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1999 SESSION
SB 809 Eluding police.
Introduced by: Edward L. Schrock | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Eluding police. Raises the penalty for disregarding a police signal to stop from a Class 4 misdemeanor to a Class 3 misdemeanor, for eluding police from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony, and for eluding police and causing serious bodily injury from a Class 6 felony to a Class 5 felony. The bill mandates a minimum 30-day driver’s license suspension for a misdemeanor conviction under the section, a minimum 180-day suspension for a felony conviction and a minimum 90-day suspension for eluding at 20 mph or more over the speed limit. All license suspensions under the bill run consecutively. A vehicle owner who is convicted of a felony under the section must forfeit his vehicle to the Commonwealth.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/99 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 992222736 pdf
- 01/28/99 Senate: Committee substitute printed 994754736-S1 pdf
HISTORY
- 01/13/99 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 992222736
- 01/13/99 Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 01/20/99 Senate: Pursuant to S.Rule 20(j),rerefer. by Trans. (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/99 Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
- 01/27/99 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice w/sub. (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/99 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 01/28/99 Senate: Committee substitute printed 994754736-S1
- 02/03/99 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance (17-Y 0-N)