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92_HB5649eng HB5649 Engrossed LRB9214598RCsb 1 AN ACT in relation to the transmission of drug 2 information by the Internet. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Cannabis Control Act is amended by adding 6 Section 5.3 as follows: 7 (720 ILCS 550/5.3 new) 8 Sec. 5.3. Illegal transmission of cannabis information 9 by the Internet. 10 (a) A person commits the offense of illegal transmission 11 of cannabis information by the Internet when he or she 12 transmits information about cannabis by the Internet to a 13 specific individual with the intent that the information will 14 be used by that individual in furtherance of illegal 15 activity. 16 (b) Illegal transmission of cannabis information by the 17 Internet is a Class A misdemeanor. 18 (c) In this Section: 19 "Internet" means an interactive computer service or 20 system or an information service, system, or access software 21 provider that provides or enables computer access by multiple 22 users to a computer server, and includes, but is not limited 23 to, an information service, system, or access software 24 provider that provides access to a network system commonly 25 known as the Internet, or any comparable system or service 26 and also includes, but is not limited to, a World Wide Web 27 page, newsgroup, message board, mailing list, or chat area on 28 any interactive computer service or system or other online 29 service. 30 "Access" and "computer" have the meanings ascribed to 31 them in Section 16D-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961. HB5649 Engrossed -2- LRB9214598RCsb 1 (d) It is not a violation of this Section for an 2 employee of a public library or a library of an institution 3 of higher learning to provide a person access to Internet 4 services through the library's computer network or the 5 library's computer if, without knowledge by the employee of 6 the library, the patron of the library transmits, by use of 7 the library's computer access to the Internet, information in 8 violation of this Section. 9 Section 10. The Illinois Controlled Substances Act is 10 amended by adding Section 407.3 as follows: 11 (720 ILCS 570/407.3 new) 12 Sec. 407.3. Illegal transmission of controlled substance 13 information by the Internet. 14 (a) A person commits the offense of illegal transmission 15 of controlled substance information by the Internet when he 16 or she transmits information about a controlled substance by 17 the Internet to a specific individual with the intent that 18 the information will be used by that individual in 19 furtherance of illegal activity. 20 (b) Illegal transmission of controlled substance 21 information by the Internet is a Class A misdemeanor. 22 (c) In this Section: 23 "Internet" means an interactive computer service or 24 system or an information service, system, or access software 25 provider that provides or enables computer access by multiple 26 users to a computer server, and includes, but is not limited 27 to, an information service, system, or access software 28 provider that provides access to a network system commonly 29 known as the Internet, or any comparable system or service 30 and also includes, but is not limited to, a World Wide Web 31 page, newsgroup, message board, mailing list, or chat area on 32 any interactive computer service or system or other online HB5649 Engrossed -3- LRB9214598RCsb 1 service. 2 "Access" and "computer" have the meanings ascribed to 3 them in Section 16D-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961. 4 (d) It is not a violation of this Section for an 5 employee of a public library or a library of an institution 6 of higher learning to provide a person access to Internet 7 services through the library's computer network or the 8 library's computer if, without knowledge by the employee of 9 the library, the patron of the library transmits, by use of 10 the library's computer access to the Internet, information in 11 violation of this Section.