Bill Text: NY S07012 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 7012 (Prior Session Legislation)

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.
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