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1     AN ACT concerning professional regulation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act is
5 amended by adding Section 3.23 as follows:
 
6     (410 ILCS 620/3.23 new)
7     Sec. 3.23. Legend drug prohibition.
8     (a) In this Section:
9     "Legend drug" means a drug limited by the Federal Food,
10 Drug and Cosmetic Act to being dispensed by or upon a medical
11 practitioner's prescription because the drug is:
12         (1) habit forming;
13         (2) toxic or having potential for harm; or
14         (3) limited in use by the new drug application for the
15     drug to use only under a medical practitioner's
16     supervision.
17     "Medical practitioner" means any person licensed to
18 practice medicine in all its branches in the State.
19     "Deliver" or "delivery" means the actual, constructive, or
20 attempted transfer of possession of a legend drug, with or
21 without consideration, whether or not there is an agency
22 relationship.
23     "Manufacture" means the production, preparation,

 

 

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1 propagation, compounding, conversion, or processing of a
2 legend drug, either directly or indirectly, by extraction from
3 substances of natural origin, or independently by means of
4 chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and
5 chemical synthesis, and includes any packaging or repackaging
6 of the substance or labeling of its container. "Manufacture"
7 does not include:
8         (1) by an ultimate user, the preparation or compounding
9     of a legend drug for his own use; or
10         (2) by a medical practitioner, or his authorized agent
11     under his supervision, the preparation, compounding,
12     packaging, or labeling of a legend drug:
13             (A) as an incident to his administering or
14         dispensing of a legend drug in the course of his
15         professional practice; or
16             (B) as an incident to lawful research, teaching, or
17         chemical analysis and not for sale.
18     "Prescription" has the same meaning ascribed to it in
19 Section 3 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
20     (b) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly manufacture
21 or deliver or possess with the intent to manufacture or deliver
22 a legend drug of 6 or more pills, tablets, capsules, or caplets
23 or 30 ml or more of a legend drug in liquid form who is not
24 licensed by applicable law to prescribe or dispense legend
25 drugs or is not an employee of the licensee operating in the
26 normal course of business under the supervision of the

 

 

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1 licensee. Any person who violates this Section is guilty of a
2 Class 3 felony, the fine for which shall not exceed $100,000. A
3 person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of this
4 Section is guilty of a Class 1 felony, the fine for which shall
5 not exceed $250,000.
6     (c) The following are subject to forfeiture:
7         (1) all substances that have been manufactured,
8     distributed, dispensed, or possessed in violation of this
9     Act;
10         (2) all raw materials, products, and equipment of any
11     kind which are used, or intended for use in manufacturing,
12     distributing, dispensing, administering, or possessing any
13     substance in violation of this Act;
14         (3) all conveyances, including aircraft, vehicles, or
15     vessels, which are used, or intended for use, to transport,
16     or in any manner to facilitate the transportation, sale,
17     receipt, possession, or concealment of property described
18     in items (1) and (2) of this subsection (c), but:
19             (A) no conveyance used by any person as a common
20         carrier in the transaction of business as a common
21         carrier is subject to forfeiture under this Section
22         unless it appears that the owner or other person in
23         charge of the conveyance is a consenting party or privy
24         to a violation of this Act;
25             (B) no conveyance is subject to forfeiture under
26         this Section by reason of any act or omission which the

 

 

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1         owner proves to have been committed or omitted without
2         his knowledge or consent; and
3             (C) a forfeiture of a conveyance encumbered by a
4         bona fide security interest is subject to the interest
5         of the secured party if he neither had knowledge of nor
6         consented to the act or omission;
7         (4) all money, things of value, books, records, and
8     research products and materials including formulas,
9     microfilm, tapes, and data that are used, or intended to be
10     used in violation of this Act;
11         (5) everything of value furnished, or intended to be
12     furnished, in exchange for a substance in violation of this
13     Act, all proceeds traceable to such an exchange, and all
14     moneys, negotiable instruments, and securities used, or
15     intended to be used, to commit or in any manner to
16     facilitate any violation of this Act; and
17         (6) all real property, including any right, title, and
18     interest, including, but not limited to, any leasehold
19     interest or the beneficial interest in a land trust, in the
20     whole of any lot or tract of land and any appurtenances or
21     improvements, which is used or intended to be used, in any
22     manner or part, to commit, or in any manner to facilitate
23     the commission of, any violation or act that constitutes a
24     violation of Section 33.1 of this Act or that is the
25     proceeds of any violation or act that constitutes a
26     violation of Section 33.1 of this Act.

 

 

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1     (d) Property subject to forfeiture under this Act may be
2 seized by the Director of the Department of State Police or any
3 peace officer upon process or seizure warrant issued by any
4 court having jurisdiction over the property. Seizure by the
5 Director of the Department of State Police or any peace officer
6 without process may be made:
7         (1) if the seizure is incident to inspection under an
8     administrative inspection warrant;
9         (2) if the property subject to seizure has been the
10     subject of a prior judgment in favor of the State in a
11     criminal proceeding, or in an injunction or forfeiture
12     proceeding based upon this Act or the Drug Asset Forfeiture
13     Procedure Act;
14         (3) if there is probable cause to believe that the
15     property is directly or indirectly dangerous to health or
16     safety;
17         (4) if there is probable cause to believe that the
18     property is subject to forfeiture under this Act and the
19     property is seized under circumstances in which a
20     warrantless seizure or arrest would be reasonable; or
21         (5) in accordance with the Code of Criminal Procedure
22     of 1963.
23     (e) In the event of seizure pursuant to subsection (c) of
24 this Section, forfeiture proceedings shall be instituted in
25 accordance with the Drug Asset Forfeiture Procedure Act.
26     (f) Property taken or detained under this Section shall not

