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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3559

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 3559 on page 1,  by
 3    replacing lines 4 and 5 with the following:

 4        "Section 5.  The University of Illinois Act is amended by
 5    adding Section 20 as follows:

 6        (110 ILCS 305/20 new)
 7        Sec. 20.  Industrial hemp study.
 8        (a)  In this Section, "industrial hemp" means any variety
 9    of  Cannabis  sativa  L.  with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol
10    concentration that does not  exceed  0.3%  on  a  dry  weight
11    basis, that meets the standards set forth by Health Canada as
12    of July 1, 1999, and that is grown in compliance with federal
13    and State permit conditions.
14        (b)  The  University  shall  study  the  feasibility  and
15    desirability  of  industrial  hemp  production in this State,
16    subject to an appropriation  for  that  purpose.   The  study
17    shall  include  an  analysis  of  required  soils and growing
18    conditions,  seed  availability  and   varieties,   including
19    in-the-ground  seed  variety  trials, harvest methods, market
20    economies, and environmental benefits.  The University  shall
21    obtain  all  federal and State permits needed to legally grow
22    industrial  hemp  for  fiber  or  seed  production  prior  to
 
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 1    importing any non-sterilized industrial hemp seeds capable of
 2    germination into the State.  The University shall report  its
 3    findings  and  recommendations  to  the  General  Assembly by
 4    January 1, 2002.

 5        Section 10.  The Southern Illinois University  Management
 6    Act is amended by adding Section 10 as follows:

 7        (110 ILCS 520/10 new)
 8        Sec. 10.  Industrial hemp study.
 9        (a)  In this Section, "industrial hemp" means any variety
10    of  Cannabis  sativa  L.  with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol
11    concentration that does not  exceed  0.3%  on  a  dry  weight
12    basis, that meets the standards set forth by Health Canada as
13    of July 1, 1999, and that is grown in compliance with federal
14    and State permit conditions.
15        (b)  The  University  shall  study  the  feasibility  and
16    desirability  of  industrial  hemp  production in this State,
17    subject to an appropriation  for  that  purpose.   The  study
18    shall  include  an  analysis  of  required  soils and growing
19    conditions,  seed  availability  and   varieties,   including
20    in-the-ground  seed  variety  trials, harvest methods, market
21    economies, and environmental benefits.  The University  shall
22    obtain  all  federal and State permits needed to legally grow
23    industrial  hemp  for  fiber  or  seed  production  prior  to
24    importing any non-sterilized industrial hemp seeds capable of
25    germination into the State.  The University shall report  its
26    findings  and  recommendations  to  the  General  Assembly by
27    January 1, 2002.

28        Section 15.  The  Cannabis  Control  Act  is  amended  by
29    changing Section 3 as follows:

30        (720 ILCS 550/3) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 703)
 
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 1        Sec.  3.   As  used  in  this  Act,  unless  the  context
 2    otherwise requires:
 3        (a)  "Cannabis"  includes  marihuana,  hashish  and other
 4    substances which are identified as including any parts of the
 5    plant Cannabis Sativa, whether  growing  or  not;  the  seeds
 6    thereof, the resin extracted from any part of such plant; and
 7    any  compound,  manufacture,  salt,  derivative,  mixture, or
 8    preparation of such plant, its  seeds,  or  resin,  including
 9    tetrahydrocannabinol   (THC)   and   all   other   cannabinol
10    derivatives,    including    its   naturally   occurring   or
11    synthetically produced ingredients, whether produced directly
12    or indirectly by extraction, or  independently  by  means  of
13    chemical  synthesis  or  by  a  combination of extraction and
14    chemical synthesis; but shall not include the  mature  stalks
15    of  such  plant, fiber produced from such stalks, oil or cake
16    made from the  seeds  of  such  plant,  any  other  compound,
17    manufacture,  salt,  derivative,  mixture,  or preparation of
18    such mature stalks (except the  resin  extracted  therefrom),
19    fiber,  oil  or  cake,  or  the sterilized seed of such plant
20    which is incapable of germination, or industrial hemp  solely
21    as   authorized  for  the  purposes  of  Section  20  of  the
22    University of Illinois Act and Section  10  of  the  Southern
23    Illinois University Management Act.
24        (b)  "Casual  delivery"  means  the  delivery of not more
25    than 10 grams of any substance  containing  cannabis  without
26    consideration.
27        (c)  "Department"  means the Illinois Department of Human
28    Services (as successor to the Department  of  Alcoholism  and
29    Substance Abuse) or its successor agency.
30        (d)  "Deliver"    or   "delivery"   means   the   actual,
31    constructive or attempted transfer of possession of cannabis,
32    with or without consideration, whether or  not  there  is  an
33    agency relationship.
34        (e)  "Department of State Police" means the Department of
 
