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HB2844 Enrolled LRB093 06699 RLC 06833 b
1 AN ACT in relation to criminal law.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding
5 Sections 12-4.10 and 12-4.11 as follows:
6 (720 ILCS 5/12-4.10 new)
7 Sec. 12-4.10. Drug related child endangerment.
8 (a) A person commits the offense of drug related child
9 endangerment when he or she endangers the life and health of
10 a child by knowingly exposing the child to a clandestine drug
11 laboratory environment by performing any of the following
12 acts:
13 (1) producing, manufacturing, or preparing a
14 controlled substance; or
15 (2) producing, manufacturing, or preparing an
16 ingredient required to manufacture a controlled
17 substance; or
18 (3) storing chemicals used in the controlled
19 substance manufacturing process in a structure to which
20 the child has access; or
21 (4) storing contaminated apparatus used in the
22 controlled substance manufacturing process in a structure
23 to which the child has access; or
24 (5) storing chemical waste and other by-products
25 created during the controlled substance manufacturing
26 process in a structure to which the child has access; or
27 (6) storing any device used for the ingestion of
28 controlled substances in a structure to which the child
29 has access.
30 (b) In this Section:
31 "Child" means a person under the age of 18 years.
HB2844 Enrolled -2- LRB093 06699 RLC 06833 b
1 "Structure" means any house, apartment building, shop,
2 barn, warehouse, building, vessel, railroad car, cargo
3 container, motor vehicle, house car, trailer, trailer coach,
4 camper, mine, floating home, watercraft, any structure
5 capable of holding a clandestine laboratory or any real
6 property.
7 (c) Sentence. A person convicted of drug related child
8 endangerment is guilty of a Class 2 felony.
9 (720 ILCS 5/12-4.11 new)
10 Sec. 12-4.11. Aggravated drug related child endangerment.
11 (a) A person commits the offense of aggravated drug
12 related child endangerment when he or she:
13 (1) commits a violation of drug related child
14 endangerment; and
15 (2) the child experiences death, great bodily harm,
16 disability or disfigurement as a result of the drug
17 related child endangerment.
18 (b) Sentence. Aggravated drug related child endangerment
19 is a Class X felony.
20 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21 becoming law.