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SB1578 Engrossed                     LRB093 10310 RLC 10564 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  Illinois  Controlled  Substances Act is
 5    amended by adding Section 411.3 as follows:

 6        (720 ILCS 570/411.3 new)
 7        Sec. 411.3. Methamphetamine restitution. If a  person  is
 8    convicted  of  a  violation  of  clause  (6.5)  or  (6.6)  of
 9    subsection (a), subsection (c)(6.5), subsection (c-5), clause
10    (d)(iii), or subsection (d-5) of Section 401, and the offense
11    involves the manufacture of methamphetamine or the possession
12    of  a  methamphetamine  manufacturing  chemical as defined in
13    paragraph (z-1)  of  Section  102,  and  the  manufacture  of
14    methamphetamine  or possession of one or more methamphetamine
15    manufacturing chemicals requires an emergency  response,  the
16    person convicted shall be required to make restitution to all
17    public  entities involved in the emergency response, to cover
18    the reasonable cost of their participation in  the  emergency
19    response. The convicted person shall make this restitution in
20    addition  to  any  other  fine or penalty required by law. In
21    this Section,  "emergency  response"  includes,  but  is  not
22    limited  to,  collecting  evidence,  securing  the  site, and
23    cleaning up the site where the relevant offense  or  offenses
24    took place, whether these actions are performed by the public
25    entities  themselves  or  by  private contractors paid by the
26    public entities.