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



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    (720 ILCS 550/5)  (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 705)



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    Sec. 5. It is unlawful for any person knowingly to 
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manufacture, deliver, or
possess with intent to deliver, or 
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manufacture, cannabis. Any person who
violates this section 
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with respect to:

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    (a) not more than 2.5 grams of any substance containing 
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cannabis is
guilty of a Class B misdemeanor;

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    (b) more than 2.5 grams but not more than 10 grams of any 
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substance
containing cannabis is guilty of a Class A 
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misdemeanor;

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    (c) more than 10 grams but not more than 30 grams of any 
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substance
containing cannabis is guilty of a Class 4 felony;

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    (d) more than 30 grams but not more than 500 grams of any 
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substance
containing cannabis is guilty of a Class 3 felony for 
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which a fine not
to exceed $50,000 may be imposed;

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    (e) more than 500 grams but not more than 2,000 grams of 
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any substance
containing cannabis is guilty
of a Class 2 felony 
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for which a fine not to exceed $100,000 may be
imposed;

 


 






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    (f) more than 2,000 grams but not more than 5,000 grams of 
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any
substance containing cannabis is guilty of a Class 1 felony 
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for which a
fine not to exceed $150,000 may be imposed;

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    (g) more than 5,000 grams but not more than 40,000 grams of 
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any substance containing cannabis is guilty
of a Class X felony 
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for which a fine not to exceed $200,000 may be imposed;
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    (h)  more than 40,000 grams of any substance containing 
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cannabis is guilty
of a Class X felony for which the person 
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shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 9 
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years and not more than 40 years and for which a fine not to 
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exceed $300,000 may be imposed.

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(Source: P.A. 90-397, eff. 8-15-97.)