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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Sections 11-502.1 and 11-502.15 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/11-502.1) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 11-502.1. Possession of medical cannabis in a motor | ||||||
| 8 | vehicle. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) No driver, who is a medical cannabis cardholder, may | ||||||
| 10 | use medical cannabis within the passenger area of any motor | ||||||
| 11 | vehicle upon a highway in this State. | ||||||
| 12 | (b) No driver, who is a medical cannabis cardholder, a | ||||||
| 13 | medical cannabis designated caregiver, medical cannabis | ||||||
| 14 | cultivation center agent, or dispensing organization agent may | ||||||
| 15 | possess medical cannabis within any area of any motor vehicle | ||||||
| 16 | upon a highway in this State except in a secured, sealed or | ||||||
| 17 | resealable, odor-proof, and child-resistant medical cannabis | ||||||
| 18 | container that is inaccessible. | ||||||
| 19 | (c) No passenger, who is a medical cannabis card holder, a | ||||||
| 20 | medical cannabis designated caregiver, or medical cannabis | ||||||
| 21 | dispensing organization agent may possess medical cannabis | ||||||
| 22 | within any passenger area of any motor vehicle upon a highway | ||||||
| 23 | in this State except in a secured, sealed or resealable, | ||||||
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| 1 | odor-proof, and child-resistant medical cannabis container | ||||||
| 2 | that is inaccessible. | ||||||
| 3 | (d) Any person who violates subsections (a) through (c) of | ||||||
| 4 | this Section: | ||||||
| 5 | (1) commits a Class A misdemeanor; | ||||||
| 6 | (2) shall be subject to revocation of his or her | ||||||
| 7 | medical cannabis card for a period of 2 years from the end | ||||||
| 8 | of the sentence imposed; and | ||||||
| 9 | (3) shall be subject to revocation of his or her | ||||||
| 10 | status as a medical cannabis caregiver, medical cannabis | ||||||
| 11 | cultivation center agent, or medical cannabis dispensing | ||||||
| 12 | organization agent for a period of 2 years from the end of | ||||||
| 13 | the sentence imposed.
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| 14 | (Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 102-98, eff. 7-15-21; | ||||||
| 15 | 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
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| 16 | (625 ILCS 5/11-502.15) | ||||||
| 17 | Sec. 11-502.15. Possession of adult use cannabis in a | ||||||
| 18 | motor vehicle. | ||||||
| 19 | (a) No driver may use cannabis within the passenger area | ||||||
| 20 | of any motor vehicle upon a highway in this State. | ||||||
| 21 | (b) No driver may possess cannabis within any area of any | ||||||
| 22 | motor vehicle upon a highway in this State except in a secured, | ||||||
| 23 | sealed or resealable, odor-proof, child-resistant cannabis | ||||||
| 24 | container that is inaccessible. | ||||||
| 25 | (c) No passenger may possess cannabis within any passenger | ||||||
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| 1 | area of any motor vehicle upon a highway in this State except | ||||||
| 2 | in a secured, sealed or resealable, odor-proof, | ||||||
| 3 | child-resistant cannabis container that is inaccessible. | ||||||
| 4 | (d) Any person who knowingly violates subsection (a), (b), | ||||||
| 5 | or (c) of this Section commits a Class A misdemeanor. | ||||||
| 6 | (e) If a motor vehicle is driven or occupied by an | ||||||
| 7 | individual 21 years of age or over, the odor of burnt or raw | ||||||
| 8 | cannabis in a motor vehicle by itself shall not constitute | ||||||
| 9 | probable cause for the search of the motor vehicle, vehicle | ||||||
| 10 | operator, or passengers in the vehicle.
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| 11 | (Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 102-98, eff. 7-15-21.)
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