103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB1205

 

Introduced 1/31/2023, by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 550/4  from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 704
725 ILCS 5/108-1  from Ch. 38, par. 108-1
725 ILCS 5/114-12  from Ch. 38, par. 114-12

    Amends the Cannabis Control Act. Provides that, in calculating the weight of cannabis for the purpose of imposing a penalty against an individual, the weight of the amount of cannabis that may be legally possessed by the individual under the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act or the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act shall be subtracted from the total weight used in determining the offense class or applicable fine. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that if a motor vehicle is driven or occupied by an individual 21 years of age or over, a law enforcement officer may not search or inspect the motor vehicle, its contents, the driver, or the passenger solely because a law enforcement officer or a police dog trained in the detection of cannabis smelled that cannabis is present in the private motor vehicle. Provides that a defendant aggrieved by such an unlawful search and seizure may move the court for the return of property and to suppress as evidence anything so obtained.


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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. Except as otherwise provided in the Cannabis
8Regulation and Tax Act and the Industrial Hemp Act, it is
9unlawful for any person knowingly to possess cannabis.
10    Any person who violates this Section with respect to:
11        (a) not more than 10 grams of any substance containing
12    cannabis is guilty of a civil law violation punishable by
13    a minimum fine of $100 and a maximum fine of $200. The
14    proceeds of the fine shall be payable to the clerk of the
15    circuit court. Within 30 days after the deposit of the
16    fine, the clerk shall distribute the proceeds of the fine
17    as follows:
18            (1) $10 of the fine to the circuit clerk and $10 of
19        the fine to the law enforcement agency that issued the
20        citation; the proceeds of each $10 fine distributed to
21        the circuit clerk and each $10 fine distributed to the
22        law enforcement agency that issued the citation for
23        the violation shall be used to defer the cost of

 

 

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1        automatic expungements under paragraph (2.5) of
2        subsection (a) of Section 5.2 of the Criminal
3        Identification Act;
4            (2) $15 to the county to fund drug addiction
5        services;
6            (3) $10 to the Office of the State's Attorneys
7        Appellate Prosecutor for use in training programs;
8            (4) $10 to the State's Attorney; and
9            (5) any remainder of the fine to the law
10        enforcement agency that issued the citation for the
11        violation.
12        With respect to funds designated for the Illinois
13    State Police, the moneys shall be remitted by the circuit
14    court clerk to the Illinois State Police within one month
15    after receipt for deposit into the State Police Operations
16    Assistance Fund. With respect to funds designated for the
17    Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Natural
18    Resources shall deposit the moneys into the Conservation
19    Police Operations Assistance Fund;
20        (b) more than 10 grams but not more than 30 grams of
21    any substance containing cannabis is guilty of a Class B
22    misdemeanor;
23        (c) more than 30 grams but not more than 100 grams of
24    any substance containing cannabis is guilty of a Class A
25    misdemeanor; provided, that if any offense under this
26    subsection (c) is a subsequent offense, the offender shall

 

 

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1    be guilty of a Class 4 felony;
2        (d) more than 100 grams but not more than 500 grams of
3    any substance containing cannabis is guilty of a Class 4
4    felony; provided that if any offense under this subsection
5    (d) is a subsequent offense, the offender shall be guilty
6    of a Class 3 felony;
7        (e) more than 500 grams but not more than 2,000 grams
8    of any substance containing cannabis is guilty of a Class
9    3 felony;
10        (f) more than 2,000 grams but not more than 5,000
11    grams of any substance containing cannabis is guilty of a
12    Class 2 felony;
13        (g) more than 5,000 grams of any substance containing
14    cannabis is guilty of a Class 1 felony.
15    In calculating the weight of cannabis for the purpose of
16imposing a penalty against an individual under this Section,
17the weight of the amount of cannabis that may be legally
18possessed by the individual under the Cannabis Regulation and
19Tax Act or the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program
20Act shall be subtracted from the total weight used in
21determining the offense class or applicable fine.
22(Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19;
23102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
24    Section 10. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
25amended by changing Sections 108-1 and 114-12 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (725 ILCS 5/108-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 108-1)
2    Sec. 108-1. Search without warrant.
3    (1) When a lawful arrest is effected a peace officer may
4reasonably search the person arrested and the area within such
5person's immediate presence for the purpose of:
6        (a) protecting the officer from attack; or
7        (b) preventing the person from escaping; or
8        (c) discovering the fruits of the crime; or
9        (d) discovering any instruments, articles, or things
10    which may have been used in the commission of, or which may
11    constitute evidence of, an offense.
12    (2) (Blank).
13    (3) A law enforcement officer may not search or inspect a
14motor vehicle, its contents, the driver, or a passenger solely
15because of a violation of Section 12-603.1 of the Illinois
16Vehicle Code.
17    (4) If a motor vehicle is driven or occupied by an
18individual 21 years of age or over, a law enforcement officer
19may not search or inspect the motor vehicle, its contents, the
20driver, or the passenger solely because a law enforcement
21officer or a police dog trained in the detection of cannabis
22smelled that cannabis is present in the private motor vehicle.
23(Source: P.A. 93-99, eff. 7-3-03.)
 
