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2005 Illinois 720 ILCS 5/ Criminal Code of 1961. Article 20.5 - Causing a Catastrophe; Deadly Substances
(720 ILCS 5/20.5‑5)
Sec. 20.5‑5.
Causing a catastrophe.
(a) A person commits the offense of causing a catastrophe if he or she
knowingly causes a catastrophe by explosion, fire, flood, collapse of a
building, release of poison, radioactive material, bacteria, virus, or other
dangerous and difficult to confine force or substance.
(b) As used in this Section, "catastrophe" means serious physical
injury to 5 or more persons or substantial damage to 5 or more buildings or
inhabitable structures or substantial damage to a vital public facility that
seriously impairs its usefulness or operation; and "vital public facility"
means
a facility that is necessary to ensure or protect the public health, safety, or
welfare, including but not limited to, a hospital, law enforcement agency, fire
department, private or public utility company, national defense contractor, a
facility of the armed forces, or emergency services agency.
(c) Sentence. Causing a catastrophe is a Class X felony.
(Source: P.A. 90‑669, eff. 7‑31‑98.)
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(720 ILCS 5/20.5‑6)
Sec. 20.5‑6.
Possession of a deadly substance.
(a) A person commits the offense of possession of a deadly substance when he
or she possesses, manufactures or transports any poisonous gas,
deadly biological or chemical contaminant or agent, or
radioactive substance either with the intent to use such gas, biological or
chemical contaminant or agent, or radioactive substance to commit a felony
or with the knowledge that another person intends to use such gas, biological
or chemical
contaminant or agent, or radioactive substance to commit a felony.
(b) Sentence. Possession of a deadly substance is a Class 1 felony for
which a person, if sentenced to a term of imprisonment, shall be sentenced to a
term of not less than 4 years and not more than 30 years.
(Source: P.A. 91‑121, eff. 7‑15‑99.)
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