Bill Text: NY S00880 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           880
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 5, 2017
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        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.
                                                                   LBD04621-01-7
        S. 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.