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HB2844 Engrossed                     LRB093 06699 RLC 06833 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to criminal law.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding
 5    Sections 12-4.10 and 12-4.11 as follows:

 6        (720 ILCS 5/12-4.10 new)
 7        Sec. 12-4.10. Drug related child endangerment.
 8        (a)  A person commits the offense of drug  related  child
 9    endangerment  when he or she endangers the life and health of
10    a child by knowingly exposing the child to a clandestine drug
11    laboratory environment by performing  any  of  the  following
12    acts:
13             (1)  producing,   manufacturing,   or   preparing  a
14        controlled substance; or
15             (2)  producing,  manufacturing,  or   preparing   an
16        ingredient   required   to   manufacture   a   controlled
17        substance; or
18             (3)  storing   chemicals   used  in  the  controlled
19        substance manufacturing process in a structure  to  which
20        the child has access; or
21             (4)  storing  contaminated  apparatus  used  in  the
22        controlled substance manufacturing process in a structure
23        to which the child has access; or
24             (5)  storing  chemical  waste  and other by-products
25        created during  the  controlled  substance  manufacturing
26        process in a structure to which the child has access; or
27             (6)  storing  any  device  used for the ingestion of
28        controlled substances in a structure to which  the  child
29        has access.
30        (b)  In this Section:
31        "Child" means a person under the age of 18 years.
 
HB2844 Engrossed            -2-      LRB093 06699 RLC 06833 b
 1        "Structure"  means  any  house, apartment building, shop,
 2    barn,  warehouse,  building,  vessel,  railroad  car,   cargo
 3    container,  motor vehicle, house car, trailer, trailer coach,
 4    camper,  mine,  floating  home,  watercraft,  any   structure
 5    capable  of  holding  a  clandestine  laboratory  or any real
 6    property.
 7        (c)  Sentence. A person convicted of drug  related  child
 8    endangerment is guilty of a Class 2 felony.

 9        (720 ILCS 5/12-4.11 new)
10        Sec. 12-4.11. Aggravated drug related child endangerment.
11        (a)  A  person  commits  the  offense  of aggravated drug
12    related child endangerment when he or she:
13             (1)  commits  a  violation  of  drug  related  child
14        endangerment; and
15             (2)  the child experiences death, great bodily harm,
16        disability or disfigurement  as  a  result  of  the  drug
17        related child endangerment.
18        (b)  Sentence. Aggravated drug related child endangerment
19    is a Class X felony.

20        Section  99.  Effective  date. This Act takes effect upon
21    becoming law.