96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4979


 
Introduced 1/21/2010, by Rep. John A. Fritchey
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		





 








720 ILCS 570/402
  from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1402








     Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act.  Makes a technical change in a Section concerning penalties for the unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
  















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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 Illinois Controlled Substances Act is 
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amended  by changing Section 402 as follows:
 



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    (720 ILCS 570/402)  (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1402)



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    Sec. 402. Except as otherwise authorized by this Act, it is 
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unlawful for
any person knowingly to possess possess a 
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controlled or counterfeit substance or controlled substance 
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analog.
A violation of this Act with respect to each of the 
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controlled substances
listed herein constitutes a single and 
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separate violation of this Act. For purposes of this Section, 
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"controlled substance analog" or "analog"
means a substance

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which is intended for human consumption, other than a 
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controlled substance,
that has a chemical structure 
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substantially similar to that of a controlled
substance in 
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Schedule I or II, or that was specifically designed to produce

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an effect substantially similar to that of a controlled 
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substance in Schedule
I or II.  Examples of chemical classes in 
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which controlled substance analogs
are found include, but are 
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not limited to, the following: phenethylamines,
N-substituted 
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piperidines, morphinans, ecgonines, quinazolinones, 
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substituted
indoles, and arylcycloalkylamines.  For purposes of 
 


 






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this Act, a controlled
substance analog shall be treated in the 
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same manner as the controlled
substance to which it is 
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substantially similar.


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    (a) Any person who violates this Section with respect to 
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the following
controlled or counterfeit substances and 
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amounts, notwithstanding any of the
provisions of subsections 
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(c) and (d) to the
contrary, is guilty of a Class 1 felony and 
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shall, if sentenced to a term
of imprisonment, be sentenced as 
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provided in this subsection (a) and fined
as provided in 
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subsection (b):


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        (1) (A) not less than 4 years and not more than 15 
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        years with respect
to 15 grams or more but less than 
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        100 grams of a substance containing heroin;


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            (B) not less than 6 years and not more than 30 
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        years with respect to 100
grams or more but less than 
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        400 grams of a substance containing heroin;


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            (C) not less than 8 years and not more than 40 
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        years with respect to 400
grams or more but less than 
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        900 grams of any substance containing heroin;


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            (D) not less than 10 years and not more than 50 
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        years with respect to
900 grams or more of any 
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        substance containing heroin;


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        (2) (A) not less than 4 years and not more than 15 
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        years with respect
to 15 grams or more but less than 
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        100 grams of any substance containing
cocaine;


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            (B) not less than 6 years and not more than 30 
 


 






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        years with respect to 100
grams or more but less than 
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        400 grams of any substance containing cocaine;


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            (C) not less than 8 years and not more than 40 
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        years with respect to 400
grams or more but less than 
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        900 grams of any substance containing cocaine;


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            (D) not less than 10 years and not more than 50 
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        years with respect to
900 grams or more of any 
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        substance containing cocaine;


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        (3) (A) not less than 4 years and not more than 15 
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        years with respect
to 15 grams or more but less than 
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        100 grams of any substance containing
morphine;


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            (B) not less than 6 years and not more than 30 
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        years with respect to 100
grams or more but less than 
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        400 grams of any substance containing morphine;


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            (C) not less than 6 years and not more than 40 
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        years with respect to 400
grams or more but less than 
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        900 grams of any substance containing morphine;


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            (D) not less than 10 years and not more than 50 
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        years with respect to
900 grams or more of any 
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        substance containing morphine;


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        (4) 200 grams or more of any substance containing 
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    peyote;


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        (5) 200 grams or more of any substance containing a 
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    derivative of
barbituric acid or any of the salts of a 
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    derivative of barbituric acid;


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        (6) 200 grams or more of any substance containing 
 


 






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    amphetamine or any salt
of an optical isomer of 
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    amphetamine;


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        (6.5) (blank);


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        (7) (A) not less than 4 years and not more than 15 
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        years with respect
to: (i) 15 grams or more but less 
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        than 100 grams of any substance containing
lysergic 
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        acid diethylamide (LSD), or an analog thereof, or (ii) 
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        15 or
more objects or 15 or more segregated parts of an 
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        object or objects but
less than 200 objects or 200 
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        segregated parts of an object or objects
containing in 
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        them or having upon them any amount of any substance

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        containing lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), or an 
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        analog thereof;


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            (B) not less than 6 years and not more than 30 
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        years with respect
to: (i) 100 grams or more but less 
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        than 400 grams of any substance
containing lysergic 
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        acid diethylamide (LSD), or an analog thereof, or (ii)

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        200 or more objects or 200 or more segregated parts of 
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        an object or objects
but less than 600 objects or less 
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        than 600 segregated parts of an object or
objects 
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        containing in them or having upon them any amount of 
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        any substance
containing lysergic acid diethylamide 
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        (LSD), or an analog thereof;


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            (C) not less than 8 years and not more than 40 
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        years with respect
to:  (i) 400 grams or more but less 
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        than 900 grams of any substance
containing lysergic 
 


 






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        acid diethylamide (LSD), or an analog thereof, or (ii)

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        600 or more objects or 600 or more segregated parts of 
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        an object or objects
but less than 1500 objects or 1500 
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        segregated parts of an object or objects
containing in 
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        them or having upon them any amount of any substance

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        containing lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), or an 
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        analog thereof;


