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Controlled Substance Manufacturing and Arson House Bill 3882 - Public Act 93-0303 - Effective 1/1/2005. amends the Criminal Code of 1961

The bill creates the offense of Controlled Substance Manufacturing Arson. The bill provides that a person, who commits the offense when he or she knowingly manufactures or attempts to manufacture a substance in violation of the Illinois Controlled Substance Act and that act is a contributing cause of damage to any property of another by fire or explosion, is in violation of a Class 1 felony. The bill also creates the offense of Aggravated Controlled Substance Manufacturing Arson. It provides that a person who commits the offense of aggravated controlled substance in violation of the Illinois Controlled Substance Act and that act is a contributing cause of damage to any building or structure and: (1) he or she knows or reasonably should know that one or more persons are present in the building or structure: (2) any person suffers bodily harm: or (3) the building or structure is the dwelling place of another, is in violation of a Class X felony for which the defendant shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 15 years and not more than 50 years.

For more information about the Controlled Substance Manufacturing and Arson link to the Public Act on site at the Illinois General Assembly.

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