Public Act 094-0743
 
SB2156 Enrolled LRB094 13277 RLC 48131 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 Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
Section 12-2.6 as follows:
 
    (720 ILCS 5/12-2.6)
    Sec. 12-2.6. Use of a dangerous place for the commission of
a controlled substance or cannabis offense.
    (a) A person commits the offense of use of a dangerous
place for the commission of a controlled substance or cannabis
offense when that person knowingly exercises control over any
place with the intent to use that place to manufacture,
produce, deliver, or possess with intent to deliver a
controlled or counterfeit substance or controlled substance
analog in violation of Section 401 of the Illinois Controlled
Substances Act or to manufacture, produce, deliver, or possess
with intent to deliver cannabis in violation of Section 5, 5.1,
5.2, 7, or 8 of the Cannabis Control Act and:
        (1) the place, by virtue of the presence of the
    substance or substances used or intended to be used to
    manufacture a controlled or counterfeit substance,
    controlled substance analog, or cannabis, presents a
    substantial risk of injury to any person from fire,
    explosion, or exposure to toxic or noxious chemicals or
    gas; or
        (2) the place used or intended to be used to
    manufacture, produce, deliver, or possess with intent to
    deliver a controlled or counterfeit substance, controlled
    substance analog, or cannabis has located within it or
    surrounding it devices, weapons, chemicals, or explosives
    designed, hidden, or arranged in a manner that would cause
    a person to be exposed to a substantial risk of great
    bodily harm.
    (b) It may be inferred that a place was intended to be used
to manufacture a controlled or counterfeit substance or
controlled substance analog if a substance containing a
controlled or counterfeit substance or controlled substance
analog or a substance containing a chemical important to the
manufacture of a controlled or counterfeit substance or
controlled substance analog is found at the place of the
alleged illegal controlled substance manufacturing in close
proximity to equipment or a chemical used for facilitating the
manufacture of the controlled or counterfeit substance or
controlled substance analog that is alleged to have been
intended to be manufactured.
    (c) As used in this Section, "place" means a premises
premise, conveyance, or location that offers seclusion,
shelter, means, or facilitation for manufacturing, producing,
possessing, or possessing with intent to deliver a controlled
or counterfeit substance, controlled substance analog, or
cannabis.
    (d) Use of a dangerous place for the commission of a
controlled substance or cannabis offense is a Class 1 felony.
(Source: P.A. 93-516, eff. 1-1-04; revised 1-25-05.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 5/8/2006