Senate Bill S7169

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the sale of controlled substances

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee


  • 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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2015-S7169 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Pen L, generally
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S2744

2015-S7169 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends various provisions prohibiting the sale of controlled substances; includes sale of certain compounds.

2015-S7169 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S7169 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7169

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 5, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend  the  penal  law,  in  relation  to  certain  controlled
  substance offenses

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 7 of  section  220.00  of  the  penal  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  664  of  the  laws  of 1985, is amended to read as
follows:
  7. "Narcotic drug" means any controlled substance listed  in  schedule
I(b), I(c), II(b) or II(c) other than methadone OR HEROIN.
  S  2. The opening paragraph and subdivision 8 of section 220.06 of the
penal law, the opening paragraph as amended by chapter 75 of the laws of
1995, subdivision 8 as added by chapter 264 of the  laws  of  2003,  are
amended and a new subdivision 9 is added to read as follows:
  A person is guilty of criminal possession of a controlled substance in
the fifth degree when he OR SHE knowingly and unlawfully possesses:
  8.  one  or  more  preparations,  compounds,  mixtures  or  substances
containing gamma hydroxybutyric acid, as defined in  paragraph  four  of
subdivision (e) of schedule I of section thirty-three hundred six of the
public  health  law,  and  said  preparations,  compounds,  mixtures  or
substances are of an aggregate weight of twenty-eight grams or  more[.];
OR
  9.  ONE  OR  MORE  PREPARATIONS,  COMPOUNDS,  MIXTURES  OR  SUBSTANCES
CONTAINING  HEROIN,  AND  SAID  PREPARATIONS,  COMPOUNDS,  MIXTURES   OR
SUBSTANCES  ARE  OF  AN  AGGREGATE  WEIGHT OF FIVE HUNDRED MILLIGRAMS OR
MORE.
  S 3. The opening paragraph and subdivision 15 of section 220.09 of the
penal law, the opening paragraph as amended by chapter 75 of the laws of
1995 and subdivision 15 as added by chapter 264 of the laws of 2003, are
amended and two new subdivisions 16 and 17 are added to read as follows:
  A person is guilty of criminal possession of a controlled substance in
the fourth degree when he OR SHE knowingly and unlawfully possesses:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14792-03-6
              

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