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HB0529 Engrossed |
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LRB094 06934 RLC 37049 b |
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Controlled Substances Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 411 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 570/411) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1411)
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| Sec. 411. In determining the appropriate sentence for any |
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| conviction
under this Act, the sentencing court may consider |
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| the following as
indicative of the type of offenses which the |
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| legislature deems most
damaging to the peace and welfare of the |
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| citizens of Illinois and which
warrants the most severe |
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| penalties:
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| (1) the unlawful delivery of the most highly toxic |
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| controlled
substances, as reflected by their inclusion in |
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| Schedule I or II of this
Act;
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| (2) offenses involving unusually large quantities of |
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| controlled
substances, as measured by their wholesale |
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| value at the time of the
offense;
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| (3) the unlawful delivery of controlled substances by a |
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| non-user to a
user of controlled substances;
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| (4) non-possessory offenses by persons who have no |
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| other visible means
of support;
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| (5) offenses involving the large-scale manufacture of |
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| controlled
substances;
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| (6) offenses which indicate any immediate involvement |
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| whatsoever with
organized crime in terms of the controlled |
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| substance's manufacture,
importation, or volume |
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| distribution;
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| (7) the manufacture for, or the delivery of controlled |
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| substances to
persons 3 years or more junior to the |
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| person(s) convicted under this Act;
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| (8) the unlawful delivery of anabolic steroids by an |