Public Act 094-0180
 
HB0804 Enrolled LRB094 03651 RLC 33656 b

    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Cannabis Control Act is amended by adding
Section 16.2 as follows:
 
    (720 ILCS 550/16.2 new)
    Sec. 16.2. Preservation of cannabis or cannabis sativa
plants for laboratory testing.
    (a) Before or after the trial in a prosecution for a
violation of Section 4, 5, 5.1, 5.2, 8, or 9 of this Act, a law
enforcement agency or an agent acting on behalf of the law
enforcement agency must preserve, subject to a continuous chain
of custody, not less than 6,001 grams of any substance
containing cannabis and not less than 51 cannabis sativa plants
with respect to the offenses enumerated in this subsection (a)
and must maintain sufficient documentation to locate that
evidence. Excess quantities with respect to the offenses
enumerated in this subsection (a) cannot practicably be
retained by a law enforcement agency because of its size, bulk,
and physical character.
    (b) The court may before trial transfer excess quantities
of any substance containing cannabis or cannabis sativa plants
with respect to a prosecution for any offense enumerated in
subsection (a) to the sheriff of the county, or may in its
discretion transfer such evidence to the Department of State
Police, for destruction after notice is given to the
defendant's attorney of record or to the defendant if the
defendant is proceeding pro se.
    (c) After a judgment of conviction is entered and the
charged quantity is no longer needed for evidentiary purposes
with respect to a prosecution for any offense enumerated in
subsection (a), the court may transfer any substance containing
cannabis or cannabis sativa plants to the sheriff of the
county, or may in its discretion transfer such evidence to the
Department of State Police, for destruction after notice is
given to the defendant's attorney of record or to the defendant
if the defendant is proceeding pro se. No evidence shall be
disposed of until 30 days after the judgment is entered, and if
a notice of appeal is filed, no evidence shall be disposed of
until the mandate has been received by the circuit court from
the Appellate Court.
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 7/12/2005