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91_HB2968

 
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
 2    Section 9-3.

 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section  5.  The  Criminal  Code  of  1961  is amended by
 6    changing Section 9-3 as follows:

 7        (720 ILCS 5/9-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 9-3)
 8        Sec.  9-3.    Involuntary   Manslaughter   and   Reckless
 9    Homicide.
10        (a)  A  person  who  unintentionally  kills an individual
11    without lawful justification commits involuntary manslaughter
12    if his acts whether lawful or unlawful which cause the  death
13    are such as are likely to cause death or great bodily harm to
14    some  individual,  and he performs them recklessly, except in
15    cases in which the cause of the death consists of the driving
16    of a motor vehicle or  operating  a  snowmobile,  all-terrain
17    vehicle,  or  watercraft,  in  which  case the person commits
18    reckless homicide.
19        (b)  In cases involving reckless  homicide,  being  under
20    the  influence  of  alcohol or any other drug or drugs at the
21    time of  the  alleged  violation  shall  be  presumed  to  be
22    evidence  of  a  reckless act unless disproved by evidence to
23    the contrary.
24        (c)  For the purposes of this Section, a person shall  be
25    considered  to  be  under  the  influence of alcohol or other
26    drugs while:
27             1.  The alcohol concentration in the person's  blood
28        or  breath  is  0.08  or  more based on the definition of
29        blood  and  breath  units  in  Section  11-501.2  of  the
30        Illinois Vehicle Code;
31             2.  Under the influence of alcohol to a degree  that
 
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 1        renders  the  person  incapable of safely driving a motor
 2        vehicle or operating a snowmobile,  all-terrain  vehicle,
 3        or watercraft;
 4             3.  Under   the  influence  of  any  other  drug  or
 5        combination of drugs to a degree that renders the  person
 6        incapable  of safely driving a motor vehicle or operating
 7        a snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or watercraft; or
 8             4.  Under the combined influence of alcohol and  any
 9        other  drug or drugs to a degree which renders the person
10        incapable of safely driving a motor vehicle or  operating
11        a snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or watercraft.
12        (d)  Sentence.
13             (1)  Involuntary manslaughter is a Class 3 felony.
14             (2)  Reckless homicide is a Class 3 felony.
15        (e)  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e-5), in
16    cases  involving reckless homicide in which the defendant was
17    determined to have been under the influence of alcohol or any
18    other drug or drugs as an element of the offense, or in cases
19    in which the defendant is proven beyond a reasonable doubt to
20    have been under the influence of alcohol or any other drug or
21    drugs, the penalty shall be a Class 2  felony,  for  which  a
22    person,  if  sentenced  to  a  term of imprisonment, shall be
23    sentenced to a term of not less than 3  years  and  not  more
24    than 14 years.
25        (e-5)  In  cases involving reckless homicide in which the
26    defendant was determined to have been under the influence  of
27    alcohol  or  any  other  drug  or  drugs as an element of the
28    offense, or in cases in which the defendant is proven  beyond
29    a  reasonable  doubt  to  have  been  under  the influence of
30    alcohol or any other drug or drugs, if the defendant kills  2
31    or  more  individuals  as part of a single course of conduct,
32    the penalty is a Class 2  felony,  for  which  a  person,  if
33    sentenced  to a term of imprisonment, shall be sentenced to a
34    term of not less than 6 years and not more than 28 years.
 
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 1        (f)  In cases involving involuntary manslaughter in which
 2    the victim was a family or household  member  as  defined  in
 3    paragraph  (3)  of  Section  112A-3  of  the Code of Criminal
 4    Procedure of 1963, the penalty shall be a Class 2 felony, for
 5    which a person if sentenced to a term of imprisonment,  shall
 6    be  sentenced to a term of not less than 3 years and not more
 7    than 20 14 years.
 8    (Source: P.A.  90-43,  eff.  7-2-97;  90-119,  eff.   1-1-98;
 9    90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 91-6, eff. 1-1-00; 91-122, eff. 1-1-00;
10    revised 10-8-99.)

11        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
12    becoming law.

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