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Sen. William R. Haine
Filed: 5/10/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1908
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1908 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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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 |
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| 1 | | substances under Article III of the Illinois Controlled |
| 2 | | Substances Act. |
| 3 | | (b) A person described in subsection (a) of this Section |
| 4 | | who is in possession of any substance or product containing a |
| 5 | | methamphetamine precursor as defined in Section 10 of this Act, |
| 6 | | in violation of subsection (a) of this Section, is guilty of a |
| 7 | | Class 4 felony. |
| 8 | | (c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to create |
| 9 | | any duty, responsibility to investigate, or other liability for |
| 10 | | any person prescribing, dispensing, selling, or otherwise |
| 11 | | lawfully transferring or providing a methamphetamine precursor |
| 12 | | to a person described in subsection (a) of this Section. |
| 13 | | (d) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the |
| 14 | | contrary, it is lawful for persons to provide small quantities |
| 15 | | of methamphetamine precursors to immediate family or household |
| 16 | | members for legitimate medical purposes, and it is lawful for |
| 17 | | persons to receive small quantities of methamphetamine |
| 18 | | precursors from immediate family or household members for |
| 19 | | legitimate medical purposes.".
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