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1999 SESSION
HB 1800 Eluding police.
Introduced by: Robert F. McDonnell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
Eluding police. Changes the penalty for failing to stop, and eluding police, from a Class 4 misdemeanor to a Class 3 misdemeanor and for eluding police while endangering persons or the police vehicle from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony. The bill creates an affirmative defense to a charge of eluding police if the defendant reasonably believed his pursuer not to be a law-enforcement officer. The bill also provides for mandatory license suspension of 30 days for a misdemeanor and 90 days for driving more than 20 miles per hour over the speed limit when convicted of eluding police.
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Eluding police. Changes the penalty for failing to stop, and eluding police, from a Class 4 misdemeanor to a Class 3 misdemeanor and for eluding police while endangering persons or the police vehicle from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony. The bill creates an affirmative defense to a charge of eluding police if the defendant reasonably believed his pursuer not to be a law-enforcement officer. The bill also provides for mandatory license suspension of 30 days for a misdemeanor, 90 days for driving more than 20 miles per hour over the speed limit and 180 days for a felony conviction.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Eluding police. Raises the penalty for failing to stop from a Class 4 misdemeanor to a Class 3 misdemeanor and for eluding police from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony. The bill also provides for mandatory license suspension of 30 days for a misdemeanor, 90 days for driving more than 20 miles per hour over the speed limit and 180 days for a felony conviction.