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    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
  
 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
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    Section 5. The Methamphetamine Control and Community 
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Protection Act is amended  by adding Section 115 as follows:
 
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    (720 ILCS 646/115 new)
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    Sec. 115. Prescriptions.
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    (a) Whenever any person pleads guilty to, is found guilty 
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of, or is placed on supervision for an offense under this Act, 
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in addition to any other penalty imposed by the court, no such 
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person shall thereafter knowingly purchase, receive, own, or 
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otherwise possess any substance or product containing more than 
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7,500 milligrams of a methamphetamine precursor as defined in 
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Section 10 of this Act, without the methamphetamine precursor 
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first being prescribed for the use of that person in the manner 
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provided for the prescription of Schedule II controlled 
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substances under Article III of the Illinois Controlled 
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Substances Act.
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    (b) A person described in subsection (a) of this Section 
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who is in possession of any substance or product containing a 
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methamphetamine precursor as defined in Section 10 of this Act, 
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in violation of subsection (a) of this Section, is guilty of a 
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Class 4 felony.
 


 






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    (c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to create 
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any duty, responsibility to investigate, or other liability for 
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any person prescribing, dispensing, selling, or otherwise 
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lawfully transferring or providing a methamphetamine precursor 
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to a person described in subsection (a) of this Section. 
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    (d)  Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the 
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contrary, it is lawful for persons to provide small quantities 
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of methamphetamine precursors to immediate family or household 
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members for legitimate medical purposes, and it is lawful for 
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persons to receive small quantities of methamphetamine 
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precursors from immediate family or household members for 
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legitimate medical purposes.