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Full Text of HB5543 99th General Assembly

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HB5543 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016
HB5543

Introduced , by Rep. Carol Ammons

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 550/4   from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 704
    Amends the Cannabis Control Act. Makes a technical change in the Section regarding the unlawful possession of cannabis.

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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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:

4     Section 5. The Cannabis Control Act is amended by changing
5 Section 4 as follows:

6     (720 ILCS 550/4)  (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 704)
7     Sec. 4. It is unlawful for any person knowingly to possess
8 cannabis. Any person who violates this section with respect to:
9         (a) not more than 2.5 grams of any substance containing
10     cannabis is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor;
11         (b) more than 2.5 grams but not more than 10 grams of
12     any substance containing cannabis is guilty of a Class B
13     misdemeanor;
14         (c) more than 10 grams but not more than 30 grams of
15     any substance containing cannabis is guilty of a Class A
16     misdemeanor; provided, that if any offense under this
17     subsection (c) is a subsequent offense, the ~~the~~offender
18     shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony;
19         (d) more than 30 grams but not more than 500 grams of
20     any substance containing cannabis is guilty of a Class 4
21     felony; provided that if any offense under this subsection
22     (d) is a subsequent offense, the offender shall be guilty
23     of a Class 3 felony;

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1         (e) more than 500 grams but not more than 2,000 grams
2     of any substance containing cannabis is guilty of a Class 3
3     felony;
4         (f) more than 2,000 grams but not more than 5,000 grams
5     of any substance containing cannabis is guilty of a Class 2
6     felony;
7         (g) more than 5,000 grams of any substance containing
8     cannabis is guilty of a Class 1 felony.
9 (Source: P.A. 90-397, eff. 8-15-97.)

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