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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 Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by changing 
5Section 18b-108 as follows:
 



6    (625 ILCS 5/18b-108)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18b-108)



7    Sec. 18b-108. Violations; Criminal penalties. 

8    (a) The provisions of Chapter 16 shall be applicable to 
9acts committed
by a driver of a motor vehicle that violate this 
10Chapter or any rule or
regulation issued under this Chapter.

11    (b) Except as provided in subsection (d), any Any driver 
12who willfully violates any provision of this Chapter or
any 
13rule or regulation issued under this Chapter is guilty of a 
14Class 4
felony.  In addition to any other penalties prescribed 
15by law, the maximum
fine for each offense is $10,000.
Such 
16violation shall be prosecuted by the State's Attorney or the 
17Attorney
General.

18    (c) Except as provided in subsection (d), any Any person, 
19other than a driver, who willfully
violates or causes another 
20to violate any provision of this Chapter or any
rule or 
21regulation issued
under this Chapter is guilty of a Class 3 
22felony.  In addition to any other
penalties prescribed by law, 
23the maximum fine for each offense is $25,000.
Such violation 
 
 
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1shall be prosecuted
at the request of the Department
by the 
2State's Attorney or the Attorney General.
3    (d) A person who willfully violates a provision of this 
4Chapter or a rule or regulation adopted under this Chapter when 
5the violation results in a motor vehicle accident that causes 
6great bodily harm, permanent disability, or disfigurement to 
7another person is guilty of a Class 3 felony. A person who 
8willfully violates a provision of this Chapter or a rule or 
9regulation adopted under this Chapter when the violation 
10results in a motor vehicle accident that causes death to 
11another person is guilty of a Class 2 felony. 

12(Source: P.A. 88-476; 89-179, eff. 1-1-96.)