Rep. Kenneth Dunkin

Filed: 3/15/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2668

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2668 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
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"ARTICLE 1

 
5    Section 1-1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
6Industrial Hemp Act.
 
7    Section 1-5. Definitions. In this Act:
8    "Department" means the Department of Agriculture.
9    "Director" means the Director of Agriculture.
10    "Industrial hemp" means fibres cultivated from plants of
11the cannabis genus with a THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) content of
120.3% or lower.
 
13    Section 1-10. Licenses.
14    (a) Any person desiring to grow, process, cultivate, or

 

 

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1harvest industrial hemp or industrial hemp related products
2must be licensed by the Department.
3    (b) The application for a license shall include the name
4and address of the applicant and the legal description of the
5land area to be used to grow or process industrial hemp.
6    (c) Each individual shall submit his or her fingerprints to
7the Department of State Police in an electronic format that
8complies with the form and manner for requesting and furnishing
9criminal history record information prescribed by the
10Department of State Police. The fingerprints submitted under
11this Section shall be checked against the fingerprint records
12filed in the Department of State Police criminal history record
13databases. The Department of State Police shall charge a fee
14for conducting the criminal history records check, which shall
15not exceed the actual cost of the records check. The Department
16of State Police shall provide information concerning any
17criminal convictions against the individual to the Department.
18No person with a prior felony conviction within 10 years of
19applying for a license shall be eligible for licensure.
20    (d) If the applicant completes the application process to
21the satisfaction of the Department, then the Department shall
22issue the license, which shall be valid for a period of one
23year.
 
24    Section 1-15. Rules.
25    (a) The application and licensing requirements shall be

 

 

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1determined by the Department and set by rule.
2    (b) The rules set by the Department shall include one
3yearly inspection and one yearly surprise inspection of a
4licensed industrial hemp cultivation operation.
5    (c) Within 180 days after the federal government's approval
6of any waiver requested under this Act, the Department shall
7adopt rules necessary for the administration and enforcement of
8this Act, including rules concerning standards and criteria for
9licensure, for the payment of applicable fees that shall offset
10the cost of enforcement of this Act, and for forms required for
11the administration of this Act.
 
12    Section 1-20. Hemp products. Nothing in this Act shall
13alter the legality of hemp or hemp products that are presently
14legal to possess or own.
 
15    Section 1-25. Violation of federal law. Nothing in this Act
16shall be construed to authorize any person to violate federal
17rules, regulations, or laws. If any part of this Act conflicts
18with a provision of the federal laws regarding industrial hemp,
19the federal provisions shall control to the extent of the
20conflict.
 
21    Section 1-30. Home rule. It is declared to be the public
22policy of this State, under subsection (h) of Section 6 of
23Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, that any

 

 

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1power or function set forth in this Act to be exercised by the
2State is an exclusive State power or function. The power or
3function shall not be exercised concurrently, either directly
4or indirectly, by any unit of local government, including home
5rule units, except as otherwise provided in this Act. This is a
6limitation of home rule powers.
 
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ARTICLE 5

 
8    Section 5-1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
9Industrial Hemp Research Act.
 
10    Section 5-5. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act:
11    "Department" means the Department of Agriculture.
12    "Industrial hemp" means any variety of Cannabis sativa L.
13with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration that
14does not exceed 0.3% on a dry weight basis and that is grown in
15compliance with federal and State licensing conditions.
 
16    Section 5-10. Industrial hemp study. Public universities
17in the State, except the University of Illinois at Chicago, are
18authorized to study the feasibility and desirability of
19industrial hemp production in this State. This authority
20expires on January 1, 2019 and is subject to renewal. Any study
21shall include an analysis of required soils and growing
22conditions, seed availability and varieties, including

 

 

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1in-the-ground seed variety trials, harvest methods, market
2economies, and environmental benefits. Research shall include
3finding high producing, high quality varieties with a zero
4percent level of THC. In addition, research shall address the
5potential impact of commercial production of industrial hemp on
6law enforcement, including, but not limited to, the impact on
7the State's crime laboratory system. Any public university in
8the State shall obtain all federal and State permits needed to
9legally grow industrial hemp for fiber or seed production prior
10to importing any non-sterilized industrial hemp seeds capable
11of germination into the State. All research conducted in this
12Section is subject to the availability of funding, which shall
13be sought by institutions performing the research from federal,
14private, corporate, and other sources other than the State of
15Illinois. Any university conducting the research shall report
16its research, progress, and any findings and recommendations to
17the General Assembly by January 1, 2017.
 
