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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB2951
Introduced 1/28/2010, by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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625 ILCS 5/11-1517 new |
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625 ILCS 5/11-1518 new |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person commits crowding or threatening a bicyclist when a person driving a motor vehicle recklessly drives the motor vehicle unnecessarily close to, toward, or near a bicyclist. Provides that every person convicted of crowding or threatening a bicyclist shall be guilty of a
Class A misdemeanor if the violation does not result in great
bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement to another. Provides that if a crowding or threatening a bicyclist violation results in great
bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement to another, the person
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be guilty of a Class 4 felony. Provides that a person commits Projecting or throwing missiles at bicyclists, a Class A misdemeanor, when a person projects or throws any missile (defined as any object or substance) at or against a bicyclist. Effective immediately.
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| CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | |
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A BILL FOR
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SB2951 |
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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 adding |
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| Sections 11-1517 and 11-1518 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/11-1517 new) |
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| Sec. 11-1517. Crowding or threatening a bicyclist. |
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| (a) A person driving a motor vehicle shall not, in a |
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| reckless manner, drive the motor vehicle unnecessarily close |
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| to, toward, or near a bicyclist. |
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| (b) Every person convicted of subsection (a) shall be |
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| guilty of a
Class A misdemeanor if the violation does not |
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| result in great
bodily harm or permanent disability or |
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| disfigurement to another. If the violation results in great
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| bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement to |
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| another, the person
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be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
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| (625 ILCS 5/11-1518 new) |
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| Sec. 11-1518. Projecting or throwing missiles at |
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| bicyclists. |
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| (a) As used in this Section, "missile" means any object or |
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| substance. |
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| (b) A person may not knowingly project or throw any missile |