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2002 SESSION

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HB 368 Eluding police; penalty.

Introduced by: John A. Cosgrove | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Disregarding signal by law-enforcement officer to stop; eluding police; penalty. Provides that any person who, having received a visible or audible signal from any law-enforcement officer to bring his motor vehicle to a stop, drives such motor vehicle in a willful and wanton disregard of such signal or who attempts to escape or elude such law-enforcement officer, is guilty of a Class 6 felony (formerly a Class 3 misdemeanor) and provides further that if an injury results from the offense, the person is guilty of a Class 5 felony, and if a death results from the offense, the person is guilty of a Class 4 felony.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/02  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/08/02 026490674  pdf | impact statement

HISTORY

• 01/09/02  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/08/02 026490674
• 01/09/02  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
• 01/18/02  House: Assigned to M., P. & P. S. sub-committee: 2
• 01/25/02  House: Continued to 2003 in M.,P. & P. S. (22-Y 0-N)