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Public Act 0050 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY



 


 
Public Act 096-0050
 
HB0865 Enrolled LRB096 03433 RLC 17690 b

    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Methamphetamine Precursor Control Act is
amended by changing Sections 10, 25, 40, 45, and 55 and by
adding Sections 39.6, 39.7, 39.8, and 39.8-5 as follows:
 
    (720 ILCS 648/10)
    Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act:
    "Administer" or "administration" has the meaning provided
in Section 102 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
    "Agent" has the meaning provided in Section 102 of the
Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
    "Authorized representative" means an employee or agent of a
qualified outside entity who has been authorized in writing by
his or her agency or office to receive confidential information
from the database associated with the Williamson County Pilot
Program or the Illinois State Police Precursor Tracking
Program.
    "Central Repository" means the entity chosen by the
Williamson County Pilot Program Authority to handle electronic
transaction records as described in Sections 36, 37, 38, 39,
and 39.5 of this Act or the entity chosen by the Illinois State
Police Precursor Tracking Program to handle electronic
transaction records as described in Sections 39.6, 39.7, 39.8,
and 39.8-5.
    "Convenience package" means any package that contains 360
milligrams or less of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine, their salts
or optical isomers, or salts of optical isomers in liquid or
liquid-filled capsule form.
    "Covered pharmacy under the Franklin, Jackson, Johnson,
Saline, Union, or Williamson County Program" or "covered
pharmacy" means any pharmacy that distributes any amount of
targeted methamphetamine precursor and that is physically
located in any of the following Illinois counties: Franklin,
Jackson, Johnson, Saline, Union, or Williamson.
    "Covered pharmacy under the Illinois State Police
Precursor Tracking Program" or "covered pharmacy" means any
pharmacy that distributes any amount of targeted
methamphetamine precursor and that is physically located in any
of the following Illinois counties: Adams, Madison, St. Clair,
or Vermilion.
    "Deliver" has the meaning provided in Section 102 of the
Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
    "Dispense" has the meaning provided in Section 102 of the
Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
    "Distribute" has the meaning provided in Section 102 of the
Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
    "Electronic transaction record" means, with respect to the
distribution of a targeted methamphetamine precursor by a
pharmacy to a recipient under Section 25 of this Act, an
electronic record that includes: the name and address of the
recipient; date and time of the transaction; brand and product
name and total quantity distributed of ephedrine or
pseudoephedrine, their salts, or optical isomers, or salts of
optical isomers; identification type and identification number
of the identification presented by the recipient; and the name
and address of the pharmacy.
    "Identification information" means identification type and
identification number.
    "Identification number" means the number that appears on
the identification furnished by the recipient of a targeted
methamphetamine precursor.
    "Identification type" means the type of identification
furnished by the recipient of a targeted methamphetamine
precursor such as, by way of example only, an Illinois driver's
license or United States passport.
    "Illinois State Police Precursor Tracking Program" or
"Pilot Program Authority" means the program described in
Sections 39.6, 39.7, 39.8, and 39.8-5 of this Act.
    "List I chemical" has the meaning provided in 21 U.S.C.
Section 802.
    "Methamphetamine precursor" has the meaning provided in
Section 10 of the Methamphetamine Control and Community
Protection Act.
    "Methamphetamine Precursor Violation Alert" means a notice
sent by the Pilot Program Authority to pharmacies, retail
distributors, or law enforcement authorities as described in
subsection (h) of Section 39.5 of this Act.
    "Non-covered pharmacy" means any pharmacy that is not a
covered pharmacy.
    "Package" means an item packaged and marked for retail sale
that is not designed to be further broken down or subdivided
for the purpose of retail sale.
    "Pharmacist" has the meaning provided in Section 102 of the
Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
    "Pharmacy" has the meaning provided in Section 102 of the
Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
    "Practitioner" has the meaning provided in Section 102 of
the Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
    "Prescriber" has the meaning provided in Section 102 of the
Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
    "Prescription" has the meaning provided in Section 102 of
the Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
    "Qualified outside entity" means a law enforcement agency
or prosecutor's office with authority to identify,
investigate, or prosecute violations of this Act or any other
State or federal law or rule involving a methamphetamine
precursor, methamphetamine, or any other controlled substance,
or a public entity that operates a methamphetamine precursor
tracking program similar in purpose to the Williamson County
Pilot Program or the Illinois State Police Precursor Tracking
Program.
    "Readily retrievable" has the meaning provided in 21 C.F.R.
part 1300.
    "Recipient" means a person purchasing, receiving, or
otherwise acquiring a targeted methamphetamine precursor from
a pharmacy in Illinois, as described in Section 25 of this Act.
    "Reporting start date" means the date on which covered
pharmacies begin transmitting electronic transaction records
and exempt pharmacies begin sending handwritten logs, as
described in subsection (b) of Section 39 of this Act.
    "Retail distributor" means a grocery store, general
merchandise store, drug store, other merchandise store, or
other entity or person whose activities as a distributor
relating to drug products containing targeted methamphetamine
precursor are limited exclusively or almost exclusively to
sales for personal use by an ultimate user, both in number of
sales and volume of sales, either directly to walk-in customers
or in face-to-face transactions by direct sales.
    "Sales employee" means any employee or agent, other than a
pharmacist or pharmacy technician who at any time (a) operates
a cash register at which convenience packages may be sold, (b)
stocks shelves containing convenience packages, or (c) trains
or supervises any other employee or agent who engages in any of
the preceding activities.
    "Single retail transaction" means a sale by a retail
distributor to a recipient specific customer at a specific
time.
    "Targeted methamphetamine precursor" means any compound,
mixture, or preparation that contains any detectable quantity
of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine, their salts or optical
isomers, or salts of optical isomers.
    "Targeted package" means a package, including a
convenience package, containing any amount of targeted
methamphetamine precursor.
    "Ultimate user" has the meaning provided in Section 102 of
the Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
    "Williamson County Pilot Program" or "Pilot Program" means
the program described in Sections 36, 37, 38, 39, and 39.5 of
this Act.
    "Williamson County Pilot Program Authority" or "Pilot
Program Authority" means the Williamson County Sheriff's
Office or its employees or agents.
    "Voluntary participant" means any pharmacy that, although
not required by law to do so, participates in the Williamson
County Pilot Program.
(Source: P.A. 94-694, eff. 1-15-06; 94-830, eff. 6-5-06;
95-640, eff. 6-1-08.)
 
