97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5720

 

Introduced 2/16/2012, by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 550/4  from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 704
720 ILCS 550/10.2  from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 710.2

    Amends the Cannabis Control Act. Provides that a person who knowingly possesses not more than 0.1 gram of any substance containing cannabis is guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined $100 for a first offense, $200 for a second offense, and $300 for a third or subsequent offense. Provides that a person convicted of a third or subsequent offense shall perform 20 hours of community service at a drug-abuse treatment center licensed by the Department of Human Services. Changes the allocation of fines under the Act. Provides that, in addition to the allocation of fines to units of government that made the seizure of the cannabis, proceeds of fines collected under the Act shall also be used by the Department of Human Services for the funding of programs and services for drug-abuse treatment, prevention and education services for both juveniles and adults. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Cannabis Control Act is amended by changing
5Sections 4 and 10.2 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 550/4)  (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 704)
7    Sec. 4. It is unlawful for any person knowingly to possess
8cannabis. Any person who violates this section with respect to:
9        (a) not more than 0.1 gram 2.5 grams of any substance
10    containing cannabis is guilty of a petty offense and shall
11    be fined $100 for a first offense, $200 for a second
12    offense, and $300 for a third or subsequent offense and
13    ordered by the court to perform 20 hours of community
14    service at a drug-abuse treatment center licensed by the
15    Department of Human Services under the Alcoholism and Other
16    Drug Abuse and Dependency Act Class C misdemeanor;
17        (a-5) more than 0.1 gram but not more than 2.5 grams of
18    any substance containing cannabis is guilty of a Class C
19    misdemeanor;
20        (b) more than 2.5 grams but not more than 10 grams of
21    any substance containing cannabis is guilty of a Class B
22    misdemeanor;
23        (c) more than 10 grams but not more than 30 grams of

 

 

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1    any substance containing cannabis is guilty of a Class A
2    misdemeanor; provided, that if any offense under this
3    subsection (c) is a subsequent offense, the offender shall
4    be guilty of a Class 4 felony;
5        (d) more than 30 grams but not more than 500 grams of
6    any substance containing cannabis is guilty of a Class 4
7    felony; provided that if any offense under this subsection
8    (d) is a subsequent offense, the offender shall be guilty
9    of a Class 3 felony;
10        (e) more than 500 grams but not more than 2,000 grams
11    of any substance containing cannabis is guilty of a Class 3
12    felony;
13        (f) more than 2,000 grams but not more than 5,000 grams
14    of any substance containing cannabis is guilty of a Class 2
15    felony;
16        (g) more than 5,000 grams of any substance containing
17    cannabis is guilty of a Class 1 felony.
18(Source: P.A. 90-397, eff. 8-15-97.)
 
19    (720 ILCS 550/10.2)  (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 710.2)
20    Sec. 10.2. Allocation of fines.
21    (a) If the seizure was made by State law enforcement
22personnel, 6 1/4% Twelve and one-half percent of all amounts
23collected as fines pursuant to the provisions of this Act shall
24be paid into the Youth Drug Abuse Prevention Fund, which is
25hereby created in the State treasury, to be used by the

 

 

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1Department of Human Services for the funding of programs and
2services for drug-abuse treatment, and prevention and
3education services, for juveniles.
4    (a-5) If the seizure was made by State law enforcement
5personnel, 6 1/4% of all amounts collected as fines pursuant to
6the provisions of this Act shall be paid into the Drug
7Treatment Fund, to be used by the Department of Human Services
8for the funding of programs and services for drug-abuse
9treatment, prevention and education services, for adults.
10    (b) Eighty-seven and one-half percent of the proceeds of
11all fines received under the provisions of this Act shall be
12transmitted to and deposited in the treasurer's office at the
13level of government as follows:
14        (1) (Blank). If such seizure was made by a combination
15    of law enforcement personnel representing differing units
16    of local government, the court levying the fine shall
17    equitably allocate 50% of the fine among these units of
18    local government and shall allocate 37 1/2% to the county
19    general corporate fund. In the event that the seizure was
20    made by law enforcement personnel representing a unit of
21    local government from a municipality where the number of
22    inhabitants exceeds 2 million in population, the court
23    levying the fine shall allocate 87 1/2% of the fine to that
24    unit of local government. If the seizure was made by a
25    combination of law enforcement personnel representing
26    differing units of local government, and at least one of

