Bill Text: NY A10067 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the criminal sale of a controlled substance to a person less than fourteen years of age.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-11 - referred to codes [A10067 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A10067-Introduced.html
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: 1 Section 1. Section 220.48 of the penal law, as added by section 28 of 2 part AAA of chapter 56 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 S 220.48 Criminal sale of a controlled substance to a child IN THE 5 SECOND DEGREE. 6 A person is guilty of criminal sale of a controlled substance to a 7 child IN THE SECOND DEGREE when, being over twenty-one years old, he or 8 she knowingly and unlawfully sells a controlled substance in violation 9 of section 220.34 or 220.39 of this article to a person less than seven- 10 teen years old. 11 Criminal sale of a controlled substance to a child IN THE SECOND 12 DEGREE is a class B felony. 13 S 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 220.49 to read 14 as follows: 15 S 220.49 CRIMINAL SALE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE TO A CHILD IN THE FIRST 16 DEGREE. 17 A PERSON IS GUILTY OF CRIMINAL SALE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE TO A 18 CHILD IN THE FIRST DEGREE WHEN, BEING OVER EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD, HE OR SHE 19 KNOWINGLY AND UNLAWFULLY SELLS A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IN VIOLATION OF 20 SECTION 220.34 OR 220.39 OF THIS ARTICLE TO A PERSON LESS THAN FOURTEEN 21 YEARS OLD. 22 CRIMINAL SALE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE TO A CHILD IN THE FIRST DEGREE 23 IS A CLASS A-II FELONY. 24 S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 25 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