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 1        AN ACT in relation to vehicles.

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

 4        Section 5.  The Snowmobile Registration and Safety Act is
 5    amended by changing Section 5-7 as follows:

 6        (625 ILCS 40/5-7)
 7        Sec.  5-7.  Operating  a  snowmobile  while   under   the
 8    influence  of  alcohol  or  other  drug;  criminal penalties;
 9    suspension of operating privileges.
10        (a)  A person may not operate a  snowmobile  within  this
11    State while:
12             1.  The alcohol concentration in that person's blood
13        or  breath  is  a  concentration at which driving a motor
14        vehicle is prohibited under subdivision (1) of subsection
15        (a) of Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code;
16             2.  The person is under the influence of alcohol;
17             3.  The person is under the influence of  any  other
18        drug  or  combination  of  drugs to a degree that renders
19        that person incapable of safely operating a snowmobile;
20             4.  The person is under the  combined  influence  of
21        alcohol  and  any  other  drug  or drugs to a degree that
22        renders that  person  incapable  of  safely  operating  a
23        snowmobile; or
24             5.  There  is  any  amount  of a drug, substance, or
25        compound in that person's blood or urine  resulting  from
26        the unlawful use or consumption of cannabis listed in the
27        Cannabis  Control  Act, or controlled substance listed in
28        the Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
29        (b)  The fact that a person charged with  violating  this
30    Section  is  or  has  been legally entitled to use alcohol or
31    other drugs does not constitute a defense against a charge of
 
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 1    violating this Section.
 2        (c)  Every person convicted of violating this Section  or
 3    a similar provision of a local ordinance is guilty of a Class
 4    A misdemeanor, except as otherwise provided in this Section.
 5        (d)  Every  person convicted of violating this Section is
 6    guilty of a Class 4 felony if:
 7             1.  The person has a previous conviction under  this
 8        Section; or
 9             2.  The  offense  results in personal injury where a
10        person other than the operator suffers great bodily  harm
11        or   permanent  disability  or  disfigurement,  when  the
12        violation was a proximate cause of the injuries. A person
13        guilty of a Class 4 felony under  this  paragraph  2,  if
14        sentenced  to  a term of imprisonment, shall be sentenced
15        to not less than one year nor more than 12 years.
16        (e)  Every person convicted of violating this Section  is
17    guilty  of  a  Class 2 3 felony if the offense results in the
18    death of a person. A person guilty of a Class 2 felony  under
19    this  subsection (e), if sentenced to a term of imprisonment,
20    shall be sentenced to a term of not less than 3 years and not
21    more than 14 years.
22        (f)  In addition to any criminal penalties  imposed,  the
23    Department  of  Conservation  shall  suspend  the  snowmobile
24    operation  privileges  of a person convicted of a misdemeanor
25    under this Section for a period of one year or for  a  period
26    of  5 years if the person is convicted of a felony under this
27    Section.
28    (Source: P.A. 89-55, eff. 1-1-96; 90-215, eff. 1-1-98.)

29        Section 10.  The Boat  Registration  and  Safety  Act  is
30    amended by changing Section 5-16 as follows:

31        (625 ILCS 45/5-16)
32        Sec. 5-16.  Operating a watercraft under the influence of
 
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 1    alcohol, other drug, or combination thereof.
 2        (A) 1.  A  person shall not operate any watercraft within
 3        this State while:
 4                  (a)  The alcohol concentration in such person's
 5             blood or breath is a concentration at which  driving
 6             a  motor vehicle is prohibited under subdivision (1)
 7             of subsection (a) of Section 11-501 of the  Illinois
 8             Vehicle Code;
 9                  (b)  Under the influence of alcohol;
10                  (c)  Under  the  influence of any other drug or
11             combination of drugs to a degree which renders  such
12             person incapable of safely operating any watercraft;
13                  (d)  Under  the  combined  influence of alcohol
14             and any other  drug  or  drugs  to  a  degree  which
15             renders  such person incapable of safely operating a
16             watercraft; or
17                  (e)  There is any amount of a drug,  substance,
18             or compound in the person's blood or urine resulting
19             from  the unlawful use or consumption of cannabis as
20             defined in the Cannabis Control Act or a  controlled
21             substance   listed   in   the   Illinois  Controlled
22             Substances Act.
23             2.  The fact that any person charged with  violating
24        this  Section  is  or  has  been  legally entitled to use
25        alcohol, or other drugs,  or  any  combination  of  both,
26        shall  not  constitute  a  defense  against any charge of
27        violating this Section.
28             3.  Every person convicted of violating this Section
29        shall be guilty of  a  Class  A  misdemeanor,  except  as
30        otherwise provided in this Section.
31             4.  Every person convicted of violating this Section
32        shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony if:
33                  (a)  He  has  a  previous conviction under this
34             Section; or
 