 

 

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1    those units represents a municipality where the number of
2    inhabitants exceeds 2 million in population, the court
3    shall equitably allocate 87 1/2% of the proceeds of the
4    fines received among the differing units of local
5    government.
6        (2) If such seizure was made by State law enforcement
7    personnel, then the court shall allocate 37 1/2% to the
8    State treasury and 50% to the county general corporate
9    fund.
10        (3) (Blank). If a State law enforcement agency in
11    combination with a law enforcement agency or agencies of a
12    unit or units of local government conducted the seizure,
13    the court shall equitably allocate 37 1/2% of the fines to
14    or among the law enforcement agency or agencies of the unit
15    or units of local government which conducted the seizure
16    and shall allocate 50% to the county general corporate
17    fund.
18    (b-5) If such seizure was made by a combination of law
19enforcement personnel representing differing units of local
20government, the court levying the fine shall equitably allocate
2150% of the fine among these units of local government and shall
22allocate 37 1/2% to the county general corporate fund. Six and
23one-quarter percent shall be paid into the Youth Drug Abuse
24Prevention Fund and 6 1/4% shall be paid into the Drug
25Treatment Fund. In the event that the seizure was made by law
26enforcement personnel representing a unit of local government

 

 

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1from a municipality where the number of inhabitants exceeds
22,000,000 in population, the court levying the fine shall
3allocate 87 1/2% of the fine to that unit of local government.
4Six and one-quarter percent shall be paid into the Youth Drug
5Abuse Prevention Fund and 6 1/4% shall be paid into the Drug
6Treatment Fund. If the seizure was made by a combination of law
7enforcement personnel representing differing units of local
8government, and at least one of those units represents a
9municipality where the number of inhabitants exceeds 2,000,000
10in population, the court shall equitably allocate 87 1/2% of
11the proceeds of the fines received among the differing units of
12local government. Six and one-quarter percent shall be paid
13into the Youth Drug Abuse Prevention Fund and 6 1/4% shall be
14deposited into the Drug Treatment Fund. If a State law
15enforcement agency in combination with a law enforcement agency
16or agencies of a unit or units of local government conducted
17the seizure, the court shall equitably allocate 50% of the
18fines to or among the law enforcement agency or agencies of the
19unit or units of local government which conducted the seizure
20and shall allocate 50% to the county general corporate fund.
21    (c) The proceeds of all fines allocated to the law
22enforcement agency or agencies of the unit or units of local
23government pursuant to subsections subsection (b) and (b-5)
24shall be made available to that law enforcement agency as
25expendable receipts for use in the enforcement of laws
26regulating controlled substances and cannabis. The proceeds of

 

 

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1fines awarded to the State treasury shall be deposited in a
2special fund known as the Drug Traffic Prevention Fund, except
3that amounts distributed to the Secretary of State shall be
4deposited into the Secretary of State Evidence Fund to be used
5as provided in Section 2-115 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
6Monies from this fund may be used by the Department of State
7Police for use in the enforcement of laws regulating controlled
8substances and cannabis; to satisfy funding provisions of the
9Intergovernmental Drug Laws Enforcement Act; to defray costs
10and expenses associated with returning violators of this Act,
11the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, and the
12Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act only, as
13provided in such Acts, when punishment of the crime shall be
14confinement of the criminal in the penitentiary; and all other
15monies shall be paid into the general revenue fund in the State
16treasury.
17(Source: P.A. 94-556, eff. 9-11-05.)
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19becoming law.