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ARTICLE 10

 
19    Section 10-5. The Cannabis Control Act is amended by
20changing Section 3 as follows:
 
21    (720 ILCS 550/3)  (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 703)
22    Sec. 3. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise
23requires:

 

 

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1    (a) "Cannabis" includes marihuana, hashish and other
2substances which are identified as including any parts of the
3plant Cannabis Sativa, whether growing or not; the seeds
4thereof, the resin extracted from any part of such plant; and
5any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or
6preparation of such plant, its seeds, or resin, including
7tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and all other cannabinol
8derivatives, including its naturally occurring or
9synthetically produced ingredients, whether produced directly
10or indirectly by extraction, or independently by means of
11chemical synthesis or by a combination of extraction and
12chemical synthesis; but shall not include the mature stalks of
13such plant, fiber produced from such stalks, oil or cake made
14from the seeds of such plant, any other compound, manufacture,
15salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such mature stalks
16(except the resin extracted therefrom), fiber, oil or cake, or
17the sterilized seed of such plant which is incapable of
18germination, or industrial hemp solely as authorized for the
19purposes of the Industrial Hemp Research Act.
20    (b) "Casual delivery" means the delivery of not more than
2110 grams of any substance containing cannabis without
22consideration.
23    (c) "Department" means the Illinois Department of Human
24Services (as successor to the Department of Alcoholism and
25Substance Abuse) or its successor agency.
26    (d) "Deliver" or "delivery" means the actual, constructive

 

 

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1or attempted transfer of possession of cannabis, with or
2without consideration, whether or not there is an agency
3relationship.
4    (e) "Department of State Police" means the Department of
5State Police of the State of Illinois or its successor agency.
6    (f) "Director" means the Director of the Department of
7State Police or his designated agent.
8    (g) "Local authorities" means a duly organized State,
9county, or municipal peace unit or police force.
10    (h) "Manufacture" means the production, preparation,
11propagation, compounding, conversion or processing of
12cannabis, either directly or indirectly, by extraction from
13substances of natural origin, or independently by means of
14chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and
15chemical synthesis, and includes any packaging or repackaging
16of cannabis or labeling of its container, except that this term
17does not include the preparation, compounding, packaging, or
18labeling of cannabis as an incident to lawful research,
19teaching, or chemical analysis and not for sale.
20    (i) "Person" means any individual, corporation, government
21or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate,
22trust, partnership or association, or any other entity.
23    (j) "Produce" or "production" means planting, cultivating,
24tending or harvesting.
25    (k) "State" includes the State of Illinois and any state,
26district, commonwealth, territory, insular possession thereof,

 

 

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1and any area subject to the legal authority of the United
2States of America.
3    (l) "Subsequent offense" means an offense under this Act,
4the offender of which, prior to his conviction of the offense,
5has at any time been convicted under this Act or under any laws
6of the United States or of any state relating to cannabis, or
7any controlled substance as defined in the Illinois Controlled
8Substances Act.
9(Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
 
10    Section 10-10. The Cannabis and Controlled Substances Tort
11Claims Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
 
12    (740 ILCS 20/3)  (from Ch. 70, par. 903)
13    Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
14context otherwise requires:
15    "Cannabis" includes marihuana, hashish, and other
16substances that are identified as including any parts of the
17plant Cannabis Sativa, whether growing or not, the seeds of
18that plant, the resin extracted from any part of that plant,
19and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or
20preparation of that plant, its seeds, or resin, including
21tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and all other cannabinol
22derivatives, including its naturally occurring or
23synthetically produced ingredients, whether produced directly
24or indirectly by extraction, independently by means of chemical

 

 

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1synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical
2synthesis. "Cannabis" does not include the mature stalks of
3that plant, fiber produced from those stalks, oil or cake made
4from the seeds of that plant, any other compound, manufacture,
5salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of mature stalks
6(except the extracted resin), fiber, oil or cake, or the
7sterilized seeds of that plant that are incapable of
8germination, or industrial hemp solely as authorized for the
9purposes of the Industrial Hemp Research Act.
10    "Controlled substance" means a drug, substance, or
11immediate precursor in the Schedules of Article II of the
12Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
13    "Counterfeit substance" means a controlled substance or
14the container or labeling of a controlled substance that,
15without authorization, bears the trademark, trade name, or
16other identifying mark, imprint, number, device, or any
17likeness thereof of a manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser
18other than the person who in fact manufactured, distributed, or
19dispensed the substance.
20    "Deliver" or "delivery" means the actual, constructive, or
21attempted transfer of possession of a controlled substance or
22cannabis, with or without consideration, whether or not there
23is an agency relationship.
24    "Manufacture" means the production, preparation,
25propagation, compounding, conversion, or processing of a
26controlled substance, either directly or indirectly, by

 

 

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1extraction from substances of natural origin, independently by
2means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction
3and chemical synthesis, and includes any packaging or
4repackaging of the substance or labeling of its container,
5except that the term does not include:
6        (1) by an ultimate user, the preparation or compounding
7    of a controlled substance for his own use;
8        (2) by a practitioner or his authorized agent under his
9    supervision, the preparation, compounding, packaging, or
10    labeling of a controlled substance:
11            (A) as an incident to his administering or
12        dispensing of a controlled substance in the course of
13        his professional practice; or
14            (B) as an incident to lawful research, teaching or
15        chemical analysis and not for sale; or
16        (3) the preparation, compounding, packaging, or
17    labeling of cannabis as an incident to lawful research,
18    teaching, or chemical analysis and not for sale.
19    "Owner" means a person who has possession of or any
20interest whatsoever in the property involved.
21    "Person" means an individual, a corporation, a government,
22a governmental subdivision or agency, a business trust, an
23estate, a trust, a partnership or association, or any other
24entity.
25    "Production" means planting, cultivating, tending, or
26harvesting.

 

 

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1    "Property" means real property, including things growing
2on, affixed to, and found in land, and tangible or intangible
3personal property, including rights, services, privileges,
4interests, claims, and securities.
5(Source: P.A. 96-328, eff. 8-11-09.)".