99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB4870

 

Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 570/407.2  from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1407.2

    Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the unlawful delivery of a controlled substance to a pregnant woman.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Controlled Substances Act is
5amended by changing Section 407.2 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 570/407.2)  (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1407.2)
7    Sec. 407.2. Delivery of a controlled substance to a
8pregnant woman.
9    (a) Any person who violates subsection (a) of Section 401
10of this Act by delivering a controlled substance to a woman he
11knows to be pregnant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a
12term twice the the maximum amount authorized by Section 401 of
13this Act.
14    (b) Any person who delivers an amount of a controlled
15substance set forth in subsections (c) and (d) of Section 401
16of this Act to a woman he knows to be pregnant commits a Class 1
17felony. The fine for a violation of this subsection (b) shall
18not be more than $250,000.
19(Source: P.A. 86-1459; 87-754.)