99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB5543

 

Introduced , by Rep. Carol Ammons

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 550/4  from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 704

    Amends the Cannabis Control Act. Makes a technical change in the Section regarding the unlawful possession of cannabis.


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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 Cannabis Control Act is amended by changing
5Section 4 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 550/4)  (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 704)
7    Sec. 4. It is unlawful for any person knowingly to possess
8cannabis. Any person who violates this section with respect to:
9        (a) not more than 2.5 grams of any substance containing
10    cannabis is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor;
11        (b) more than 2.5 grams but not more than 10 grams of
12    any substance containing cannabis is guilty of a Class B
13    misdemeanor;
14        (c) more than 10 grams but not more than 30 grams of
15    any substance containing cannabis is guilty of a Class A
16    misdemeanor; provided, that if any offense under this
17    subsection (c) is a subsequent offense, the the offender
18    shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony;
19        (d) more than 30 grams but not more than 500 grams of
20    any substance containing cannabis is guilty of a Class 4
21    felony; provided that if any offense under this subsection
22    (d) is a subsequent offense, the offender shall be guilty
23    of a Class 3 felony;

 

 

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1        (e) more than 500 grams but not more than 2,000 grams
2    of any substance containing cannabis is guilty of a Class 3
3    felony;
4        (f) more than 2,000 grams but not more than 5,000 grams
5    of any substance containing cannabis is guilty of a Class 2
6    felony;
7        (g) more than 5,000 grams of any substance containing
8    cannabis is guilty of a Class 1 felony.
9(Source: P.A. 90-397, eff. 8-15-97.)