Bill Text: NY S07169 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends various provisions prohibiting the sale of controlled substances; includes sale of certain compounds.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-05 - REFERRED TO CODES [S07169 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S07169-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7169
                    IN SENATE
                                      April 5, 2016
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- 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  certain  controlled
          substance offenses
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 7 of  section  220.00  of  the  penal  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  664  of  the  laws  of 1985, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    7. "Narcotic drug" means any controlled substance listed  in  schedule
     5  I(b), I(c), II(b) or II(c) other than methadone or heroin.
     6    §  2. The opening paragraph and subdivision 8 of section 220.06 of the
     7  penal law, the opening paragraph as amended by chapter 75 of the laws of
     8  1995, subdivision 8 as added by chapter 264 of the  laws  of  2003,  are
     9  amended and a new subdivision 9 is added to read as follows:
    10    A person is guilty of criminal possession of a controlled substance in
    11  the fifth degree when he or she knowingly and unlawfully possesses:
    12    8.  one  or  more  preparations,  compounds,  mixtures  or  substances
    13  containing gamma hydroxybutyric acid, as defined in  paragraph  four  of
    14  subdivision (e) of schedule I of section thirty-three hundred six of the
    15  public  health  law,  and  said  preparations,  compounds,  mixtures  or
    16  substances are of an aggregate weight of twenty-eight grams or  more[.];
    17  or
    18    9.  one  or  more  preparations,  compounds,  mixtures  or  substances
    19  containing  heroin,  and  said  preparations,  compounds,  mixtures   or
    20  substances  are  of  an  aggregate  weight of five hundred milligrams or
    21  more.
    22    § 3. The opening paragraph and subdivision 15 of section 220.09 of the
    23  penal law, the opening paragraph as amended by chapter 75 of the laws of
    24  1995 and subdivision 15 as added by chapter 264 of the laws of 2003, are
    25  amended and two new subdivisions 16 and 17 are added to read as follows:
    26    A person is guilty of criminal possession of a controlled substance in
    27  the fourth degree when he or she knowingly and unlawfully possesses:
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14792-03-6