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91_HB0792

 
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 1        AN  ACT  in  relation  to  the   transmission   of   drug
 2    information by the Internet.

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

 5        Section 5.  The Cannabis Control Act is amended by adding
 6    Section 5.3 as follows:

 7        (720 ILCS 550/5.3 new)
 8        Sec. 5.3.  Illegal transmission of  cannabis  information
 9    by the Internet.
10        (a)  A person commits the offense of illegal transmission
11    of  cannabis  information  by  the  Internet  when  he or she
12    transmits information about cannabis by the Internet  knowing
13    that  the  information will be used in furtherance of illegal
14    activity.
15        (b)  Illegal transmission of cannabis information by  the
16    Internet is a Class A misdemeanor.
17        (c)  In this Section:
18        "Internet"  means  an  interactive  computer  service  or
19    system  or an information service, system, or access software
20    provider that provides or enables computer access by multiple
21    users to a computer server, and includes, but is not  limited
22    to,  an  information  service,  system,  or  access  software
23    provider  that  provides  access to a network system commonly
24    known as the Internet, or any comparable  system  or  service
25    and  also  includes,  but is not limited to, a World Wide Web
26    page, newsgroup, message board, mailing list, or chat area on
27    any interactive computer service or system  or  other  online
28    service.
29        "Access"  and  "computer"  have  the meanings ascribed to
30    them in Section 16D-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
 
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 1        Section 10.  The Illinois Controlled  Substances  Act  is
 2    amended by adding Section 407.3 as follows:

 3        (720 ILCS 570/407.3 new)
 4        Sec. 407.3.  Illegal transmission of controlled substance
 5    information by the Internet.
 6        (a)  A person commits the offense of illegal transmission
 7    of  controlled  substance information by the Internet when he
 8    or she transmits information about a controlled substance  by
 9    the  Internet  knowing  that  the information will be used in
10    furtherance of illegal activity.
11        (b)  Illegal   transmission   of   controlled   substance
12    information by the Internet is a Class A misdemeanor.
13        (c)  In this Section:
14        "Internet"  means  an  interactive  computer  service  or
15    system or an information service, system, or access  software
16    provider that provides or enables computer access by multiple
17    users  to a computer server, and includes, but is not limited
18    to,  an  information  service,  system,  or  access  software
19    provider that provides access to a  network  system  commonly
20    known  as  the  Internet, or any comparable system or service
21    and also includes, but is not limited to, a  World  Wide  Web
22    page, newsgroup, message board, mailing list, or chat area on
23    any  interactive  computer  service or system or other online
24    service.
25        "Access" and "computer" have  the  meanings  ascribed  to
26    them in Section 16D-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961.

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