Bill Text: AZ HB2230 | 2015 | Fifty-second Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Salvia divinorum; unlawful acts; defense

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-02 - Referred to House JUD Committee [HB2230 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2015-HB2230-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: salvia divinorum; unlawful acts; defense

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-second Legislature

First Regular Session

2015

 

 

HB 2230

 

Introduced by

Representative Meyer

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 13, chapter 34, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 13‑3423; relating to drug offenses.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Title 13, chapter 34, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 13-3423, to read:

START_STATUTE13-3423.  Unlawful selling, dispensing, distributing, furnishing, administering or giving salvia divinorum; classification; definition

A.  It is unlawful for a person to sell, dispense, distribute, furnish, administer or give or offer to sell, dispense, distribute, furnish, administer or give salvia divinorum to a person who is under twenty-one years of age.

B.  It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution for a violation of this section that the person reasonably relied on fraudulent proof of age presented by the person who is under twenty-one years of age.

C.  A person who violates this section is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.

D.  For the purposes of this section, "salvia divinorum" means the herb salvia divinorum, salvinorin A or divinorin A or any substance or material that contains salvia divinorum, salvinorin A or divinorin A. END_STATUTE