Illinois Compiled Statutes 720 Criminal Offenses: Article -
- Illinois Cannabis Control Act. - 720 ILCS 550, Section 1
The General Assembly recognizes that (1) the current state of scientific and medical knowledge concerning the effects of cannabis makes it necessary to acknowledge...
- Illinois Cannabis Control Act. - 720 ILCS 550, Section 2
This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Cannabis Control Act". (Source: P.A. 77-758.)
- Illinois Cannabis Control Act. - 720 ILCS 550, Section 3
As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Cannabis" includes marihuana, hashish and other substances which are identified as including any...
- Illinois Cannabis Control Act. - 720 ILCS 550, Section 4
It is unlawful for any person knowingly to possess cannabis. Any person who violates this section with respect to: (a) not more than 2.5...
- Illinois Cannabis Control Act. - 720 ILCS 550, Section 5
It is unlawful for any person knowingly to manufacture, deliver, or possess with intent to deliver, or manufacture, cannabis. Any person who violates this...
- Illinois Cannabis Control Act. - 720 ILCS 550, Section 5.1
Cannabis Trafficking. (a) Except for purposes authorized by this Act, any person who knowingly brings or causes to be brought into this State for...
- Illinois Cannabis Control Act. - 720 ILCS 550, Section 5.2
Delivery of cannabis on school grounds. (a) Any person who violates subsection (e) of Section 5 in any school, on the real property comprising...
- Illinois Cannabis Control Act. - 720 ILCS 550, Section 6
Any delivery of cannabis which is a casual delivery shall be treated in all respects as possession of cannabis for purposes of penalties. (Source:...
- Illinois Cannabis Control Act. - 720 ILCS 550, Section 7
(a) Any person who is at least 18 years of age who violates Section 5 of this Act by delivering cannabis to a person...
- Illinois Cannabis Control Act. - 720 ILCS 550, Section 8
It is unlawful for any person knowingly to produce the cannabis sativa plant or to possess such plants unless production or possession has been authorized...
- Illinois Cannabis Control Act. - 720 ILCS 550, Section 9
(a) Any person who engages in a calculated criminal cannabis conspiracy, as defined in subsection (b), is guilty of a Class 3 felony, and...
- Illinois Cannabis Control Act. - 720 ILCS 550, Section 10
(a) Whenever any person who has not previously been convicted of, or placed on probation or court supervision for, any offense under this Act or...
- Illinois Cannabis Control Act. - 720 ILCS 550, Section 10.1
(a) Whenever any person pleads guilty to, is found guilty of or is placed on supervision for an offense under this Act, a fine...
- Illinois Cannabis Control Act. - 720 ILCS 550, Section 10.2
(a) Twelve and one-half percent of all amounts collected as fines pursuant to the provisions of this Act shall be paid into the Youth Drug...
- Illinois Cannabis Control Act. - 720 ILCS 550, Section 10.3
(a) Every person convicted of a violation of this Act, and every person placed on probation, conditional discharge, supervision or probation under Section 10...
- Illinois Cannabis Control Act. - 720 ILCS 550, Section 11
(a) The Department, with the written approval of the Department of State Police, may authorize the possession, production, manufacture and delivery of substances containing...
- Illinois Cannabis Control Act. - 720 ILCS 550, Section 12
(a) The following are subject to forfeiture: (1) all substances containing cannabis which have been produced, manufactured, delivered, or possessed in violation of this Act;...
- Illinois Cannabis Control Act. - 720 ILCS 550, Section 13
(a) In addition to any other remedies the Director is authorized to file a complaint and apply to any circuit court for, and such...
- Illinois Cannabis Control Act. - 720 ILCS 550, Section 14
(a) The Director shall cooperate with Federal and other State agencies in discharging his responsibilities concerning traffic in cannabis and in suppressing the use...
- Illinois Cannabis Control Act. - 720 ILCS 550, Section 15
The Department shall encourage research on cannabis. In connection with the research, and in furtherance of the purposes of this Act, it may: (1)...
- Illinois Cannabis Control Act. - 720 ILCS 550, Section 15.1
(a) If any cannabis derivative is designated or rescheduled as a controlled substance under federal law and notice thereof is given to the Department, the...
- Illinois Cannabis Control Act. - 720 ILCS 550, Section 15.2
Industrial hemp pilot program. (a) Pursuant to Section 7606 the federal Agricultural Act of 2014, an institution of higher education or the Department of Agriculture...
- Illinois Cannabis Control Act. - 720 ILCS 550, Section 16
It is not necessary for the State to negate any exemption or exception in this Act in any complaint, information, indictment or other pleading...
- Illinois Cannabis Control Act. - 720 ILCS 550, Section 16.1
In any prosecution for any violation of this Act, it shall be an affirmative defense that the substance possessed by the defendant was regulated...
- Illinois Cannabis Control Act. - 720 ILCS 550, Section 16.2
Preservation of cannabis or cannabis sativa plants for laboratory testing. (a) Before or after the trial in a prosecution for a violation of Section 4,...
- Illinois Cannabis Control Act. - 720 ILCS 550, Section 17
It is hereby made the duty of the Department of State Police, all peace officers within the State and of all State's attorneys, to...
- Illinois Cannabis Control Act. - 720 ILCS 550, Section 18
Prosecution for any violation of law occurring prior to the effective date of this Act is not affected or abated by this Act. If...
- Illinois Cannabis Control Act. - 720 ILCS 550, Section 19
If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other...
Last modified: February 18, 2015