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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6903
Introduced 02/09/04, by Sandra M. Pihos - Patricia R. Bellock SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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625 ILCS 5/11-1010 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1010 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a pedestrian who is under the influence of intoxicating compounds (as well as one who is under the influence of alcohol or drugs), to a degree which renders the person a hazard, may not walk or be upon a highway except on a sidewalk. Provides that a violation is a Class C misdemeanor (rather than a petty offense). Provides that a person who violates the provision is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor if the violation is a proximate cause of an accident resulting in great bodily harm or death to another person.
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| CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | |
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A BILL FOR
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HB6903 |
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LRB093 17934 DRH 43617 b |
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing |
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| Section 11-1010 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/11-1010) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1010)
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| Sec. 11-1010. Pedestrians under influence of alcohol or |
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| drugs. |
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| (a) A pedestrian who is under the influence of alcohol, |
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| other
or any drug or drugs, intoxicating compound or compounds, |
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| or any combination thereof, to a degree
which renders himself a |
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| hazard shall not walk or be upon a highway except on
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| sidewalk. |
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| (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), a violation of |
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| this Section is a Class C misdemeanor. |
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| (c) A person who, in violating this Section, is a proximate |
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| cause of an accident causing great bodily harm or death to |
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| another person, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
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| (Source: P.A. 79-857.)
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