 

 

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1 be subject to replevin, but is deemed to be in the custody of
2 the Director of the Department of State Police subject only to
3 the order and judgments of the circuit court having
4 jurisdiction over the forfeiture proceedings and the decisions
5 of the State's Attorney under the Drug Asset Forfeiture
6 Procedure Act. If property is seized under this Act, then the
7 seizing agency shall promptly conduct an inventory of the
8 seized property and estimate the property's value, and shall
9 forward a copy of the inventory of seized property and the
10 estimate of the property's value to the Director of the
11 Department of State Police. Upon receiving notice of seizure,
12 the Secretary may:
13         (1) place the property under seal;
14         (2) remove the property to a place designated by the
15     Secretary;
16         (3) keep the property in the possession of the seizing
17     agency;
18         (4) remove the property to a storage area for
19     safekeeping or, if the property is a negotiable instrument
20     or money and is not needed for evidentiary purposes,
21     deposit it in an interest bearing account;
22         (5) place the property under constructive seizure by
23     posting notice of pending forfeiture on it, by giving
24     notice of pending forfeiture to its owners and interest
25     holders, or by filing notice of pending forfeiture in any
26     appropriate public record relating to the property; or

 

 

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1         (6) provide for another agency or custodian, including
2     an owner, secured party, or lienholder, to take custody of
3     the property upon the terms and conditions set by the
4     Director of the Department of State Police.
5     (g) If the Department suspends or revokes a registration,
6 all legend drugs owned or possessed by the registrant at the
7 time of suspension or the effective date of the revocation
8 order may be placed under seal. No disposition may be made of
9 substances under seal until the time for taking an appeal has
10 elapsed or until all appeals have been concluded unless a
11 court, upon application therefor, orders the sale of perishable
12 substances and the deposit of the proceeds of the sale with the
13 court. Upon a revocation rule becoming final, all substances
14 may be forfeited to the Department.
15     (h) If property is forfeited under this Act, then the
16 Director of the Department of State Police must sell all such
17 property unless such property is required by law to be
18 destroyed or is harmful to the public, and shall distribute the
19 proceeds of the sale, together with any moneys forfeited or
20 seized, in accordance with subsection (i) of this Section. Upon
21 the application of the seizing agency or prosecutor who was
22 responsible for the investigation, arrest or arrests, and
23 prosecution that led to the forfeiture, the Director of the
24 Department of State Police may return any item of forfeited
25 property to the seizing agency or prosecutor for official use
26 in the enforcement of laws if the agency or prosecutor can

 

 

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1 demonstrate that the item requested would be useful to the
2 agency or prosecutor in their enforcement efforts. If any
3 forfeited conveyance, including an aircraft, vehicle, or
4 vessel, is returned to the seizing agency or prosecutor, then
5 the conveyance may be used immediately in the enforcement of
6 the criminal laws of the State. Upon disposal, all proceeds
7 from the sale of the conveyance must be used for drug
8 enforcement purposes. If any real property returned to the
9 seizing agency is sold by the agency or its unit of government,
10 then the proceeds of the sale shall be delivered to the
11 Director of the Department of State Police and distributed in
12 accordance with subsection (i) of this Section.
13     (i) All moneys and the sale proceeds of all other property
14 forfeited and seized under this Act shall be distributed as
15 follows:
16         (1) 65% shall be distributed to the metropolitan
17     enforcement group, local, municipal, county, or State law
18     enforcement agency or agencies which conducted or
19     participated in the investigation resulting in the
20     forfeiture. The distribution shall bear a reasonable
21     relationship to the degree of direct participation of the
22     law enforcement agency in the effort resulting in the
23     forfeiture, taking into account the total value of the
24     property forfeited and the total law enforcement effort
25     with respect to the violation of the law upon which the
26     forfeiture is based. Amounts distributed to the agency or

 

 

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1     agencies shall be used for the enforcement of laws.
2         (2) 12.5% shall be distributed to the Office of the
3     State's Attorney of the county in which the prosecution
4     resulting in the forfeiture was instituted, deposited in a
5     special fund in the county treasury and appropriated to the
6     State's Attorney for use in the enforcement of laws. In
7     counties over 3,000,000 population, 25% will be
8     distributed to the Office of the State's Attorney for use
9     in the enforcement of laws governing cannabis and
10     controlled substances. If the prosecution is undertaken
11     solely by the Attorney General, the portion provided
12     hereunder shall be distributed to the Attorney General for
13     use in the enforcement of laws.
14         (3) 12.5% shall be distributed to the Office of the
15     State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor and deposited in a
16     separate fund of that office to be used for additional
17     expenses incurred in the investigation, prosecution and
18     appeal of cases. The Office of the State's Attorneys
19     Appellate Prosecutor shall not receive distribution from
20     cases brought in counties with over 3,000,000 population.
21         (4) 10% shall be retained by the Department of State
22     Police for expenses related to the administration and sale
23     of seized and forfeited property.
 
24     Section 10. The Drug Asset Forfeiture Procedure Act is
25 amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
 

 

 

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1     (725 ILCS 150/3)  (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1673)
2     Sec. 3. Applicability. The provisions of this Act are
3 applicable to all property forfeitable under the Illinois
4 Controlled Substances Act, the Cannabis Control Act, the
5 Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, or the Methamphetamine
6 Control and Community Protection Act.
7 (Source: P.A. 94-556, eff. 9-11-05.)
 
8     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9 becoming law.