (i) engaging in text messaging, 
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(ii) reading a newspaper, book, magazine, or map, (iii) engaged 
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in an act of personal grooming, and the operation of the motor 
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vehicle is in violation of a law or ordinance governing the 
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movement of vehicles.
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    (b)  A law enforcement officer may charge a person with 
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distracted driving under this Section if the officer has 
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stopped the person for any violation of a law or ordinance 
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governing the movement of vehicles and if the officer 
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determines that the driver was driving while distracted; 
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however, the offense of distracted driving is not deemed to be 
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a violation of a law or ordinance governing the movement of 
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vehicles and may not be recorded on the driving record of the 
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driver of the vehicle. 
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    (c) Any person found in violation of subsection (a) of this 
 


 






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Section is subject to an additional fine equivalent to the  
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amount of the fine for the underlying offense that he or she 
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committed.