    (720 ILCS 648/25)
    Sec. 25. Pharmacies.
    (a) No targeted methamphetamine precursor may be knowingly
distributed through a pharmacy, including a pharmacy located
within, owned by, operated by, or associated with a retail
distributor unless all terms of this Section are satisfied.
    (b) Any targeted methamphetamine precursor other than a
convenience package or a liquid, including but not limited to
any targeted methamphetamine precursor in liquid-filled
capsules, shall: be packaged in blister packs, with each
blister containing not more than 2 dosage units, or when the
use of blister packs is technically infeasible, in unit dose
packets. Each targeted package shall contain no more than 3,000
milligrams of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine, their salts or
optical isomers, or salts of optical isomers.
    (c) The targeted methamphetamine precursor shall be stored
behind the pharmacy counter and distributed by a pharmacist or
pharmacy technician licensed under the Pharmacy Practice Act.
    (d) Any retail distributor operating a pharmacy, and any
pharmacist or pharmacy technician involved in the transaction
or transactions, shall ensure that any person purchasing,
receiving, or otherwise acquiring the targeted methamphetamine
precursor complies with subsection (a) of Section 20 of this
Act.
    (e) Any retail distributor operating a pharmacy, and any
pharmacist or pharmacy technician involved in the transaction
or transactions, shall verify that:
        (1) The person purchasing, receiving, or otherwise
    acquiring the targeted methamphetamine precursor is 18
    years of age or older and resembles the photograph of the
    person on the government-issued identification presented
    by the person; and
        (2) The name entered into the log referred to in
    subsection (a) of Section 20 of this Act corresponds to the
    name on the government-issued identification presented by
    the person.
    (f) The logs referred to in subsection (a) of Section 20 of
this Act shall be kept confidential, maintained for not less
than 2 years, and made available for inspection and copying by
any law enforcement officer upon request of that officer. These
logs may be kept in an electronic format if they include all
the information specified in subsection (a) of Section 20 of
this Act in a manner that is readily retrievable and
reproducible in hard-copy format. Pharmacies covered by the
Williamson County Pilot Program described in Sections 36, 37,
38, 39, and 39.5 of this Act and pharmacies covered by the
Illinois State Police Precursor Tracking Program described in
Sections 39.6, 39.7, 39.8, and 39.8-5 of this Act are required
to transmit electronic transaction records or handwritten logs
to the Pilot Program Authority in the manner described in those
Sections.
    (g) No retail distributor operating a pharmacy, and no
pharmacist or pharmacy technician, shall knowingly distribute
any targeted methamphetamine precursor to any person under 18
years of age.
    (h) No retail distributor operating a pharmacy, and no
pharmacist or pharmacy technician, shall knowingly distribute
to a single person more than 2 targeted packages in a single
retail transaction.
    (i) No retail distributor operating a pharmacy, and no
pharmacist or pharmacy technician, shall knowingly distribute
to a single person in any 30-day period products containing
more than a total of 7,500 milligrams of ephedrine or
pseudoephedrine, their salts or optical isomers, or salts of
optical isomers.
    (j) A pharmacist or pharmacy technician may distribute a
targeted methamphetamine precursor to a person who is without a
form of identification specified in paragraph (1) of subsection
(a) of Section 20 of this Act only if all other provisions of
this Act are followed and either:
        (1) the person presents a driver's license issued
    without a photograph by the State of Illinois pursuant to
    the Illinois Administrative Code, Title 92, Section
    1030.90(b)(1) or 1030.90(b)(2); or
        (2) the person is known to the pharmacist or pharmacy
    technician, the person presents some form of
    identification, and the pharmacist or pharmacy technician
    reasonably believes that the targeted methamphetamine
    precursor will be used for a legitimate medical purpose and
    not to manufacture methamphetamine.
    (k) When a pharmacist or pharmacy technician distributes a
targeted methamphetamine precursor to a person according to the
procedures set forth in this Act, and the pharmacist or
pharmacy technician does not have access to a working cash
register at the pharmacy counter, the pharmacist or pharmacy
technician may instruct the person to pay for the targeted
methamphetamine precursor at a cash register located elsewhere
in the retail establishment, whether that register is operated
by a pharmacist, pharmacy technician, or other employee or
agent of the retail establishment.
(Source: P.A. 94-694, eff. 1-15-06; 94-830, eff. 6-5-06;
95-640, eff. 6-1-08; 95-689, eff. 10-29-07; 95-876, eff.
8-21-08.)
 
