Bill Text: IL SB3093 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act. Provides that whenever any person pleads guilty to, is found guilty of, or is placed on supervision for an offense under the Act, in addition to any other penalty imposed by the court, no such person shall thereafter knowingly purchase, receive, own, or otherwise possess any substance or product containing a methamphetamine precursor, without the methamphetamine precursor first being prescribed for the use of that person in the manner provided for the prescription of Schedule II controlled substances under Article III of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that a violation is a Class 1 felony.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-05-28 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [SB3093 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SB3093-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Methamphetamine Control and Community | ||||||
| 5 | Protection Act is amended by adding Section 115 as follows:
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| 6 | (720 ILCS 646/115 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 115. Prescriptions. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) Whenever any person pleads guilty to, is found guilty | ||||||
| 9 | of, or is placed on supervision for an offense under this Act, | ||||||
| 10 | in addition to any other penalty imposed by the court, no such | ||||||
| 11 | person shall thereafter knowingly purchase, receive, own, or | ||||||
| 12 | otherwise possess any substance or product containing more than | ||||||
| 13 | 7,500 milligrams of a methamphetamine precursor as defined in | ||||||
| 14 | Section 10 of this Act, without the methamphetamine precursor | ||||||
| 15 | first being prescribed for the use of that person in the manner | ||||||
| 16 | provided for the prescription of Schedule II controlled | ||||||
| 17 | substances under Article III of the Illinois Controlled | ||||||
| 18 | Substances Act. | ||||||
| 19 | (b) A person described in subsection (a) of this Section | ||||||
| 20 | who is in possession of any substance or product containing a | ||||||
| 21 | methamphetamine precursor as defined in Section 10 of this Act, | ||||||
| 22 | in violation of subsection (a) of this Section, is guilty of a | ||||||
| 23 | Class 4 felony. | ||||||
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| 1 | (c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to create | ||||||
| 2 | any duty, responsibility to investigate, or other liability for | ||||||
| 3 | any person prescribing, dispensing, selling, or otherwise | ||||||
| 4 | lawfully transferring or providing a methamphetamine precursor | ||||||
| 5 | to a person described in subsection (a) of this Section. | ||||||
| 6 | (d) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the | ||||||
| 7 | contrary, it is lawful for persons to provide small quantities | ||||||
| 8 | of methamphetamine precursors to immediate family or household | ||||||
| 9 | members for legitimate medical purposes, and it is lawful for | ||||||
| 10 | persons to receive small quantities of methamphetamine | ||||||
| 11 | precursors from immediate family or household members for | ||||||
| 12 | legitimate medical purposes.
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