HB3503 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB3503

Introduced 2/23/2005, by Rep. Aaron Schock

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

New Act

Creates the Methamphetamine Control Law Commission Act. Creates a Methamphetamine Control Law Commission to draft a Methamphetamine Control Act to address crimes involving methamphetamine, including, but not limited to, its illegal manufacture, delivery, and possession and the theft and purchase of methamphetamine precursors used to manufacture methamphetamine. Provides that the Commission shall present its findings and its draft of the Methamphetamine Control Act to the Governor and General Assembly by December 31, 2006. Provides that the Commission shall cease to exist one year after the effective date of the Act. Repeals the Methamphetamine Control Law Commission Act on July 1, 2007.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning methamphetamine.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Methamphetamine Control Law Commission Act.

Section 5. Commission creation.

(a) The Methamphetamine Control Law Commission is created. The Commission shall consist of 10 members appointed as follows:

(1) One member of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate.

(2) One member of the Senate appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate.

(3) One member of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

(4) One member of the House of Representatives appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.

(5) The Attorney General or his or her designee.

(6) The Director of Corrections or his or her designee.

(7) The Director of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor or his or her designee.

(8) The State Appellate Defender or his or her designee.

(9) One member appointed by the Illinois State's Attorneys Association.

(10) One member appointed by the Illinois State Bar Association.

(b) The Commission shall meet within 30 days after the effective date of this Act to organize and choose a chairperson. The Commission may choose such other officers as it deems appropriate. Six members of the Commission constitute a quorum to do business and the affirmative vote of at least 6 members of the Commission is necessary for a decision of the Commission.

(c) The members of the Commission shall receive no additional compensation for their service on the Commission but may be reimbursed for travel and actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties on the Commission from appropriations made by the General Assembly to the Commission for that purpose.

(d) The Commission shall cease to exist one year after the effective date of this Act.

Section 10. Purposes. The Commission shall draft a Methamphetamine Control Act to address crimes involving methamphetamine, including, but not limited to, its illegal manufacture, delivery, and possession and the theft and purchase of methamphetamine precursors used to manufacture methamphetamine. It is intended that this legislation is to be incorporated into the Criminal Code of 1961 or a successor Criminal Code as a separate Article and not as provisions of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or a successor Act.

Section 15. Report. The Commission shall present its findings and its draft of the Methamphetamine Control Act to the Governor and General Assembly by December 31, 2006.

Section 90. Repeal. This Act is repealed on July 1, 2007.