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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) Any driver who willfully violates Parts 392, 395,
4Sections 391.11, 391.15, 391.41, or 391.45 of Part 391, or any
5other Part of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as
6adopted by reference in Section 18b-105 of this Code, which
7would place the driver or vehicle out of service, when the
8violation results in a motor vehicle accident that causes great
9bodily harm, permanent disability or disfigurement, or death to
10another person, is guilty of a Class 3 felony. Any person other
11than the driver who willfully violates Parts 392, 395, Sections
12391.11, 391.15, 391.41, or 391.45 of Part 391 or any other Part
13of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as adopted by
14reference in Section 18b-105 of this Code, which would place
15the driver or vehicle out of service, when the violation
16results in a motor vehicle accident that causes great bodily
17harm, permanent disability or disfigurement, or death to
18another person, is guilty of a Class 2 felony.
19(Source: P.A. 88-476; 89-179, eff. 1-1-96.)