Public Act 097-1008
 
HB5606 EnrolledLRB097 17236 RLC 62436 b

    AN ACT concerning corrections.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Methamphetamine Control and Community
Protection Act is amended by adding Section 120 as follows:
 
    (720 ILCS 646/120 new)
    Sec. 120. Prescriptions.
    (a) Whenever any person pleads guilty to, is found guilty
of, or is placed on supervision for an offense under this 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 as defined in Section 10 of this Act,
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.
    (b) A person described in subsection (a) of this Section
who is in possession of any substance or product containing a
methamphetamine precursor as defined in Section 10 of this Act,
in violation of subsection (a) of this Section, is guilty of a
Class 4 felony.
    (c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to create
any duty, responsibility to investigate, or other liability for
any person prescribing, dispensing, selling, or otherwise
lawfully transferring or providing a methamphetamine precursor
to a person described in subsection (a) of this Section.
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2012.