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 1                  (b)  The offense  results  in  personal  injury
 2             where a person other than the operator suffers great
 3             bodily    harm    or    permanent    disability   or
 4             disfigurement, when the violation  was  a  proximate
 5             cause of the injuries.  A person guilty of a Class 4
 6             felony  under this subparagraph (b), if sentenced to
 7             a term of imprisonment, shall be sentenced to a term
 8             of not less than one year nor more than 12 years.
 9             5.  Every person convicted of violating this Section
10        shall be guilty of a Class 2  3  felony  if  the  offense
11        results  in  the  death of a person. A person guilty of a
12        Class 2 felony under this paragraph 5, if sentenced to  a
13        term of imprisonment, shall be sentenced to a term of not
14        less than 3 years and not more than 14 years.
15             6. (a)  In   addition   to  any  criminal  penalties
16             imposed, the Department of Natural  Resources  shall
17             suspend  the  watercraft operation privileges of any
18             person convicted of a misdemeanor under this Section
19             for a period of one year.
20                  (b)  In  addition  to  any  criminal  penalties
21             imposed, the Department of Natural  Resources  shall
22             suspend  the  watercraft operation privileges of any
23             person convicted of a felony under this Section  for
24             a period of 3 years.
25        (B) 1.  Any  person  who operates any watercraft upon the
26        waters of this  State  shall  be  deemed  to  have  given
27        consent  to  a chemical test or tests of blood, breath or
28        urine for the purpose of determining the  alcohol,  other
29        drug,  or  combination  thereof  content of such person's
30        blood if arrested  for  any  offense  of  subsection  (A)
31        above.  The  test  or  tests shall be administered at the
32        direction of the arresting officer.
33             2.  Any person who is dead, unconscious  or  who  is
34        otherwise  in a condition rendering such person incapable
 
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 1        of refusal, shall be deemed not  to  have  withdrawn  the
 2        consent provided above.
 3             3.  A  person  requested  to  submit  to  a  test as
 4        provided above shall  be  verbally  advised  by  the  law
 5        enforcement officer requesting the test that a refusal to
 6        submit  to  the  test  will  result in suspension of such
 7        person's privilege to  operate  a  watercraft.  Following
 8        this  warning,  if a person under arrest refuses upon the
 9        request of a law enforcement officer to submit to a  test
10        designated  by  the officer, none shall be given, but the
11        law enforcement officer shall file with the clerk of  the
12        circuit  court  for  the  county  in which the arrest was
13        made, a sworn statement naming  the  person  refusing  to
14        take  and  complete the test or tests requested under the
15        provisions of this Section.  Such sworn  statement  shall
16        identify  the  arrested  person,  such  person's  current
17        residence  address  and  shall  specify that a refusal by
18        such person to take the test or  tests  was  made.   Such
19        sworn  statement  shall  include  a  statement  that  the
20        arresting  officer  had  reasonable  cause to believe the
21        person was operating the  watercraft  within  this  State
22        while  under  the  influence  of  alcohol, other drug, or
23        combination thereof and that such test or tests were made
24        as an incident to and following the lawful arrest for  an
25        offense as defined in this Section or a similar provision
26        of  a  local  ordinance,  and that the person after being
27        arrested for an offense arising out of  acts  alleged  to
28        have  been  committed  while  so  operating  a watercraft
29        refused to submit to and complete  a  test  or  tests  as
30        requested by the law enforcement officer.
31             The  clerk  shall  thereupon  notify  such person in
32        writing  that  the  person's  privilege  to   operate   a
33        watercraft  will be suspended unless, within 28 days from
34        the date of mailing of  the  notice,  such  person  shall
 
