Introduced Version






HOUSE BILL No. 1108

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 9-13-2-1.7; IC 9-21-8-55; IC 35-42-2-2.

Synopsis: Aggressive driving and criminal recklessness. Defines "aggressive driving". Makes aggressive driving a Class A misdemeanor if it is done knowingly or intentionally. Makes criminal recklessness: (1) a Class D felony instead of a Class B misdemeanor if the offense is committed by a person who committed aggressive driving and caused serious bodily injury to another person; and (2) a Class C felony instead of a Class B misdemeanor if the offense is committed by a person who committed aggressive driving and caused the death of another person. Makes criminal recklessness a Class C felony instead of a Class B misdemeanor if it is committed by shooting a firearm into an inhabited dwelling or other building or place where people are likely to gather. (Current law requires that the shooting be done from a vehicle.)

Effective: July 1, 2006.





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    January 5, 2006, read first time and referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code.







Introduced

Second Regular Session 114th General Assembly (2006)


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HOUSE BILL No. 1108



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law and procedure.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 9-13-2-1.7; (06)IN1108.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 9-13-2-1.7 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2006]: Sec. 1.7. "Aggressive driving", for purposes of IC 9-21-8-55, has the meaning set forth in IC 9-21-8-55(a).
SOURCE: IC 9-21-8-55; (06)IN1108.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 9-21-8-55 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2006]: Sec. 55. (a) For purposes of this section, a person engages in aggressive driving if, during one (1) episode of continuous driving of a vehicle, the person does or commits at least three (3) of the following:
        (1) Following a vehicle too closely in violation of IC 9-21-8-14.
        (2) Unsafe operation of a vehicle in violation of IC 9-21-8-24.
        (3) Overtaking another vehicle on the right by driving off the roadway in violation of IC 9-21-8-6.
        (4) Unsafe stopping or slowing a vehicle in violation of IC 9-21-8-26.
        (5) Unnecessary sounding of the horn in violation of

IC 9-19-5-2.
        (6) Failure to yield in violation of IC 9-21-8-29 through IC 9-21-8-34.
        (7) Failure to obey a traffic control device in violation of IC 9-21-8-41.
        (8) Driving at an unsafe speed in violation of IC 9-21-5.
        (9) Repeatedly flashing the vehicle's headlights.
    (b) A person who knowingly or intentionally engages in aggressive driving commits aggressive driving, a Class A misdemeanor.

SOURCE: IC 35-42-2-2; (06)IN1108.1.3. -->     SECTION 3. IC 35-42-2-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2006]: Sec. 2. (a) As used in this section, "hazing" means forcing or requiring another person:
        (1) with or without the consent of the other person; and
        (2) as a condition of association with a group or organization;
to perform an act that creates a substantial risk of bodily injury.
    (b) A person who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally performs:
        (1) an act that creates a substantial risk of bodily injury to another person; or
        (2) hazing;
commits criminal recklessness. Except as provided in subsection (c), criminal recklessness is a Class B misdemeanor.
    (c) The offense of criminal recklessness as defined in subsection (b) is:
        (1) a Class A misdemeanor if the conduct includes the use of a vehicle;
        (2) a Class D felony if:
             (A) it is committed while armed with a deadly weapon; or
            (B) the person committed aggressive driving (as defined in IC 9-21-8-55) and caused serious bodily injury to another person; or
        (3) a Class C felony if:
             (A) it is committed by shooting a firearm from a vehicle into an inhabited dwelling or other building or place where people are likely to gather; or
            (B) the person committed aggressive driving (as defined in IC 9-21-8-55) and caused the death of another person.

    (d) A person who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally:
        (1) inflicts serious bodily injury on another person; or
        (2) performs hazing that results in serious bodily injury to a person;
commits criminal recklessness, a Class D felony. However, the offense

is a Class C felony if committed by means of a deadly weapon.
    (e) A person, other than a person who has committed an offense under this section or a delinquent act that would be an offense under this section if the violator was an adult, who:
        (1) makes a report of hazing in good faith;
        (2) participates in good faith in a judicial proceeding resulting from a report of hazing;
        (3) employs a reporting or participating person described in subdivision (1) or (2); or
        (4) supervises a reporting or participating person described in subdivision (1) or (2);
is not liable for civil damages or criminal penalties that might otherwise be imposed because of the report or participation.
    (f) A person described in subsection (e)(1) or (e)(2) is presumed to act in good faith.
    (g) A person described in subsection (e)(1) or (e)(2) may not be treated as acting in bad faith solely because the person did not have probable cause to believe that a person committed:
        (1) an offense under this section; or
        (2) a delinquent act that would be an offense under this section if the offender was an adult.

SOURCE: ; (06)IN1108.1.4. -->     SECTION 4. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2006] IC 9-21-8-55, as added by this act, and IC 35-42-2-2, as amended by this act, apply only to offenses committed after June 30, 2006.