    (720 ILCS 648/39.6 new)
    Sec. 39.6. Illinois State Police Precursor Tracking
Program; general provisions.
    (a) Purposes. The purposes of this Section are: to
establish a pilot program based in Adams, Madison, St. Clair,
and Vermilion Counties to track purchases of targeted
methamphetamine precursors at multiple locations; to identify
persons obtaining or distributing targeted methamphetamine
precursors for the likely purpose of manufacturing
methamphetamine; to starve methamphetamine manufacturers of
the methamphetamine precursors they need to make
methamphetamine; to locate and shut down methamphetamine
laboratories; and ultimately to reduce the harm that
methamphetamine manufacturing and manufacturers are inflicting
on individuals, families, communities, first responders, the
economy, and the environment in Illinois and beyond. In
authorizing this pilot program, the General Assembly
recognizes that, although this Act has significantly reduced
the number of methamphetamine laboratories in Illinois, some
persons continue to violate the Act, evade detection, and
support the manufacture of methamphetamine by obtaining
targeted methamphetamine precursor at multiple locations. The
General Assembly further recognizes that putting an end to this
practice and others like it will require an effort to track
purchases of targeted methamphetamine precursor across
multiple locations, and that a pilot program coordinated by the
Illinois State Police in Adams, Madison, St. Clair, and
Vermilion Counties will advance this important goal.
    (b) Structure.
        (1) There is established a pilot program coordinated by
    the Illinois State Police in Adams, Madison, St. Clair, and
    Vermilion Counties, known as the Illinois State Police
    Precursor Tracking Program or Pilot Program, to track
    purchases of targeted methamphetamine precursor across
    multiple locations for the purposes stated in subsection
    (a) of this Section.
        (2) The Pilot Program known as the Illinois State
    Police Precursor Tracking Program or the Pilot Program
    Authority shall be operated by the Illinois State Police in
    accordance with the provisions of Sections 39.6, 39.7,
    39.8, and 39.8-5 of this Act.
        (3) The Pilot Program Authority shall designate a
    Central Repository for the collection of required
    information, and the Central Repository shall operate
    according to the provisions of Sections 39.6, 39.7, 39.8,
    and 39.8-5 of this Act.
        (4) Every covered pharmacy shall participate in the
    Pilot Program, and any non-covered pharmacy may
    participate on a voluntary basis and be known as a
    voluntary participant.
    (c) Transmission of electronic transaction records. Except
as provided in Section 39.8:
        (1) Each time a covered pharmacy distributes a targeted
    methamphetamine precursor to a recipient under Section 25
    of this Act, the covered pharmacy shall transmit an
    electronic transaction record to the Central Repository.
        (2) Each covered pharmacy shall transmit electronic
    transaction records through the secure website described
    in Section 39.7 of this Act.
    (d) Operation and Timeline for implementation.
        (1) Except as stated in this subsection, this
    amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly shall be
    operational upon the effective date of this amendatory Act.
        (2) Covered pharmacies are not required to transmit any
    electronic transaction records and exempt pharmacies are
    not required to send any handwritten logs to the Central
    Repository until the reporting start date set by the Pilot
    Program Authority.
        (3) The Pilot Program Authority shall announce the
    "reporting start date" within 90 days after the date this
    legislation becomes law.
        (4) The reporting start date shall be no sooner than 90
    days after the date on which the Pilot Program Authority
    announces the reporting start date.
        (5) Starting on the reporting start date, and
    continuing for a period of one year thereafter, covered
    pharmacies shall transmit electronic transaction records
    as described in Section 39.7 of this Act.
        (6) Nothing in this Act shall preclude covered
    pharmacies and exempt pharmacies from voluntarily
    participating in the Pilot Program before the start date or
    continuing to participate in the Pilot Program after one
    year after the reporting start date.
    (e) Funding. Funding for the Pilot Program shall be
provided by the Illinois State Police, drawing upon federal
grant money and other available sources. If funding is delayed,
curtailed, or otherwise unavailable, the Pilot Program
Authority may delay implementation of the Pilot Program, reduce
the number of counties covered by the Pilot Program, or end the
Pilot Program early. Should funding become available to
implement a state-wide Illinois State Police Precursor
Tracking Program, this pilot program may be expended to
encompass all covered pharmacies in the State of Illinois. If
any such change becomes necessary, the Illinois State Police
shall inform every covered pharmacy in writing.
    (f) Training. The Illinois State Police shall provide, free
of charge, training and assistance to any pharmacy playing any
role in the Pilot Program.
    (g) Relationship between the Illinois State Police
Precursor Tracking Program and other laws and rules. Nothing in
Sections 39.6, 39.7, 39.8, and 39.8-5 of this Act shall
supersede, nullify, or diminish the force of any requirement
stated in any other Section of this Act or in any other State
or federal law or rule.
    (h) Duration and report to the Governor and General
Assembly. The duration of the Illinois State Police Precursor
Tracking Program shall be 2 years. The Illinois State Police
shall prior to the end of this 2-year period report to the
Governor and General Assembly on the implementation and
efficacy of the Pilot Program and may recommend to them the
continuation, modification, or termination of the Program.
 
