97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5237

 

Introduced 2/8/2012, by Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
610 ILCS 95/5 new

    Amends the Railroad Obstruction Act. Provides that a person commits the offense of parking a motor vehicle on tracks, a Class 4 felony, when he or she knowingly leaves a motor vehicle on any portion of a railroad track for a period of one hour or more. Provides that a person commits the offense of aggravated parking a motor vehicle on tracks, a Class 2 felony, when he or she commits the offense of parking a motor vehicle on tracks and the violation is a proximate cause of death or great bodily harm to another person. Provides that the new provisions do not apply if a motor vehicle is left on a railroad track because of a mechanical failure, provided that the person in control of the vehicle at the time of the mechanical failure immediately makes a reasonable effort to have the vehicle removed from the track or to notify law enforcement of the location of the vehicle.


LRB097 19466 HEP 64719 b

CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB5237LRB097 19466 HEP 64719 b

1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Railroad Obstruction Act is amended by
5adding Section 5 as follows:
 
6    (610 ILCS 95/5 new)
7    Sec. 5. Parking a motor vehicle on tracks; aggravated
8parking a motor vehicle on tracks.
9    (a) A person commits parking a motor vehicle on tracks when
10he or she knowingly leaves a motor vehicle on any portion of a
11railroad track for a period of one hour or more. Parking a
12motor vehicle on tracks is a Class 4 felony.
13    (b) A person commits aggravated parking a motor vehicle on
14tracks when he or she violates subsection (a), and the
15violation is a proximate cause of death or great bodily harm to
16another person. Aggravated parking a motor vehicle on tracks is
17a Class 2 felony.
18    (c) This Section does not apply if a motor vehicle is left
19on a railroad track because of a mechanical failure, provided
20that the person in control of the vehicle at the time of the
21mechanical failure immediately makes a reasonable effort to
22have the vehicle removed from the track or to notify law
23enforcement of the location of the vehicle.