Rep. Mary E. Flowers
Filed: 3/24/2017
 
 


 




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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 244




2 AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 244, AS AMENDED, by 
3replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 
4following:


5 "Section 5. The Cannabis Control Act is amended by changing 
6Section 5.2 as follows:




7 (720 ILCS 550/5.2) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 705.2)



8 Sec. 5.2. Delivery of cannabis on school grounds. 

9 (a) Any person, other than an enrolled student, who 
10violates subsection (e) of Section 5 in any school,
on the real 
11property comprising any school, or any conveyance owned, leased

12or contracted by a school to transport students to or from 
13school or a
school related activity, or on any public way 
14within
1,000 feet of the real property comprising any school, 
15or any conveyance
owned, leased or contracted by a school to 
16transport students to or from
school or a school related 
 
 
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1activity, is guilty of a Class
1 felony, the fine for which 
2shall not exceed $200,000;

3 (b) Any person, other than an enrolled student, who 
4violates subsection (d) of Section 5 in any school,
on the real 
5property comprising any school, or any conveyance owned, leased

6or contracted by a school to transport students to or from 
7school or a
school related activity, or on any public way 
8within 1,000 feet of the real
property comprising any school, 
9or any conveyance owned, leased or
contracted by a school to 
10transport students to or from school or a school
related 
11activity, is guilty of a Class 2 felony, the fine for which 
12shall
not exceed $100,000;

13 (c) Any person, other than an enrolled student, who 
14violates subsection (c) of Section 5 in any school,
on the real 
15property comprising any school, or any conveyance owned, leased

16or contracted by a school to transport students to or from 
17school or a
school related activity, or on any public way 
18within 1,000 feet of the real
property comprising any school, 
19or any conveyance owned, leased or
contracted by a school to 
20transport students to or from school or a school
related 
21activity, is guilty of a Class 3 felony, the fine for which 
22shall
not exceed $50,000;

23 (d) Any person, other than an enrolled student, who 
24violates subsection (b) of Section 5 in any school,
on the real 
25property comprising any school, or any conveyance owned, leased

26or contracted by a school to transport students to or from 
 
 
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1school or a
school related activity, or on any public way 
2within 1,000 feet of the real
property comprising any school, 
3or any conveyance owned, leased or
contracted by a school to 
4transport students to or from school or a school
related 
5activity, is guilty of a Class 4 felony, the fine for which 
6shall
not exceed $25,000;

7 (e) Any person, other than an enrolled student, who 
8violates subsection (a) of Section 5 in any school,
on the real 
9property comprising any school, or any conveyance owned, leased

10or contracted by a school to transport students to or from 
11school or a
school related activity, on any public way within 
121,000 feet of the real
property comprising any school, or any 
13conveyance owned, leased or
contracted by a school to transport 
14students to or from school or a school
related activity, is 
15guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

16 (f) As used in this Section:
17  "Charter school" has the meaning ascribed to the term 
18 in Section 27A-5 of the School Code.  
19  "Enrolled student" means a student registered at an 
20 active and operational public, private, charter, or 
21 parochial elementary or secondary school, community 
22 college, college, or university.
23  "School" means an active and operational public, 
24 private, charter, or parochial elementary or secondary 
25 school, community college, college, or university and 
26 includes the grounds of an active and operational school, 
 
 
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1 if the offense is committed when school is in session, 
2 children are present, or when school related activity 
3 occurs; and "school related activity" means any sporting, 
4 social, academic, or other
activity for which students' 
5 attendance or participation is sponsored,
organized, or 
6 funded in whole or in part by a school or school district. 
7(Source: P.A. 87-544.)



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