SB2156 Engrossed LRB094 13277 RLC 48131 b

1     AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
5 Section 12-2.6 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/12-2.6)
7     Sec. 12-2.6. Use of a dangerous place for the commission of
8 a controlled substance or cannabis offense.
9     (a) A person commits the offense of use of a dangerous
10 place for the commission of a controlled substance or cannabis
11 offense when that person knowingly exercises control over any
12 place with the intent to use that place to manufacture,
13 produce, deliver, or possess with intent to deliver a
14 controlled or counterfeit substance or controlled substance
15 analog in violation of Section 401 of the Illinois Controlled
16 Substances Act or to manufacture, produce, deliver, or possess
17 with intent to deliver cannabis in violation of Section 5, 5.1,
18 5.2, 7, or 8 of the Cannabis Control Act and:
19         (1) the place, by virtue of the presence of the
20     substance or substances used or intended to be used to
21     manufacture a controlled or counterfeit substance,
22     controlled substance analog, or cannabis, presents a
23     substantial risk of injury to any person from fire,
24     explosion, or exposure to toxic or noxious chemicals or
25     gas; or
26         (2) the place used or intended to be used to
27     manufacture, produce, deliver, or possess with intent to
28     deliver a controlled or counterfeit substance, controlled
29     substance analog, or cannabis has located within it or
30     surrounding it devices, weapons, chemicals, or explosives
31     designed, hidden, or arranged in a manner that would cause
32     a person to be exposed to a substantial risk of great

 

 

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1     bodily harm.
2     (b) It may be inferred that a place was intended to be used
3 to manufacture a controlled or counterfeit substance or
4 controlled substance analog if a substance containing a
5 controlled or counterfeit substance or controlled substance
6 analog or a substance containing a chemical important to the
7 manufacture of a controlled or counterfeit substance or
8 controlled substance analog is found at the place of the
9 alleged illegal controlled substance manufacturing in close
10 proximity to equipment or a chemical used for facilitating the
11 manufacture of the controlled or counterfeit substance or
12 controlled substance analog that is alleged to have been
13 intended to be manufactured.
14     (c) As used in this Section, "place" means a premises
15 premise, conveyance, or location that offers seclusion,
16 shelter, means, or facilitation for manufacturing, producing,
17 possessing, or possessing with intent to deliver a controlled
18 or counterfeit substance, controlled substance analog, or
19 cannabis.
20     (d) Use of a dangerous place for the commission of a
21 controlled substance or cannabis offense is a Class 1 felony.
22 (Source: P.A. 93-516, eff. 1-1-04; revised 1-25-05.)
 
23     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24 becoming law.