98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB5517
 
Introduced , by Rep. Ron Sandack
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 



720 ILCS 570/411  from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1411

     Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act.  Provides that in determining the appropriate sentence for a conviction
under the Act, the sentencing court may consider as a factor   the transportation of controlled substances from one county in this State into another county in this State or from one state into this State.   Effective immediately.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Controlled Substances Act is 
5amended  by changing Section 411 as follows:
 



6    (720 ILCS 570/411)  (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1411)



7    Sec. 411. In determining the appropriate sentence for any 
8conviction
under this Act, the sentencing court may consider 
9the following as
indicative of the type of offenses which the 
10legislature deems most
damaging to the peace and welfare of the 
11citizens of Illinois and which
warrants the most severe 
12penalties:


13        (1) the unlawful delivery of the most highly toxic 
14    controlled
substances, as reflected by their inclusion in 
15    Schedule I or II of this
Act;


16        (2) offenses involving unusually large quantities of 
17    controlled
substances, as measured by their wholesale 
18    value at the time of the
offense;


19        (3) the unlawful delivery of controlled substances by a 
20    non-user to a
user of controlled substances;


21        (4) non-possessory offenses by persons who have no 
22    other visible means
of support;


23        (5) offenses involving the large-scale manufacture of 
 
 
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1    controlled
substances;


2        (6) offenses which indicate any immediate involvement 
3    whatsoever with
organized crime in terms of the controlled 
4    substance's manufacture,
importation, or volume 
5    distribution;


6        (7) the manufacture for, or the delivery of controlled 
7    substances to
persons 3 years or more junior to the 
8    person(s) convicted under this Act;


9        (8) the unlawful delivery of anabolic steroids by an 
10    athletic trainer,
coach, or health club personnel;
 
11        (9) the possession, delivery, or manufacture of 
12    controlled substances or cannabis in the presence of a 
13    child under 17 years of age; .

14        (10)  the transportation of controlled substances from 
15    one county in this State into another county in this State 
16    or from one state into this State. 
17    Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting in 
18any way the
discretion of the court to impose any sentence 
19authorized by this Act.

20(Source: P.A. 94-172, eff. 1-1-06.)

 
 
21    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
22becoming law.