SB3093 Engrossed LRB096 20292 RLC 35905 b

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 Methamphetamine Control and Community
5 Protection Act is amended by adding Section 115 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 646/115 new)
7     Sec. 115. Prescriptions.
8     (a) Whenever any person pleads guilty to, is found guilty
9 of, or is placed on supervision for an offense under this Act,
10 in addition to any other penalty imposed by the court, no such
11 person shall thereafter knowingly purchase, receive, own, or
12 otherwise possess any substance or product containing more than
13 7,500 milligrams of a methamphetamine precursor as defined in
14 Section 10 of this Act, without the methamphetamine precursor
15 first being prescribed for the use of that person in the manner
16 provided for the prescription of Schedule II controlled
17 substances under Article III of the Illinois Controlled
18 Substances Act.
19     (b) A person described in subsection (a) of this Section
20 who is in possession of any substance or product containing a
21 methamphetamine precursor as defined in Section 10 of this Act,
22 in violation of subsection (a) of this Section, is guilty of a
23 Class 4 felony.

 

 

SB3093 Engrossed - 2 - LRB096 20292 RLC 35905 b

1     (c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to create
2 any duty, responsibility to investigate, or other liability for
3 any person prescribing, dispensing, selling, or otherwise
4 lawfully transferring or providing a methamphetamine precursor
5 to a person described in subsection (a) of this Section.
6     (d) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the
7 contrary, it is lawful for persons to provide small quantities
8 of methamphetamine precursors to immediate family or household
9 members for legitimate medical purposes, and it is lawful for
10 persons to receive small quantities of methamphetamine
11 precursors from immediate family or household members for
12 legitimate medical purposes.