95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB4713


 
Introduced , by Rep. Constance A. Howard
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













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    Amends the Cannabis Control Act, the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, and the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act.  Provides that a person who calls the 911 emergency number to report an overdose of cannabis, a controlled, counterfeit, or look-alike substance, controlled substance analog, methamphetamine, or a substance containing methamphetamine and the person who overdosed are immune from criminal liability for a violation relating to the possession of cannabis, a controlled, counterfeit, or look-alike substance, controlled substance analog, methamphetamine, or a substance containing methamphetamine.
















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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 adding 
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Section 16.3 as follows:
 
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    (720 ILCS 550/16.3  new)
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    Sec. 16.3. Overdose; immunity from prosecution. A person 
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who calls the 911 emergency number to report an overdose of 
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cannabis and the person who overdosed are immune from criminal 
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liability for a violation of Section 4 of this Act relating to 
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the possession of cannabis.

 
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    Section 10. The Illinois Controlled Substances Act is 
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amended  by adding Section 414 as follows:
 
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    (720 ILCS 570/414 new)

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    Sec. 414. Overdose; immunity from prosecution. A person who 
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calls the 911 emergency number to report an overdose of a 
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controlled, counterfeit, or look-alike substance or a 
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controlled substance analog and the person who overdosed are 
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immune from criminal liability for a violation of Section 402 
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or subsection (c) of Section 404 of this Act relating to the 
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possession of a controlled, counterfeit, or look-alike 
 


 






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substance or a controlled substance analog.

 
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    Section 15. The Methamphetamine Control and Community 
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Protection Act is amended  by adding Section 115 as follows:
 
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    (720 ILCS 646/115 new)

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    Sec. 115. Overdose; immunity from prosecution. A person who 
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calls the 911 emergency number to report an overdose of 
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methamphetamine or a substance containing methamphetamine and 
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the person who overdosed are immune from criminal liability for 
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a violation of Section 60 of this Act relating to the 
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possession of methamphetamine or a substance containing 
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methamphetamine.