Bill Title: Amends the Cannabis Control Act, the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, and the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act. Provides that a person convicted of or placed on supervision for manufacturing or delivering cannabis, a controlled substance, or methamphetamine whose violation proximately caused any incident resulting in an appropriate emergency response shall be liable for the expense of the emergency response. Provides for additional assessments for persons convicted of any such offenses. Provides for the distribution of the additional assessments to various units of government. Provides that any moneys received by a law enforcement agency under these provisions shall be used to purchase law enforcement equipment that will assist in the prevention of drug related criminal violence throughout the State.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-08-18 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0434 [HB1258 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Keith Farnham [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-043	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michelle Mussman [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-056	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michael Zalewski [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-023	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Fred Crespo [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-044	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Carol Sente [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-059	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Dena Carli [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-001	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Maria Berrios [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-039	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Michael Noland [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-022	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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