    (720 ILCS 648/39.7 new)
    Sec. 39.7. Illinois State Police Precursor Tracking
Program; secure website.
    (a) Transmission of electronic transaction records through
a secure website; in general.
        (1) The Illinois State Police shall establish a secure
    website for the transmission of electronic transaction
    records and make it available free of charge to any covered
    pharmacy that elects to use it.
        (2) The secure website shall enable any covered
    pharmacy to transmit to the Central Repository an
    electronic transaction record each time the pharmacy
    distributes a targeted methamphetamine precursor to a
    recipient under Section 25 of this Act.
        (3) If the secure website becomes unavailable to a
    covered pharmacy, the covered pharmacy may, during the
    period in which the secure website is not available,
    continue to distribute targeted methamphetamine precursor
    without using the secure website if, during this period,
    the covered pharmacy maintains and transmits handwritten
    logs as described in subsection (b) of Section 39.8 of this
    Act.
    (b) Assistance to covered pharmacies using the secure
website.
        (1) The purpose of this subsection is to ensure that
    participation in the Pilot Program does not impose
    substantial costs on covered pharmacies that elect to
    transmit electronic transaction records to the Central
    Repository by means of the secure website.
        (2) If a covered pharmacy that elects to transmit
    electronic transaction records by means of the secure
    website does not have computer hardware or software or
    related equipment sufficient to make use of the secure
    website, then the covered pharmacy may obtain and install
    such hardware or software or related equipment at its own
    cost, or it may request assistance from the Illinois State
    Police, or some combination of the two.
        (3) Nothing in this subsection shall preclude the
    Illinois State Police from providing additional or other
    assistance to any pharmacy or retail distributor.
    (c) Any covered pharmacy that elects to transmit electronic
transaction records by means of the secure website described in
this Section must use the secure website as its exclusive means
of complying with subsections (d) and (f) of Section 25 of this
Act. To facilitate this option, the Pilot Program shall do the
following:
        (1) The Illinois State Police shall provide to any
    covered pharmacy a means to capture a hand written
    signature.
        (2) The Illinois State Police shall provide the covered
    pharmacy with an official letter indicating that:
            (A) The covered pharmacy in question is
        participating in the Illinois State Police Precursor
        Tracking Program for a specified period of time.
            (B) During the specified period of time, the
        Illinois State Police has assumed responsibility for
        maintaining the logs described in subsection (f) of
        Section 25 of this Act.
            (C) Any law enforcement officer seeking to inspect
        or copy the covered pharmacy's logs should direct the
        request to the Illinois State Police through means
        described in the letter.
 
