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Public Act 097-0191
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| HB0021 Enrolled | LRB097 03020 RLC 43051 b |
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing |
Section 9-3.3 as follows:
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(720 ILCS 5/9-3.3) (from Ch. 38, par. 9-3.3)
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Sec. 9-3.3. Drug-induced homicide.
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(a) A person who violates Section
401 of
the Illinois |
Controlled Substances Act or Section 55 of the Methamphetamine |
Control and Community Protection Act by unlawfully delivering a |
controlled
substance to another, and any person's death is |
caused by the injection,
inhalation, absorption, or ingestion |
of any amount of that controlled substance, commits the
offense |
of drug-induced homicide.
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(b) Sentence. Drug-induced homicide is a Class X felony.
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(c) A person who commits drug-induced homicide by violating |
subsection (a)
or subsection (c) of Section 401 of the Illinois |
Controlled Substances Act or Section 55 of the Methamphetamine |
Control and Community Protection Act
commits a Class X felony |
for which the
defendant shall in addition to a sentence |
authorized by law, be sentenced
to a term of imprisonment of |
not less than 15 years and not more than 30
years or an |
extended term of not less than 30 years and not more than 60 |