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1    AN ACT concerning corrections.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Methamphetamine Control and Community
5Protection Act is amended by adding Section 120 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 646/120 new)
7    Sec. 120. Prescriptions.
8    (a) Whenever any person pleads guilty to, is found guilty
9of, or is placed on supervision for an offense under this Act,
10in addition to any other penalty imposed by the court, no such
11person shall thereafter knowingly purchase, receive, own, or
12otherwise possess any substance or product containing a
13methamphetamine precursor as defined in Section 10 of this Act,
14without the methamphetamine precursor first being prescribed
15for the use of that person in the manner provided for the
16prescription of Schedule II controlled substances under
17Article III of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
18    (b) A person described in subsection (a) of this Section
19who is in possession of any substance or product containing a
20methamphetamine precursor as defined in Section 10 of this Act,
21in violation of subsection (a) of this Section, is guilty of a
22Class 4 felony.
23    (c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to create

 

 

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1any duty, responsibility to investigate, or other liability for
2any person prescribing, dispensing, selling, or otherwise
3lawfully transferring or providing a methamphetamine precursor
4to a person described in subsection (a) of this Section.
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
62012.