Bill Text: NY S07012 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the possession and sale of substances containing heroin in certain weights and packaging.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-05-17 - referred to codes [S07012 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S07012-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7012 IN SENATE March 16, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- 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: 24 2. methadone and said methadone weighs five thousand seven hundred 25 sixty milligrams or more[.]; or 26 3. one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances 27 containing heroin and said preparations, compounds, mixtures or 28 substances are of an aggregate weight of twenty-four grams or more, or EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14589-01-6