Assembly Bill A7893

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Establishes a synthetic cannabinoid and substituted cathinone surrender program and relates to controlled substances; repealer

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A7893 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1686
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3302, 3306 & 3308, rpld §3306 schedule I sub (f) ¶¶ 9 & 10, Pub Health L; amd §§220.00, 220.06, 220.09 & 220.34, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9781, S6694
2015-2016: S2836
2017-2018: S3518
2019-2020: S2856

2013-A7893 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a synthetic cannabinoid and substituted cathinone surrender program and relates to controlled substances.

2013-A7893 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7893

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 7, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. CUSICK, CYMBROWITZ, BARCLAY, BRINDISI -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A. HAWLEY --  read  once  and  referred  to  the
  Committee on Health

AN  ACT  to  establish a synthetic cannabinoid and substituted cathinone
  surrender program; to amend the public health law and the  penal  law,
  in  relation to controlled substances; to repeal certain provisions of
  the public health law, relating to controlled substances; and  provid-
  ing for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.  There is hereby established a statewide synthetic cannabi-
noid and substituted  cathinone  surrender  program.  Pursuant  to  this
program, for a period of ninety days commencing on the effective date of
this section:
  The  department of health shall establish a statewide synthetic canna-
binoid and substituted cathinone surrender program, in  compliance  with
federal  law.  The program shall be composed of locations throughout the
state, at which individuals may anonymously surrender products  contain-
ing  synthetic  cannabinoids,  as  defined in section 3302 of the public
health law, and substituted cathinones, as defined in  section  3306  of
the public health law. A surrender of synthetic cannabinoids and substi-
tuted  cathinones pursuant to this section shall not constitute a "sale"
for the purposes of the penal law.
  S 2. Subdivision 4 of section 3302 of the public health law, as  added
by  chapter  878 of the laws of 1972 and as renumbered by chapter 537 of
the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
  4. "Concentrated Cannabis" means
  [(a)] the separated resin, whether crude or purified, obtained from  a
plant of the genus Cannabis[; or
  (b)  a  material,  preparation,  mixture,  compound or other substance
which contains more than two and one-half percent by weight  of  delta-9

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05666-01-3
              

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