Senate Bill S6348

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  6348

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            December 16, 2009
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Introduced  by  Sen.  SKELOS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the penal  law,  in  relation  to  criminal  sale  of  a
  controlled  substance  upon the grounds of a drug or alcohol treatment
  center

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

  Section  1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 220.66 to
read as follows:
S 220.66 CRIMINAL SALE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE UPON THE GROUNDS  OF  A
           DRUG OR ALCOHOL TREATMENT CENTER.
  1.  A PERSON IS GUILTY OF CRIMINAL SALE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE UPON
THE GROUNDS OF A DRUG OR ALCOHOL TREATMENT CENTER WHEN HE OR SHE KNOWING
AND UNLAWFULLY SELLS A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IN VIOLATION OF:
  (A) ANY ONE OF SUBDIVISIONS ONE THROUGH SIX-A  OF  SECTION  220.34  OF
THIS  ARTICLE,  WHEN SUCH SALE TAKES PLACE UPON THE GROUNDS OF A DRUG OR
ALCOHOL TREATMENT CENTER; OR
  (B) ANY ONE OF SUBDIVISIONS ONE THROUGH EIGHT  OF  SECTION  220.39  OF
THIS  ARTICLE,  WHEN SUCH SALE TAKES PLACE UPON THE GROUNDS OF A DRUG OR
ALCOHOL TREATMENT CENTER.
  2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "UPON THE GROUNDS OF  A  DRUG  OR
ALCOHOL  TREATMENT  CENTER"  MEANS  (A)  IN,  ON OR WITHIN ANY BUILDING,
STRUCTURE, PARKING LOT OR LAND CONTAINED WITHIN THE REAL PROPERTY BOUND-
ARY LINE OF ANY FACILITY WHICH PROVIDES CHEMICAL DEPENDENCE SERVICES, AS
DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FIFTY-FIVE OF SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL  HYGIENE
LAW,  OR  A  METHADONE  CLINIC, OR (B) ANY AREA ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC
LOCATED WITHIN ONE THOUSAND FEET OF  THE  REAL  PROPERTY  BOUNDARY  LINE
COMPRISING  ANY FACILITY WHICH PROVIDES CHEMICAL DEPENDENCE SERVICES, AS
DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FIFTY-FIVE OF SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL  HYGIENE
LAW,  OR  ANY METHADONE CLINIC, OR ANY PARKED AUTOMOBILE OR OTHER PARKED
VEHICLE LOCATED WITHIN ONE THOUSAND FEET OF THE REAL  PROPERTY  BOUNDARY

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15107-02-9
              

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LINE COMPRISING SUCH A FACILITY OR METHADONE CLINIC. FOR THE PURPOSES OF
THIS  SECTION, "AREA ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC" MEANS SIDEWALKS, STREETS,
PARKING LOTS, PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, STORES AND RESTAURANTS.
  3. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION SHALL BE
ESTABLISHED  THAT  A  DEFENDANT HAS KNOWLEDGE THAT HE OR SHE IS UPON THE
GROUNDS OF A DRUG OR ALCOHOL TREATMENT CENTER WHEN NOTICE  IS  CONSPICU-
OUSLY POSTED OF THE PRESENCE OR PROXIMITY OF A DRUG OR ALCOHOL TREATMENT
CENTER OR METHADONE CLINIC.
  CRIMINAL  SALE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE UPON THE GROUNDS OF A DRUG OR
ALCOHOL TREATMENT CENTER IS A CLASS B FELONY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.