    (720 ILCS 648/39.8 new)
    Sec. 39.8. Illinois State Police Precursor Tracking
Program; exempt pharmacies.
    (a) When a covered pharmacy is exempt. A covered pharmacy
is exempt from the requirement that it transmit electronic
transaction records to the Central Repository through the
secure website described in Section 39.7 if all of the
following conditions are satisfied:
        (1) The covered pharmacy:
            (A) Submits to the Pilot Program Authority a
        written request for such an exemption;
            (B) Has complied with Section 25 of this Act by
        maintaining handwritten rather than electronic logs
        during the 60-day period preceding the date the written
        request is transmitted;
            (C) Has not sold more than 20 targeted packages in
        any 7-day period during the 60-day period preceding the
        date the written request is transmitted; and
            (D) Provides, along with the written request,
        copies of handwritten logs covering the 60-day period
        preceding the written request; and
        (2) The Pilot Program Authority:
            (A) Reviews the written request;
            (B) Verifies that the covered pharmacy has
        complied with Section 25 of this Act by maintaining
        handwritten rather than electronic logs during the
        60-day period preceding the date the written request is
        transmitted;
            (C) Verifies that the covered pharmacy has not sold
        more than 20 targeted packages in any 7-day period
        during the 60-day period preceding the date the written
        request is transmitted; and
            (D) Sends the covered pharmacy a letter stating
        that the covered pharmacy is exempt from the
        requirement that it transmit electronic transaction
        records to the Central Repository.
    (b) Obligations of an exempt pharmacy.
        (1) A pharmacy that is exempt from the requirement that
    it transmit electronic transaction records to the Central
    Repository shall instead transmit copies, and retain the
    originals, of handwritten logs on a weekly basis.
        (2) An exempt covered pharmacy shall transmit copies of
    handwritten logs to the Central Repository in person, by
    facsimile, through the United States Postal Service, or by
    other reasonably reliable and prompt means.
 