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 1    State  Police  of  the  State  of  Illinois  or its successor
 2    agency.
 3        (f)  "Director" means the Director of the  Department  of
 4    State Police or his designated agent.
 5        (g)  "Local  authorities"  means  a duly organized State,
 6    county, or municipal peace unit or police force.
 7        (h)  "Manufacture"  means  the  production,  preparation,
 8    propagation,  compounding,  conversion   or   processing   of
 9    cannabis,  either  directly or indirectly, by extraction from
10    substances of natural origin, or independently  by  means  of
11    chemical  synthesis,  or  by  a combination of extraction and
12    chemical synthesis, and includes any packaging or repackaging
13    of cannabis or labeling of its container,  except  that  this
14    term   does   not   include   the  preparation,  compounding,
15    packaging, or labeling of cannabis as an incident  to  lawful
16    research, teaching, or chemical analysis and not for sale.
17        (i)  "Person"    means   any   individual,   corporation,
18    government or governmental subdivision  or  agency,  business
19    trust,  estate,  trust,  partnership  or  association, or any
20    other entity.
21        (j)  "Produce"   or    "production"    means    planting,
22    cultivating, tending or harvesting.
23        (k)  "State"  includes  the  State  of  Illinois  and any
24    state, district, commonwealth, territory, insular  possession
25    thereof,  and  any area subject to the legal authority of the
26    United States of America.
27        (l)  "Subsequent offense" means  an  offense  under  this
28    Act,  the  offender  of which, prior to his conviction of the
29    offense, has at any time been convicted  under  this  Act  or
30    under  any laws of the United States or of any state relating
31    to cannabis, or any controlled substance as  defined  in  the
32    Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
33    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
 
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 1        Section  20.  The Cannabis and Controlled Substances Tort
 2    Claims Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:

 3        (740 ILCS 20/3) (from Ch. 70, par. 903)
 4        Sec. 3.  Definitions.  As used in this  Act,  unless  the
 5    context otherwise requires:
 6        "Cannabis"   includes   marihuana,   hashish,  and  other
 7    substances that are identified as including any parts of  the
 8    plant  Cannabis  Sativa, whether growing or not, the seeds of
 9    that plant, the resin extracted from any part of that  plant,
10    and  any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or
11    preparation of that plant, its  seeds,  or  resin,  including
12    tetrahydrocannabinol   (THC)   and   all   other   cannabinol
13    derivatives,    including    its   naturally   occurring   or
14    synthetically produced ingredients, whether produced directly
15    or  indirectly  by  extraction,  independently  by  means  of
16    chemical synthesis, or by a  combination  of  extraction  and
17    chemical  synthesis.  "Cannabis"  does not include the mature
18    stalks of that plant, fiber produced from those  stalks,  oil
19    or  cake  made  from  the  seeds  of  that  plant,  any other
20    compound,  manufacture,   salt,   derivative,   mixture,   or
21    preparation  of  mature  stalks (except the extracted resin),
22    fiber, oil or cake, or the sterilized  seeds  of  that  plant
23    that  are incapable of germination, or industrial hemp solely
24    as  authorized  for  the  purposes  of  Section  20  of   the
25    University  of  Illinois  Act  and Section 10 of the Southern
26    Illinois University Management Act.
27        "Controlled  substance"  means  a  drug,  substance,   or
28    immediate  precursor  in  the  Schedules of Article II of the
29    Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
30        "Counterfeit substance" means a controlled  substance  or
31    the  container  or  labeling  of a controlled substance that,
32    without authorization, bears the trademark,  trade  name,  or
33    other  identifying  mark,  imprint,  number,  device,  or any
 
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 1    likeness thereof of a manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser
 2    other than the person who in fact manufactured,  distributed,
 3    or dispensed the substance.
 4        "Deliver"  or  "delivery" means the actual, constructive,
 5    or attempted transfer of possession of a controlled substance
 6    or cannabis, with or without consideration,  whether  or  not
 7    there is an agency relationship.
 8        "Manufacture"    means   the   production,   preparation,
 9    propagation, compounding,  conversion,  or  processing  of  a
10    controlled  substance,  either  directly  or  indirectly,  by
11    extraction  from  substances of natural origin, independently
12    by means of  chemical  synthesis,  or  by  a  combination  of
13    extraction and chemical synthesis, and includes any packaging
14    or repackaging of the substance or labeling of its container,
15    except that the term does not include:
16             (1)  by   an   ultimate  user,  the  preparation  or
17        compounding of a controlled substance for his own use;
18             (2)  by a practitioner or his authorized agent under
19        his supervision, the preparation, compounding, packaging,
20        or labeling of a controlled substance;
21                  (A)  as an incident  to  his  administering  or
22             dispensing  of  a controlled substance in the course
23             of his professional practice; or
24                  (B)  as  an  incident   to   lawful   research,
25             teaching or chemical analysis and not for sale; or
26             (3)  the  preparation,  compounding,  packaging,  or
27        labeling  of  cannabis as an incident to lawful research,
28        teaching, or chemical analysis and not for sale.
29        "Owner" means a person  who  has  possession  of  or  any
30    interest whatsoever in the property involved.
31        "Person"   means   an   individual,   a   corporation,  a
32    government, a governmental subdivision or agency, a  business
33    trust,  an  estate, a trust, a partnership or association, or
34    any other entity.
 
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 1        "Production" means  planting,  cultivating,  tending,  or
 2    harvesting.
 3        "Property"  means real property, including things growing
 4    on, affixed to, and found in land, and tangible or intangible
 5    personal property, including  rights,  services,  privileges,
 6    interests, claims, and securities.
 7    (Source: P.A. 87-544.)

 8        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 9    becoming law.".

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