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            (D) not less than 10 years and not more than 50 
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        years with respect
to:  (i) 900 grams or more of any 
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        substance containing lysergic acid
diethylamide (LSD), 
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        or an analog thereof, or (ii) 1500 or more objects or

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        1500 or more segregated parts of an object or objects 
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        containing in them or
having upon them any amount of a 
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        substance containing lysergic acid
diethylamide (LSD), 
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        or an analog thereof;


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        (7.5) (A) not less than 4 years and not more than 15 
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        years with respect
to: (i) 15
grams or more but
less 
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        than 100 grams of any substance listed in paragraph 
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        (1), (2), (2.1), (2.2), (3),
(14.1), (19),
(20), 
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        (20.1), (21), (25), or (26) of subsection (d) of 
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        Section 204, or an
analog or derivative
thereof, or 
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        (ii) 15 or more pills, tablets, caplets, capsules, or 
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        objects but
less than 200 pills,
tablets, caplets, 
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        capsules, or objects containing in them or having upon 
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        them
any amount of any
substance listed in paragraph 
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        (1), (2), (2.1), (2.2), (3), (14.1), (19), (20), 
 


 






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        (20.1),
(21), (25), or (26) of
subsection (d) of 
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        Section 204, or an analog or derivative thereof;


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            (B) not less than 6 years and not more than 30 
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        years with respect to: (i)
100
grams or more but
less 
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        than 400 grams of any substance listed in paragraph 
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        (1), (2), (2.1), (2.2), (3),
(14.1), (19), (20),

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        (20.1), (21), (25), or (26) of subsection (d) of 
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        Section 204, or an analog or
derivative thereof, or

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        (ii) 200 or more pills, tablets, caplets, capsules, or 
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        objects but less than
600
pills, tablets,
caplets, 
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        capsules, or objects containing in them or having upon 
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        them any amount
of any
substance
listed in paragraph 
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        (1), (2), (2.1), (2.2), (3), (14.1), (19), (20), 
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        (20.1), (21),
(25), or (26) of subsection
(d) of 
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        Section 204, or an analog or derivative thereof;


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            (C) not less than 8 years and not more than 40 
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        years with respect to: (i)
400
grams or more but
less 
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        than 900 grams of any substance listed in paragraph 
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        (1), (2), (2.1), (2.2), (3),
(14.1), (19), (20),

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        (20.1), (21), (25), or (26) of subsection (d) of 
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        Section 204, or an analog or
derivative thereof,
or 
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        (ii) 600 or more pills, tablets, caplets, capsules, or 
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        objects but less than
1,500 pills, tablets,
caplets, 
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        capsules, or objects containing in them or having upon 
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        them any amount
of any
substance listed in paragraph 
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        (20.1),
(21), (25), or (26) of
subsection (d) of 
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        Section 204, or an analog or derivative thereof;


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            (D) not less than 10 years and not more than 50 
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        years with respect to:
(i)
900 grams or more of
any 
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        substance listed in paragraph (1), (2), (2.1), (2.2), 
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        (3), (14.1), (19), (20),
(20.1), (21), (25), or (26)
of 
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        subsection (d) of Section 204, or an analog or 
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        derivative thereof, or (ii)
1,500 or more pills,

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        tablets, caplets, capsules, or objects containing in 
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        them or having upon them
any amount of a
substance 
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        listed in paragraph (1), (2), (2.1), (2.2), (3), 
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        (14.1), (19), (20), (20.1),
(21), (25), or (26) of

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        subsection (d) of Section 204, or an analog or 
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        derivative thereof;


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        (8) 30 grams or more of any substance containing 
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    pentazocine or any of
the salts, isomers and salts of 
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    isomers of pentazocine, or an analog thereof;


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        (9) 30 grams or more of any substance containing 
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    methaqualone or any
of the salts, isomers and salts of 
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    isomers of methaqualone;


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        (10) 30 grams or more of any substance containing 
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    phencyclidine or any
of the salts, isomers and salts of 
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    isomers of phencyclidine (PCP);


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        (10.5) 30 grams or more of any substance containing 
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    ketamine or any of
the salts, isomers and salts of isomers 
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        (11) 200 grams or more of any substance containing any 
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    substance
classified as a narcotic drug in Schedules I or 
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    II, or an analog thereof,  which is not otherwise
included 
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    in this subsection.

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    (b) Any person sentenced with respect to violations of 
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paragraph (1),
(2), (3), (7), or (7.5) of subsection (a) 
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involving 100
grams or more of the
controlled substance named 
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therein, may in addition to the penalties
provided therein, be 
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fined an amount not to exceed $200,000 or the full
street value 
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of the controlled or counterfeit substances, whichever is

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greater.  The term "street value" shall have the meaning

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ascribed in Section 110-5 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 
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1963.  Any
person sentenced with respect to any other provision 
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of subsection (a), may
in addition to the penalties provided 
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therein, be fined an amount not to
exceed $200,000.

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    (c) Any person who violates this Section with regard to an 
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amount
of a controlled substance other than methamphetamine or 
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counterfeit substance not set forth in
subsection (a) or (d) is 
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guilty of a Class 4 felony.  The fine for a
violation punishable 
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under this subsection (c) shall not be more
than $25,000.

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    (d) Any person who violates this Section with regard to any 
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amount of
anabolic steroid is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor

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for the first offense and a Class B misdemeanor for a 
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subsequent offense
committed within 2 years of a prior 
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conviction.

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(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-347, eff. 1-1-10.)