HB6421 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB093 15660 RLC 41268 b

93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6421

Introduced 02/06/04, by Tom Cross

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 570/407.2

from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1407.2

Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Makes grammatical changes in the statute relating to the unlawful delivery of a controlled substance to a pregnant woman.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT in relation to criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Controlled Substances Act is amended by changing Section 407.2 as follows:

(720 ILCS 570/407.2) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1407.2)

Sec. 407.2. Delivery of a controlled substance to a pregnant woman.

(a) Any person who violates subsection (a) of Section 401 of this Act by delivering a controlled substance to a woman he or she knows to be pregnant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term twice the maximum amount authorized by Section 401 of this Act.

(b) Any person who delivers an amount of a controlled substance set forth in subsections (c) and (d) of Section 401 of this Act to a woman he or she knows to be pregnant commits a Class 1 felony. The fine for a violation of this subsection (b) shall not be more than $250,000.

(Source: P.A. 86-1459; 87-754.)