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

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on what constitutes 'excessive speeding'.

Law About Excessive Speeding

This law creates new penalties for excessive speeding, including higher fines and longer suspensions of driving privileges for repeat offenders.

What This Bill Does

• Creates the crime of 'excessive speeding' as a Class C misdemeanor.
• If someone has been convicted of excessive speeding before, it becomes a Class B misdemeanor.
• Two convictions within five years will lead to a court recommending that driving privileges be suspended immediately.
• A judge must impose a $5,000 fine and recommend suspending driving for six months if someone resists law enforcement with a vehicle.
• If someone uses a car to commit another crime and has a prior unrelated conviction, the judge must impose a $10,000 fine and recommend suspending driving for one year.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who drive cars
• Courts that handle traffic violations

Terms To Know

Class C misdemeanor

A minor crime with a small punishment, like a fine or short jail time.

Class B misdemeanor

A more serious crime than a Class C misdemeanor, usually with bigger punishments.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what 'excessive speeding' means in terms of how fast someone must be driving.
• It is unclear when the law will take effect since there is no effective date listed.

Official Summary Text

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

Current Bill Text

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

Dangerous excessive speeding.

Creates the crime of excessive speeding, a Class C misdemeanor. Provides that the offense is a Class B misdemeanor if the person has a prior unrelated conviction and provides that two convictions within five years shall result in the court's recommendation for immediate suspension of driving privileges. Provides that a sentencing court shall impose a fine of $5,000 and recommend the suspension of driving privileges for six months for a person convicted of resisting law enforcement using a vehicle. Provides that a sentencing court shall impose a fine of $10,000 and recommend the suspension of driving privileges for one year if a person uses a vehicle to commit the offense and the person has a prior unrelated conviction.