Assembly Bill A10067

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the criminal sale of a controlled substance to a person less than fourteen years of age

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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-A10067 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S988
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §220.48, add §220.49, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6494, S2316
2011-2012: A3032, S3210
2015-2016: A4529, A10084, S208
2017-2018: A3981, S3845
2019-2020: A2453, S3155
2021-2022: A6502, S2079
2023-2024: A6709, S6019
2025-2026: A5762, S1388

2013-A10067 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the criminal sale of a controlled substance to a person less than fourteen years of age.

2013-A10067 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  10067

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 11, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Clark) --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the  criminal  sale  of  a
  controlled substance to a person less than fourteen years of age

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

  Section 1. Section 220.48 of the penal law, as added by section 28  of
part  AAA  of  chapter  56  of  the  laws of 2009, is amended to read as
follows:
S 220.48 Criminal sale of a controlled  substance  to  a  child  IN  THE
           SECOND DEGREE.
  A  person  is  guilty  of criminal sale of a controlled substance to a
child IN THE SECOND DEGREE when, being over twenty-one years old, he  or
she  knowingly  and unlawfully sells a controlled substance in violation
of section 220.34 or 220.39 of this article to a person less than seven-
teen years old.
  Criminal sale of a controlled substance  to  a  child  IN  THE  SECOND
DEGREE is a class B felony.
  S  2.  The penal law is amended by adding a new section 220.49 to read
as follows:
S 220.49 CRIMINAL SALE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE TO A CHILD IN THE FIRST
           DEGREE.
  A PERSON IS GUILTY OF CRIMINAL SALE OF A  CONTROLLED  SUBSTANCE  TO  A
CHILD IN THE FIRST DEGREE WHEN, BEING OVER EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD, HE OR SHE
KNOWINGLY  AND  UNLAWFULLY  SELLS A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IN VIOLATION OF
SECTION 220.34 OR 220.39 OF THIS ARTICLE TO A PERSON LESS THAN  FOURTEEN
YEARS OLD.
  CRIMINAL SALE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE TO A CHILD IN THE FIRST DEGREE
IS A CLASS A-II FELONY.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05045-03-4

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