24    (725 ILCS 5/114-12)  (from Ch. 38, par. 114-12)

 

 

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1    Sec. 114-12. Motion to Suppress Evidence Illegally Seized.
2    (a) A defendant aggrieved by an unlawful search and
3seizure may move the court for the return of property and to
4suppress as evidence anything so obtained on the ground that:
5        (1) The search and seizure without a warrant was
6    illegal; or
7        (2) The search and seizure with a warrant was illegal
8    because the warrant is insufficient on its face; the
9    evidence seized is not that described in the warrant;
10    there was not probable cause for the issuance of the
11    warrant; or, the warrant was illegally executed; or .
12        (3) The search and seizure without a warrant was
13    conducted in violation of subsection (4) of Section 108-1.
14    (b) The motion shall be in writing and state facts showing
15wherein the search and seizure were unlawful. The judge shall
16receive evidence on any issue of fact necessary to determine
17the motion and the burden of proving that the search and
18seizure were unlawful shall be on the defendant. If the motion
19is granted the property shall be restored, unless otherwise
20subject to lawful detention, and it shall not be admissible in
21evidence against the movant at any trial.
22        (1) If a defendant seeks to suppress evidence because
23    of the conduct of a peace officer in obtaining the
24    evidence, the State may urge that the peace officer's
25    conduct was taken in a reasonable and objective good faith
26    belief that the conduct was proper and that the evidence

 

 

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1    discovered should not be suppressed if otherwise
2    admissible. The court shall not suppress evidence which is
3    otherwise admissible in a criminal proceeding if the court
4    determines that the evidence was seized by a peace officer
5    who acted in good faith.
6        (2) "Good faith" means whenever a peace officer
7    obtains evidence:
8            (i) pursuant to a search or an arrest warrant
9        obtained from a neutral and detached judge, which
10        warrant is free from obvious defects other than
11        non-deliberate errors in preparation and contains no
12        material misrepresentation by any agent of the State,
13        and the officer reasonably believed the warrant to be
14        valid; or
15            (ii) pursuant to a warrantless search incident to
16        an arrest for violation of a statute or local
17        ordinance which is later declared unconstitutional or
18        otherwise invalidated.
19        (3) This amendatory Act of 1987 shall not be construed
20    to limit the enforcement of any appropriate civil remedy
21    or criminal sanction in actions pursuant to other
22    provisions of law against any individual or government
23    entity found to have conducted an unreasonable search or
24    seizure.
25        (4) This amendatory Act of 1987 does not apply to
26    unlawful electronic eavesdropping or wiretapping.

 

 

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1    (c) The motion shall be made before trial unless
2opportunity therefor did not exist or the defendant was not
3aware of the grounds for the motion. If the motion is made
4during trial, and the court determines that the motion is not
5untimely, and the court conducts a hearing on the merits and
6enters an order suppressing the evidence, the court shall
7terminate the trial with respect to every defendant who was a
8party to the hearing and who was within the scope of the order
9of suppression, without further proceedings, unless the State
10files a written notice that there will be no interlocutory
11appeal from such order of suppression. In the event of such
12termination, the court shall proceed with the trial of other
13defendants not thus affected. Such termination of trial shall
14be proper and shall not bar subsequent prosecution of the
15identical charges and defendants; however, if after such
16termination the State fails to prosecute the interlocutory
17appeal until a determination of the merits of the appeal by the
18reviewing court, the termination shall be improper within the
19meaning of subparagraph (a)(3) of Section 3-4 of the Criminal
20Code of 2012 and subsequent prosecution of such defendants
21upon such charges shall be barred.
22    (d) The motion shall be made only before a court with
23jurisdiction to try the offense.
24    (e) The order or judgment granting or denying the motion
25shall state the findings of facts and conclusions of law upon
26which the order or judgment is based.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)