HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 2837 11/21/1978
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ORDINANCE NO\. 2837
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AN ORDINANCE DECRIMINALIZING THE USE
OF SMALL AMOUNTS OF lVIARI.T'"tJANA
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY TUEI>RESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTE S
OF THE VILL-,t\GE OF MOUNT PROSPECT, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION ONE: That pUl'suant to the authority vested in the President and
Board of Trustees of the Village of Mount Prospect under Article VII of the
1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois, Section 25.305 of Chapter 25 of the
Municipal Code of the Village of Mount Prospect of 1957, as amended, be and
the same is hereby amended in its entirety by substituting a new Section for
the existing Section 25.305, which new Section shall regulate and prohibit
possession and distribution of marijuana; so that hereafter the said Section
25.305 shall be and read as follows:
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~CTrON 25~305. 'Regulation of Small Quantities, of Marijuana.
A. While it is unlawful for any'person to grow, possess, sell, give
away, barter, deliver. exchange, distribute. or administer
any marijuana by reason of the Statutes of the State of Illinois,
it shall .be deemed a violation of this Section for any person,
firm. or corporation to grow, possess. sell, give away, barter,
deliver, exchange, distribute, or administer up to ten (10)
. grams of marijuana.
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B. Any person who violates this Section with respect to not more tha
ten (10) grams of marijuana shall be fined not less than Fifty
Dollars ($50) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500). If
SECTION TWO: That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and a te
its passage, approval and publication in the manner provided by l~w .
AYES: 4
NAYS: 1
ABSENT: 1
PASSED this 21st
day' of
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November
p 1978.
APPROVED this 21st
day of 2!.2.Y.~
, 1978,
, APPROVED:
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Village esident
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ATTEST:
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Village Clerk