    (720 ILCS 648/39.8-5 new)
    Sec. 39.8-5. Illinois State Police Precursor Tracking
Program; confidentiality of records.
    (a) The Central Repository shall delete each electronic
transaction record and handwritten log entry 24 months after
the date of the transaction it describes.
    (b) The Illinois State Police and Central Repository shall
carry out a program to protect the confidentiality of
electronic transaction records and handwritten log entries
transmitted pursuant to Sections 39.6, 39.7, and 39.8 of this
Act. The Pilot Program Authority and Central Repository shall
ensure that this information remains completely confidential
except as specifically provided in subsections (c) through (i)
of this Section. Except as provided in subsections (c) through
(i) of this Section, this information is strictly prohibited
from disclosure.
    (c) Any employee or agent of the Central Repository may
have access to electronic transaction records and handwritten
log entries solely for the purpose of receiving, processing,
storing or analyzing this information.
    (d) Any employee or agent of the Illinois State Police may
have access to electronic transaction records or handwritten
log entries solely for the purpose of identifying,
investigating, or prosecuting violations of this Act or any
other State or federal law or rule involving a methamphetamine
precursor, methamphetamine, or any other controlled substance.
    (e) The Illinois State Police may release electronic
transaction records or handwritten log entries to the
authorized representative of a qualified outside entity only if
all of the following conditions are satisfied:
        (1) The Illinois State Police verifies that the entity
    receiving electronic transaction records or handwritten
    log entries is a qualified outside entity as defined in
    this Act.
        (2) The Illinois State Police verifies that the person
    receiving electronic transaction records or handwritten
    log entries is an authorized representative, as defined in
    this Act, of the qualified outside entity.
        (3) The qualified outside entity agrees in writing, or
    has previously agreed in writing, that it will use
    electronic transaction records and handwritten log entries
    solely for the purpose of identifying, investigating, or
    prosecuting violations of this Act or any other State or
    federal law or rule involving a methamphetamine precursor,
    methamphetamine, or any other controlled substance.
        (4) The qualified outside entity does not have a
    history known to the Illinois State Police of violating
    this agreement or similar agreements or of breaching the
    confidentiality of sensitive information.
    (f) The Illinois State Police may release to a particular
covered pharmacy or voluntary participant any electronic
transaction records or handwritten log entries previously
submitted by that particular covered pharmacy or voluntary
participant.
    (g) The Illinois State Police may release to a particular
recipient any electronic transaction records clearly relating
to that recipient, upon sufficient proof of identity.
    (h) The Illinois State Police may release general
statistical information to any person or entity provided that
the statistics do not include any information that identifies
any individual recipient or pharmacy by name, address,
identification number, Drug Enforcement Administration number,
or other means.
 
    (720 ILCS 648/40)
    Sec. 40. Penalties.
    (a) Violations of subsection (b) of Section 20 of this Act.
        (1) Any person who knowingly purchases, receives, or
    otherwise acquires, within any 30-day period, products
    containing more than a total of 7,500 milligrams of
    ephedrine or pseudoephedrine, their salts or optical
    isomers, or salts of optical isomers in violation of
    subsection (b) of Section 20 of this Act is subject to the
    following penalties:
            (A) More than 7,500 milligrams but less than 15,000
        milligrams, Class B misdemeanor;
            (B) 15,000 or more but less than 22,500 milligrams,
        Class A misdemeanor;
            (C) 22,500 or more but less than 30,000 milligrams,
        Class 4 felony;
            (D) 30,000 or more but less than 37,500 milligrams,
        Class 3 felony;
            (E) 37,500 or more but less than 45,000 milligrams,
        Class 2 felony:
            (F) 45,000 or more milligrams, Class 1 felony.
        (2) Any person who knowingly purchases, receives, or
    otherwise acquires, within any 30-day period, products
    containing more than a total of 7,500 milligrams of
    ephedrine or pseudoephedrine, their salts or optical
    isomers, or salts of optical isomers in violation of
    subsection (b) of Section 20 of this Act, and who has
    previously been convicted of any methamphetamine-related
    offense under any State or federal law, is subject to the
    following penalties:
            (A) More than 7,500 milligrams but less than 15,000
        milligrams, Class A misdemeanor;
            (B) 15,000 or more but less than 22,500 milligrams,
        Class 4 felony;
            (C) 22,500 or more but less than 30,000 milligrams,
        Class 3 felony;
            (D) 30,000 or more but less than 37,500 milligrams,
        Class 2 felony;
            (E) 37,500 or more milligrams, Class 1 felony.
        (3) Any person who knowingly purchases, receives, or
    otherwise acquires, within any 30-day period, products
    containing more than a total of 7,500 milligrams of
    ephedrine or pseudoephedrine, their salts or optical
    isomers, or salts of optical isomers in violation of
    subsection (b) of Section 20 of this Act, and who has
    previously been convicted 2 or more times of any
    methamphetamine-related offense under State or federal
    law, is subject to the following penalties:
            (A) More than 7,500 milligrams but less than 15,000
        milligrams, Class 4 felony;
            (B) 15,000 or more but less than 22,500 milligrams,
        Class 3 felony;
            (C) 22,500 or more but less than 30,000 milligrams,
        Class 2 felony;
            (D) 30,000 or more milligrams, Class 1 felony.
    (b) Violations of Section 15, 20, 25, 30, or 35 of this
Act, other than violations of subsection (b) of Section 20 of
this Act.
        (1) Any pharmacy or retail distributor that violates
    Section 15, 20, 25, 30, or 35 of this Act, other than
    subsection (b) of Section 20 of this Act, is guilty of a
    petty offense and subject to a fine of $500 for a first
    offense; and $1,000 for a second offense occurring at the
    same retail location as and within 3 years of the prior
    offense. A pharmacy or retail distributor that violates
    this Act is guilty of a business offense and subject to a
    fine of $5,000 for a third or subsequent offense occurring
    at the same retail location as and within 3 years of the
    prior offenses.
        (2) An employee or agent of a pharmacy or retail
    distributor who violates Section 15, 20, 25, 30, or 35 of
    this Act, other than subsection (b) of Section 20 of this
    Act, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for a first
    offense, a Class 4 felony for a second offense, and a Class
    1 felony for a third or subsequent offense.
        (3) Any other person who violates Section 15, 20, 25,
    30, or 35 of this Act, other than subsection (b) of Section
    20 of this Act, is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor for a
    first offense, a Class A misdemeanor for a second offense,
    and a Class 4 felony for a third or subsequent offense.
    (c) Any pharmacy or retail distributor that violates
Section 36, 37, 38, 39, or 39.5, 39.6, 39.7, 39.8, or 39.8-5 of
this Act is guilty of a petty offense and subject to a fine of
$100 for a first offense, $250 for a second offense, or $500
for a third or subsequent offense.
    (d) Any person that violates Section 39.5 or 39.8-5 of this
Act is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor for a first offense, a
Class A misdemeanor for a second offense, and a Class 4 felony
for a third offense.
    (e) Any person who, in order to acquire a targeted
methamphetamine precursor, knowingly uses or provides the
driver's license or government-issued identification of
another person, or who knowingly uses or provides a fictitious
or unlawfully altered driver's license or government-issued
identification, or who otherwise knowingly provides false
information, is guilty of a Class 4 felony for a first offense,
a Class 3 felony for a second offense, and a Class 2 felony for
a third or subsequent offense.
    For purposes of this subsection (e), the terms "fictitious
driver's license", "unlawfully altered driver's license", and
"false information" have the meanings ascribed to them in
Section 6-301.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
(Source: P.A. 94-694, eff. 1-15-06; 95-252, eff. 1-1-08;
95-640, eff. 6-1-08; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)
 
