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90_SB1218

      625 ILCS 5/11-401         from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-401
          Amends the Illinois Vehicle  Code  to  provide  that  the
      driver  of  a  vehicle  knowingly involved in a motor vehicle
      accident, regardless  of  the  driver's  knowledge  that  the
      accident  resulted  in  personal  injury or death, shall stop
      (instead of requiring a driver of a  vehicle  involved  in  a
      motor  vehicle accident resulting in personal injury or death
      to stop).  Requires the driver to take  reasonable  steps  to
      ascertain whether the accident resulted in personal injury or
      death.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
 2    Section 11-401.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is amended by
 6    changing Section 11-401 as follows:
 7        (625 ILCS 5/11-401) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-401)
 8        Sec. 11-401.  Motor vehicle accidents involving death  or
 9    personal  injuries.  (a)  The driver of any vehicle knowingly
10    involved in a  motor  vehicle  accident,  regardless  of  the
11    driver's  knowledge  that  the accident resulted resulting in
12    personal injury to or death of any person, shall  immediately
13    stop  such vehicle at the scene of such accident, or as close
14    thereto as possible and shall then forthwith return  to,  and
15    in  every  event  shall  remain  at the scene of the accident
16    until the requirements of Section 11-403 have been fulfilled.
17     The driver of any vehicle  knowingly  involved  in  a  motor
18    vehicle  accident  shall  take  reasonable steps to ascertain
19    whether the accident resulted in personal injury or death  of
20    any   person.     Every  such  stop  shall  be  made  without
21    obstructing traffic more than is necessary.
22        (b)  Any person who has failed to stop or to comply  with
23    said  requirements  shall,  within  3  hours after such motor
24    vehicle accident, or, if hospitalized and incapacitated  from
25    reporting  at  any  time  during such period, within 48 hours
26    after being discharged from the hospital, report the place of
27    the accident, the date, the approximate  time,  the  driver's
28    name  and  address,  the  registration  number of the vehicle
29    driven, and the names of all other occupants of such vehicle,
30    at a police station or sheriff's office near the place  where
31    such accident occurred. No report made as required under this
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 1    paragraph  shall  be used, directly or indirectly, as a basis
 2    for the prosecution of any violation of paragraph (a).
 3        For purposes of this Section, personal injury shall  mean
 4    any  injury  requiring  immediate professional treatment in a
 5    medical facility or doctor's office.
 6        (c)  Any person failing to comply with paragraph  (a)  of
 7    shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
 8        (d)  Any  person  failing  to  comply  with paragraph (b)
 9    shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
10        (e)  The Secretary of  State  shall  revoke  the  driving
11    privilege  of  any  person  convicted  of a violation of this
12    Section.
13    (Source: P.A. 84-272.)

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