Bill Text: NY S00880 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the possession and sale of substances containing heroin in certain weights and packaging.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 17-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-04-30 - referred to codes [S00880 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S00880-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 880 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 5, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. ORTT, AKSHAR, AMEDORE, MURPHY -- 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 criminal sale and possession of substances containing heroin The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 13 of section 220.16 of the penal law, as 2 amended by chapter 75 of the laws of 1995, is amended and a new subdivi- 3 sion 14 is added to read as follows: 4 13. phencyclidine and said phencyclidine weighs one thousand two 5 hundred fifty milligrams or more[.]; or 6 14. one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances 7 containing heroin and said preparations, compounds, mixtures or 8 substances are of an aggregate weight of 1.5 grams or more, or such 9 preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances are packaged in fifty or 10 more containers, packets or "decks". 11 § 2. Subdivision 7 of section 220.18 of the penal law, as amended by 12 chapter 75 of the laws of 1995, is amended and a new subdivision 8 is 13 added to read as follows: 14 7. methadone and said methadone weighs two thousand eight hundred 15 eighty milligrams or more[.]; or 16 8. one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances 17 containing heroin and said preparations, compounds, mixtures or 18 substances are of an aggregate weight of twelve grams or more, or such 19 preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances are packaged in four 20 hundred or more containers, packets or "decks". 21 § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 220.21 of the penal law, as amended by 22 chapter 75 of the laws of 1995, is amended and a new subdivision 3 is 23 added to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04621-01-7S. 880 2 1 2. methadone and said methadone weighs five thousand seven hundred 2 sixty milligrams or more[.]; or 3 3. one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances 4 containing heroin and said preparations, compounds, mixtures or 5 substances are of an aggregate weight of twenty-four grams or more, or 6 such preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances are packaged in 7 eight hundred or more containers, packets or "decks". 8 § 4. Subdivision 7 of section 220.41 of the penal law, as amended by 9 chapter 75 of the laws of 1995, is amended and a new subdivision 8 is 10 added to read as follows: 11 7. methadone and the methadone weighs three hundred sixty milligrams 12 or more[.]; or 13 8. one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances 14 containing heroin and the preparations, compounds, mixtures or 15 substances are of an aggregate weight of 1.5 grams or more, or such 16 preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances are packaged in fifty or 17 more containers, packets or "decks". 18 § 5. Subdivision 2 of section 220.43 of the penal law, as amended by 19 chapter 75 of the laws of 1995, is amended and a new subdivision 3 is 20 added to read as follows: 21 2. methadone and the methadone weighs two thousand eight hundred 22 eighty milligrams or more[.]; or 23 3. one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances 24 containing heroin and the preparations, compounds, mixtures or 25 substances are of an aggregate weight of six grams or more, or such 26 preparations, mixtures or substances are packaged in two hundred or more 27 containers, packets or "decks". 28 § 6. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- 29 ing the date upon which it shall have become a law.