    (720 ILCS 648/45)
    Sec. 45. Immunity from civil liability. In the event that
any agent or employee of a pharmacy or retail distributor
reports to any law enforcement officer or agency any suspicious
activity concerning a targeted methamphetamine precursor or
other methamphetamine ingredient or ingredients, or
participates in the Williamson County Pilot Program as provided
in Sections 36, 37, 38, 39, and 39.5 of this Act or the
Illinois State Police Precursor Tracking Program as provided in
Sections 39.6, 39.7, 39.8, or 39.8-5 of this Act, the agent or
employee and the pharmacy or retail distributor itself are
immune from civil liability based on allegations of defamation,
libel, slander, false arrest, or malicious prosecution, or
similar allegations, except in cases of willful or wanton
misconduct.
(Source: P.A. 94-694, eff. 1-15-06; 95-640, eff. 6-1-08.)
 
    (720 ILCS 648/55)
    Sec. 55. Preemption and home rule powers.
    (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Section
and in Sections 36, 37, 38, 39, and 39.5, 39.6, 39.7, 39.8, and
39.8-5 of this Act, a county or municipality, including a home
rule unit, may regulate the sale of targeted methamphetamine
precursor and targeted packages in a manner that is not more or
less restrictive than the regulation by the State under this
Act. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of
Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the
concurrent exercise by home rule units of the powers and
functions exercised by the State.
    (b) Any regulation of the sale of targeted methamphetamine
precursor and targeted packages by a home rule unit that took
effect on or before May 1, 2004, is exempt from the provisions
of subsection (a) of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 94-694, eff. 1-15-06; 95-640, eff. 6-1-08.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect 90 days
after becoming law.
INDEX
Statutes amended in order of appearance
    720 ILCS 648/10
    720 ILCS 648/25
    720 ILCS 648/39.6 new
    720 ILCS 648/39.7 new
    720 ILCS 648/39.8 new
    720 ILCS 648/39.8-5 new
    720 ILCS 648/40
    720 ILCS 648/45
    720 ILCS 648/55

Effective Date: 10/21/2009