HB4106 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB100 14510 RLC 29295 b

100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4106

Introduced , by Rep. Katie Stuart

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 642/5

Amends the Kratom Control Act. Provides that a person (rather than a minor under 18 years of age) shall not knowingly purchase or possess any product containing any quantity of Kratom. Provides that a person shall not knowingly sell, buy for, distribute samples of, or furnish any product containing any quantity of Kratom to any person (rather than a minor under 18 years of age). Provides that a violation is a Class B misdemeanor. Provides that the knowing sale, buying for, distributing samples of, or furnishing any product containing any quantity of Kratom is a Class B misdemeanor for which the offender shall be fined an amount of not less than $500.

CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Kratom Control Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:

(720 ILCS 642/5)

Sec. 5. Kratom sale to or possession by minors prohibited.

(a) As used in this Act, "Kratom" means any parts of the plant Mitragyna speciosa, whether growing or not, and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of that plant, including but not limited to mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine.

(b) A person minor under 18 years of age shall not knowingly purchase or possess any product containing any quantity of Kratom.

(c) (Blank). A minor under 18 years of age in the furtherance or facilitation of obtaining any product containing Kratom shall not knowingly display or use a false or forged identification card or transfer, alter, or deface an identification card.

(d) A person shall not knowingly sell, buy for, distribute samples of, or furnish any product containing any quantity of Kratom to any person minor under 18 years of age.

(e) Sentence. Violation of subsection (b) or (c) of this Section is a Class B misdemeanor. Violation of subsection (d) of this Section is a Class B misdemeanor for which the offender shall be fined an amount of not less than $500.

(Source: P.A. 98-981, eff. 1-1-15.)