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 1        request  in  writing  a  hearing  thereon;  if the person
 2        desires a hearing, such person shall file a complaint  in
 3        the  circuit  court  for  and in the county in which such
 4        person was arrested for such hearing. Such hearing  shall
 5        proceed  in  the  court in the same manner as other civil
 6        proceedings, shall cover only the issues of  whether  the
 7        person  was placed under arrest for an offense as defined
 8        in this  Section  or  a  similar  provision  of  a  local
 9        ordinance  as  evidenced  by  the  issuance  of a uniform
10        citation; whether the arresting  officer  had  reasonable
11        grounds  to  believe  that  such  person  was operating a
12        watercraft while under the influence  of  alcohol,  other
13        drug,  or  combination  thereof;  and whether such person
14        refused to submit and complete the test or tests upon the
15        request of  the  law  enforcement  officer.  Whether  the
16        person  was  informed  that  such  person's  privilege to
17        operate a watercraft would be suspended  if  such  person
18        refused  to  submit  to the test or tests shall not be an
19        issue.
20             If the court finds against the person on the  issues
21        before  the court, the clerk shall immediately notify the
22        Department of Natural Resources of the court's  decision,
23        and the Department shall suspend the watercraft operation
24        privileges of the person for at least 2 years.
25             4.  A person must submit to each test offered by the
26        law  enforcement  officer  in  order  to  comply with the
27        implied consent provisions of this Section.
28             5.  The  provisions  of  Section  11-501.2  of   the
29        Illinois   Vehicle   Code,  as  amended,  concerning  the
30        certification and use of chemical tests apply to the  use
31        of such tests under this Section.
32        (C)  Upon  the  trial  of any civil or criminal action or
33    proceeding arising out of acts alleged to have been committed
34    by any person while operating a watercraft  while  under  the
 
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 1    influence  of  alcohol,  the  concentration of alcohol in the
 2    person's blood or breath at the  time  alleged  as  shown  by
 3    analysis  of a person's blood, urine, breath, or other bodily
 4    substance shall give rise to the  presumptions  specified  in
 5    subdivisions  1,  2,  and  3  of  subsection  (b)  of Section
 6    11-501.2  of  the  Illinois   Vehicle   Code. The   foregoing
 7    provisions  of  this subsection (C) shall not be construed as
 8    limiting the introduction  of  any  other  relevant  evidence
 9    bearing  upon  the  question whether the person was under the
10    influence of alcohol.
11        (D)  If a person under arrest  refuses  to  submit  to  a
12    chemical  test under the provisions of this Section, evidence
13    of refusal shall be  admissible  in  any  civil  or  criminal
14    action or proceeding arising out of acts alleged to have been
15    committed while the person under the influence of alcohol, or
16    other   drugs,   or  combination  of  both  was  operating  a
17    watercraft.
18        (E)  The owner of any  watercraft  or  any  person  given
19    supervisory  authority  over  a watercraft, may not knowingly
20    permit a watercraft to be operated by any  person  under  the
21    influence of alcohol, other drug, or combination thereof.
22        (F)  Whenever  any  person is convicted of a violation of
23    this Section, the court shall  notify  the  Division  of  Law
24    Enforcement  of  the  Department  of  Natural  Resources,  to
25    provide  the  Department  with  the records essential for the
26    performance of the Department's duties to monitor and enforce
27    any  order  of  suspension  or  revocation   concerning   the
28    privilege to operate a watercraft.
29        (G)  No  person  who  has  been  arrested and charged for
30    violating paragraph 1 of subsection (A) of this Section shall
31    operate any watercraft within this State for a  period  of  6
32    hours after such arrest.
33    (Source:  P.A.  89-445,  eff.  2-7-96;  90-215,  eff. 1-1-98;
34    90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)

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